Response to the needs of society and industry is rather slow, and efforts are being made to strengthen relations with industry through visits, training of students in industry, joint committees, conferences etc. Aims for engineering students have been given including concentration on practical applications, linking study with practical life, choosing graduation projects that solve real problems, realizing early contacts with private and public sector, working as a team etc. Recommendations for the introduction of training courses in engineering schools have been given including the following: designing of courses jointly by school and users; recruiting lecturers from both industry and school; making training and applications at laboratories of both school and industry; asking for feedback and comments from participants; paying visits to industrial projects; encouraging professors to visit industry and spend their sabbatical leave there. Joint coordinating committees from industrial decision makers and schools of engineering should be established in order to set up programs.