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UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
Campus of Alcoy
Dr. Keith StuartInternational Relations Coordinator
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
INTERNATIONALIZATION/Teaching
Process of adapting all our 11 degree courses
to the European Space for Higher
Education
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
– Diploma Supplement– ECTS– Bachelors/Masters– ERASMUS MUNDUS
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
INTERNATIONALIZATION/Teaching
• MSc Industrial Management• MA in Business Administration and Management• MSc Material Science• BSc Chemical Engineering• BSc Computer Science• BSc Electrical Engineering • BSc Electronic Engineering• BSc Industrial Design• BSc Mechanical Engineering• BSc Textile Engineering• BSc Telecommunications Engineer
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
INTERNATIONALIZATION/Mobility
• 70 bilateral agreements with European Universities• More than 180 incoming Erasmus students in 2007-2008• Summer program (2008) with Engineering Faculty,
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA• Numerous Latin American students: Argentina, Colombia,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru• Spanish for Foreigners classes
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
Mobility figures Campus of Alcoy, UPV
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INTERNATIONALIZATION/Mobility
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Evolution in the number of ERASMUS students accordingto academic year
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
INTERNATIONALIZATION/Mobility
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
We send students to the following countries as well as to most European countries:Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom
Canada
USA
Mexico
ChileBrasil
Argentina Australia
Japan
China
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
INTERNATIONALIZATION/Research
• International research projects• Research groups with international partners• Financial incentives to stimulate mobility of researchers• Facilities given to researchers who want to spend several
months with us or our researchers who want to spend 6 month periods or longer abroad (USA, Japan)
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
INTERNATIONALIZATION/Research
List of research groups:
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Research Groups (Campus of Alcoy) Group Name
1 Development of Advanced Telematics Applications Group (D@TA)2 Applied Communications in Thematic Networks Group (GATACA)3 Automatism Design Research Group (GIDAI)4 Advanced Oxidation Processes Group5 Electrocatalysis, Electrochemical Synthesis and Polymerization of Polymers Group6 Integral Management in the Textile Industry Group7 Financial Decisions and Company Productivity Group8 Territorial Knowledge Clusters Group 9 Efficiency and Quality in Companies and Institutions Group10 Development of Industrial Computer Applications Group (GEDAII)11 Design of Water Ozonization Reactors Group12 Materials and Microfabrication Technologies Group13 Processing and Characterization of Plastic Materials Group14 Characterization of Astrophysical Interest Group15 Singularities Research Group 16 Integration of Technologies in Control Engineering Group17 Research and Management Centre for Production Engineering18 Adapted Vehicles and Transport Engineering Group 19 Data Analysis and Quality Engineering Group (GADIC)20 Industrial Electronic Systems Research Group 21 Language Technologies Group (LTG )22 Modelling and Simulation of Structures Group
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
INTERNATIONALIZATION/Companies
• 90% of our students find work within six months of finishing their degree.
• Students work in international companies such as Alcatel, Bayer, Nokia, Orange, Philips, Siemens, etc.
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UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
INTERNATIONALIZATION/Companies
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Nª of practical work placements per academic year - Campus of Alcoy
312 Companies and Institutions Collaborators
534 Company practical work placements
362.000 € in scholarships for students.
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o ORIENTATION AND SUPPORT TO STUDENTS– INTEGRA PROGRAM
• Orientation Week / Teacher and Student tutors for new students (PATU)
– Student Workshops– Psychopedagogical consultancy (GOPU)
• TEACHER TRAINING– University Teachers
• Workshops for teachers• Training for novel university teachers (PAU)• Specialist in University Pedagogy (FIPPU)
– Postgraduate Certificate in Secondary Education (225 students)
• TEACHER EVALUATION– Processing of teacher evaluations (student
evaluation sheets)
Institute of Educational Sciences (ICE)
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
INTERNATIONALIZATIONIntercultural Dialogue
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA- We organize events so that international students can get to know each other and integrate into life at the UPV- Student Mentor Program (Spanish students look after foreign students)- We find accommodation for you
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
INTERNATIONALIZATIONConnecting people
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
Wireless installation in the whole of the CampusHigh ratio of computers per student
UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA
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