fib Facultat d Informàtica de Barcelona Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya José-Manuel Diéguez Decision-making Support Area

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1 fib Facultat d Informàtica de Barcelona Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya José-Manuel Diéguez Decision-making Support Area

2 upc The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BARCELONATECH) is a public higher education and research institution that is specialized in the fields of architecture, science and engineering.

3 upc 42 departments 24 teaching units (UPC s, affiliated centers and consortia) 417,066 m² functional surface area 3,215 faculty and research staff 1,584 administrative staff

4 upc 30,751 Graduate and undergraduate students 4,297 Graduate and undergraduate degrees awarded (academic year 2007/2008) 4,550 Students in continuing education programs 2,912 Doctoral students 1,858 Master s degree students 237 Doctoral degrees awarded (academic year 2007/2008) 4,279 Students in Cooperative Education programs in companies

5 upc: what we do We offer high quality teaching based on innovation, interdisciplinarity and internationality. More than seventy undergraduate and graduate degrees A wide range of postgraduate studies: master s programs, doctorate studies and continuing education courses We are currently immersed in the process of adapting our studies to the European Higher Education Area (B:KC) Innovation in teaching, educational research Adapting facilities, classrooms and services to the new teaching-learning methods Improving students employability Collaborative programmes with secondary education and professional training centres

6 upc: what we do We are also recognized worldwide for our results in basic and applied research. We believe that research is key to generate knowledge and to give economic value to technology. Consolidated as top Spanish university in scientific production Top Spanish university in strategic research projects funded by European s Union Seventh Framework Program Top European university in ICT field Centers of recognized trajectory: BSC: Barcelona Supercomputing Center CIMNE: International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering ICFO: Institute of Photonic Sciences

7 upc: what we do We believe in internationalization as a way to develop innovation and talent in a global and highly competitive world International Policy Plan ( ) Spanish technical university with the highest number of international PhD students Spanish university with the highest number of international masters students 10 Erasmus Mundus Programs, 20 masters fully lectured in English 82 double degree agreements with American, Asian and European Universities 21.10% graduates with international mobility experience

8 upc: knowledge areas Aerospatial Engineering Applied Sciences Architecture, Urbanism and Building Construction Biosystems Engineering Business Management and Administration Civil Engineering Computer Science Environment, Sustainability and Natural Resources Industrial Design and Manufacture Information and Communication Technologies

9 fib The Facultat d Informàtica de Barcelona (FIB) is a public higher education school within the UPC that is specialized in university teaching leading to qualifications in the field of informatics and other related areas. FIB was founded in 1977

10 fib: international dimension FIB students can spend some time abroad Taking courses or working on their final degree project Doing a Double Degree Business training in companies (internships) Relations with: More than 150 agreements in 35 countries (mainly Europe and Latin America) North America Northeastern University, Boston University of Texas at Dallas University of Purdue College of Computing, Georgia Tech, Atlanta École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal New curricula focus on internationalization UPC mobility policies for students, faculty and staff

11 fib: international dimension Active Double Degree Agreements École Nationale de l Aviation Civile (ENAC), Toulouse, France École Nationale Supérieure d Informatique et de Mathématiques Appliquées (INPG-Ensimag), Grenoble, France École de Management de Normandie, Le Havre, France Special agreement to host students from their Entrepreneurs Master in Barcelona companies Politecnico di Torino, Italy Politecnico di Milano, Italy Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

12 fib: future undergraduate curricula Bachelor in Informatics Engineering To start in September, ECTS credits (4 years) 5 specializations, as defined by ACM/IEEE Computer Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Information Technologies Software Engineering Defined in terms of learning outcomes, including: Knowledge Skills Competences (both generic and field-specific)

13 fib: graduate curricula Master in Information Technology (since 2006) ECTS credits (2 years) 60 ECTS credits compulsory 30 ECTS credits optional (specialization) 30 ECTS credits Master thesis (specialization) Strong focus on internationalization: Fully lectured in English Around 50-60% of foreign students Recommended international mobility Professional-oriented Master Final Project (6-month internship). Agreements with companies like Everis, Indra, Sun, Intel, T-Systems,

14 fib: graduate curricula Master in Information Technology (since 2006) 8 specializations Advanced Programming Techniques Fundamentals of Computing High Performance Computer Architectures Information Management and Use Interfaces and System Integration Software Engineering and Information Systems Supercomputing Telematic Networks and Operating Systems

15 fib: graduate curricula Master in Information Technology Dual Degree Agreements Alvar Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Finland Master in Foundations of Advanced Computing Master in Machine Learning and Data Mining Master in Mobile Computing, Services and Security Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand Master of Science in Computer Science Master of Science in Information Management Master of Engineering in Computer Science Master of Engineering in Information Management Georgia Tech, United States Master of Science in Computer Science

16 fib: graduate curricula Master in Information Technology Dual Degree Agreements Institut National Polytéchnique de Grenoble (INPG-Ensimag), France Master of Science in Informatics at Grenoble (MoSIG) Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium Master Ingénieur Civil Informaticien Master en Sciences Informatiques New agreements forthcoming...

17 fib: forthcoming graduate curricula Erasmus Mundus (to start in September 2010) Master in Data Mining & Knowledge Management (DMKM) Université Lumière Lyon 2 (ULY2), France Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-Barcelona Tech), Spain Università del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogrado (UPO), Italy Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti (UPB), Romania Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), France École Polytechnique de l Université de Nantes (EPUN), France European Master in Distributed Computing (EMDC) Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Sweden Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-Barcelona Tech), Spain

18 fib: forthcoming graduate curricula EU-US Transatlantic Degree Program (Atlantis) Master in Sustainability, Technology and Innovation (STI) Dual Degree Agreement between: Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Ireland: Master of Science in Sustainability, Technology and Innovation Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-Barcelona Tech), Spain: Master of Science in Sustainability Purdue University (PU), United States Master of Science in Technology...

19 Facultat d Informàtica de Barcelona Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya José-Manuel Diéguez Decision-making Support Area