THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-KNOWLEDGE SUBJECTS IN ENGINEERING TRAINING IN DEBRECEN (EXPERIENCE, OPPORTUNITIES, PLANS)

In order to determine the higher education institutions competitiveness it is essential to know that, the labor-market what opportunities insures for graduate students.The quality of engineering training, as well as the competence of engineering students will greatly influence the future. The competences that a trained employee needs to fulfil their professional duties can already be developed during education, a good method of which is education through projects For both employers and graduate student the general knowledge, the learning ability, problem solving ability are the most important competencies. For improving the interpersonal competence the Faculty of Engineering of the Debrecen University implemented two elective subjects entitled “Self-Knowledge” and “Personality Development” in the academic year 2010/2011. This study shows the structures and characteristics of these two subjects.