A professional profile is a set of knowledge and skills. We propose a methodology to define professional profiles giving a quantitative assessment of skills and knowledge associated with a multidisciplinary curriculum. This approach can be used to evaluate the curriculum flexibility, i.e., if the curriculum offers students diverse and flexible approaches and routes to learning. We describe a mathematical model that allows us to calculate the compliance level accomplished by a student with regard to one or more different profiles. Our proposal has been applied in the
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