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. A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ... The Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, or CESAER, is a nonprofit association of leading engineering universities in Europe. ... The International Association of Universities list of Universities of the World is a list of organizations recognized as universities by national authorities around the world. ... The European University Association (EUA) is the main voice of the higher education community in Europe. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ...

Degrees

In Spain there are two kinds of technical studies: a 3 years Ingeniero Técnico or Arquitecto Técnico and a 5 or 6 years degree Ingeniero or Arquitecto. These degrees will disappear with the incoming Bologna process. Some of the degrees offered at the UPM are: The purpose of the Bologna process is to create the European higher education area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe. ...

• 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)

The Superior Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (In Spanish: Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, ETSAM) is the superior school of architecture of the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid) (Spain). ...

Campus

UPM's Schools are spread all over Madrid, instead of being placed in an unified campus. Some of them are: The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ...

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

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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Image gallery

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See also

• List of universities in Spain

A list of universities in Spain, organized by the autonomous community theyre located in: * Private university Andalusia Universidad de Almería Universidad de Cádiz Universidad de Córdoba Universidad de Granada Universidad de Jaén Universidad de Málaga Universidad Pablo de Olavide Universidad de Sevilla Aragon Universidad...

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