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©2022 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works The present research provides new evidence on the predictors of foreign-born (FB) students’ dropout and the situations of discrimination that emerge on engineering campuses. Background: Ethnic minority students remain underrepresented in engineering degrees and have higher dropout rates than their White peers. Previous literature pointed out discrimination as a possible cause of these disparities. However, little is known about the factors that trigger these discriminations and to which extent discrimination can predict students’ dropout. Knowing this information will help institutions and governments establish support plans for underrepresented students to increase their participation in engineering degrees. Research Questions: 1) Do native-born (NB) and FB students enrolled in engineering degrees differ in their levels of academic satisfaction, self-esteem, perceived discrimination, and dropout intentions? 2) What factors predict the likelihood that FB students would drop out of engineering degrees? 3) What main factors make FB students feel discriminated against on engineering campuses? Methodology: A sample of 602 undergraduate engineering students answered a questionnaire, and descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. Findings: FB students reported significantly lower self-esteem than NB students. Contrary to what was expected, FB students did not report significantly higher dropout intentions and perceived discrimination than NB students; possible reasons are discussed. Academic satisfaction, self-esteem, and perceived discrimination were significant predictors of FB students’ dropout intentions, with perceived discrimination being the strongest predictor in students most at risk of dropping out. Finally, the study identifies the most relevant reasons, situations, and people causing discrimination on engineering campuses Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::5 - Igualtat de Gènere Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::5 - Igualtat de Gènere::5.1 - Posar fi a totes les formes de discriminació contra totes les dones i nenes a tot el món Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::5 - Igualtat de Gènere::5.5 - Vetllar per la participació plena i efectiva de les dones, i per la igualtat d’oportunitats de lideratge en tots els àmbits de presa de decisions en la vida política, econòmica i pública Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::4 - Educació de Qualitat

Els temps canvien cada vegada mes rapidament, i a la universitat aixo encara es nota mes. L’historic departament d‘Expressio Grafica a l’Enginyeria (EGE) de la Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, garant d’una docencia de Grau, Master i Doctorat de qualitat i adaptada a les necessitats de la societat, empren l’any 2020 amb una proposta de canvi de nom per adaptar-se al nous coneixements que estan esdevenint la seva materia principal, al voltant de l’enginyeria grafica i el disseny. Les arees de recerca del centenar de professors que formen el departament son amplies i variades, i sempre en col·laboracio en diversos grups tant de la propia UPC com d’altres universitats. Una recerca avancada, de caracter pluridisciplinari, on s'apliquen creativitat i innovacio com a eines de coneixement, implicats en un territori ampli, i situats als diferents campus de la UPC. En els capitols d’aquest llibre podeu veure una petita mostra d’aquesta recerca tecnologica en camps ben variats. En sintesi, un bon recull de coneixements transversals, innovadors i amb un ampli recorregut, tant en el mon academic com en la seva vesant empresarial.