The CircleREdu - Circular Economy and Reverse Engineering Education for the Green Transition project is funded by the Erasmus+ Programme (KA220-HED – Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education). It is implemented from December 2024 to November 2027. The project is coordinated by Bialystok University of Technology and carried out in cooperation with Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania), and industry partners.
The project focuses on four main objectives:
- To support the green transition by developing an innovative educational programme that combines Circular Economy (CE) principles with Reverse Engineering (RE) methods.
- To prepare a new generation of specialists capable of supporting sustainable manufacturing processes and implementing circular economy solutions in industry.
- To strengthen students’ digital, technical, and green skills.
- To increase universities’ capacity to address environmental and sustainability challenges.
The project activities focus on developing a multidisciplinary curriculum, a digital toolbox containing reverse-engineering methods and resources, and an e-learning platform with training materials. The expected outputs of the project include a multidisciplinary online course consisting of four modules: Green Skills for Circular Economy, Digital and Technical Skills for Reverse Engineering, Change Management for Green Transition, and Solving Real Industrial Challenges. Through these activities, CircleREdu aims to promote innovation, sustainability, and the development of future experts in the circular economy sector.
An important part of the project is the pilot implementation of the course, during which students will work on real-life industrial challenges. Their solutions will apply reverse engineering techniques and circular economy principles to improve product life cycles, reduce waste, and support sustainable production.
Link to more info: https://circleredu.pb.edu.pl/