international education detailed brochure epsc

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Welcome to Castelldefels School of Technology EPSC

An Engineering School located in one of the most advancedMediterranean Technological Parks.

Castelldefels School of Technology (Escola Politcnica Superiorde Castelldefels, EPSC) is a Higher Education School of UPCspecialising in technical and scientific courses in Aeronauticsand Telecommunication (BSc, MSc and PhD) with a reputationfor excellence in Teaching Innovation and Quality. Thiscommitment is combined with intensive Research activities inclose contact with industry to promote the transfer of results to society.

Our academic achievements are based on:

Being a pioneer in Spain ofcooperative and Project BasedLearning with a reducednumber of students per class.

Continuous assessmentsystem based on studentsregular work.

Promotion ofexperimentalismand use of laboratories, openon students demand when noclasses are running.

Practical training included insyllabus (more than 250 students per year, around 400 h/student, contactswith more than 180 companies).

Different University departments have their research groups developing highquality research at EPSC, predominantly in the fields of:

Information Technology

Microwave Active Devices

Applied Control

Intelligent Sensors

Broadband Networks

Mobile & Radio Communications

Security And Networking

Photonics

Electronics

Materials

Microgravity

Air Navigation

Satellite Systems

Communication SystemsDesign

Enjoy the EPSC experience!


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1. Mediterranean Technology Park PMT

Advanced Research and Technology Transfer

UPC and the Catalan Government created the Mediterranean TechnologyPark (PMT) responding to the desire of integrating functional facilities in thesame geographical area and to promote:

Research & Development & InnovationHighly specialized TrainingTechnology and human capital transfer

Links among the University, public research centres andenterprises with high technology content.

EPSC

So PMT mission is facilitating a multidisciplinary environmentinteracting withthe society and the surroundings for mutual benefits. It offers EPSC studentsand staff a broad field of collaboration in advanced research, internships incompanies and R&D centres, practical training, PhD instruction and technologytransfer.

PMT is located in the seaside town of Castelldefels, belonging to Barcelonasmetropolitan area. It is situated next to the Olympic Channel and ten minutes toCastelldefels wonderful beach.

Who is at PMT:

PMT is a continuously growing interdisciplinary Campus whose first buildingbegan to operate in 2000. The already operative facilities are:

Academic Campus

Castelldefels School of Technology(EPSC).

Agricultural Engineering School ofBarcelona (ESAB).

Library,students associations andNGOs, canteen, reprographicservices, etc

Students and researchers residence

(soon).

Companies specialized in:

Information & CommunicationTechnology

Wireless Internet Technology Centre(Nortel Networks), Tempos 21,I2CAT, Satconxion

Aeronautics and Aerospace

(Ingenia Aeronautics, a consortium of14 companies)

Agriculture and Biotechnology

Futur Eco


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Master degrees (2 years, with possible previous studiesrecognition, 120 ECTS)

Master in Science in Telecommunication Engineering & Management withtwo specialisations:

Telecommunication Services and Networks.

Telecommunication Policies and Business Management.

PhD and research programs

The Master in Science in Telecommunication Engineering & Managementoffers a specific itinerary oriented to research and PhD degree programs incollaboration with PMT Research Institutes and several Research University

Departments.

PhD academic programme in Aerospace Technology. To be converted in aresearch master program (oriented to PhDs) in course 2007/08.

Postgraduate courses

Information Theory and Communications applied to the local administration(450 hours)

Emergent Technologies for High Frequency Communications and SpaceApplications (450 hours)

5. Research groups and departments

Along with education, research is one of the core activities at UPC and it has ahighest priority at EPSC. The school is continuously developing programmesand environments in order to improve the scientific production and to attractnational and international researchers of very high standard.

Research at UPC is organized into departments which develop different fields ofknowledge. At the same time, departments are organized in specializedresearch groups.

Research carried out at EPSC is predominantly in the fields of informationtechnology, design of communication systems, microwave active devices,intelligent sensors, broadband networks, security and networking, photonics,electronics, materials, microgravity, air navigation and satellite systems.


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However research activities are not only conducted by the research groupswithin the UPC departments, but also at several research centres andcompanies at the Mediterranean Park of Technology. In fact, students cancollaborate doing internships, acting as a multidisciplinary platform forresearchers from industry and academia to meet.

The UPC Research Departments with presence at the EPSC are:

Dept. of Applied Mathematics IV (MAIV)

Dept. of Applied Physics (FA)

Dept. of Automatic Control (ESAII)

Dept. of Computer Architecture (AC)

Dept. of Electronic Engineering (EEL)

Dept. of Engineering Presentation (EGE)

Dept. of Management (OE)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (EM)

Dept. of Signal Theory and Communications (TSC)

Dept. of Telematic Engineering (ENTEL)

Research Groups at the EPSC, normally belong to some of the abovementioned University Departments, but their research is targeted to morespecific research areas. Research Groups with activity at the EPSC are:

Advanced Materials and Technologies for Communications group

Astronomy and Astrophysics group

Audio-visual Systems group

Broadband Networks and Services group

Combinatorial, Graphs Theory and Applications group

Control, Monitoring & Communications group

Distributed Systems Architectures group

Instrumentation, Sensors and Interfaces group

Intelligent Communications and Avionics for Robust Unmannedaerial Systems group

Materials group

Microgravity and modelization group

Mobile and Radio Communications group

Non Linear Dynamic of Fluids group

Optica Communications group

Wireless Networks group


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6. The Library

The new Campus library, inaugurated in February 2006, is an essential resourcefor students, teachers and researchers since it features all technical books,online documentation, newspapers, magazines, reference materials andmultimedia documentation. It is a public library where staff on duty at the librarysinformation desk will help you to find any material you are looking for.

