DYNA JOURNAL ENGINEERING

Key words:

estudios de másteres, formación del ingeniero industrial, competencias profesionales, master's degrees, industrial engineer training, professional skills.

Article type:

COLABORACION/COLLABORATION DAMR

Section:

COLLABORATIONS

This article describes the study of the Master's degrees in Industrial Engineering of the Spanish university system carried out at the initiative of the General Council of Industrial Engineers Colleges of Spain, with the collaboration of the Conference of Directors of the academic centers. The objective of the study is to increase the convergence of curricula for the proper performance of the regulated profession of Industrial Engineer. For this purpose, the results of a survey, designed for this purpose, have been used. This survey allows a diagnosis of the strengths and aspects of improvement of the masters.
The General Council of Colleges of Industrial Engineers of Spain is a corporation that brings together the 21 current Colleges, whose fundamental mission is to order the exercise of the profession [1].
The Conference of Directors of the Schools that teach the Master in Industrial Engineering is constituted by the Directors of the same, intends to promote the links, strategies and actions of common interest that result in the competitiveness and quality of the masters, their adaptation to changes regulatory, etc.
The main conclusions show outstanding strengths in some centers with aspects related to the quality of the master's degree, collaboration with entities and business fabric, and internationalization. On the other hand, other centers must improve in the areas of HR, support for the curriculum, indicators of rates and satisfaction (See Annex II), and in relation to the environment (collaborating entities, student practices and mobility).

Keywords: master's degrees, industrial engineer training, professional skills.