Industrial production is the area of engineering that plans, designs, implements and optimizes manufacturing systems, integrating people, materials, equipment, technology and energy to obtain maximum productivity.
Costa Rica has become a host for world leaders in services, high technology and the medical industry. These companies require qualified resources for their operations in Latin America and are actively seeking engineers in industrial production.
Accreditation
The TEC degree in Industrial Production Engineering is accredited internationally by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), assuring the quality of the program of studies and the providing the possibility of further professional development both inside and outside Costa Rica.
Perfil profesional
Industrial production professionals must plan, schedule and control production using the appropriate techniques.
In addition, they are in charge of determining production costs and controlling production budgets.
The demand for these professionals is especially high in the following sectors:
- Metalworking
- Foods
- Plastics
- Textile making
- Services such as banks, telecommunications, supermarket and restaurant chains, hotels and call centers, among others
In addition, a significant number of professionals in industrial production have established their own companies.
Facilidades
- Exclusive computer labs for Industrial Production Engineering.
- Applied ergonomics laboratory.
- Manufacturing systems laboratory.
- Software specialized in industrial statistics (Minitab), process simulation, computer aided design (CAD) with Solid Works, computer aided manufacturing (CAM), industrial process control and programming (CNC).
- Faculty members with extensive professional and teaching experience.
- Placement of students in important national and international companies.
- International exchanges.
- International certification of student training program.
Laboratorios
- Exclusive computer labs for Industrial Production Engineering.
- Applied ergonomics laboratory.
- Manufacturing systems laboratory.