Educational guide 2015_16 School of Engineering

Study programmes

Bachelor

Double degree in Electrical Engineering/Electro., Industrial and Automatic

Double degree in Biotechnology and Computer Engineering (2014)

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (2010)

Bachelor's Degree in Electronic and Automation Engineering (2010)

Bachelor's Degree in Computer engineering (2010)

Bachelor's Degree in Telematics engineering (2010)

Master's degree

Computer Engineering and Mathematics (2013)

Electronic Engineering (2010)

Engineering and Technology of Electronic Systems (2014)

Industrial Engineering (2013)

Computer Engineering: Computer Security and Intelligent Systems (2013)

Artificial Intelligence (2012)

Security of the Information and Communication Technologies (2011)

Computer engineering (1997)

Organization

Governing bodies

The ETSE's governing body is the School Board which, according to article 61 of the new URV Statute, has the following functions, among others:

To elect the director and agree to his/her abrogation.
To approve the general lines of activity of the School.
To approve the annual report
To draw up proposals for the School's regulations and to propose modifications
To draw up the curricula of the courses and the activity of the teaching staff.
To guarantee that students progress academically and attain the educational objectives defined in the curriculum.
To draw up and apply tutorial and monitoring programmes for the students.
To guarantee the quality of teaching, services and student information.
To plan how to use funds, establish general guidelines about how they are to be administrated and to be informed on a regular basis about the decisions taken by the director.
To create delegate committees and other advisory bodies and determine their composition.

Article 5 of the ETSE regulations states that the Board can consist of a maximum of 50 members and that its composition is the following:

The director of the School, the deputy director, the heads of the study programmes and the secretary.
The heads of department who are responsible for at least one-third of the total teaching load on any one of the study programmes belonging to the School of Engineering
A representation of 31 members of the teaching and research staff affiliated to the School, including the ex officio members envisaged in sections a) and b), elected by and from among this group.

A representation of students from the School consisting of thirteen (13) members, elected by and from among this group.

A representation of six members of the administration and services personnel affiliated to the School, and elected by and from among this group.

The elected members of the School Board are renewed every four years, except the students who are renewed every two, although elections can be held whenever vacancies need to be covered.

The School Board has agreed to create several committees which can be found on the school website:

Officers

The new statutes have specified that the School shall have the following officers:

the director
the secretary
the deputy director
the heads of the study programmes

The director, appointed by the rector of the University at the proposal of the School Board, represents, directs and manages the School with the help of the management team. Article 75 establishes all his/her functions

The deputy director has the functions conferred on him/her by the director and shall act in his/her stead should he/she be absent or otherwise engaged, or the post be vacant.

The secretary is responsible for drafting and safeguarding the proceedings of the School Board, for issuing certificates of the decisions taken and for issuing the certificates required for the administrative management.

The heads of the study programmes, under the supervision of the dean or director of the faculty/school to which the study programme is affiliated, are responsible for the academic programme, for coordinating the human and material resources needed to organize one or more related programmes, for monitoring quality, implementing improvements and formulating the corresponding proposals. The number of programme heads in each faculty/school is determined by the University Senate and in the case of ETSE there are 4.

The deputy director, the secretary and the programme heads are appointed by the rector at the proposal of the director and from among the permanent full-time staff affiliated to the faculty/school.

At this point these positions are occupied by:

Director: Domènec Puig i Valls
Deputy director: Xavier Vilanova Salas
Secretary: Carme Olivé Farré
Head of the GET study programme: Antoni Martinez Ballesté
Head of the GEE study programme: Francisco González Molina
Head of the GEEIiA study programme: Àngel Cid Pastor
Head of the GEI study programme: Maria Ferré Bergadà
Head of the Double degree in Electrical Engineering and Electronic, Industrial and Automatic Engineering: Francisco González Molina
Head of the Double degree in Biotechnology and Computer Egineering: Maria Ferré Bergadà

In addition to these statutory bodies, the centre has a series of Masters’ coordinators. These individuals work in conjunction with the management team and are responsible for academic programming, coordinating the material and human resources needed to deliver one or more Masters’ programmes. The ETSE Masters’ coordinators are:

Coordinator of Master's Degree in Securityof the Information and Communication Technologies: Francesc Serratosa Casanelles
Coordinator of Master's Degree in Computer Engineering and Mathematics: Juan Alberto Rodríguez Velázquez
Coordinator of the Master Degree in Computer Engineering: Computer Security and Intelligent Systems: Agustí Solanas Gómez
Coordinator (URV )of Master Degree in Artificial Intelligence (URV -UPC-UB): David Riaño Ramos
Coordinator of Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering: Luis Guasch Pesquer
Coordinator of Master's Degree in Technology and Electronic Systems Engineering: Eduard Llobet Valero

Administrative Units of the School

SECRETARIAT

This is the unit that safeguards the students' academic transcripts, from the very first matriculation to the issuance of the qualification of engineer or technical engineer. It also keeps all the information about the equivalence of subjects (credit transfer and adaptations) so that students can change courses, and it issues study certificates.

It is located in the vestibule on the ground floor (next to the porter's lodge) . You can get in touch by phone (977 559 708) or by e-mail secetse@etse.cat

You can also visit our website:

http://www.etse.urv.cat/secretaria/

The head of the ETSE secretariat is Mr Esteve Iniesta Barberà.

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT OFFICE

This is an office in charge of advising the management team and providing support. Among other things it manages the budget, the strategic plan, the availability of rooms, the elections, the cooperation agreements between the university and companies , etc. It is located on the ground floor in the vestibule. You can also get in touch by phone (977 558 557 or 977 559 626) or by e-mail (osd.etse@urv.cat)

THE DEPARTMENTS

The departments are the basic bodies in charge of organizing, coordinating and carrying out research and teaching in their respective fields of knowledge (article 11 Statutes).

The following URV departments are based in the ETSE:

The directors of these departments, at the beginning of the year, are Dr. Jesus Brezmes Llecha and Dr. Jordi Castellà Roca, respectively.

Some subjects at the ETSE are taught by other departments, such as Mechanical Engineering (particularly in the speciality of Electricity) and Chemical Engineering. These departments belong to the ETSEQ and, therefore, are also on the same campus.

The departments also have their own governing assemblies, the Departmental Council (articles 58 and 59 URV Statutes) and officers, director and secretary (articles 72 and 73 respectively).