Mission

The Mission of the Department of Engineering of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso in the development of Engineering and the training of graduates and professionals of excellence in their respective specialties, with a clear ethical orientation and vocation of service to society, committing to the social, economic, scientific and technological development of the country.

Vision

The Department of Engineering of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso will be recognized for its excellence in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, for its contribution to the advancement of engineering through research and technological innovation, and for its contribution to regional development and national, participating in the community through extension and cooperation.

Its graduates will be recognized for their solid professional training in their areas of expertise and for their ability to assess and solve problems that contribute to the development of their community and the country, with the hallmark of the University's values orientation.

They will be innovative and creative people, capable of adapting to the globalized world in which they will perform, and with skills to manage changes in their environment; they will possess interpersonal and communicational skills to integrate multidisciplinary teams, and they will be interested in updating their knowledge permanently.

The PUCV Engineering Department will be seen as a national reference and as a regional leader in the training of engineers with a marked national and international insertion.