David Muñoz de la PeñaManuel Domí­nguezFabio Gómez-EsternÓscar ReinosoFernando TorresS. Dormido2026-03-222026-03-22202210.1016/j.ifacol.2022.09.228https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.09.228https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/45854Citaciones: 14Control education is a mature area in which many professors and researchers have worked hard to face the challenge of providing a versatile education with a strong scientific base. All this without losing sight of the needs of the industry; adapting the contents, methodologies, and tools to the continuous social and technological changes of our time. This article presents a reflection on the role of automatic control in today's society, a review of the traditional objectives of control education through seminal work in the area, and finally a review of the main current trends.enControl (management)Reflection (computer programming)SightEngineering ethicsWork (physics)Face (sociological concept)Engineering managementComputer sciencearticle