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| MEDELLÍN | CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING | |
| EIA | CURRICULUM CIVIL ENGINEERING | |
| INTER-INSTITUCIONAL AGREEMENTS | CURRICULUM BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING | |
| MISSION | CURRICULUM INFORMATICS ENGINEERING | |
| VALUES | CURRICULUM INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING | |
| CURRICULUM ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | ||
| VISION | REGIONAL SUPPORT | |
| THE RELEVANCE OF OUR APPROACH | FOR FURTHER INFORMATION | |
| THE PEDAGOGIC MODEL AS A GUIDE |
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It is predominantly an agricultural and mining country and yet a forward-reaching nation with good industrial, commercial and scientific development. Petroleum and chemical products are the principal exports, followed by coffee, coal and emeralds. It also exports flowers, bananas, tobacco, sugar and cotton in large quantities. In recent years the export of manufactured goods has assumed an importance, particularly textiles and clothing. The capital city, Bogotá, and other principal cities such as Medellin, Cali and Baranquilla, have achieved an important economic and cultural development. There are the most important industrial and commercial centers of the country as well as the most famous educational and cultural centers. Capital of the department of Antioquia, situated in a valley, 1600 meters above sea level; with a spring-like climate and good roads communicating with the rest of the country. It has the best public services in Colombia; a modern health service, two airports, an in-city train service and two bus terminals. Medellin offers excellent and varied hotels, tourism facilities and an ample university system. Medellin is an industrial, commercial, financial and manufacturing city. It is the headquarters of the largest economic group in the country, host to a variety of fairs, exhibitions, congresses and conventions. It is a modern, hospitable city, of warm-hearted, hard-working, forward-looking people, known affectionately as Paisas. The Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia, EIA, (Antioquia School of Engineering) is a higher education institution with the Legal Recognition No. 20120, issued by the Colombian Ministry of Education on November 12, 1979. We are located in Medellin, capital city of the province of Antioquia, and second largest city of Colombia. The Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la educación Superior (ICFES), a department of the Ministry of Education, regulates and controls the quality of higher education in Colombia. Only those institutions that meet ICFES standards are authorized to award undergraduate and graduate degrees. The ICFES has authorized EIA to award bachelors degrees in the following engineering areas : Civil, Industrial, Management, Environmental, Informatics and Biomedical. The program of Biomedical Engineering is offered jointly with the Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, CES, (Institute of Health Science), another institution of higher education authorized by the Ministry of Education to offer graduate and undergraduate programs in Medicine and Dentistry. It is important to point out that each one of our undergraduate programs is of eleven academic semesters. The Institution, also offers graduate programs in Soil Recovery, Corporate Finance, Production and Service Management, Engineering Industries Management, and Urban Management and Urban Processes. EIA is currently working towards the creation of new graduate programs to give more academic and research support to the undergraduate programs. Admission to our Institution is selective and competitive. Applications are first reviewed to confirm successful completion of all High School subject requirements. Then de ICFES examination scores are reviewed. Only those applicants with a very high performance in high school and good ICFES scores* are admitted to our programs (top 10%). Therefore an average of only 300 new students per year are admitted. Since its foundation in 1978, EIA has granted bachelors degrees to some 1000 graduates. Currently, it has a total enrollment of 1100 students. EIA belongs to the Colombian Network for International Cooperation (RCI), which encompasses universities and companies of Medellin and other cities in Colombia. It is also member of COLUMBUS (Association of European and Latin-American Universities), EAIE (European Association for International Education) and ICDE (International Council for Open and Distance Education). *Foot note: The ICFES examination is the national pre-requisite for university entrance, in this exam all academic subject areas are examined. INTER-INSTITUCIONAL AGREEMENTS In order to ensure an international dimension EIA has formalized agreements for cultural and academic cooperation with the following foreign universities : Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (Chile), Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (Mexico), Universidad Pinar del Rio (Cuba), University of the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago), Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain), Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain), Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain), L´Ecole Nationale de Ingenieurs de Metz (France), and University Heinrich- Heine in Duesseldorf (Germany). By these agreements we can share experiences and knowledge, develop joint research projects and exchange students, faculty members and administrative staff. In addition to those international agreements, the University has also signed agreements with well-known local universities, as Universidad de Antioquia , (Antioquia University), Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, UPB, (Bolivar Pontificial University), Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, CES, (Institute of Health Science) and Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería, ECI, ( Colombian School of Engineering in Bogotá), to share resources, develop joint projects and other extension activities. One of the main purposes of these local agreements is to share library resources. Our specialized engineering library has 9000 books, computer facilities and services, but thanks to these local agreements students have access to over 390.000 volumes just as regular students of those other institutions. Additionally, our library belongs to the Regional Library Network, which enables students to have access to the material available in more than 120 public and private universities.
