English level tests 2018

The English level test for entry into high academic achievement groups (ARA) will be held on July 24 at 11.00 in the N12 / N13 classrooms (1st floor North wing) of the ETSID.

For more information, click here.

Competition rules for the

Best Final Project (TFG or TFM) in English Award

Academic Year 2016-2017

1. The competition is open to students who write and present their Final Projects (either TFGs or TFM) in English at the School of Design Engineering (ETSID) between 1st April 2016 and 30th September 2017, inclusive.
2. There will be one single prize of 800 euros gross.
3. The application form to participate in the competition must be completed when the Final Project is handed in to the School’s Administrative Office.
4. The writing and oral presentation of the Final Project must be carried out entirely in English. Any accompanying documents (technical report, presentation slides, technical drawings, etc.) should also be written in English[1]. The language used must comply with the linguistic criteria of formal academic and technical English. To serve as an example, the following link, as well as similar ones, may be consulted:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu

5. The Panel that will evaluate the Final Project (TFG/TFM) dissertation will consist of the usual members of an ordinary TFG/TFM evaluation board; a Chairperson and two members, one of whom must belong to the Applied Linguistics Department of the UPV and teach at least one of the subjects in the area of English Language at the School. The Evaluation Panel will make the assessment for this award at the same time as they evaluate the work carried out in the Project, during its presentation.
6. The Panel’s marks for each Project submitted will be kept in sealed envelopes and held by the School Administrative Services until the end of the Final Project evaluation process.
7. When the period corresponding to the evaluation process expires, the envelopes containing the marks will be opened by the Director of the ETSID. The prize will be awarded to the Final Project which obtains the highest mark. If two or more Final Projects are awarded the same mark, the prize will be shared equally between them.
8. The decision will be communicated to the winning student or students and will be publicly announced on the institution website at etsid.upv.es. The decision will be final and binding.

[1] In exceptional circumstances, the Evaluation Committee may be consulted, via the School’s Administrative Office.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Spanish Automation Committee (CEA), it has been decided to create a logo that will be used in all the events that will be held during the anniversary celebration.

The bases of the contest will be found in the attached document.

We encourage you all to participate in the contest !!!

Bases_logo_50_aniv_CEA_v6

Next March 23, we will have the company TORRECID in the Technical School of Design Engineering giving a conference “Automation in the industry. Practical applications”, in which they describe the common tasks of the Department of Automation and its real applications in the Industry framework 4.0.

The talk is in the N02 At 12.30

Participants: José Enrique Clar, Selection Officer, Alejandro Ros, Responsible Dpto Automatismos and Aitor Sebastiá, Engineer Dpto Automatismos.