Transversal Skills
"Technical knowledge becomes obsolete, but critical thinking, ethical stance, and effective communication endure."
T-Shaped Human: Depth and Breadth
Our university aims to educate graduates not just as "technicians," but as "T-Shaped" professionals capable of managing a complex world.
Transversal Skills advocate for the organic integration of interdisciplinary competencies—such as critical thinking, teamwork, communication, ethical decision-making, and problem-solving—into the curriculum of every course, going beyond vocational Hard Skills. These skills are the true differentiator that makes our graduates "indispensable" in the rapidly changing business world and the AI revolution.
When vertical depth meets horizontal competence, the "T-Shaped" professional is born.
Why Transversal Skills?
In an era where AI tools perform technical calculations and data processing far faster and more accurately than humans, the unique value of humans lies in their "judgment capacity." While technical knowledge (the vertical bar) has a specific shelf life, transversal skills (the horizontal bar) are a lasting capital that graduates can carry across all disciplines throughout their careers.
Strategies for Integration into Courses
Structured Group Projects
Designs that force students not just to complete an assignment, but to assign roles, manage conflicts, and collaborate for a common goal. Teamwork skills are directly observed and assessed in this process.
Oratory and Persuasion Presentations
Tasks involving explaining technical data to different audiences (public, investors, experts). Develops public speaking and simplifying complex information skills.
Ethical Case Studies
Discussing the social and ethical consequences of a technical problem. For example, analyzing the impact of an algorithmic bias or engineering error on human life.
engineering Field Example
Engineering & Ethics
In the Reinforced Concrete course, students don't just calculate; they gain professional ethical competence by discussing the legal and human consequences of a structural failure through case studies.
account_tree IDIUL Competency Map
Within the IDIUL framework, transversal skills concern not just "what" the academic output is, but "how" it is produced. The interdisciplinary dimension of the design is validated here.
Integration Checklist
- check_circle Is there at least one group project in the course?
- check_circle Do students receive presentation/persuasion tasks?
- check_circle Are professional ethics topics covered via case studies?
"Those who build the future will not be just those who write code, but those who can foresee the ethical and social consequences of the code."