Our Mission is the formation of high-quality professionals in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, the promotion of applied research and the interaction with the environment that will result in the technological, economic, cultural and social development of the nation. As an academic community, it promotes a global vision, creativity and team work, the improvement in the quality of life and a respect for the natural surroundings, all based on the principles of ethics and justice. Our community emphasizes the importance of the following values: honesty, respect, responsibility, a global vision, quality, creativity, team work and solidarity. The constant search for academic excellence in teaching, research and extension An emphasis on the Basic Sciences as fundamental pillars for scientific and technological progress and as agents for the consolidation of analytical and logical capacities and reasoning. A global vision which permits the formulation of solutions without the bias of excessive specialization and which permits a more ample exercise of the profession A technical and humanistic formation that favors balanced personal growth, reinforces civic values and stimulates the business spirit Commitment to the growth and development of the nation through coherent and pertinent actions Respect for humankind, the Law, society and the environment Selection of the best students, teachers and other employees on the basic of academic and personal merits. To be one of the best institutions of higher education in Engineering in Colombia; recognized nationally and internationally for the quality and professionalism of the engineers it produces, for the results of its applied research and for its effective contribution to society. In order to carry out our Mission, we have focused on six aspects of university education: undergraduate, postgraduate, on-going education, research, advisory and constancy services. Special attention is given to three areas: · Creativity, productivity and business technology · The transformation of and care for the environment · Health technology THE PEDAGOGIC MODEL AS A GUIDE The daily round of the academic community is based on three words: being, knowing and serving. BEING: Humanistic formation KNOWING: The creation and development of knowledge SERVING: A commitment of service to the community In our model, the formative process centers around learning, with an emphasis on values, the development of thinking skills and the solution of problems relevant to society. The graduates of the EIA are characterized to have the special conditions that generate the basic sciences and the engineering’s science, complemented with the culture that is obtained through the formation axes: Humanistic: related with the personal, integral formation in values, social sciences, aesthetic sensitivity, development in communication abilities, team work and commitment to the society. Scientific & Technical: in this area the basic sciences predominate, the scientific method and professional techniques; the establishing of relationships between the logic of the sciences and that of the profession to reach the competence appropriate for the multivalent professional to be effective in work situations nationally and internationally Information Management: is related with the search for, organization of, transformation of and use of information in a responsible, reliable and opportune fashion, with the help of the appropriate technological tools, to attend to the local necessities and world wide communication. Research for technological development: stimulates and generates a culture of investigation that permits the adaptation of knowledge to produce diverse, creative and useful solutions to those technological problems that arise. Respect for the environment: knowledge of the environmental variables and their consideration in decision-making processes Entrepreneurial spirit: strengthening the business mentality and orientated to the development of businesses and the generation of employment. TEACHING STAFF A balance is maintained between full-time and part-time staff, according to the particular variables of the institution and each program. The existing ratio is approximately one full-time teacher for each 35 students. They attend primordial to the areas which require more care in the professional formation, such as the basic sciences and basic engineering sciences. In this way EIA has achieved recognition in the academic field. The part-time staff attend principally to the professional areas. Their permanent contact with the professional world enriches the learning-teaching process.
GRADUATES Our Graduates are recognized as professionals with high academic and human qualities. Proof of this is in the large percentage of graduates who hold high positions in the technical and administrative fields, not only in Colombia but abroad. Our graduates have obtained doctorates in prestigious universities throughout the world and as businesspersons conscious of the importance of generating employment and developing their career make a reality of our ideals: Being, Knowing and Serving.
