Challenges and methods in better teaching of engineering

New advanced technologies and subjects related to high level research in engineering are expected to be bridged to undergraduate teaching at various levels. Hence, innovative teaching is required to address new challenges. A rapid overview of current teaching methods is presented in this paper highlighting related issues. Problem based learning and enquiry based learning are still under investigations to be adapted to most engineering courses. It is expected that students would be able to take control of their own learning with a certain freedom, or, given the opportunity to solve engineering problems without prior knowledge of the subject. Innovative teaching methods have to be designed and established to enable clear knowledge transfer to students with continuous assessment of the learning outcomes over regular periods of teaching (e.g. every semester). This paper discusses, also, a number of challenges encountered in teaching engineering with an example.