UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA Campus of Alcoy Dr. Keith Stuart International Relations...

UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA

Campus of Alcoy

Dr. Keith StuartInternational Relations Coordinator


INTERNATIONALIZATION/Teaching

Process of adapting all our 11 degree courses

to the European Space for Higher

Education


– Diploma Supplement– ECTS– Bachelors/Masters– ERASMUS MUNDUS


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



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


Mobility figures Campus of Alcoy, UPV



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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

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USA

Mexico

ChileBrasil

Argentina Australia

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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)



INTERNATIONALIZATION/Research

List of research groups:


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


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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312 Companies and Institutions Collaborators

534 Company practical work placements

362.000 € in scholarships for students.


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)


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


INTERNATIONALIZATIONConnecting people


Wireless installation in the whole of the CampusHigh ratio of computers per student


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