Contribution of the Internship in the Professional formation in the Students of Chemical Engineering Faculty at the Autonomous University of Yucatan (México)

Abstract

The aim of the research was to identify the satisfaction of students in three of the five undergraduate programs of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of the Autonomous University of Yucatan (Mexico) in the experience obtained during their professional internships. The study also allows to inferring whether their employers know the competences of the degree, as to validate the internship as a real scenario of learning and acquisition of work experience. The research consisted of a non-experimental study of cross-sectional design for a group of students in a single temporary moment in the internship course. The results highlight that the implementation of internship has improved the university-industry collaboration allowing real learning scenarios. Of all the students involved in the study, 96% stated that they applied the knowledge acquired in the classroom, 84% stated that they had acquired new knowledge of curricular value during training and that the activities performed were of benefit to the company.