Assessing Competencies and Knowledge Needs of Professions

Abstract

In this study, we have investigated the relationship between the training portfolio of University of Szeged Faculty of Engineering and the corporate expectations, the requested competencies from graduates. The investigation was based on primary data surveys (questionnaires and interviews).
The results have shown that the professional output (the skilled students) from the Faculty is basically adequate for the companies and the firms are satisfied with the training.
There is a strong demand for a number of professional and human competencies from the companies and integrating these into the training structure is one of the challenges in the near future. In addition, the real market demands from the labour market are a constant challenge for the Faculty to develop or training services.