RT Journal Article
T1 15 years of IChemE-accredited degrees at the University of Santiago de Compostela: A description of the motivation, journey, and output
A1 Hospido Quintana, Almudena
A1 Rodríguez Martínez, Héctor
A1 Feijoo Costa, Gumersindo
A1 Garrido Fernández, Juan Manuel
A1 González Álvarez, Julia
K1 Curricula
K1 Internationalisation
K1 Quality assurance
K1 University community
K1 Comunidade universitaria
K1 Comunidad universitaria
K1 Internacionalización
K1 Currículo
K1 Garantía de calidad
K1 Garantía de calidade
AB The accrediting scheme by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) constitutes an international reference for the specific accreditation of chemical engineering programmes in higher education. The promoters of the initial 5-year chemical engineering programme at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) identified such scheme as a very attractive value for the continuous improvement of the programme as well as concomitantly for the skills set and employability of its graduates, getting accredited for the first time in 2010 (and renewed in 2013). In adapting this 5-year programme to a sequence of bachelor + master programmes under the Bologna process in the early 2010s, the design of the new programmes was carefully performed to balance adequately the requirements of a considerably regulated framework for the studies of chemical engineering at the Spanish legislative level and the requirements more connected with the chemical engineer profession emphasised by the IChemE accrediting guidelines. The IChemE accreditation has been successfully achieved (2018) and renewed (2024) by both the Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses at USC, and it has acted not just as a seal of added value but also as a key driving force in keeping the continuous improvement wheel turning. This has been particularly manifested in aspects such as the introduction in the programmes of new content aligned with the new worldwide trends in the field of chemical engineering, and the growing importance given to embedded cultural learning associated with e.g. ethics, sustainability, health and safety, or diversity.
PB Elsevier
SN 1749-7728
YR 2025
FD 2025-05-24
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43014
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/43014
LA eng
NO HOSPIDO, Almudena, RODRÍGUEZ, Héctor, FEIJOO, Gumersindo, GARRIDO, Juan M., GONZÁLEZ-ÁLVAREZ, Julia, 2025. 15 years of IChemE-accredited degrees at the University of Santiago de Compostela: A description of the motivation, journey, and output. Education for Chemical Engineers, vol. 52, pp. 77-83. ISSN 1749-7728
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026