Paper presented at the Second European GIS Education Seminar, Budapest, Hungary, 2000 1 OUTCOME OF THE PHARE-TEMPUS PROJECT: IMPROVED EDUCATION ON ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE Radoš Šumrada University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Geodetic Department, Jamova 2, SI 1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA Erik Stubkjær Aalborg University, Department of Development and Planning, Fibigerstræde 11, DK 9220 Aalborg Øst, DENMARK Abstract. Universities in countries in transition are facing evolving demands regarding the knowledge and skills of their graduates. The Geodetic Department, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, has addressed these new demands in the context of a structural Phare-Tempus Joint European Project (S-JEP). The paper presents an overview of the recent project called "Improved education on environment and infrastructure", which provided the frame for an updating of the existing ordinary university study programs at the Department. 1. Introduction to the Phare-Tempus project S-JEP 11001-96 The Phare-Tempus structural joint European project (S-JEP 11001-96) "Improved education on environment and infrastructure" was set up as a response to Slovenian priorities, which were set by the Slovene Ministry of Education and Sport. The project lasted for three academic years and was concluded by the end of August 1999. The aim of this comprehensive project was to contribute to the expressed national priorities and to support the Trans-European cooperation scheme for higher education between Central and Eastern Europe and the European Union. The project involved faculties teaching geodetic surveying from EU partner countries: Austria (Technical University Vienna), Denmark (Aalborg University), Finland (Helsinki University of Technology), the Netherlands (Delft University of Technology), Sweden (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm), as well as the Geodetic Department, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Tempus project proposal stated that needs of society for geodetic engineers call for the interdisciplinary competence by the future medium and high level managers. The university education therefore must provide the engineering student with the ideas, tools and norms, which are needed for such jobs of the future. Geodetic engineers will also need increased knowledge on environment, organization, management, public administration, and economics in the coming years (Stubkjær 1996).