Innovative Proposed Model between Formative Research and Accreditation of Engineering Programs

Abstract

Peruvian universities by the university law 30220 are required to have their research center to obtain their licensing and optionally obtain accreditation for educational quality. The research study aims to propose an innovative model that relates the informative research of the students of the Systems Engineering and Computer and Electronics Engineering program with the accreditation. The soft systems methodology and the Maltese cross, based on the systemic approach, were used for the development of the study. The study is qualitative in approach; the interview technique was used with 15 stakeholders, using Atlas Ti22 for its analysis. The result obtained was based on the evaluation by experts, considering criteria such as clarity, coherence, relevance and consistency of the proposed model of the relationship between formative research and accreditation; obtaining an average value of 92.5%. In this way, it is considered approved since it must be higher than 75%. It was concluded that the proposed model is coherent since it articulates the investigative courses from the first semester to the last semester and relates in an articulated way with the elements of accreditation. The contribution of the research is to the university educational sector that can adapt the proposed innovative model according to the educational model of their university.