The student receives solid knowledge of Electrical Engineering with subjects oriented to cover the general knowledge of the career and those of specialty in the area of electricity, in such a way that it leads to a full knowledge of the activities described in the professional profile.
Mission
To train proficient and competent professionals in the study, design, and application of technologies related to the conversion, transmission, distribution, and efficient use of energy, with an emphasis on their application to the electrical sector, through high-quality education focused on research, innovation, and sustainable development.
Core Components of the Program
For the Electrical Engineering career, two professional axes are considered:
Energy Systems: focused on the conversion and use of energy.
Power Systems: focused on the transmission and distribution of electrical energy.
* Undergraduate tuition/fees:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador in its Article 356, among other principles, establishes that third-level public higher education will be tuition/fees free. Zero cost education is linked to the academic responsibility of the students.
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Applicants must be visionaries and innovators who, through problem solving and communication skills, are interested in working in multidisciplinary teams, as well as acquiring knowledge in sustainability and social responsibility, since the career focuses more and more on the energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy, as well as the social and environmental impact of decisions in the field of electrical energy.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The graduates of Electrical Engineering in a period of 3 to 5 years after graduating should be capable of:
- Face professional challenges at local and regional level, applying their profession knowledge, and considering social, economic and environmental factors within a moral and ethical framework.
- Demonstrate assertiveness in decision making in strategic positions within the public and private sector, through effective communication skills, professional practice based on high quality standards, and interdisciplinary interactions.
- Lead with success the development and implementation of electrical engineering solutions oriented towards power systems, either as a freelancer or as an employee of a company and thus, responsibly contributed to the productive sector of society.
- Acquired new technical and scientific knowledge related to Electrical Engineering, in the exercise of their professional activity or postgraduate knowledge.
STUDENTS OUTCOMES
From 2019:
- SO 1. Ability to identify, formulate and solve complex Electrical Engineering problems through the application of engineering, science and mathematics principles. (Current Rubric).
- SO 2. Ability to apply design of Electrical Engineering systems, to produce solutions that satisfy specific needs, considering public health, safety and well-being, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors. (Current Rubric).
- SO 3a. Ability to communicate effectively in Spanish with diverse audiences orally and in writing. (Current Rubric).
- SO 3b. Ability to communicate effectively in English with a variety of audiences. (Current Rubric).
- SO 4. Ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in Electrical Engineering situations and make informed judgments, considering the impact of engineering solutions in the global, economic, environmental and social context. (Current Rubric).
- SO 5. Ability to function effectively in a team, whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, set goals, plan tasks and meet objectives. (Current Rubric).
- SO 6. Ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use Electrical Engineering criteria to establish conclusions. (Current Rubric).
- SO 7. Ability to acquire and apply new Electrical Engineering knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies. (Current Rubric).
- SO 8. Design real Electrical Engineering solutions that propose unique value in response to specific needs considered from the point of view of those involved. (Current Rubric).
First Year
Description:
It is a core course for Engineering, Natural Sciences, Exact Sciences, and Social Sciences and Humanities, students. Topics, such as, topological notions, limits and continuity of real variable functions, derivatives and their applications, antiderivatives and integration techniques, and the definite integral with its applications, are examined. This course is aimed to the development of student’s skills and know-how in the derivation and integration processes, as a fundamental basis for the following upper level courses in its academic training process
Description:
Physics: Mechanics is a basic, theoretical-practical training course aimed at engineering students, with laboratory experimentation activities, which provides the fundamentals of particle mechanics, rigid bodies and fluid mechanics, in an environment of active learning.
Description:
In this course, students apply the Design Thinking methodology to identify, analyze real-life problems or needs, to design innovative solutions. Students work in multidisciplinary teams to present solution proposals that add value to customers/users from private companies, public organizations and non-profit organizations.
Description:
This basic and general education subject presents grammatical structures to produce a simple paragraph based on a writing program. Additionally, it allows the identification of a specific argument in oral and written communication. It also considers learners’ personal opinions about different topics related to social, academic, and professional aspects. It includes the necessary vocabulary to make comparisons between present and past, books or movies description, creation of simple students’ profile, opinions about inventions, formal apologies and tell past events.
Description:
General Chemistry is a theoretical-practical course aimed at the basic training of professionals in the areas of Engineering and Natural Sciences, which provides a scientific basis of the matter and its interactions, and seeks to develop in students the ability to solve problems related to the content of the subject. It begins with an Introduction to Thermochemistry, then the analysis of the physicochemical properties derived from the state of aggregation of matter: liquids, solids and solutions, the study of the Kinetics and Equilibrium of reactions and solubility.
