An analysis of the sustainability in the engineering degree in industrial design and product development

Education for the Sustainable Development Goals (ESDG) in universities calls teachers to become agents of change, capable of training graduates on the challenges that the Agenda 2030 arises and to qualify students with the needed SDG competencies. Being able to conduct an analysis that maps the current situation in a degree is the starting point to tackle such a challenge, by helping to become aware of which gaps and opportunities exist and might be addressed. The EDINSOST2-SDG project, involving 8 Spanish universities, sets the framework for this study. This paper shows the results of diagnosing the presence of the sustainability competencies and the SDG at the undergraduate engineering degree in Industrial Design and Product Development at the School of Engineering of Vilanova i la Geltrú of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. The methodology developed and applied to measure the presence of sustainability and the SDG in the degree has been piloted in a previous phase of the case study. Results showed how using official documentation and study guides as information sources implied depending on the validity of these documents, which are not always updated. In this phase, data is obtained through the questionnaires for teachers designed at EDINSOST2-SDG and compared to previous results to validate and further develop the methodology. First step is detecting which subjects should be prioritized for conducting the analysis and developing a strategy to gather information. Second step is developing a Sustainability Presence Map, that shows the percentage of presence per degree, semester and subject, of the 4 sustainability competencies proposed by the Conference of the Presidents of the Spanish Universities (CRUE). Third step is to obtain an SDG Presence Map, which provides information about the presence of the SDG according to the UNESCO SDGs learning objectives. Step 4 is comparing the results of both phases of the case study and discussing which sources are more reliable and why this methodology can be useful for the higher education industry.Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::2 - Fam zeroObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::1 - Fi de la PobresaObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::3 - Salut i BenestarObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::4 - Educació de QualitatObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::5 - Igualtat de GènereObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::11 - Ciutats i Comunitats SosteniblesObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::12 - Producció i Consum ResponsablesObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::17 - Aliança per a Aconseguir els ObjetiusObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::16 - Pau, Justícia i Institucions SòlidesObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::15 - Vida d'Ecosistemes TerrestresObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::13 - Acció per al ClimaObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::14 - Vida SubmarinaObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::6 - Aigua Neta i SanejamentObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::7 - Energia Assequible i No ContaminantObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::8 - Treball Decent i Creixement EconòmicObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::9 - Indústria, Innovació i InfraestructuraObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::10 - Reducció de les DesigualtatsPostprint (published version