Enhancement of engineering education in a country: Some considerations

With roots in Portugal, the engineering education in Brazil has a long history of success. The formation of engineers follows the old French formation model and the engineers formed both the engineer of conception and the engineer of application has been successful. Although there are many critics regarding the model it has showed to be still efficient and appropriate once it gives to the recent formed engineer not only a diploma, but also the professional qualification. This work has as objective to show and to discuss about the most important points of the engineering education in Brazil: the beginning, the development, its current state, the impact of the globalization and the perspectives for the future.