Description:
This subject of basic instruction is a theoretical-practical course that contributes to the learning of concepts of electricity and magnetism in an environment of active learning.
Description:
Vector calculus is a course aimed at the basic training of professionals in the areas of Engineering, Exact Sciences and Natural Sciences who developed problem-solving and problem-solving skills in the n-dimensional context. For this purpose, the course consists of 5 general themes: three-dimensional analytic geometry and functions of several variables, differential calculus of scalar and vector fields, optimization of scalar functions of several variables, line integrals and multiple integration, surface integrals and theorems of the vector theory; being the main applications of this course: the optimization of functions of several variables applied to practical problems, the calculation of lengths, area, volumes, work and flow, using objects of the plane and space.
Description:
The course presents students with strategies to solve common problems in various professional fields through the design and implementation of solutions based on the use of a programming language. It covers the basic principles so that the student can read and write programs; emphasizing the design and analysis of algorithms. In addition, it introduces students to the use of development and debugging tools.
Description:
This is a basic training course for engineering and science students, in which the study of matrices, systems of linear equations, vector spaces, linear transformations, spaces with inner product, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. The main purpose of the course is to contribute to the integral formation of the future professional allowing later, to take care of conceptual, social and technological necessities in the solution of problems and development of the abstract thought.
Description:
This subject of basic formation and general education presents the grammatical structures for the production of an academic paragraph, through the development of the writing program in a transversal way. In addition, it allows the identification of specific arguments in oral and written communication, considering the production of one's own criteria on different topics of a social, academic or professional nature. The necessary vocabulary is also applied to refer to the different forms of communication, share work experiences and the use of digitl technology, tell short stories about interpersoanl relationship and personalities, and comment on the future of the environment.
Second Year
Description:
This course covers theElectrical grid analysis conformed by resistors, inductors, capacitors and transformers. The study is done in stable conditions, in continious and alternating currents with independent and dependent power sources of both DC and AC current. The methods studied are based in Ohm's law and Kirchoff's law of voltage and current in joint form with power source transformation, redundant conditions and the theorems of Thevenin and Norton, superposition and maximun transfer of power.
Description:
Digital Systems I is a professional training course that presents basic concepts of design, implementation, and analysis of digital electronic circuits. Initially, binary numbers, codes and their applications are studied; then, basic digital components and others of larger-scale integration, necessary for building digital systems, are presented. Additionally, the fundamentals of combinatorial circuits and synchronous sequential machines are reviewed. The implementation of digital systems is carried out by using discrete elements and hardware description language (VHDL), making tests of functioning in a laboratory.
Description:
In this subject, we study the development of the academic prosumer profile of the students, which should be consolidated throughout each individual's life, based on the processing of complex, holistic, and critical thinking. We aim to foster understanding and the production of academic knowledge through rigorous analysis of realities and readings from various academic/scientific sources.
Description:
This is a training basic course training and provides the knowledge to the engineering and science student can convert data into information, associate everyday situations with statistical processes, and determine scientific conclusions through experimental observations, applying descriptive statistics, notions of probability, models of random variables and inferential analysis.
Description:
This core subject of basic formation in the engineering degrees begins with the study of convergence criteria for numerical series and power series, providing methods for obtaining the latter. Next, analytical solving methods of ordinary differential equations of first and superior order are examined, including solutions in power series. Then, the Laplace transform is defined and used as a solving method of linear ordinary differential equations. As a final part, solving methods for solving linear ordinary differential equation systems are studied. The subject examines application problems of engineering and sciences modelled by ordinary differential equations and series and includes the use of software in a part of each practical session.
Description:
This subject of basic instruction and general education presents grammatical topics for the elaboration of an outline and a structured composition, through the development of the writing program in a transversal way. In addition, it allows the identification of arguments in oral and written communication on contemporary and academic topics. Additionally, appropriate vocabulary is applied to discuss issues related to different cultures, places where we live, everyday news, entertainment media, and past and future opportunities.
Description:
This course introduces students to three-phase alternating-current electrical networks and teaches phasor methods for their analysis. Students learn about transient and steady-state responses of first- and second-order circuits composed of passive elements. Later, advanced techniques such as Laplace transform and frequency response are addressed, including their applications to the analysis of passive filters. At the end of this course, the student analyzes equivalent circuits using two-port network parameters.
Description:
This course describes the basic tools required for the analysis and design of dynamic control systems, linear and time invariant. The concept of modeling and simulation of dynamic systems and the analysis of feedback systems are introduced. Criteria are then presented to determine the absolute and relative stability of the systems, then controller design techniques are detailed that comply with the specifications required by the techniques of locus of roots and response of frequency.
