NDT-CE 2022 - The International Symposium on Nondestructive Testing in Civil Engineering Zurich, Switzerland, August 16-18, 2022 1 Non-destructive testing in civil engineering: A memorandum for teaching at German-speaking universities Ralf W. ARNDT 1 *, Christian U. GROSSE 2 , Dietmar MAEHNER 3 , Ernst NIEDERLEITHINGER 4/5 , Alexander TAFFE 6 , Daniel ALGERNON, 7/8 Jürgen BERGER 9 , Sylvia KESSLER 10 , Markus KRUEGER 11 , Sabine KRUSCHWITZ 4/12 , Daniel UFERMANN- WALLMEIER 13 , Andrei WALTHER 14/15 1 FHE - University of Applied Sciences – Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany 2 TUM - Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany 3 FHM - University of Applied Sciences – Muenster, Muenster, Germany 4 BAM - Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany 5 RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany 6 HTW Berlin - University for Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany 7 SVTI - Swiss Association for Technical Inspections, Wallisellen, Switzerland 8 TUD - TU Dortmund University, Dortmund Germany 9 BHT- Berliner Hochschule für Technik, Berlin, Germany 10 HSU - Helmut-Schmidt-University/ University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 11 TU Graz - Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria 12 TUB – Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany 13 HSB - Hochschule Bremen - City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany 14 Kiwa GmbH, Berlin, Germany 15 FHP - University of Applied Sciences – Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany *Corresponding author, e-mail address: [ralf.arndt@fh-erfurt.de] Abstract This contribution summarizes actual developments and draft fundamental teaching topics in the field of non- destructive testing in civil engineering (NDT-CE). It is based on the first memorandum on teaching and research in the field of NDT-CE at German speaking universities [1] and provides an overview of the academic education and highlights possible focuses, especially in teaching but also takes into account noteworthy developments and topics in research in the field of NDT-CE. Suggestions are given for the development and advancement of the teaching curricula in regards to a comprehensive and sound professional education of students in civil engineering and adjacent disciplines. Keywords: curriculum; core competencies; teaching concept; university, teacher memorandum; non-destructive testing in civil engineering; NDT-CE 1 Introduction 1.1 Motivation Currently, most of the academic institutes at various departments in German-speaking countries teach individual NDT methods with rather varying weight and depth in different courses and formats. Apart from faculties of civil and environmental engineering, faculties teaching subjects of non-destructive testing include architecture, mechanical engineering, geosciences (in particular geophysics), physics, electrical engineering and medical engineering. There are also connections with mathematics, information technology, and chemistry so that nearly all fields of engineering and sciences somehow treat subjects of non-destructive testing or are connected to NDT. More info about this article: http://www.ndt.net/?id=27248 © 2022 The Authors. Published by NDT.net under License CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/