Repositorio Digital de Trabajos de Grado para la Facultad de Ingeniería de Sistemas de la Universidad Santo Tomás - Seccional Tunja

Abstract

This project developed a digital repository for managing undergraduate thesis projects at the Faculty of Systems Engineering of the Santo Tomás University, Tunja Branch, with the purpose of centralizing, organizing, and preserving the faculty's academic output. The solution was proposed in response to the lack of an institutional platform capable of efficiently storing, managing, and providing access to thesis projects and their associated products, a situation that hindered information retrieval and the long-term preservation of academic knowledge.

The system was developed using the Prototyping methodology, allowing functional and non-functional requirements to be validated iteratively with the participation of end users. The application was designed following a layered client-server architecture and implemented as a web-based platform with a REST API. It incorporates features such as role-based authentication and authorization, thesis management, academic catalog administration, attachment management, advanced search capabilities, statistical reporting, and integration with cloud storage services.

As a result, a functional, scalable, and secure platform was developed to optimize the document management of undergraduate thesis projects, facilitate access for students, faculty members, and researchers, and strengthen the preservation and visibility of the institution's academic production. Software quality was assessed using SonarQube, achieving satisfactory results in maintainability, reliability, and security, thereby demonstrating the fulfillment of the project's objectives and the feasibility of the proposed solution as a tool to support the faculty's academic and research processes.