From Capability Index to Maturity Model: Institutional Strategies for Innovation in Engineering Education

This dataset contains the indicators and composite scores used to develop and apply a Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for assessing institutional innovation in engineering education. It includes data for 58 engineering universities across the Americas, covering scientific publications, citations, patents, and international collaboration. Data were obtained from OpenAlex and Espacenet, normalized to ensure comparability across institutions, and aggregated into a composite maturity score (Q) ranging from 0 to 1. Each institution is classified into one of five maturity levels, from Initial to Optimized. The dataset supports comparative and reproducible analyses of research and innovation capacity in engineering universities and can be reused for longitudinal, regional, or sector-specific studies.