Mathematics in Engineering Education Seminars

The bi-annual seminar which is open to all persons with an interest in teaching mathematics to engineers, brings together educators from all over Europe. The seminars do not only provide several presenta­tions but also leave space for intensive discussions of actual topics.

Upcoming Seminar

• 22nd SEFI-Special Interest Group in Mathematics Seminar Innovations in Mathematical Education for Engineers: Bridging Past, Present, and Future – 25 – 27 June 2025 – Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences – Wolfenbüttel Germany
  • More information here.

Past Seminars

• 21st SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 11-14 June 2023 – City of Tampere, Finland.
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• 20th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 15-17 June 2021 – Kristiansand, Norway.
  • The seminar proceedings can be downloaded here
  • There are also reports on the discussion groups on:
    • SummaryDiscussionSeminarKristiansand2021
• 19th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – June 2018 – Coimbra, Portugal.
  • The seminar proceedings can be downloaded here
  • There are also reports on the discussion groups on:
    • ReportOnDiscussionsCoimbra2018
• 18th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 27-29 June 2016 – Gothenburg, Sweden. It was organized by Chalmers University.
  • The seminar proceedings can be found here.
  • There are also reports on the discussion groups:
    • “Mathematical Competence” (B. Alpers)
    • “Topics for future seminars” (D. Velichova)
• 17th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 23-25 June 2014 – Dublin, Ireland. It was jointly organized by the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), the Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT Dublin), and IT Blanchardstown.
  • The seminar proceedings can be found here
  • There is also a report on the discussion groups on:
    • Summary of discussions at the 17 SEFI Mathematics Working Group Seminar
• 16th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 28-30 June 2012 – Salamanca (University of Salamanca), Spain.
  • The seminar proceedings can be found here
  • There is also a report on the discussion groups on:
    • “Mathematical competencies and suitable learning and assessment arrangements” (B. Alpers)
• 15th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 20-23 June 2010 – Wismar (Hochschule Wismar – University of Technology, Business and Design), Germany.
  • The seminar proceedings can be found here
  • There is also a report on the discussion group:
    • “Modeling Competencies” (B. Alpers) on Modeling
• 14th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 6-9 April 2008 – Loughborough, England. This seminar was combined with the IMA (Institute of Mathematics and its Applications) conference on the Mathematical Education of Engineers. Mike Barry (Bristol) wrote a short report on the conference.
  • The seminar proceedings can be downloaded here
  • There are also reports on the discussion groups:
    • “Major Problems” (B. Alpers) 
    • “Active Learning” (R. Clements)
• 13th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 11-14 June 2006 – Kongsberg, Norway.
  • The seminar proceedings can be downloaded here
• 12th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 14-16 June 2004 – Vienna University of Technology, Austria.
  • The seminar proceedings can be downloaded here
• 11th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 9 – 12 June 2002 – Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Click here for the report on this seminar