1. E-TEAM European Masters Programme in Textile Engineering -Since 1998 -International programme -Multidisciplinary approach -All major European universities participate -Most renowned education specialists are brought together

2. Course structure -120 ECTS : two years of study -4 semesters; semester 4 = (research) thesis -1st, 2nd and 3rd semester : regular courses with each course = one module = one specialised professor = one week. -10 weeks/ semester : 10 x 3 modules and professors from all over Europe -10 weeks package (= one semester) = one venue = one university

3. Venues 2013-2015 - TU Lodz, Poland : autumn 2013 - UPC Barcelona, Spain : spring 2014 - Ege University, Turkey : autumn 2014

4. Participating Universities -Ghent University, Belgium -University of Zagreb, Croatia -Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic -Tampere University of Technology, Finland -ENSAIT, Roubaix, France -ENSISA, Mulhouse, France -RWTH Aachen, Germany -TU Dresden, Germany -TEI Piraeus, Greece -Politecnico di Torino, Italy -Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania -University of Twente, The Netherlands

5. Participating Universities (2) -Technical University of Lodz, Poland -University of Minho, Portugal -“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania -University of Ljubljana, Slovenia -University of Maribor, Slovenia -UPC Terrassa, Spain -University of Borås, Sweden -Ege University, Turkey -Istanbul Technical University, Turkey -Uludag University, Turkey -University of Manchester, UK -Heriot Watt University, Scotland, UK -North Carolina State University, CoT, USA

6. EXAMS AND RESEARCH THESIS -Organisation of exams in the periods which are foreseen -Pass mark = 10/20 (50 %) -All exams are compulsory -For the 1st and 2nd semesters, resit exams are organised in June 2013 -Students can go to the 2nd year provided they successfully pass the 1st year -Thesis topics are provided by the participating universities -For the thesis the students are spread over Europe