Work in progress: Project-based learning for electrical engineering

This paper presents ProElec project, which links all the subjects of the electrical engineering field through the academic itinerary of Civil Engineering and Mining and Energy Engineering students at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. Based on Project-Based Learning (PBL), ProElec aims to lead students from 2nd year up to the Bachelor thesis in a dynamic learning process. In order to build the necessary specific and transversal competencies, students will have to design an electrical installation, from the technical, economical and legislative point of view along different subjects. This way, students build their own knowledge autonomously emphasizing their leading role in the teaching-learning process. The aim of the paper is to describe the background, framework, implementation and objective tasks of ProElec project. As preliminary results surveys from students are presented, where it can be observed that the experience has been so far positive.