Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) (English: Technical University of Madrid) is a public Spanish university, located in Madrid in Spain, with over 35,000 students. It was founded in 1971 as the result of merging the different Technical Schools of Engineering.

UPM's Schools are spread all over Madrid, instead of being placed in a unified campus. Some of them are:

• University City
• Campus of Montegancedo
• South Campus (Vallecas's Politechnical Complex)
• Downtown Campus (Schools inside Madrid's historical centre)

Its web site is at http://www.upm.es.

UPM is a member of EuroPACE.

It also has affiliations to: CRUE,CRUMA, CESAER, IAU, SEFI, TIME, EUA, EAIE.

A note on degrees

Is this consistent with Bologna?

In Spain there are two levels of technical studies. For engineering studies there is a 3-year degree called Ingeniero Técnico (Technical Engineer) and 5/6-year degree called Ingeniero (Engineer). In the case of architecture studies there is a 3-year degree called Arquitecto Técnico (Technical Architect) and a 5/6-year degree called Arquitecto (Architect). Those degrees will disappear due to the Bologna process and the new structure, at least for engineering studies, will most likely feature 4-year degrees with master's degrees on top. The current situation of 5/6-year engineering studies follows the widespread tradition of technical universities in Continental Europe, that award their students an Engineer's degree.

e-learning at UPM

See the papers:

• SPREAD OF AN E-LEARNING SYSTEM IN A POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY by Ángel García-Beltrán and Raquel Martínez
• USER INTERFACE AND FEATURES OF AULAWEB E-LEARNING SYSTEM by A. LÓPEZ, J. C. PÉREZ, C. ZOIDO, P. AVENDAÑO, T. HERNÁNDEZ, E. VILLALAR, J.A. MARTÍN, J.A. CRIADO, R. MARTÍNEZ AND A. GARCÍA-BELTRÁN

For more general material see http://upgrade-cepis.org/issues/2003/5/upgrade-vIV-5.pdf

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