Castelldefels School of Technology

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Castelldefels School of Technology
Escola Politècnica Superior de Castelldefels


Established:	1991
Type:	Public
Director:	Jordi Bereguer Sau
Staff:	170
Students:	1,355
Location:	Castelldefels, Spain
Campus:	Baix Llobregat Campus
Nickname:	EPSC
Affiliations:	Technical University of Catalonia
Website:	http://www.epsc.upc.edu

The Castelldefels School of Technology is a higher educational establishment which is part of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). It offers courses in aeronautics and telecomunications and is located on the Baix Llobregat Campus (CBL) which is in the municipality of Castelldefels (Barcelona). The acronym of the school is EPSC which in catalan stands for Escola Politècnica Superior de Castelldefels.

1 Degrees
2 Quality in teaching
3 Project-based learning
4 Research at the EPSC
5 EPSC and the Baix Llobregat Campus
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Degrees

[edit] Bachelor degrees

Aeronautic Engineering specializing in Air Navigation Systems and Technologies
Telecommunication Engineering specializing in Telecommunication Systems
Telecommunication Engineering specializing in Telematics
Double degree in Aeronautic plus Telecommunication Engineering

[edit] Master degrees

MASTEAM: Master of Science in Telecommunication Engineering & Management

[edit] Phd

MASTEAM offers a specific itinerary oriented to research and PhD degree programs.

[edit] Quality in teaching

Since its creation in 1991, the EPSC has been committed to high quality management and teaching. The EPSC was awarded the Certificate of Quality ISO 9001:2000 which was renewed in 2005. The catalan Agència per la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari (AQU) granted two distinction awards to the EPSC.^[1]. In addition the school was awarded the Prize Vicens Vives twice (1996 and 2004) and the Flyer Prize in 2006.^[2]

[edit] Project-based learning

In 2001 EPSC opened its Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering, with a curriculum fully based on a project-based learning strategy, with a structure similar to that used by Aalborg University (Denmark). This consists of a two year, 3000 hour program (1500 hours per year), of which 1800 are devoted to project development. Typically, one semester is formed by two blocks or learning units, each block formed by a multidisciplinary project and one or two courses closely connected with the project. The project is developed by students working in teams of 4-6 students.

[edit] Research at the EPSC

Some departments of the University have groups of investigation that develop their activities in the EPSC, fundamentally in the following subjects:

Astronomy and Astrophyshics
Broadband Networks and Services
Control, Monitoring and Communications
Distributed Systems Architectures
Instrumentation, Sensors and Interfaces
Intelligent Communications and Avionics
Microgravity and Modelization
Microwaves
Mobile and Radio Communications
Optical Communications
Photonics
Satellite Systems
Security and Networking
Wireless Networks

[edit] EPSC and the Baix Llobregat Campus

EPSC

The EPSC is part of the Baix Llobregat Campus, a Campus of the Technical University of Catalonia which is located alongside the Mediterranean Technology Park (PMT).

The PMT is a science and technology park that was set up by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, the Regional Council of Baix Llobregat, the Castelldefels City Council and the Technical University of Catalonia. The PMT aims to create links between educational institutions, research centres, high tech companies and technology-based spin-off companies.

Centers of public investigation in the PMT: