Master Programme in Industrial Engineering for El Salvador and Guatemala Erasmus Project

Project Title

Master Programme in Industrial Engineering for El Salvador and Guatemala

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

MEANING will be implemented in Central America, and specifically in El Salvador and Guatemala as a Joint Action under category A-Curriculum development in the field of Engineering.The main project objective is to enhance the modernisation of the Higher Education sector and to increase student’s employability in the field of Industrial Engineering in El Salvador and Guatemala This will be achieved by means of developing/implementing an innovative and high quality (in compliance with national/EU standards) Master Programme in Industrial Engineering, with three relevant specializations (Robotics, Telecommunications & Computer Sciences), for Salvadoran and Guatemalan students, but also beyond.The project has been defined with a logical sequence of complementary and interlinked activities (preparation, development, sustainability, quality, dissemination & exploitation) in order to face the challenges identified by the consortium in the proposal drafting step and with the aim of satisfying their real needs. Basically there is a considerable number of students at PCs enrolled in Engineering related studies; however their competences are limited, due to the fact that the current study programme offer (where theMaster level is almost inexistent) is not fully aligned with the real needs of the labour market, especially in the area of Industrial Engineering, a growing economic sector of high importance for partner countries.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 730525 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE EL SALVADOR & Country: SV

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE
• UNIVERSIDAD DE EL SALVADOR
• UNIVERSIDAD SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK – NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
• UNIVERZA V MARIBORU
• UNIVERSIDAD RAFAEL LANDIVAR