Universitat Politècnica de València

Overview

Universitat Politècnica de València

Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV or Polytechnic University of Valencia) is a public research university in Valencia, Spain. It was founded in 1968 as the Higher Polytechnic School of Valencia by merging various schools, some of which are over 100 years old. Also known as the Technical University of Valencia, this prestigious institution is recognized internationally for its science and technology research and academic programs.

Universitat Politècnica de València Key Statistics

The university comprises 14 faculties and schools. Some of its key academic units include the School of Rural Environments and Enology, School of Design Engineering, Faculty of Fine Arts, and the Faculty of Business Administration and Management. The Higher Polytechnic School of Gandia and the Higher Polytechnic School of Alcoy are some of its affiliated schools.

The university offers 48 bachelor's and master's programs, and 81 doctoral courses. Some of its popular programs include degree courses in conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, agricultural and biological engineering, and business administration and management + informatics.

Universitat Politècnica de València's student population is approximately 37,800. It employs around 2,600 teaching personnel and 1,700 administrative staff.

The other Universitat Politècnica de València key statistics include its three campuses in Valencia, Gandia, and Alcoy. Its institutional affiliations include the Vives (Xarxa Vives d'Universitats) network of Catalan language universities, the Top International Managers in Engineering, SGroup - Universities in Europe network, and the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research.

Universitat Politècnica de València Research

UPV‘s top fields of research are computer science, chemistry, and materials science. Universitat Politècnica de València research teams have attended major scholarly conferences such as the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum, the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, and the International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition.

The most cited Universitat Politècnica de València research publication is Conesa et al.’s (2005) “Blast2GO: a universal tool for annotation, visualization, and analysis in functional genomics research.” This article, which presents a proposed research tool for allowing data mining on sequence data for gene ontology purposes, appeared in Bioinformatics and has been cited 9,701 times to date.

The university’s second most cited publication is Corma’s (1997) “From microporous to mesoporous molecular-sieve materials and their use in catalysis,” which was featured in the Chemical Reviews and has received 6,794 citations. Furthermore, the university’s third most cited publication is Corma et al.’s (2007) “Chemical routes for the transformation of biomass into chemicals,” which was also published in the Chemical Reviews and has been cited in scholarly papers, theses, and other scholarly works 5,603 times.

The university has numerous research centers and institutes. Its university research facilities include the Institute for the Heritage Restoration, Institute of Food Engineering for Development, Institute for Animal Science and Technology, and Concrete Science and Technology University Institute.

Polytechnic University of Valencia also engages in extensive collaborative research projects. Some of its joint research institutes are the Institute for Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, the Institute of Mechanical and Biomechanical Engineering, and the Computer Technology Joint University Institute. In addition, UPV houses the Interuniversity Research Institute for Molecular Recognition and Technological Development.