Innovation-Driven Education Reforming Engineering Education in the AI Era

Currently, the global business and innovation environment is rapidly evolving due to the rise of the platform economy, digital transformation, and the shift towards remote and hybrid work. This shift emphasizes personal innovation and entrepreneurship, leading to an increase in self-employment and consulting roles over traditional employment. Simultaneously, key technological drivers such as artificial intelligence and advancements in system integration technologies, like semiconductors and advanced packaging, are significantly impacting on the expertise required for business. In this paper, we first identify key factors and analyze their impact on the future business and innovation environment in the era of artificial intelligence on education. We then introduce the concept of innovation-driven education and its impact on the ICT education framework. Our baseline is the European Institute of Innovation & Technology’s (EIT) educational framework and quality measures. An new key themes include innovation entrepreneurship, multifaceted innovation processes, multicultural business ecosystems, and the platform economy. The future engineering profession will be characterized by 1) innovation entrepreneurship, 2) communication, collaboration, and workflow management with AI, and 3) a holistic and diverse understanding of entireties.