CURRICULUM‐PROPOSAL FOR THE INTEGRATION OF INFORMATICS INTO ENGINEERING PROGRAMMES OFFERED AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

As a contribution to the narrowing of the technological and economic gap between developing and developed countries, the author has proposed and designed a three‐to four‐semester curriculum intended to integrate informatics into engineering course‐programmes in the universities of developing countries. The curriculum in question, the implementation of which in a number of universities would be a contribution of the Federal Republic of Germany to university training in developing countries, was presented at an international workshop held at the University of Harare (Zimbabwe) entitled, “Integration of Computer Science into Engineering Education in Africa”. It includes a detailed statement of the objectives of the curriculum, the subject matter to be covered, and the teaching facilities required.