The major aim of the PWG is to promote: 

• Promoting discussions about the role and importance of physics in engineering education
• Organisation of conferences on a regular basis and workshops
• Information on physics education of engineers, establishment of permanent contacts among physicists in higher education and industry, preparation of joint seminars and lectures.
• Cooperation in the development of teaching material (printware, software, netware).
• The future of technical physics teaching - specialist vs generalist.
• Creation of a core curriculum in physics with respect to a modularized system.
• Design of new courses - using high technology.
• Exchange of college teachers and study material of any kind.

Topics of special interest are: 

• Knowledge and skills of students on entry.
• Curriculum development and assessment (links to other subject area courses).
• Technology and new media in physics teaching.
• Laboratory exercises.
• Project Based Learning.