Mg. Ing. María Teresa Garibay received a Civil Engineering degree from the Faculty of Exact Sciences, Engineering and Surveying of the National University of Rosario- Argentina in 1979 and received a Master’s degree in Technology-Mediated Educational Processes from the University of Córdoba-Argentina in 2011.

Between 2015 and 2019 she was dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences, Engineering and Surveying of the National University of Rosario- Argentina. From 2011 to 2015 she was director of the Civil Engineering degree at the same Faculty.

She attended the editions of the WEEF 2012 (Buenos Aires-Argentina), WEEF 2016 (Seoul- Korea) and WEEF 2018 (New Mexico- USA) and the editions of the Global Engineering Deans Council – GEDC LATAM in October of 2016 in Colombia as a panelist and the Global Engineering Deans Council – GEDC LATAM in September 2017 in Argentina. This allowed her to know these organizations and see how important their activities are for the development of engineering education. She was a member of the Consultative Council of the Global Engineering Deans Council Latin American Chapter (GEDC LATAM) between October 2016 and September 2017.

As a researcher at the National University of Rosario- Argentina, she attended and presented research papers at conferences, congresses and meetings at national and international level on issues related to student-centered learning and skills development.

In 2005 she was a member of the technical team of the Federal Organization of Engineering Deans of the Argentine Republic (CONFEDI) for the definition of Generic Engineering Competencies and between 2006 and 2013 she was a member of the ALFA TUNING Project- LATIN AMERICA- University of Deusto -Spain to define the Specific Competences of Civil Engineering.

As dean, the creation of the “Maker Space” stands out in her management, a space for students to share resources and knowledge, work on projects, generate networks around topics of interest for the development of creative activities. The “Gender and Diversity Area” was also created with the objective of generating actions to ensure that the members of the Faculty can develop their activities under equal conditions. 

Mg. Ing. María Teresa Garibay is a member of CONFEDI. She was Vice President between 2017 and 2018, period when the Commission of Women in Engineering was created to disseminate engineering careers so that more women study engineering, select women engineers as  referents to promote the career to future students, incentivize the admission and improve the permanence of female students in these careers.