Responding to the needs of industry and the social environment, which require further the presence of highly trained personnel to address the problems of efficient electricity management, control systems, and automation, started in 2007, the program in Electrical and Automation Engineer within the education offered by the College of Engineering.

• Accredited by CACEI (Engineering Teaching Accreditation Council) http://cacei.org.mx
• Accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET http://www.abet.org
• Incorporated to the Register of High Performance of Undergraduate Programs-EGEL.

Comprehensive training for competitive and innovative Electricity and Automation Engineering professionals, as well as the development of state-of-the-art technology for the benefit of society.

Consolidate the Electrical and Automation Engineering program as one of the best Electrical Engineering programs in the country, where its graduates are capable of facing the new challenges posed by the industry and the national electrical sector. This involves the program in an improvement and increase of its full-time academic staff, the permanent revision and updating of the curriculum, the strengthening of its infrastructure, the development of research projects, and a greater linkage with the social and productive sector.

Our career aims to deliver to the society a professional in electricity and automation areas at the highest level, with a solid education in basic sciences, the science of engineering, and management; aimed to develop the students, skills, and abilities in the areas of electricity, power electronics, control, and automation, allowing them to evaluate and propose solutions to problems of the electric industry, extraction, manufacturing, and services.   

Desirable characteristics in the student are:

• Ease and interest in mathematics and physics.
• Vocation and motivation towards electricity and automation.
• The ability of observation and interpretation to model natural phenomena.
• The capacity for active and collaborative learning.
• A teamwork ability.
• Desire to contribute to the technological development of the country.

The Electrical and Automation Engineer upon graduation has the following knowledge and skills:

• Formation of logical thinking that allows addressing engineering problems.
• The ability to analyze and synthesize electrical systems, automatic systems, and related areas.
• The ability to create, innovate, assimilate and adapt to technological changes.
• The ability to predict and control the environmental impacts of electrical systems and/or automatic systems.
• Creativity to face new challenges in electrical and automation engineering.

The Electrical and Automation Engineer four to five years after graduation, you are expected to have the following knowledge and skills:

• Be successfully employed in engineering technology or related field or accepted into graduate programs.
• Be effective in the design of engineering technology solutions and their practical application to electric systems, automation, and related areas.
• Be an engineering professional with the ability to assimilate and adapt to technological changes.
• Conduct themselves with high standards of ethics, considering the impact of engineering in a global context.
• Effectively lead, work, and communicate in multidisciplinary teams.

As a result of their studies in the Electrical and Automation Engineering Program is expected that graduates have the following Student Outcomes:

• An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
• An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
• An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
• An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
• An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
• An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
• An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Certificate or evidence attesting the full finishing of the baccalaureate in any of the following areas:

• Physics - Mathematics Baccalaureate
• General or Unique Baccalaureate
• Technological Baccalaureate in an appropriate area

 

Approve the admission test, which consists of the following assessments:

• Health
• Psychometric
• Knowledge
• EXANI-II

The flexible education and the incorporation of various areas of knowledge allow the graduates to address the problems of generation, distribution, and utilization of electrical energy, as well as, automation and control of any industrial or commercial system.

May carry out activities in:

• Electric power companies, mining, manufacturing, and services.
• Engineering projects, such as electrical systems, power quality, instrumentation, and automation.
• Electrical Inspectors.
• Research and technological development.
• Maintaining electrical and automatic systems.