1 Cross-Cultural Communication in Engineering Education

ABSTRACT: The globalisation of the engineering profession requires of the graduates good skills in intercultural communication. European activities in internationalisation of education and particu-larly international student exchange help to develop needed skills and abilities. Our experience in exchange of students has demonstrated that even a short period of study abroad offers the opportu-nity not only to acquire different knowledge and to gain professional experience, but also to learn foreign culture, develop cross-cultural understanding as well as get familiar with different teaching methods, different requirements, and generally different education system. In countries like Poland and Denmark, with teaching in seldom spoken languages special initiatives or concepts are neces-sary to support student exchange and attract foreign students. In this paper the special initiatives a