Innovative Curriculum that forms Entrepreneur Engineers

Abstract

Cesar Vallejo University has updated the curricula of its degree-courses, aligning them with the current needs of society, and reinventing itself as an "innovating university that forms entrepreneurs". The Strategic Plan 2017-2021 has as a general objective the professional training of creative and innovative citizens with ethical principles, who research and lead ventures that contribute to the development of society. The curriculum considered the conceptualization of the educational model aligned with the strategic axis of the university, the Peruvian technical standards NTP-ISO 10004-2014 for Customer satisfaction, Guidelines for monitoring and measurement, NTP-833.924-2009 Guide for Curricular Design of Educational Programs, and ISO 9001-2015 Quality Management Systems. This curriculum establishes the profile of engineers, their philosophical and pedagogical foundations, the institutional purposes that guide teaching, research, university social responsibility, and internationalization; prioritizing formative research, training by competencies and the humanist approach in the training of engineers.