BackgroundIn the past, the role of an Automotive quality manager was based on standards like IEC 16949 and the implementation of a quality management system. With the growth of complexity of car functionality and the increased use of electronics (more than 100 ECUs in cars are connected by a bus and each car function is mapped onto an ECU cluster) other rules came into existence. Automotive SPICE (ISO 15504) knowledge is meanwhile an important skill to assess Automotive systems which include both, electronics and software. Faults of electronic devices and software can lead to hazards (e.g. blocking wheels, unintended steering, no brake force, etc.) so that a new standard functional safety ISO 26262 has to be implemented. Systems that might cause a hazard get classified by an ASIL-A to D level. Therefore, quality managers that have to release a product to the market must be familiar with the functional safety as well.Quality management (specified in IEC 16949) has a responsibility for the entire product life-cycle, including the production part. Six Sigma is nowadays the most well-known method and statistical toolbox for quality control in production.AQUA (Knowledge Alliance for Training, Quality and Excellence in Automotive) project, a pilot in the Erasmus+ Sector Skill Alliances Program under the project number EAC-2012-0635, was the very first European qualification and certification program that addresses exactly this need and established an innovative modular teaching platform integrating following three dimensions on VET level:-Automotive SPICE® (ISO/IEC 15504): Quality linked to the development process of software and electronics.-Functional Safety (ISO 26262): Quality associated with the achievement of Functional Safety requirements.-Design for Six Sigma: Focus on the reliability and robustness of products and production processes.Goals of the projectIn the Automotive Quality Universities (Automotive Universe) project we have prepared to launch the AQUA education in the universities, where ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) was agreed to among a set of universities in Europe. The Automotive area is one of the European lead industries and employers, thus to provide the proper skills for staying competitive at the university level is a high demand across all member states.Previously mentioned AQUA helps to increase knowledge level directly in the automotive industry by educating employees. AQU's goal is to reduce the knowledge gap between graduates of universities and required engineering and management skills in the industry. Anyway, the need for the application of selected approaches is relatively new even in the industry, so sometimes there are no engineers in the company, who would be skilled in this direction. With the combination of AQUA trainings at the industry and AQU courses at the universities, prepared by AQU project, it is possible to bring a synergistic and homogenous solution to education of Automotive SPICE, Functional Safety and Six Sigma in the automotive area.The goal of AQU project was to establish the AQUA training at different universities as Automotive Quality Engineering oriented lectures. All universities agreed to provide ECTS for the lectures and also agree to recognize ECQA as a supplementary industry certificate for the students. AQU project consortium includes:-VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic-University of Technology Graz, Austria-University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz, Austria-University of Maribor, Slovenia-EMIRACLE, Belgium, teaching students e.g. at Grenoble Institute of Technology, as well as in several French Engineering Schools (Ecole Centrale de Nantes, ENSAM ParisTech Aix en Provence, Université de Technologie de Troyes, Ecole Centrale de Lyon)-ISCN / ECQA Online Campus for IndustryAn online Moodle based teaching platform was prepared, students from different universities can have joint subjects and exercises in the Automotive Quality area.The online campus is integrated into the ECQA skills portals, learning portals and exam portals, allowing computer based learning and exams, and industry certificates in parallel to university ECTS. In ECQA there are European job role committees (JRC), the AQU members will join the AQUA (Automotive Quality Knowledge Alliance) committee that is already existing. JRCs annual update the skills set and exams.Measurable objectives fulfilled• Courses launched and ECTS agreed among pilot EU universities• Courses launched in an Online ECQA campus • so far 15 lecturers trained as trainers• so far 258 students were trained and 139 received ECQA/ECTS certificates• Dissemination in four national multipliers and two international (EuroSPI in the years 2016 and 2017) multiplier event. • Two white papers published with lead publisher SPRINGER VerlagPlease refer to the attachments Annexes_to_the_ report.txt that contains links to all project deliverables and reports.