GENERAL INFORMATOIN

• Educational level: Professional - Undergraduate
• Name of the curricular program: Electric Engineering
• Title granted: Electrician Engineering
• Year of creation: 1961
• SNIES Code: 27
• SIA Code: 2544
• Total credits: 167
• Estimated duration: 10
• Methodology: On-Campus
• Journey: Daytime
• Curricular Area: Electric and Electronic Engineering
• Faculty: Engineering
• Campus: Bogotá

PROFILES

Applicants Profile

The applicants to the program have complete average education in the Colombian educational system, with skills and curiosity about basic sciences. Preferably, with aptitude to work in team, use of computer tools, autonomous learning and with skills for the analysis and comprehension of texts.

Graduate Profile

The Electrician Engineer of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia is a professional with a solid technical background to conceive, design, implement and operate electric power systems and has developed personal and interpersonal skills that allow them to lead or participate in projects that aim to solve problems at the local, national or global level with a high sense of social responsibility and ability to update their knowledge.

Based on the achievement of the educational goals set for the Electrical Engineering program of the University, the graduate can act with competence in all fields related to electrical systems where it is necessary to carry out functions of design, planning, manufacturing, construction, installation, auditing, consulting, operation, maintenance, control, automation, administration, management, research or teaching, among others. In particular, power and electrical systems mainly include the generation, transformation, transmission, distribution and commercialization of electrical energy and alternative sources of energy.

OBJECTIVES

Program educational objectives

Graduates from the Electrical Engineering program will be comprehensive and profesional citizens being expected to attain or achieve the following Program Educational Objectives within a few years of graduation:

• Will apply science, technology and management knowledge in conceiving, design and implementing solutions to Electrical Engineering problems considering social and environmental sustainability criteria.
• Will contribute to comprehensive solutions to engineering problems in virtue of leadership and effective communication with multidisciplinary teams.
• Will apply long-term learning skills in defiance of social, economical and technological challenges recognizing the ethical responsibilities involved in their profesional practice.

CURRICULUM

Curriculum - Electrical Engineering

RESEARCH

The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has the following research groups:

• Research Program on Acquisition and Signal Analysis - PAAS-UN
• Research Group on Electromagnetic Compatibility - EMC-UN
• Research Group on High-Frequency Electronics and Telecommunications - CMUN
• Research Group on the Colombian energy sector - GRISEC
• Electrical Machines & Drives - EM&D

In particular, these groups have contributed significantly to the development of Electrical Engineering in the country through:

• The publication and socialization of its scientific results in research journals and academic events of national and international nature.
• Cooperative work with research networks, national and international universities, public and private entities.
• The education of professionals of the highest level who today stand out in the academic, research and business fields.

ABET ACCREDITATION PROCESS

• ABET
• PEOs
• Student Outcomes
• Admission and Graduated

ABET

¿What is ABET?

"ABET is the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. ABET accredits college and university programs in the disciplines of applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology at the associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree levels. With ABET accreditation, students, employers and the society can be confident that a program meets the quality standards that produce graduates prepared to enter a global workforce." (Source: https://www.abet.org/about-abet/)

We are in accreditation proccess

PEOs

Program Educational Objectives

Graduates from the Electrical Engineering program are expected to attain or achieve the following Program Educational Objectives within a few years of graduation:

• Will apply science, technology and management knowledge in conceiving, design and implementing solutions to Electrical Engineering problems considering social and environmental sustainability criteria.
• Will contribute to comprehensive solutions to engineering problems in virtue of leadership and effective communication in multidisciplinary teams.
• Will apply long-term learning skills in defiance of social, economical and technological challenges recognizing the ethical responsibilities involved in its professional practice.

Student Outcomes

For the ABET Accreditation Process, the Electrical/Electronic Engineering Program defined the following Student Outcomes:

Student outcomes

AGREEMENT 181 OF 2020

Admission and Graduated

Student Admission and Graduated Students

The Accreditation Process included a revision on the student admission and the number of graduated students for the last eight years. The following charts present that information:

CONTACT INFORMATION

SELF-ASSSESSMENT/ACCREDITATION

SELF-ASSESSMENT

PEP – PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL PROJECT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ACCREDITATION

ACCREDITATION

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION - RESOLUTION No. 444 OF JANUARY 13, 2012