Tracer Study of Alumni Competencies in Civil Engineering Department Universitas Negeri Surabaya

Abstract

In order to evaluate performance to increase the competitiveness and quality of universities, it is necessary to make efforts to determine the performance indicators of universities, one of which is the quantity and quality and relevance of graduates. This study aims to optimize the tracer study as an effort to improve the quality of education in the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Unesa. Tracer study is research on the situation of alumni, especially in terms of job search, work situations, and the use of competency acquisition while studying at the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Unesa. This research is planned for a period of one year 2022, with the target of alumni graduating in 2019 and 2020. The method used in this research is a descriptive method with a quantitative approach. Tracking is done by involving surveyors to move alumni to fill out questionnaires on the tracer study page directly from the university. The results of this tracer study are then analyzed for several components so that they can be used as input for majors in improving future performance. The results of this study vary widely on the competencies they feel are the best they have. For soft skills, ethics is the best competency possessed by alumni of the two study programs in the Civil Engineering Department. The best hard skills of the alumni's competencies are general knowledge for alumni of the Undergraduate Building Construction Education study program and internet skills for alumni of the Undergraduate Civil Engineering study program.