PRESENTATION TO THE QUALITY CERTIFICATION PROCESS OF SCIENTIFIC-BASED ENGINEERING PROGRAMS UNDER INTERNATIONAL CRITERIA BY UNIT
The unit can be the faculty or the school, according to the definition of the institution itself, as long as the unit is responsible for the academic and administrative management of the degree(s). The unit is responsible for budgetary control and assigns the use of funds for the proper functioning of the program.
The quality certification process for scientific-based engineering programs under international criteria encourages the institution to present a set of programs to the process simultaneously, with the purpose of carrying out a more efficient and effective process, which contributes to the mechanisms of continuous improvement from the unit as responsible for management and for each program at a time. The unit and its programs receive a set of comments that will strengthen the training work that is being developed with the purpose of verifying the acquisition of the Graduate Attributes and the declared graduate profile.
Programs that enter the process of certification of the quality of science-based engineering courses under international criteria of Acredita CI are committed to a process that will require maintaining the certification in force over time. This means that the programs must renew their certification permanently, as the term of the certification granted expires.
Requirements for incorporation
A program may apply to the process of certification of the quality of engineering courses under international criteria when:
It has two cohorts of graduates and graduates practicing the profession.
In the event that a program presents two current study plans, a plan that is ending that has graduates practicing the profession and a plan as a result of a curricular innovation process that does not yet have graduates, Acredita CI will apply the following policy:
Acredita CI Policy
The certification of the quality of science-based engineering courses under international criteria is granted by results, with evidence of the performance of the graduates. It should be noted that if the program does not have graduates from the innovated curriculum, it must have graduates from the curriculum that is being completed. In this scenario, the program could even be operating with two curriculums, in parallel, which is common in practice.
The Self-Assessment Guide provides specific guidance for carrying out the process under these conditions.
It is taught during the day, with regular admission in face-to-face mode. In addition, if the program is taught at more than one location, in the evening (either in-person or blended mode) or in a special degree program, all these locations, schedules and modalities must be submitted to the process simultaneously.
The program must be taught by an autonomous Higher Education Institution as established by Chilean legislation.