STUDENTS The admission process, based on academic and personal merits, ensures that only those candidates with a high performance record are admitted to EIA. Our undergraduate students rank in the top 10% according to the results of the National Examinations held at the end of the secondary education phase. An average of 300 new undergraduate students is admitted each year. In the case of postgraduate studies, the admission process includes an analysis of the aptitudes for research and this has allowed us to make noteworthy contributions to international events. The ESA has laboratories as teaching aids and as services to business. There are facilities in: Chemistry, Physics and Electronics, Biology, Hydraulics, Soils and Materials, Geology and (fotogrametríc), Topography, Informatics and Geographic Information Systems, (Mecatronics, Physiology, Bioinstrumentation and Biomaterials. (The last four in conjunction with the Institute for Health Sciences) Agreements exist with other universities, research organizations and other public and private bodies for the use of more specialized laboratories. The EIA has a facility of one computer per 10 students in its modern computer rooms, which are used for teaching, research and extension. There is Internet access and specialized software for engineering and languages. There is also a center for Systems of Geographic Information, a center for computer-assisted drawing (CAD) and a workshop for the practical work of Informatics students. There are network points around the campus, including the cafeterias and study areas. All students and faculty members have a cost-free account for Internet access and e-mail. The Library of the EIA is the principal support center for teaching, research and extension. Its collections and services contribute to the realization of the institution’s aims. The Library has a specialized collection, with an average of 8 books per student, dedicated to diverse areas of Civil, Environmental, Administrative, Industrial, Informatics and Biomedical Engineering and to the Humanities to support the learning process in its different aspects including up-dating and research. There are a number of agreements with universities and local businesses for the sharing of collections for the benefit of the academic communities. The users have modern systems available to access these collections. Research has as its objective the generation of new knowledge, support and reinforcement for teaching and the contribution to the solving of scientific, technological and social problems in the areas covered in the EIA. The following have been defined as LINES OF PRIORITY ACTION:
The EIA has participated in the creation and strengthening of centers of technological development such as The Center for Investigation and Development of the Construction Industry; The National Center for Cleaner Production and Environmental Technology, The Center for Productivity and Technological Development in the Metallurgical Industry. The Technological Park of Antioquia, the Center for Science and Pharmaceutical Research and the Business Incubator for Antioquian Technology. The EIA contributes to the solution of problems through the formulation of research projects, thus offering to the community a group of teachers and researchers, which with student help, is capable of finding novel solutions to problems. The constant visits to local firms help in the identification of problems and the participation, with the support of different academic bodies, in the development of projects and the search for their financing. This area promotes interaction with the locality and has the following resources: Pre-university Seedbeds prepare youngsters in the final years of secondary education to understand mathematical language, the importance of the natural sciences and engineering. On-going Education is responsible for the up-dating of our graduates and the diffusion of new knowledge to society. There is an ample portfolio of short and diploma courses on relevant and up-to-date topics open to the public at large or exclusively for interested businesses. The Business Advisory Center, led by teacher-consultants, where students have the chance to do some professional practice at the same time as they are helping the firms. The Business Practice Term functions with the help of national or foreign firms, offering valuable professional experience to the students and important feedback on the formative process for the EIA. The Graduates Office takes care of mutual co-operation between the institution and the professionals it has formed. Its primary aim is to foster areas of mutual interest; ensure that the graduates contribute to the continuity of the school and support the graduates in their business and academic evolution. The Institutional Welfare area motivates the human development of the academic community, improving the quality of life through programs designed to strengthen the academic, spiritual, psycho-affective, physical and cultural dimensions of the students, teachers and other employees of the institution. The EIA promotes cultural and re-creative activities and sports to such an extent that excellent musical and theatrical groups are in existence and there is successful participation in national university sporting events and local leagues. the EiA has 6 undergraduate programs, each with a global focus, which prepare in 10 or 11 semesters, engineers with values and social responsibility, committed to the development of the country. Administrative Engineering The objective of the professional is to manage the administrative decision making in the organizations, with the purpose of making them national and international competitive . These decisions are applied on the human, financial, technological resources and of markets of the organization. It Forms competent professional in the design and innovation, analysis and interpretation, planning, leadership and implementation, negotiation, evaluation and control of decisions in the administration areas, human talent, finances and trade, combining the systemic vision of the organizations with the methodology and the rigor of engineering.