Description:
The Electromagnetic Theory course is a professional training course taken by students of the electricity and telecommunications majors, the course addresses the study of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields, applying the different methodologies and laws for the calculation of electric fields, potential difference, capacitance. , electrical resistance, magnetic fields, magnetic flux, their own and mutual inductances, induction phenomenon, all this associated with systems with different configurations and varied symmetry, formed by various means.
Description:
The cross-sectional course of Numerical Methods is aimed at the basic training of professionals in the areas of engineering and science, which require developing skills in planning and solving problems using numerical methods. For this purpose, the subject addresses the following topics: nonlinear equations, systems of linear equations, interpolation, differentiation and integration, and, resolution of ordinary and partial differential equations. The emphasis is on the computational analysis and implementation of numerical algorithms to solve engineering problems with a controlled error.
Description:
This subject of basic formation and general education, presents the grammar structures to produce a persuasive essay, through the transversal development of the writing programme. In addition, it allows students to identify specific arguments in the oral and written communication, as well as, to express their own opinions about different topics of social, academic, or professional fields. It also includes the necessary vocabulary to stablish a conversation, narrate situations of their environment, activities to reach their goals, analyze cause and effect and personal and professional opportunities.
Third Year
Description:
This transversal course addresses the conditions required to innovate and the process associated with developing an innovation from an entrepreneurial point of view. Subsequently, topics such as the identification of opportunities, value creation, and prototyping and validation of products/services proposals are reviewed, as well as the elements of the business toghether with tools for the evaluation of a budget/financial management plan and the interpretation of financial data. Considerations that are essential for the feasibility and adoption of an innovation. Finally, entrepreneurial competences and process associated with the development and adoption of an innovation are studied.
Description:
This course is professional training, it trains the student in the design, evaluation and practical application of the standards of residential, commercial and industrial electrical installations. It begins by giving an introduction and fundamental concepts on electrical installations, technical standards, general principles on electrical design, protections, conductor sizing, control and automation. It continues with the determination of areas in the power house, distribution systems, M / T cells, medium and low voltage connections, connection and sizing of transformers, emergency generators and power factor correction. It ends with the most common measurement methods, general distribution boards, motor control centers, normal and power outlets, grounding systems, prevention and protection in electrical work.
Description:
The Electrical Machinery I course is at the middle level of the grid and is taken by students of the electricity career, it is developed based on mathematical models from the fundamental laws that govern electrical machines and is complemented with classes on problems, workshops and labs. Initially, the importance of electrical machines in electrical power systems is seen, their classification and the fundamental laws that govern them. Subsequently, the single-phase and three-phase transformers are studied, both the principles and laws as well as the operation and construction. Finally, direct current machines are studied, starting with their elementary machine principles as a generator and motor and advancing to the operation of the direct current machine in its different types as a motor.
Description:
This professional type course introduces basic concepts of the operation of power systems, which are used to analyze electrical faults, coordinate protections, and evaluate the reliability of power systems. Then the characteristics of the elements of the power systems are studied, such as the parameters of the transmission lines and how they are affected by their geometric arrangement. Also, the different mathematical models of transmission lines and their applications in simulations are analyzed. Finally, power flows are simulated in computational tools in order to analyze the chargeability of lines, generators, and operating parameters of other elements.
Description:
This basic training and general education subject presents the necessary structures for the production of a persuasive essay, through the development of the writing program in a transversal way. It also allows the identification of specific arguments both in oral and written communication, in order to issue students' criteria on social, academic, or professional issues. They also apply the necessary vocabulary to engage in discussions about choices to make, changes in daily life and home, financial problems as well as moral dilemmas and achievements in the course of their personal, student, and professional lives.
Description:
This professional training course presents energy conversion systems, making use of power semiconductors, line-commutated single-phase and three-phase rectifiers, Fourier techniques for the study of harmonics, analysis and design of direct current converters firing circuits. (DC) to alternating current (AC), AC / AC converters, DC / DC converter modulation techniques, and DC motor speed and torque control techniques. This course also emphasizes the use of modern tools for the programming, simulation, analysis and computer-aided design of power converters.
Description:
This course is a professional training course, it analyzes conventional (classic) rotating electrical machines with special emphasis on induction and synchronous machines widely used in electrical generation systems, without neglecting other types of electrical machines that involve different applications for new technologies. The course involves the analysis of electrical machine models, determination and analysis of equivalent circuits in stable and dynamic state, considering the physical phenomena of magnetic fields. Then the operation, basic notions of design and simulation of electrical machines are detailed. Additionally, laboratory practices are carried out, which include the use of simulation programs, drawing, computer tools and handling of measurement equipment.
