Sustainable Technology Excellence Program STEP-2015 : Institutional change for embedding sustainability at UPC–Barcelona Tech
Author
Segalas, J.; Hernandez, M.; Mora, M.; Tejedor, G.
Type of activity
Presentation of work at congresses
Name of edition
6th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education : Let's build transformative knowledge to drive social change
Date of publication
2013
Presentation's date
2013-05-13
Book of congress proceedings
GUNI 6th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education : Let's build transformative knowledge to drive social change
Abstract
Embedding Sustainability in technological curricula has become a crucial factor for educating engineers with competences in sustainability. In 2007, UPC designed the Sustainable Technology Excellence Program STEP 2015 in order to assure a successful Sustainability Embedding. This Program took advantage of the opportunity offered in 2010, by the redesign of Bachelor and Master Degrees in Spain, under European Higher Education Area framework.
STEP goals were to: design compulsory courses in each ...
Embedding Sustainability in technological curricula has become a crucial factor for educating engineers with competences in sustainability. In 2007, UPC designed the Sustainable Technology Excellence Program STEP 2015 in order to assure a successful Sustainability Embedding. This Program took advantage of the opportunity offered in 2010, by the redesign of Bachelor and Master Degrees in Spain, under European Higher Education Area framework.
STEP goals were to: design compulsory courses in each degree; develop the conceptual base and identify reference models in sustainability for all specialities at UPC; create an internal interdisciplinary network of faculty from all the schools; initiate new transdisciplinary research activities in technology-sustainability-education; spread the know-how attained; achieve international scientific excellence in technology-sustainability-education and graduate the first engineers/architects of the new EHEA bachelors with sustainability as a generic competence.
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