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The Castelldefels School of Technology is a higher educational establishment on Baix Llobregat Campus in Castelldefels

Castelldefels

Castelldefels is a town in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain and part of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Its population is 63.151 .-Geography and location:...

, Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, Spain

Spain

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. It is part of the Technical University of Catalonia

Technical University of Catalonia

The Technical University of Catalonia , sometimes called UPC-Barcelona Tech, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spain. The objectives of the UPC are based on internationalization, as it is Spain's technical university with the highest number of international PhD students and...

(UPC) and offers courses in aeronautics

Aeronautics

Aeronautics is the science involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of airflight-capable machines, or the techniques of operating aircraft and rocketry within the atmosphere...

and telecomunications.

Bachelor degrees (4 years, 240 ECTS)

Bachelor in Telematics Engineering
Bachelor in Telecommunication Systems

Other Bachelor degrees (3 years, 180 ECTS)

Aeronautic Engineering specialising in Air Navigation Systems and Technologies
Bachelor in Telecommunication Engineering specialising in Telecommunication Systems (in extinction)
Bachelor in Telecommunication Engineering specialising in Telematics (in extinction)
Joint degree in Aeronautic and Telecommunication Engineering (in extinction)

Master degrees

MASTEAM: Master of Science in Telecommunication Engineering & Management
MAST: Master in Aerospace Science and Technology (MAST)

Quality in teaching

Since its creation in 1991, the EPSC has been committed to high quality management and teaching. The EPSC was awarded the Certificate of Quality ISO 9001:2000 which was renewed in 2005. The Catalan Agència per la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari(AQU) granted two distinction awards to the EPSC. In addition the school was awarded the Prize Vicens Vives twice (1996 and 2004) and the Flyer Prize in 2006.

Project-based learning

In 2001 EPSC opened its Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering, with a curriculum fully based on a project-based learning

Project-based learning

Project-based learning, or PBL, is the use of in-depth and rigorous classroom projects to facilitate learning and assess student competence . Students use technology and inquiry to respond to a complex issue, problem or challenge...

strategy, with a structure similar to that used by Aalborg University (Denmark). This consists of a two year, 3000 hour program (1500 hours per year), of which 1800 are devoted to project development. Typically, one semester is formed by two blocks or learning units, each block formed by a multidisciplinary project and one or two courses closely connected with the project. The project is developed by students working in teams of 4-6 students.

Research at the EPSC

Some departments of the University have groups of investigation that develop their activities in the EPSC, fundamentally in the following subjects:

Astronomy and Astrophyshics
Broadband Networks and Services
Control, Monitoring and Communications
Distributed Systems Architectures
Instrumentation, Sensors and Interfaces
Intelligent Communications and Avionics
Microgravity and Modelization
Microwaves
Mobile and Radio Communications
Optical Communications
Photonics
Satellite Systems
Security and Networking
Wireless Networks

EPSC and the Baix Llobregat Campus

The EPSC is part of the Baix Llobregat Campus, a Campus of the Technical University of Catalonia which is located alongside the Mediterranean Technology Park

Mediterranean Technology Park

The Mediterranean Technology Park is a science and technology park located in Castelldefels, a town in the Baix Llobregat county, in Catalonia, 10 minutes from the airport and 20 minutes from the centre of Barcelona.-Overview:...

(PMT).

The PMT is a science and technology park that was set up by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia

Generalitat de Catalunya

The Generalitat of Catalonia is the institution under which the autonomous community of Catalonia is politically organised. It consists of the Parliament, the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Government of Catalonia....

, the Regional Council of Baix Llobregat, the Castelldefels City Council

Castelldefels

and the Technical University of Catalonia

Technical University of Catalonia

. The PMT aims to create links between educational institutions, research centres, high tech companies and technology-based spin-off companies.

Centers of public investigation in the PMT:

Centre Tecnològic i de les Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC) http://www.cttc.es
ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
ICFO
ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences is a centre of research excellence devoted to the science and technology of light...

http://www.icfo.es
Institut de Geomàtica (IdeG) http://www.ideg.es
International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) http://www.cimne.upc.es
Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) http://www.uoc.edu/in3
i2CAT Foundation http://www.i2cat.net

Companies in the PMT:

External links

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