Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
http://www.upv.es
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Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
We train people
We train professionals
Education for employment
UPV Mission:
1. To provide integral education combined
with ethical principles
2. To contribute to the economic, social
and cultural development of the
Spanish and Valencian society
3. To develop an institutional model
characterised by its values of
excellence, internationalisation,
solidarity and efficiency
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General information
CAMPUSES
SCHOOLS/FACULTIES
HIGHER POLYTECHNIC SCHOOLS
GRADUATE STUDENTS
TEACHING AND RESEARCH STAFF
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SERVICES STAFF
BUDGET FOR 2007
R&D AND INNOVATION CONTRACTED IN 2006
DEPARTMENTS
RESEARCH UNITS
DEGREES
THIRD-CYCLE STUDIES
THIRD-CYCLE STUDENTS
MASTER’S DEGREES
UNIVERSITY SPECIALISATION COURSES
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13
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36.450
2.646
1.900
354,4 M€
53,3 M€
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38
58
25
2.616
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1,439
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UPV Campuses
Valencia
Gandia
Alcoy
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TEACHING
We train people
We train professionals
Education for employment
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Schools & Programmes
Higher Polytechnic School of Alcoy
www.epsa.upv.es
• Materials Engineer (1st Cycle)
• Technical Engineer in Administrative Data Processing (1st Cycle)
• Technical Industrial Design Engineer (1st Cycle)
• Technical Telecommunications Engineer in Telematics (1st Cycle)
• Industrial Management Engineer (2nd Cycle)
• M. A. In Business Administration and Management (1st & 2nd Cycle)
• Technical Industrial Engineer in Chemical Engineering (1st Cycle)
• Technical Industrial Engineer in Electrical Engineering (1st Cycle)
• Technical Industrial Engineer in Electronic Engineering (1st Cycle)
• Technical Industrial Engineer in Mechanical Engineering (1st Cycle)
• Technical Industrial Engineer in Textile Engineering (1st Cycle)
Higher Polytechnic School of Gandia
www.epsg.upv.es
• Technical Telecommunications Engineer in Electronic Systems (1st Cycle)
• Technical Telecommunications Engineer in Telecommunications Systems (1st Cycle)
• M.A. in Audiovisual Communications (1st &2nd Cycle)
• M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences (1st & 2nd Cycle)
• Technical Telecommunications Engineer in Sound and Image (1st Cycle)
• B. A. in Tourism (1stCycle)
• Technical Forest Engineer in Forestry Management (1st Cycle)
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Schools & Programmes
Higher Technical School of Geodesy, Cartography & Surveying
www.top.upv.es
• Technical Surveying Engineer (1st & 2nd Cycle)
• Engineer in Geodesy And Cartography (2nd Cycle)
School of Architecture
www.arq.upv.es
• Architect (1st & 2nd Cycle)
School of Building Management
www.etsge.upv.es
• Technical Architect (1stCycle)
• Materials Engineer (2nd Cycle)
School of Applied Computing Science
www.eui.upv.es
• Technical Engineer in Systems Data Processing (1stCycle)
• Technical Engineer in Administrative Data Processing (1stCycle)
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Schools & Programmes
School of Engineering Design
www.etsid.upv.es
• Industrial Management Engineer (2nd Cycle)
• Technical Industrial Design Engineer (1st Cycle)
• Technical Industrial Engineer in Chemical Engineering (1stCycle)
• Technical Industrial Engineer in Electrical Engineering (1st Cycle)
• Technical Industrial Engineer in Electronic (1st Cycle)
• Technical Industrial Engineer in Mechanical Engineering (1st Cycle)
School of Agricultural Engineering
www.etsia.upv.es
• Agricultural Engineer (1st & 2nd Cycle)
• Forest Engineer (1st & 2nd Cycle)
• M.Sc. in Food Science and Technology (2nd Cycle)
• M Sc in Biotechnology (1st & 2nd Cycle)
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Schools & Programmes
School of Civil Engineering
www.iccp.upv.es
• Engineer in Geology (2nd Cycle)
• Civil Engineer (1st & 2nd Cycle)
• Technical Engineer in Public Works:
• Speciality: Civil Construction (1st & 2nd Cycle)
• Technical Engineer in Public Works: Speciality: Hydrology (1nd Cycle)
