The graduate follow-up process in the curricular upgrading of Systems Engineering Career at Universidad Catolica, Azogues campus

Abstract

Careers offered at Higher Education institutions in Ecuador, within their functional structure, have a very important process that identifies and determines the behavior and labor market of their alumni; at Catholic University of Cuenca (UCACUE), such process is found at the Graduate Follow-up Department, which provides necessary feedback to the curriculum and has representatives from each one of their Faculties.  They handle fundamental techniques to improve the curricular upgrading criteria measured under the Academy indicator by the evaluating organism for Ecuadorian universities.  This is why the Systems Engineering Career of the Catholic University of Cuenca, Azogues campus, carries out the system and usage of data collection tools, social networks, etc.  By applying a field research and according to results and their interpretations, through a descriptive research, relevant aspects of continuous improvement in study plans and curriculum designs are obtained.  In this article, the process of graduate follow up is specified, taking in consideration the graduating classes between 2011 and 2013, for a total of 41: 21 in 2011, 16 in 2012, and 4 in 2013; and a sample of 100%, showing the main results of its execution, directly related to the criteria obtained at present.