Description:
The course is of a professional type, it is in the middle level of the mesh and it focuses on the analysis of the different types of electricalfaults in power systems and how these affect the stability of the systems, for this the type faults are examined symmetrical and asymmetric. The sizing and selection of power switches, and their main characteristics, are also addressed. Asymmetric faults are analyzed with the use of the symmetric component technique and parallel faults, series faults and simultaneous faults are analyzed. Finally, the stability of the power system is evaluated in terms of voltage and angle against disturbances that may occur in the electrical network.
Description:
This transversal training course for all students of the institution has five chapters. It introduces the key principles of sustainability and the path to sustainable development. Addresses ecological principles by deepen into biodiversity, ecosystems, human population and ecosystem services. Study the fundamentals of renewable and non-renewable resources as well as the alternatives for sustainable use. Analyzes environmental quality specifically in the air, water and soil components, delving into issues such as climate change, eutrophication and deforestation. Finally, it emphasizes on the economic axis with topics such as circular economy and on the social axis on topics such as governance and urban planning.
Fourth Year
Description:
This professional course is at the upper intermediate level of the curriculum for students of electricity and provides an introduction to the principles of operation, configuration, control, and evaluation of energy resources in hydroelectric and thermal power plants. It also studies some of the important environmental characteristics and impacts of electric energy production and its contribution to the local environment and the world energy scenario. The course offers the fundamentals of centralized generation systems that will be used in the analysis of power systems integrated with transmission and distribution.
Description:
The Industrial Electrical Controls course is at the final level of the grid, it is taken by students of the electricity career, it is a professional training course, it gives a vision of electrical automation with applications both to the industrial sector or to the general field of the use and management of electricity. The course introduces the fundamentals and definitions of electrical control systems, then these fundamentals are applied to start and regulate the operation of direct current motors, the fundamentals for programmable logic controllers are given, later, it is studied the starting and control of alternating current motors, including the speed control of the motors and their protections, finally, the sensors and transducers are addressed to achieve a fully automated control. All of this is complemented by labs, workshops, and problem classes.
Description:
The Electrical Distribution I course is at the final level of the grid, it is taken by students of the electricity career, it is a professional training course, it gives a vision of electrical energy distribution systems with applications in the sector medium and low. The characteristics of the different types of cargo and their representation. Distribution transformers and their applications are studied. It addresses the design of sub-transmission lines and distribution substations, the design considerations of the primary feeders, the design for secondary systems, the calculations of voltage drop and power loss, the application of capacitors in the systems. of distribution, voltage regulation, protection of distribution systems, reliability of distribution systems and quality of electrical power, finally the common information model (CIM).
Description:
The course is of a professional type aimed at students of the electrical engineering program, it gives a vision of the current energy context and the role of renewable energies in it, analyzing the environmental and economic aspects of energy use. At the beginning, an overview of the world energy context is given, later the different types of renewable energy systems and their applications are studied. Then, in a more specific way, the most developed electricity generation systems based on renewable energies are studied, being photovoltaic energy and wind energy, designs of systems connected and disconnected to the grid are performed. Finally, the problem of connecting renewable energy systems to the electrical grid and the different types of energy converters and their control are analyzed.
Description:
This advanced level professional training subject studies the technical and economic principles used in the operation and control of the generation and transmission systems for electricity companies and independent operators of power systems. Initially, it studies the organizational structure of power systems and their types of market around the world, with their differences, advantages and disadvantages; to later analyze the dispatch and scheduling of generation systems in a profitable and safe manner. Subsequently, the characteristics of the transmission systems and how their operation affects the capacity of the system are studied. The safety of the power system against various degrees of contingency is also analyzed. In the following units, it analyzes the optimal power flow both AC and DC, and introduces the estimation of states of electrical systems using probabilistic methods.
Description:
The Superior Mathematics course is aimed at the comprehensive training of engineering students. In the same three fundamental topics are studied, namely: complex variable, Fourier series and Fourier integral. The course prepares the student to solve problems in various areas of engineering, such as: electrical circuits, signal processing and transport phenomena.
Description:
The course is a professional training course for electricity students, it focuses on the study of the physical and operational characteristics of the equipment used in the construction of underground lines. Criteria for the design and construction of the measurement and monitoring system are analyzed using SCADA system (supervisory control and data acquisition). Subsequently, the energy quality problems caused by different disturbances in the electrical system are analyzed, these being studied in a stable state, available solutions are evaluated to mitigate the studied disturbances, finally, energy efficiency techniques in the electrical field are analyzed, including topics such as the national energy situation, energy audit concepts and optimization of energy use in electrical systems.
