Tuning Generic Skills

The list is a list of generic skills that has been used in previous European Studies.

Generic Skills List
1. Capacity for analysis and synthesis

2. Capacity for applying knowledge in practice

3. Planning and time management

4. Basic general technical knowledge of the profession of your work area

5. Grounding in basic knowledge of the profession of your work area

6. Oral & Written Communications

7. Knowledge of a second language

8. Elementary computing skills

9. Research skills

10. Capacity to learn

11. Information management skills

12. Critical and self-critical abilities

13. Capacity to adapt to new situations

14. Capacity for generating new ideas

15. Problem solving

16. Decision-making

17. Teamworking

18. Interpersonal skills

19. Leadership

20. Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team

21. Ability to communicate with non-experts (in the field)

22. Appreciation of diversity and multiculturality

23. Ability to work in an international context

24. Understanding of cultures and customs of other countries

25. Ability to work autonomously

26. Project design and management

27. Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit

28. Appreciation of ethical issues

29. Concern for quality

30. Will to succeed

31. Patents and Intellectual Property Rights

32. International Relations and Collaborations

33. Professional Ethics