Industrial Civil Engineering Curricular Update Uc Temuco Based on Engineering Challenges of the New Century

Abstract

In recent years, the industry has been forced to adapt to the dynamism of today's world and complex problems, where there is a demand for personalized products. In this sense, innovative engineers capable of facing these new challenges are required. Due to this, engineering training itineraries must be up to date with the new times. The Industrial Civil Engineering (ICI) program at UC Temuco, in its need to adapt to the global context, has decided to update the training itinerary based on a bibliographic review on the new approach to the program and surveys of different key actors. The results showed that the old ICI program must present more electives that allow the insertion of topics such as data science, simulation and sustainability. Furthermore, it was observed that the duration of the degree did not contribute to internal performance indicators of the university. The new training itinerary covers 11 semesters, 300 SCT credits, with 5 specific and 5 generic competencies. This new itinerary aims to respond to the challenges posed and improve the performance indicators of the graduate.