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.
Highlights
The sustainable growth of Brazil depends on the consistent development and quality of the rail and metro sector
It is important that new investments for the expansion of the railway and metro are combined with investments in education in order to further strengthen this industrial field in Brazil
In this way, understanding the importance of the rail and metro mode of transport to overcoming the barriers of infrastructure that hinder the development of Brazil, the opportunity to deploy new and innovative courses, the emphasis on innovation of the courses postulated in the restructuring and expansion programs of universities, and the ability of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Summary
The sustainable growth of Brazil depends on the consistent development and quality of the rail and metro sector. Despite the “boom” of the rail sector in the country, it was observed that even with the improvement of teaching practices and the level of training of professionals trained by the educational institutions, the discourse on the lack of a specialized high quality workforce in the railway industry is still encountered In this way, understanding the importance of the rail and metro mode of transport to overcoming the barriers of infrastructure that hinder the development of Brazil, the opportunity to deploy new and innovative courses, the emphasis on innovation of the courses postulated in the restructuring and expansion programs of universities, and the ability of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). 21st century through to the implementation of new projects and educational proposals
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