Environmental Engineering The objective of the professional is to manage integrally the environment, taking into account the environmental variable in the planning of industrial projects and infrastructure, in the frame of the sustainable development and the legal normativity. It Forms competent professional in the design of technical solutions for the prevention, mitigation and control of environmental impacts, as well as in the diagnosis, evaluation and administration of the environment in its dimensions physical (water, air, ground), biotic (flora, fauna) and social. Biomedical Engineering The objective of the professional is to develop to technological solutions and integral and optimal scientists for the area of the human health. it forms competent professional in the design and implementation, simulation and mathematical modeling, investigation and management of biomedical solutions in the rehabilitation areas, clinical engineering, bioinstrumentation, biotechnology in health and biomaterials. This program is offered in agreement with one recognized institution of superior education, the Institute of Sciences of the Health - CES -. Civil Engineering The objective of the professional is to opportunely manage pertinent civil works with the sustainable development of the region and the country.It forms competent professional in the design, planning, construction and administration of civil works that include the constructions and other structures, waters and hydraulic works, the grounds and geotecnics, the channels of communication and transport; as well as in the identification of necessities and the conception of the respective solutions, that contribute to the balanced development of the country. Industrial Engineering : The objective of the professional is to innovate and to optimize the industrial operations in companies of goods and services, to obtain high competitiveness in the national and international field. It forms competent professional to analyze and to diagnose, to plan, to design, to implement, to evaluate and to administer the industrial operations in the areas of processes, production, quality and logistic. Informatics Engineering: The objective of the professional is to develop computer science solutions with the purpose of optimizing the IS and thus to facilitate the decision making strategic, tactical and operative in the organizations and to generate an exportable supply of products and services in the industry of the knowledge, allowing to obtain a sustainable competitive advantage.It forms competent professional in the analysis, design, construction, implementation, support, administration and investigation of solutions in the areas of software engineering, Telematics and data bases for all type of companies. The EIA prepares specialists in those areas required to support the technological, economic, social and political development. Management of Production and Services It develops the competitions that require a specialist in planning and control of the production to make more competitive and productive the manufacturing and services companies . The service at the modern time must apply the technology scientifically to its processes of base, to make the companies more efficient of this sector of the economy. The program makes emphasis in Theory of Restrictions - TOC- and Logistic. Corporate Finances: It forms specialist leaders so that they evolve with excellence in the fields of the public and private finances, with emphasis in financial engineering and with a systemic vision of the management that results in the economic and social benefit of the country. Management of Companies of Engineering: It forms the engineers and architects in the enterprise management and the management of projects of engineering and architecture, with the innovation and the change, to program, to direct and to control projects, with competitions in trade, quality and human talent, updated in the legal, fiscal aspects and of hiring, with fluidity in the handling and understanding of the systems and its application in the decision making for the direction and the control of works, giving special attention to the norms of quality, the technological management and the investigation. Ground recovery: It forms a specialist in the handling of the environmental variables, in such a way that she allows him to raise and to make programs of protection, handling and control of the contamination of the ground in integral terms. This formation allows him/her the making of management and territorial ordering programs in the reality of the handling of the natural resources in the country, with a rational and integrated handling of the resources, to improve the environmental management. Urban management and Processes: The city of century XXI must be oriented by people specially prepared, since it requires scientific planning, architectonic design and engineering, understanding of the social phenomena, administrative capacities and dominion of the economy. This specialization forms the necessary competitions so that it can plan, design, administer and control the city of the future. REGIONAL SUPPORTWith our programs we supported clusters. defined by the Chamber of Commerce of Medellín for Antioquia and the Program Vision Antioquia Century XXI, that is to say: construction, foods, and textile/manufacture, and equally the three defined by the Regional Advisory Committee of Foreign trade of Antioquia (CARCE): textile/manufacture, health, software/technology; and with it to contribute to the goals of development defined by our region. Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales relinter@eia.edu.co |
