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Education of Modern Engineers of Metallurgy in the Context of the World Development of Metallurgical Industry

In the developed countries metallurgy comes third or fourth in importance as a branch of the economy. Its most important product is steel, with the output of 930 million tons in 2003. The other ferrous alloys, along with aluminium, copper, zinc and lead, are also manufactured in large quantities. The average per capita world steel production amounts to approximately 150 kg. In industrialized countries this figure is several times higher, whereas in Croatia the production rate is far lower. Strong international competition poses big challenges to the metalworking industries. Those call for fast and extensive transformation of the Croatian metallurgical industry. The speed with which innovations are introduced into industrial practice is a key to its very existence and development. The basic prerequisite for keeping pace with the world in this area is to ensure first-rate education of the metallurgical engineer. This can be accomplished by bringing the university curricula up to date, and by advancing the quality of scientific research. For this substantial financial resources are needed, so is support of individuals and the society. Only through the lifelong process of education will the engineer become capable of keeping abreast of an ever faster development of the engineering science.

education ; metallurgy

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