amount of work, the learning environment, the
quality of teaching, and other factors before
making a final decision on admission.
6 CONCLUSION
The EuroTeQ University Alliance is a good example
of an in-depth partnership of engineering educational
institutions. The analysis carried out in this study
revealed some strengths and weaknesses of this
platform. The EuroTeQ student team was compared
with foreign students studied at TalTech for three
years and European Erasmus+ one-semester team of
students. As a result, several directions for further
development of EuroTeQ are proposed. Among them,
a need in consulting students on the course catalogue
usage is shown. Coordination of timetables is offered.
Every home university could conduct preliminary
consultations and selection among those wishing to
receive additional education. It is demonstrated the
usefulness of improving the advertising campaign
aiming to provide applicants with information about
the courses, assessment system, average dropout
rates, laboratory works and classes, virtual Open
Days, etc. Finally, it is promising to introduce
questionnaires and application forms for pre-
registration. It is also offered establishing a delay
between the pre-enrolment and the real enrolment.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This work was supported by the Estonian Research
Council project VERT20061 сo-funded by the
Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
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