Informatics Engineering governs the study of programming languages, software development infrastructures, data base administration tools, and computer science methodologies, as well as the techniques and knowledge necessary to optimize and customize any of these resources according to the needs of the engineer, the users and the problems at hand.

Educated under an umbrella of solidarity, humanism and Christian inspiration, a Computer and Software Engineer at UCA are able to design and develop computational solutions to problems in many areas of engineering and the industry, solutions that put in practice pattern recognition strategies, their translation to efficient software tools and the intuitive presentation of results to the satisfaction of its users.

Curriculum

The curriculum consists of a total of 44 subjects, designed to be completed over 10 academic cycles. In addition to the standard course duration, students should account for an aditional six-months graduation process.

STEM Fundamentals

Includes the scientific background necessary to understand the principles and fundamentals of engineering and their applications to problem solving. There are courses in Calculus, Physics, and Discrete Mathematics as the basis for programming languages primitives.

Programming Languages & Paradigms

These courses provide the fundamentals of problem solving through computational solutions, covering basic instructions, functions and algorithms, efficient programming, data structures and several programming languages currently in frequent use and development, such as C/C++, Python, Java, Kotlin, among others.

Software Development

Includes courses on the different phases of software development: conception, specification, design, programming, documentation, testing and maintenance. There is a special emphasis on web development, both front-end and back-end approaches, development for mobile platforms, and software architecture.

Database Design & Administration

The fundamental methodologies and techniques to design, create and deploy database architectures with robust administration and security policies; also including the frameworks necessary to perform data analysis and data science procedures.

Applied Computer Science & Engineering

The applied engineering courses offer students training in many important areas used in academic and industrial environments. These areas include Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Internet of Things, IT Security, Project Management, Computer Networks, Business Intelligence, Computer Simulation and Programming Language Theory.

Technical Electives

These courses have the function of expanding the knowledge of the students in the different fields of Computer Science Engineering that, according to the institutional possibilities, are in the capacity to offer and that are demanded by the dynamic and changing reality at the national and regional levels.

Social Outreach & Humanism

Students have 5 elective courses in this area, choosing among several topics such as environmental studies, climate change, ecology, ethics, sociology, writing, philosophy, and many more.

Graduate Profile

Trained under a solidary, humanistic and Christian-inspired vision, UCA computer engineers have the ability to develop computational solutions to problems in various areas of engineering and industry; solutions that include pattern recognition, efficient translation into software tools, and intuitive presentation of results to user satisfaction.

Facilities At Your Disposal

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Practice is of utmost importance in our courses, which is why we have equipment and hardware to complement the theoretical knowledge acquired in the master classes. We have five computer labs that our students can use freely to study, practice, do their homework and class projects, and where our course assistants conduct guided workshops that are part of the program.

Student Life

Schedule

This program has been designed for full-time students with its suggested course election per semester. From the first to the fourth year the schedule are daytime, however, the fifth year, the classes are programming early during the morning (7:00 to 8:40) and late during evening (17:30 to 20:10). This allows senior year students to obtain and complete internships or achieve their first job.

Contact us

José Enmanuel Amaya M.Sc.
Director of Computer Sciences and Engineering
Telephone: 2210-6600, ext. 1047
Email: earaujo@uca.edu.sv