Evaluación del modelo de gestión de calidad de la carrera de Ingeniería Química de la Facultad e Ingeniería y Arquitectura de la Universidad de El Salvador

Abstract

This study focuses on presenting the results of the evaluation process of the career curriculum of Chemical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the University of El Salvador (FIA-UES), carried out with the main purpose of generating information that is inherent in a system of planning which can lead to the management for the improvement of the above in all their curricular components. The evaluation took as a reference the criteria of the evaluation model for purposes of accreditation by the American Agency for accreditation of programs of Architecture and Engineering in its 2008 version, (ACAAI, 2008), but with a mechanism to measure the alternative proposed by this model. The main results revealed that the metering process raised in this research ensures the quality of the results of the assessment, because it is significantly valid and reliable. Moreover, statistical analysis  interpreted the information to identify those areas in terms of their differences and their approaches to meeting the  criteria model ACAAI, 2008, and which are strengths and weaknesses of the program. Finally, the improvement plan elaborated based on the analysis of the guidelines identified as priority weaknesses (D-) and potential weaknesses (D+), expresses, specifically, the actions needed to enhance or improve those aspects that were estimated early in the time and space of the evaluation and that are aimed at improving the quality of the training program of chemical engineering of the FIA - UES regardless of the time and general conditions of the context.