• Technical Engineer in Public Works: Speciality: Urban Transports and Services (2nd Cycle)
• M.Sc. In Environmental Sciences (2nd Cycle)
School of Telecommunications Engineering
www.etsit.upv.es
• Telecommunications Engineer (1st & 2nd Cycle)
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Schools & Programmes
School of Industrial Engineering
www.etsii.upv.es
• Industrial Electronics and Control Systems Engineer (2nd Cycle)
• Industrial Engineer (1st & 2nd Cycle)
• Materials Engineer (2nd Cycle)
• Industrial Management Engineer (2nd Cycle)
• Chemical Engineer (1st & 2nd Cycle)
School of Rural Environment and Enology
www.etsmre.upv.es
• M.SC. In Enology
• Technical Agricultural Engineer in Agrarian and Food Industries (1st Cycle)
• Technical Agricultural Engineer in Agricultural Farming (1st Cycle)
• Technical Agricultural Engineer in Horticulture and Gardening (1st Cycle)
• Technical Agricultural Engineer in Mechanisation and Rural Constructions (1st Cycle)
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Schools & Programmes
Faculty of Business Administration & Management
www.ade.upv.es
• B. A. In Public Administration and Management (1st Cycle)
• M. A. In Business Administration and Management (1st & 2nd Cycle)
Faculty of Fine Arts
www.bbaa.upv.es
• M.A. in Fine Arts (1st & 2nd Cycle)
School of Computer Engineering
www.fiv.upv.es
• Computing Science Engineer (1st & 2nd Cycle)
• M.A. in Documentation (2nd Cycle)
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Postgraduate Studies
55 Master and Phd Programmes in the Areas:
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Agricultural Ressources and Technologies
Architecture, Building and Town and
Regional Planning
Art: Production and Research
Automation, Robotics, Control
Engineering and Industrial Computing
Biotechnology
Business Administration and Management
Civil Engineering and Town Planning
Computer Science
Construction Engineering
Cultural and Communication Industries
Design, Manufacturing and Management
of Industrial Projects
Electronics Engineering
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Food Science, Technology and
Management
Green Chemistry
Health and Welfare Technologies
Industrial and Production Engineering
Languages and Technology
Marketing and Market Reseach
Mathematics
Music
Science and Restoration of Historical and
Artistic heritage
Science and Technology of Animal
Husbandry
Telecommunications
Textil Enginnering
Transport Powerplans Systems
Water and Environmental Engineering
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Organisation of studies
DEGREE
240 ECTS
LABOR MARKET
MASTER
60-120 ECTS
(includes a
On completing 120
credits, the student
receives the Certificate
in University Studies
Degree
assignment or
project)
(CEUI)
DOCTORATE
60 ECTS
(includes a Degree
assignment or project)
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3-4 years
(includes a PhD thesis)
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Internships in companies and studies abroad
• Completing internships in companies ……… 59 %
• Studying abroad …………………………...… 21 %
• Training scholarships ……….. ……………… 17,7%
Source: graduate surveys (years 2001/02 to 2005/06)
• 94,3% of the graduates are satisfied with the training received
• 93,3% of the graduates are satisfied with their current employment
• 81,2% of UPV graduates find their first employment within the first six months
after completing their degree
Source: graduate surveys (years 1999/00 to 2003/2004). Graduates complete questionnaires twothree years after graduating.
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Graduates’ perception
Percentage of UPV graduates that would choose the
same degree again
% Graduates
100,0%
90,0%
97,3%
97,0%
96,8%
95,9%
95,4%
94,8%
93,3%
93,1%
92,8%
92,7%94,2%93,1%
92,5%
92,1%
90,7%
80,0%
70,0%
60,0%
50,0%
UPV Average: 94.8%
40,0%
Business Admi and
Management
Faculty of Fine Arts
Faculty of Computer
Sience
Rural Environments and
Enology
School of Applied
Computer Science
Telecommunications
Eng.
Industrial Engineering
Geodesy, Cartograhy
and Surveying
Design Engineering
Civil Engineering
Agricultural Eng.
Technical Arquitect
Arquitecture
Alcoy
20,0%
Gandía
78,1% OF OUR GRADUATES WOULD STUDY AT UPV AGAIN
30,0%
Source: graduate survey from 1999/00 to 2003/04. Carried out two-three years after graduating.
