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The Technical University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM), is a Spanish university, located in Madrid. It was founded in 1971 as the result of merging the different Technical Schools of Engineering.
[edit] Degrees
In Spain there are two kinds of technical studies: a 3 years Ingeniero Técnico or Arquitecto Técnico and a 5 years (previously 6 years) degree Ingeniero o Arquitecto. These degrees will disappear with the incoming Bologna process. Some of the degrees offered at the UPM are:
- Aeronautics Engineering (Ingeniería Aeronáutica)
- Architecture (Arquitectura)
- Chemical Engineering (Ingeniería Química)
- Computer Science, Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering and Information Systems (Ingeniería Informática)
- Civil Engineering (Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos)
- Electronics, Information Technology and Telecommunications Engineering (Ingeniero de Telecomunicación)
- Geology Engineering (Ingeniero Geólogo)
- Industrial and Electrical Engineering (Ingeniería Industrial)
- Forest Engineering (Ingeniería de Montes)
- Mine Engineering (Ingeniería de Minas)
- Naval Engineering (Ingeniería Naval)
[edit] Campus
UPM's Schools are spread all over Madrid, instead of being placed in an unified campus. Some of them are:
- University City
- Campus of Montegancedo
- South Campus (Vallecas's Politechnical Complex)
- Downtown Campus (Schools inside Madrid's historical center)
[edit] Famous alumni
- Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, former Prime Minister of Spain
- Pedro Duque, astronaut
- Rafael Benítez, football manager
- Josep Borrell, politician, President of the European Parliament and former minister
- Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, inventor (several engineering fields)
- Rafael Moneo, architect
- Florentino Pérez, "Real Madrid" chairman between 2001 and 2006, and ACS president
- Francisco Álvarez Cascos, former Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
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