DEGREE
Higher Technology in Automation and Instrumentation
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Academic Identity
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- Mission
“To train outstanding academics and professionals; to generate, apply, and disseminate knowledge; and to propose and implement alternative solutions to problems of public interest in their areas of influence.”
- Vision
“Leader in knowledge and technology management within the Higher Education System, with international prestige and recognized as a benchmark for the practice of ethical, civic, and service-oriented values to society.”
- Program Objectives
- General objective
To train professionals at the Higher Technology level in Automation and Instrumentation by developing competencies that enable them to resolve situations, problems, or contingencies within the field, with initiative and autonomy in operations and services, industrial process automation, and with creativity, innovation, and a spirit of continuous improvement in their work.
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Profiles and outcomes
The professional we train and the competencies you will develop
- Professional Profile
The professional profile of the Higher Technology in Automation and Instrumentation program is the set of specific competencies identified in the market study, enabling the professional to perform in the labor field through participation in community engagement projects and pre-professional internships in real environments within the technological field of Automation and Instrumentation.
The Technologist in Automation and Instrumentation develops the following competencies as part of their professional profile:
- Installation, operation, adaptation, maintenance, and commissioning of units, equipment, and electronic automation systems used in business, industrial, or domestic settings.
- Execution of maintenance in industrial production lines in accordance with occupational safety and health standards, ensuring safe working environments in the performance of their duties and those of their team, with responsibility.
- Implementation of technologies for the automation of industrial processes.
- Installation and commissioning of electronic systems applied to industrial control, such as control panels, hardwired logic, PLC-based control, motor and pump control, among others.
- Provides solutions for electronic systems applied in industrial control, such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and microcontrollers, mastering the logic used in these devices.
- Implements industrial networks for distributed control systems according to the characteristics of the environment.
- Graduate Profile
The graduate profile of the Higher Technology in Automation and Instrumentation program comprises the set of integrated and coherently organized knowledge oriented toward understanding the various problems and thematic axes of the professional field. To this end, the knowledge and competencies that students must deepen are selected within a theoretical–practical framework, with the aim of developing competencies to be applied in the labor field.
- Measures physical and chemical variables by selecting the appropriate device for each variable. Installs, operates, adapts, maintains, and commissions units, equipment, and electronic automation systems used in business, industrial, or domestic settings. Performs control of electrical machines and acquires electrical signals to create virtual instruments.
- Develops automatic controllers using the existing modules in the institution’s laboratory.
- Installs, operates, adapts, maintains, and commissions units, equipment, and electronic automation systems used in business, industrial, or domestic settings.
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Article 356 of the Constitution of the Republic establishes, among other principles, that third-level public higher education shall be tuition-free, and that this gratuity is linked to the academic responsibility of students.