The Resurgence of Education in Railway and Metro Engineering in Brazil

Yesid Asaff, Viviane V. F. Grubisic, Regis K. Scalice and Acires Dias
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Yesid Asaff: Railway and Metro Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina—Joinville Campus, Rua João Colin 2700, Joinville, SC 89221-703, Brazil
Viviane V. F. Grubisic: Railway and Metro Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina—Joinville Campus, Rua João Colin 2700, Joinville, SC 89221-703, Brazil
Regis K. Scalice: Railway and Metro Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina—Joinville Campus, Rua João Colin 2700, Joinville, SC 89221-703, Brazil
Acires Dias: Mechanical Engineering Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina—Florianópolis Campus, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil

Social Sciences, 2015, vol. 4, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: In this paper, an overview of the history of education in railway and metro engineering in Brazil is presented, including its beginnings, its apogee, its near extinction, and its return at the beginning of the 21st century. The trajectory of the Brazilian professional education began with the implementation of small railway workshops located along the railway which were outside of the regular education system. At the end of the 20th century, the economic crisis, privatization, and drastic reduction of investment led to the scrapping and almost eradicating of the Brazilian rail network, followed by the death of railway education in Brazil. In recent years, the railway industry was stimulated, giving way to large investments, impacting and creating new opportunities for development in Brazil. This was one of the fundamental aspects for the development of new professional higher education programs in the railway and metro sector in Brazil. The first project to be implemented in Brazil was the course on railway and metro engineering of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. This course aims to provide structured training in four main areas: vehicle design, operation, maintenance, and train and metro management.

Keywords: railway engineering; education; history; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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