Engineering by doing

Engineering by doing is the EUSS educational model that is framed within the pedagogy of work by competences and is based on the most suitable didactic activities, where projects and internships in companies take a leading role.

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EUSS educational model: Engineering by doing

Engineering By Doing

La Escuela Universitaria Salesiana de Sarrià (EUSS) es una escuela de ingeniería creada en 1994 por la Fundación Privada "Rinaldi" con la voluntad de ofrecer respuestas eficaces a los retos de una sociedad que evoluciona de forma rápida y profunda.

 

Promovida por la Congregación Salesiana desde los Talleres Salesianos de Sarrià que Don Bosco fundó en 1884 para ayudar a los jóvenes que sin formación eran incapaces de ocupar un puesto de trabajo en la sociedad industrial que surgía en la Barcelona de entonces, la EUSS ha adoptado el modelo educativo Engineering by doing que se inspira en la experiencia pedagógica de Don Bosco. Por eso la oferta formativa de la EUSS quiere reflejar su Sistema Preventivo, el cual, como escribió él mismo en 1877, "si appoggia tutto sopra la ragione, la religione, y sopra la amorevolezza", para sintetizar un proyecto educativo de promoción integral de las personas jóvenes, especialmente aquellas con más dificultades. En la EUSS, haciendo una adaptación a la idiosincrasia del mundo universitario y del entorno local, utilizamos los términos familiaridad (amorevolezza), ingenio (ragione) y sentido (religione).

 

El modelo educativo de la EUSS se enmarca dentro de la pedagogía de trabajo por competencias y se desarrolla sobre la base de las actividades didácticas más adecuadas, donde el trabajo por proyectos y las prácticas en empresas toman un protagonismo destacado.

 

Los cuatro saberes o competencias que se han de combinar en la formación integral de las personas (saber SER o competencia personal, saber ESTAR o competencia participativa, saber HACER o competencia metodológica, y saber CONOCER o competencia técnica) son el fundamento de las competencias profesionales requeridas para el ejercicio de una profesión determinada. En la EUSS ha priorizado la competencia personal (saber ser), porque es desde las actitudes que se quiere promover la adquisición de los conocimientos y el uso de los procedimientos y las habilidades adecuados para descubrir y afrontar los nuevos retos derivados los futuros cambios de contexto, de profesión, de especialidad, de responsabilidad, de localización ...

 

El modelo Engineering by Doing como rasgo distintivo de la EUSS es asumido por todas las personas de la escuela, se integra en los programas de difusión y es objeto de revisión constante con la participación de otros actores de la sociedad.

Business Advisory Board

The EUSS has a Business Advisory Board with the aim of knowing from an external point of view the opinion, consensual and informed, on the different areas of our university educational activity, and where the industrial environment is evolving.

The Advisory Board is made up of a group of industry experts from all disciplines of the training programmes, and has a good balance between senior and young professionals, between representatives of SMEs and large companies, and some of them are EUSS graduates.

The council meets oncea  year, and so far it has dealt with topics such as: competence profile of the new degree programmes, professional orientation, the role of the engineer in our society, and a model of internships in companies in the area of business management.

Scholarships and reductions

As a centre that offers official degrees, our students can obtain reductions that are recognized by law:

  • Reductions recognized in the Decree of public prices of the Generalitat de Catalunya:
    • Students in the general or special category of large families
    • Students with a registered disability of 33% or more
    • Students who have obtained a distinction in High School
    • Students who are victims of acts of terrorism, their spouses and their children
    • Students who are victims of domestic violence
  • Ministry of Education general grants (GRAL): these scholarships are granted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and in Catalonia are processed online through the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR).
  • Rinaldi Foundation Scholarships: For more information, see the following section.

Rinaldi Foundation scholarships

 

The Rinaldi Foundation offers each academic year four types of scholarships so that students who enrol in the Salesian University School of Sarrià can deal with the financing of a part of the cost of their studies.

 

Students who receive these aids can renew them each course as long as they meet the criteria established in their bases.

 

General description of our scholarships:

  • Collaboration scholarship: you will receive an amount to carry out 150 hours of collaboration tasks during the course in a department or service of the school.

  • Study grant: if you have a good academic performance, you can benefit from a direct discount on tuition fees (25% of the credit.)

  • Don Bosco scholarship: if you have studied in a Salesian school, you can apply for this scholarship that will allow you to study undergraduate studies at a public price, with the commitment to carry out 200 hours of collaborative tasks during the course in a department or service of the school.

  • Domènec Savio scholarship: if you have experience in activities of service to society, you can apply for this scholarship that will allow you to study undergraduate studies at a public price, with the commitment to perform 200 hours of collaborative tasks during the course within the Pastoral group.

Check the bases of our scholarships at the end of this page.