Description:
This is aprofessional training course for students of electricity career, aimed at electrical power systems disturbance effects study. The different types of stability in power systems are defined and classified, according to their main characteristics, study methods and indicators of interest. In particular, the small signal and large signal stability, frequency and voltage is analyzed. The course also reviews the control and measurement systems (PUM) of electrical system during grid operation and their integration with conventional analysis methods.
Description:
The Power Systems Planning course is at the final level of the grid, it is taken by students of the electricity career, it is a professional training course, it gives a vision of contrasted scenarios of planning in the short, medium and long term , with applications to the energy sector and environmental management. In methodological terms, the basic elements of the analysis of supply and demand of energy and power, the projection of energy requirements and the calculation of environmental loads are presented; to then create scenarios, and evaluate some individual public policy and technical options. In addition, the course contributes to the training of the student in the entire cycle of planning the expansion of the power system: from demand, generation, substations, lines and reagent control
Description:
This is a professionalizing course with the structure needed to provide students with the necessary knowledge to apply protection schemes to main components on the power system. First are presented the concepts and basic aspects to acomplish all protection schemes on the grid, the main components of a power system and operational characteristics of its components.Then the theory and application of the protection schemes applied in the main components of power systems is discussed, highly important knowledge for its application during the professional development of those students who work in the field of advanced power systems.
Fifth Year
Description:
This advanced level professional training subject analyzes the main characteristics of the Ecuadorian electricity market. It addresses the regulatory framework that allows its operation and control. Evaluates project management tools applied to electrical engineering. The agents of the electricity markets are studied, both in their operational scope and the management parameters. Subsequently, the regulatory framework of the generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization axes of the electricity sector is analyzed, in addition to its short-medium-term projection at sector levels. Finally, it studies tools to evaluate projects oriented to the use of electrical energy.
Description:
This course is part of the Curricular Integration Unit and it take part at the end of the degree. The student carries out a project where the application of the profiles declared in his career is evidenced, developing processes of creativity, organization and relevance that involve him in a professional design experience.In the first part of the course, the needs of the client / user / public are identified, the problem / opportunity is defined, data is collected and critical factors are analyzed. In the second part, alternative solutions are created framed in the regulations and restrictions of each user. It concludes with the design and / or implementation of the feasible solution or prototyping and analysis and validation of results through computer simulations.
Additional
ARTS, SPORTS AND LANGUAGES ELECTIVE COURSES
1 credits - 1.9 ECTS
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE COURSES
1 credits - 1.9 ECTS
SELECTED ELECTIVE COURSE
3 credits - 5.8 ECTS
SELECTED ELECTIVE COURSE
3 credits - 5.8 ECTS
After 4.5 years of study, you will be able to:
- Planning and development of electrical systems.
- Operation and maintenance of power systems.
- Renewable energy and energy transition.
- Smart Grids.
- Management, technical consulting, and energy regulation.
In order to obtain the degree in Electrical Engineer, students must fulfill the following requirements:
- Complete a minimum of 59 credits in Professional Unit courses.
- Complete a minimum of 21 credits in General Education courses.
- Complete a minimum of 32 credits in Mathematics and Basic Science courses.
- Complete a minimum of 6 credits in Selected Elective courses.
- Complete a minimum of 2 credits in Elective courses.
- Accumulate a minimum of 336 hours of Internship Experience, distributed as follows:
- 240 hours of Pre-professional Business Internships (equivalent to 5 credits).
- 96 hours of Community Service Internships (equivalent to 2 credits).
- Successfully complete the Curricular Integration Unit, which includes:
- Capstone course (3 credits)
- Capstone project (5 credits), equivalent to 240 hours
The Capstone Project is a culminating requirement for graduation. These projects provide students with the experience of applying acquired knowledge and skills to the needs of society, with a focus on sustainability.
The IDEAR Fair showcases all Capstone projects, offering students a valuable opportunity to showcase their work and hone soft skills such as communication and teamwork. It is also a space for students to network with potential clients and future employers.
Explore all of the Capstone projects completed by the Electrical Engineering program.
DID YOU KNOW?
This program is aimed at the management, generation and use of electrical energy. The Electrical Engineer is capable of innovating, designing, managing, building and operating conventional and renewable generation systems, transmission systems, distribution and industrial facilities, contributing to the socioeconomic development of their environment.
