Plenary: The curricularization of the activities of research, technological development, extension and transfer

Abstract

Global Engineering Education with local relevance requires the consideration and articulation of scientific, economic, social and cultural aspects and the necessities of society. This represents a great challenge for Engineering degree courses. The curricularization of the activities carried out by students in research projects, technological development, extension or transfer as an Integrating Project or Supervised Professional Practice can strongly contribute to the development of the expected students’ competencies in the level of development reached and with the desired orientation while integrating the University’s substantive functions making an impact and fostering a sense of belonging to the community on graduated students. This paper describes the analysis of the conditions that should be met before the activity of these students in the mentioned projects could be curricularly recognized and meet the requirements of an Integrating Project or Supervised Professional Practice. Some defined competencies in the engineering profile and tools for its certification are presented as examples.