Academic Information (Spanish):
Degree:
Mathematical Engineer
Mode:
Full-time attendance. Maximum workload is 19 credits (six courses).
Duration:
Eleven (11) semesters. This program includes one (1) Internship period.
Head of the program:
Mr. Luis QUINTERO
E-mail: lquinte3@eafit.edu.co
Background: opened in 2001
Purpose of this Program:
Mathematical Engineering’s objects of study are the models, the simulation and the formulation of the most approximate solution of real life problems in engineering, economics, management and other professions that use mathematics.
Objectives:
To train professionals with:
High Academic Quality, supported on:
- Their knowledge of Mathematics, which will help them structure their logical and analytical thinking, and in those disciplines that will help them structure synthetic thinking and encourage creativeness.
- Their abstraction ability, analysis and conceptualization required to find the underlying logical structures of processes and projects; and the creativity/ analysis and synthesis abilities required to transform them.
- Their ability to model and simulate processes and objects, and to come to approximate or heuristic analytical solutions.
Excellent performance in the business world, supported on:
- Their humanistic education.
- Their attitude and commitment towards the strategic planning of the business environment.
- Their willingness and skills for the interdisciplinary work.
Student’s Profile:
The candidate must have the following characteristics:
- To prefer Mathematics over all other subjects, and to have had an outstanding high school performance on mathematics and its applications.
- To have mathematical ability, both practical and theoretical. This means to have developed a liking, not only for mathematical applications, but also for its process.
- Skills to state and solve real life simple problems through the use of mathematics, and to be able to interpret the results.
- To be familiarized with the use of the calculator and the computer as auxiliary tool for solving problems.
- To be willing to use sophisticated computing tools, especially those that involve the use of the computer as a mean, having the proper training for that purpose.
- To have performed well when working in team with students of the same level in common interest projects, or in tasks assigned by the teachers of the different subjects during the high school years.
- Able of showing a highly productive participation in team projects and tasks.
The candidate must also meet the following requirements:
- Those normally stipulated by the University for admission in any of its undergraduate programs.
- To succeed a mathematical skill admission test administered by the Department of Fundamental Sciences.
- To pass and succeed a second language proficiency test before going into the internship semester.
All of the former requirements aim to minimize academic dropout rates during the development of the academic programs.
Graduate’s Profile:
The Mathematical Engineer is a professional who builds, develops, operates and applies models, simulation and Heuristics for the analysis, design, forecast, optimization and control of real problems of the organizations, and who stands out for his/her broad scientific interest, communication and team work abilities.
Mathematical engineers will be able to work in organizations that need market forecasts, management of large amounts of products, prediction, work planning, production, enhancement and optimization of the processes, as well as qualitative research, among others.
The graduate from this program will be able to:
- Give advice to industrial and service companies in the mathematical modeling of engineering problems that come up as an outcome of the situations studied.
- Team up with experts in specialized areas for the development of projects or in the incorporation of new technologies, methods or procedures, through the modeling of logical or mathematical simulation and the optimum or heuristic solution of specific problems.
- Communicate with experts of specialized fields outside the company, such as mathematicians, civil engineers, managers, economists, and computer experts.
- Use mathematical models in order to solve real life problems and to be able to respond for his/her management solutions and results interpretation.
- Properly use computing tools for each application in the solution of the models that result from the statement of a problem from a specific specialized area.