Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) reviews

I studied at the ETSIDI School of the UPM. The university itself offered a wide and deep theoretical knowledge among several technical fields, aided with few practical experiences that, if there had been more and with individual equipment, would have made the learning experience more complete. Although the installations are not the newest, they are a bit better than the average. It has a medium sized library where you can borrow laptops, books, magazines and dvds. The cafeteria is really cheap and there is always plenty of people and activity, which helps keeping the intensive study rythm required. The location can't be better: 10 minutes away by foot from the city center, with a cultural center right infront and the reina sofía museum with an incredible library 5 minutes away by foot.

I studied at the ETSIDI School of the UPM. The university itself offered a wide and deep theoretical knowledge among several technical fields, aided with few practical experiences that, if there had been more and with individual equipment, would have made the learning experience more complete. Although the installations are not the newest, they are a bit better than the average. It has a medium sized library where you can borrow laptops, books, magazines and dvds. The cafeteria is really cheap and there is always plenty of people and activity, which helps keeping the intensive study rythm required. The location can't be better: 10 minutes away by foot from the city center, with a cultural center right infront and the reina sofía museum with an incredible library 5 minutes away by foot.

Universidad que cuenta con unas buenas instalaciones, en el caso de ETSIAE, y un profesorado disciplinado y exigente con excelentes conocimientos en la materia a impartir así como mostrando un gran arte a la exposición magistral de los mismos. No obstante, considero que el programa formativo es extremadamente teórico y técnico de papel-pizarra con la tradicional modalidad de enseñanza de clase magistral en el que solo se tratan meros conceptos abstractos con pocos casos prácticos y muy poco énfasis en el uso de lenguajes de programación. Asímismo, la bolsa de prácticas cuenta desde mi punto de vista con poca variedad y cantidad de ofertas.

Generally speaking, the Politécnica de Madrid is the most prestigious school of engineering in Spain and probably one of the most demanding schools of engineering in the world. It requires endless effort and provides with great challenges to the students. Anyone that succeeds in getting a degree there is considered highly resilient and is generally able to solve problems and overcome obstacles with great resolution. On the downsides, the school is becoming almost obsolete in terms of equipment and the teaching methods. It is like a 19th century "classic" university.