Other facilities that you can find at the library are:

Lap top PCs loan service.

PCs room and PCs for consulting specialised databases with electronicjournals and other electronic materials.

PCs for languages self-learning

Team working rooms booking service (different sizes for 6, 2 or individualstudies).

Conference room and postgraduate room with advanced equipment forlecturing and conferences.

7. The language

There are two official languages in Catalonia: Catalan and Spanish, whichcoexist in a bilingual social context. Both languages are Latin-based andtherefore grammatically and morphologically very similar. That is why there ismutual interaction between them and social attitudes in front of the use of one oranother are friendly and flexible.

The courses at EPSC are imparted in both Spanish or Catalan, depending onthe lecturers choice, nevertheless Catalan can be easily understood if youspeak Spanish. There is an increasing number of lectures given totally or partly

in English, as well as significant teaching material (notes, slides, problems etc.)written in English, especially at Master degree.

UPC offers you the opportunity to learn and practice another language. Freelanguage courses are organised periodically by UPC at the different campus tomake this much easier. Students interested in learning Catalan and/orSpanishcan also have a look at the next web sites:

AulaCAT (Catalan)http://www2.upc.edu/slt/aulacat/angles/index01.html

InterCAT (Catalan)http://intercat.gencat.es/eng/intercat.html

Merit School (Spanish)http://www.meritschool.com

Spanish Federation of Spanish Schools for Foreignershttp://www.fedelespain.com/catalonia.html

Official Language Schools (public centres)http://www.eoibd.es EOI


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8. Social events and others

The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and notmerely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, andrelations of friendship or affection. Bertrand Russell.

Current University fellows are future working colleagues, so then, it is importantto foster team working skills but also to organize activities that promote humanrelationships among all EPSC students and communities.

EPSC students have time for fun too.

.and they perfectly know how to enjoy University life at the Campus. Duringthe Castellfesta they organize a whole day and night celebration, with severalsocial events such as: music concerts, beer contests, sport games, andparticular games such as the egg drop contest or the smart antenna contestamong others.

In addition, EPSC organizes conferences and dissertations each week withinvited speakers. During the cultural week, by St. Jordi day (April 23

th), there are

also photograph and literary contests.

Most of these activities are strongly promoted and organised by the differentstudent associations:


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9. The surroundings

The Baix Llobregat Campus is:

Only 300 metres from Downtown in Castelldefels, a popular and touristcity located southwest of Barcelona.

Close to the Olympic Channel (5 min. walking), where rowing, canoeingand skating among other sports, can be practised.

At the seaside, where the nearest beach is 15 min. walking.

Close to Barcelona Airport El Prat (10 minutes by taxi)

Close to Barcelona city centre, around 20-30 minutes by train, bus or car.

Most of the students come daily from Barcelona andsurroundings by public transport, since the CBLCampus is very-well connected.

Near Castelldefels, we find Barcelona, the Europeancity of the 21

stcentury. Barcelona is a lively, organised,

safe and with an astonishing cultural energy andpassion for progressing city. (http://www.barcelona.es)

With 300 sunny days per year, clean beaches withclear water and warm weather temperatures,Castelldefels is one of the pearls of the MediterraneanCoast. A paradisiacal place to practice water sportsduring the whole year and enjoy Mediterranean

culture, food, art, celebrations, shows, spectacles. TheCastelldefels Nautical Club offers facilities forstudents/staff to practice rowing, canoeing, surf,windsurf, and sailing.

10. How to reach us

The EPSC is in the seaside town of Castelldefels, in the metropolitan Barcelonaarea, located next to the Olympic Channel and at ten minutes to the beach.

Castelldefels School of Technology

(Escola Politcnica Superior de Castelldefels, EPSC)

Av. del Canal Olmpic, s/n08860 Castelldefels

Tel: 93 413 70 00Fax: 93 413 70 07


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EPSC participates in several universities consortiums as CLUSTER, CINDA,CAESAR, oriented to provide High Quality Engineering Education and improvelinks between Engineering schools and universities. There are several official

exchange programmes to get a scholarship to join us, such as for example:Socrates/Erasmus, Leonardo, UPC-Europe, UPC-America Latina, UNITECH,etc.

Following the receipt of your application form, you will receive an IncomingStudent Manualfrom the International Education Office at the EPSC, containinguseful information about, for example, accommodation facilities, among others.

There is an EPSC Orientation Programme for Incoming Students, which

introduces you to the services at the school, academic issues, studentsassociations, sport facilities, cultural life and entertainment, etc. As part of this,there is a mentorship programme to ensure that you have a smooth integrationinto the EPSC. A local student from those accepted for mobility exchange nextsemester (probably with your school), will help you settle into EPSC and meetingother students, also helping you to overcome initial difficulties, if any.

Important Dates

The EPSC divides the academic year into two semesters: autumn and springsemesters. Thus the academic calendar is as follows:

Autumn semester (QT): from middle of September to end of January(including examinations period).

Spring semester (QP): from middle of February to end of June(including examinations period).

In order to apply for a stage at the EPSC, the student must fulfil theApplication

Form& Learning Agreementat http://www.epsc.upc.edu/principal/ang/

There are two deadlines for receiving applications that are:

JUNE 1st

, for Full Year and Autumn Semester students.

DECEMBER 1st

, for Spring Semester students.

ALL YEAR, for students elaborating its Diploma Thesis or MasterThesis.

Detailed information about the agreements between European and non-European schools, applying forms and required documents, academic calendar,courses and lectures is at the EPSC web site

http://www.epsc.upc.ed/

12. Contact us

Visiting us or by mail: [email protected] phone: +34 93 413 70 00By email: [email protected] questions directly to students: [email protected]

More information: http://www.epsc.upc.edu/

Hope to see you at EPSC!

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