Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, near Plaza San Juan de la Cruz
The Polytechnic (Technical) University of Madrid (UPM) is a public university based in the University City of Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain and with facilities in several locations in Madrid (University City, Campus Sur in Puente de Vallecas, among others) and Boadilla del Monte.
Over 35,000 students attend classes during each year.
It was founded in 1971 by grouping together various century-old centres that were attached to different organisations. Its faculties or schools mainly teach technical education, since at its creation it grouped these teachings while the experimental sciences and humanities were grouped in the Complutense University of Madrid.
According to the annual university ranking conducted by El Mundo, the Technical University of Madrid ranks as the top technical university in Spain, and second overall. The majority of its Engineering Schools are consistently ranked as leading academic institutions in Spain in their fields, and among the very best in Europe.
Research
The Scientific and Technological Park of the UPM (“Parque UPM”) represents a significant boost to the University’s R&D&i activity through the creation of new R&D&i centres, business incubators, and specialized laboratories, with the backing and participation of public and private institutions.
The concept of “Parque UPM” covers various scientific and technological areas linked with engineering and architecture. It is geographically distributed in various sites, all of which are located in the region of Madrid (Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid): South Campus, Montegancedo and Getafe.
University Institutes and Centers:
- Solar Power Institute
- Institute of Automobile Research (INSIA), with hybrid electric vehicle research.
- Microgravity Institute Ignacio da Riva.
- Spanish User Support and Operations Centre (E-USOC).
- Institute of Optoelectronics and Microtechnology Systems (ISOM).
- Supercomputing and Visualization Center of Madrid (CeSViMa).
- Center for the Transport Research (TRANSYT).
- Center for Biomedical Technology.
- Laser Center.
- Institute of Solar Energy.
- Institute for Nuclear Fusion.
- Institute for Automobile Research.
- Institute for Microgravity.
- Institute for Optoelectronic Systems and Microtechnology.
- Integral Domotic Center (CeDInt).
See also TOP universities of Spain