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R&D&I at UPV
R&D&I
UPV is above all an entrepreneurial University.
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R&D&I at UPV
• 44 departments
• 38 research centres and
institutes
R&D&I AT UPV
Polytechnic City of
Innovation
• 3.322 researchers
• 1.239 research strands
• 733 capabilities and expertise
• 394 transferred/transferable
results
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R&D&I activity according to field of knowledge
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND
AGRI-FOOD
INDUSTRIES
13%
ENERGY AND
INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGIES
23%
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
4%
EXACT SCIENCES
1%
CIVIL ENGINEERING
26%
ICT
25%
SOCIO-ECONOMY
2%
ENVIRONMENTAL AND
NATURAL RESOURCES
1%
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
AND PROCESSES
5%
Total: 53,281,000 euros
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Patents originating from Spanish universities
UNIVERSITIES
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Politécnica de Catalunya
29
20
23
34
25
37
168
Politécnica de Valencia
22
27
35
22
22
30
158
4
12
22
25
28
26
117
Complutense de Madrid
20
9
12
18
20
13
92
Santiago de Compostela
8
8
18
23
15
15
87
17
8
9
11
8
17
70
Granada
9
6
16
13
16
17
77
Oviedo
7
20
15
6
8
6
62
Vigo
6
13
10
14
8
11
62
Autónoma de Madrid
11
7
7
11
15
9
60
Sevilla
Politécnica de Madrid
TOTAL
Source: Gaceta Universitaria
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Polytechnic City of Innovation
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A UNIVERSITY TO LIVE AND ENJOY
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Services
LIVING AT UPV
Services
 Green areas……………………………. 108.000 m2
 Sports competitions ..……………………
73%
 No. of teams ………………………......
594
 Additional courses delivered …………
1.439
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UPV Main Library building
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Sports
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Sports
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Sports
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Student Recreation Centre
▪ This 5.200 m2 building is open 24-hours a day
almost everyday of the year.
▪ Managed by UPV students, it is equipped with
wireless technology, classrooms, computer
rooms, study rooms, photo lab., auditorium and
an area devoted to leisure activities and
television.
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Student Recreation Centre
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Student Recreation Centre
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Commercial concessions
Vera Campus site
ÁGORA
▪ Travel Agency
▪ Sports Shop
▪ Cafeterias &
restaurants:
•Fine Arts
•El Ágora
•El Trinquet
•Nexus
•La Vella
▪ Flower Shop
▪ “Tarongeria” (fruit
juices and salads bar)
▪ Photography Shop
▪ Bookshop
GALERIA GALILEO GALILEI
▪ Stationer’s
▪ Parapharmacy
▪ Hairdresser’s
▪ Tony’s Pizzeria
▪ Newsagent’s
▪ Ágora photocopying
services
▪ ETSGE photocopying
services
▪ Banks:
•Bancaja
•CAM
•Santander Central
Hispano
▪ Galileo-Galilei Hall of
Residence
▪ Campus Bar
▪ Galileo-Galilei Restaurant
▪ Mapfre Travel Agency
▪ Reproval Photocopying
Services
▪ Hairdresser’s
▪ Sunanda Newsagent’s
▪ School of Spanish
▪ Honduras Driving School
▪ La Caixa Savings Bank
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Accommodation
• Flats:
 Shared with other students.
 Shared with family.
 Student flats available on UPV website (Information
Office):
• Academic Year 05/06: 1.394
• July-September 06: 700
• Average price per month: 100-250€/room
• Halls of Residence:
 Minimum price (full board):
• Single room: 580€/month
• Double room: 530€/month
• “Viure i Conviure” Programme:
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Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
For further information:
http://www.upv.es
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Living Valencia
Valencia, a city radiating history
Fotografías facilitadas por TURISMO VALENCIA Convention Bureau
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Living Valencia
A large variety of
gastronomic, cultural, environmental and
leisure possibilities
Fotografías facilitadas por TURISMO VALENCIA Convention Bureau
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Living Valencia
A large variety of
gastronomic, cultural, environmental and
leisure possibilities
Fotografías facilitadas por TURISMO VALENCIA Convention Bureau
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