Welcome to CDIO!
The CDIO™ INITIATIVE is an innovative educational framework for producing the next generation of engineers. The framework provides students with an education stressing engineering fundamentals set in the context of Conceiving — Designing — Implementing — Operating (CDIO) real-world systems and products. Throughout the world, CDIO Initiative collaborators have adopted CDIO as the framework of their curricular planning and outcome-based assessment.
CDIO collaborators recognize that an engineering education is acquired over a long period and in a variety of institutions, and that educators in all parts of this spectrum can learn from practice elsewhere. The CDIO network therefore welcomes members in a diverse range of institutions ranging from research-led internationally acclaimed universities to local colleges dedicated to providing students with their initial grounding in engineering.
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Upcoming Meetings
- Jun222026Location: School of Engineering, University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3GH United KingdomSep232026Location: XH4R+X9P, Serikbayev Str., 19 Kazakhstan 070000, Oskemen KazakhstanOct212026Location: Flexible Room, UPC North Campus central square Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Telecom Engineering School Jordi Girona street 1-3 08034 Barcelona Barcelona Spain
Latest Publications
The elections committee for the 2026 CDIO elections would like to invite you to submit nominations for the following available positions:
This paper presents the development and validation of a survey as a tool to measure innovation self-perception competence in early-year engineering students at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile.
CDIO Universities
A global map of universities that have joined the CDIO Initiative.
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