Academic and Professional Opportunities: A Guide to Careers
Academic & Professional Opportunities
Engineering
Industrial Civil Engineering
Duration: 6 years (biannual system, except first year)
Academic Grade: Bachelor of Engineering Sciences
Professional Title: Industrial Engineer
Occupational Field: Leadership in management of functional areas, including planning, production, operations, finance, marketing, administration, sales, engineering, development, IT, systems, organization, and methods in industrial and service companies. Activities include modeling and analysis of complex operational systems, organization and methods analysis, design and operation of management control systems, design and development of decision-making systems, design and evaluation of investment projects, design and improvement of production systems, industrial logistics systems design, and organizational development plans.
Civil Engineering Electrical
Duration: 6 years (biannual system, except first year)
Academic Grade: Bachelor of Engineering Sciences
Professional Title: Electrical Engineer
Specializations:
- Industrial Process Control
- Electronic Systems and Communications
- Electric Power Systems
Occupational Field:
- Free Exercise of the profession (consulting, projects, design, software development)
- Business Performance (generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; electronics and telecommunications; industrial and mining enterprises)
- Research and development
Electrical Engineering Implementation
Duration: 4 years (biannual system, except first year)
Professional Title: Implementation Engineer in Electrical Engineering
Specializations:
- Power
- Electronics and Telecommunications
Occupational Field: Independent work or employment in goods and services companies, as well as generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; electronics and telecommunications companies; and industrial and mining enterprises.
Engineering Agribusiness
Duration: 5 years (biannual system)
Academic Grade: Bachelor of Agribusiness
Professional Title: Agribusiness Engineer
Occupational Field: Consulting in national and international trade operations; market information generation; executive roles in investment, financing, and project evaluation; research and academia; management of companies marketing and distributing products and supplies in public and private sectors.
Civil Engineering in Geography
Academic Grade: Bachelor of Engineering Sciences
Professional Title: Civil Engineer Geographer
Health Sciences
Obstetrics and Child Care
Duration: 5 years (first two years six-month terms, remaining three years annual)
Academic Grade: Degree in Obstetrics and Child Care
Professional Title: Midwife/Matron
Occupational Field: Public and private primary and secondary care; potential for tertiary care; academic careers through Master’s and Doctoral programs; research opportunities.
Humanities and Social Sciences
Bachelor of Education in Castilian
Duration: 5 years (biannual system)
Academic Grade: Bachelor of Education in Castilian
Professional Title: Professor of Castilian
Occupational Field: Professor of Castilian in secondary education; Professor of Castilian, Grammar, Writing in vocational schools and academies; Rapporteur on professional training courses; Teacher preparation; Research teams in higher education.
Degree in Applied Linguistics with Honors in English-Japanese Translation
Duration: 5 years (biannual system)
Academic Grade: Degree in Applied Linguistics
Professional Title: Translator (English-Japanese)
Occupational Field: Work in business and scientific-technological institutions, nationally and internationally.
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