Overview of design teaching on engineering courses: a comparative study between Brazil and Portugal

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of design teaching in the undergraduate engineering courses at the main institutions of higher education in Brazil and Portugal.In order to carry out the comparative study, the curricula of the main engineering courses in Brazil and Portugal were used.The aim of the research is to first analyze how the design, as a disciplinary content, is being introduced in the engineering courses in both countries.In a second moment, a comparative analysis will be made between the information collected in Brazil and in Portugal in order to register how this conjugation is occurring and whether there is some similarity or not in the way of design approach in the engineering courses in each country.As a result, it is discussed how the design can collaborate with the interdisciplinarity between these areas and contribute with the formation of the new competences of the engineer.