Address: Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Civil Engineering, Architecture, Industrial Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Building Engineering, Design Engineering, Fine Arts, Informatics, Telecommunication Engineering, Business Administration
The Polytechnic University of Valencia, in Valencian Universitat Politècnica de València and abbreviated UPV, began in 1968 as the Higher Polytechnic School of Valencia and became a university in 1971. Some of its schools are more than 100 years old, because they existed before the university and joined it. The main campus is in Valencia, and the university also works in Gandia and Alcoy.
The university is organised in 13 schools and faculties. Civil Engineering, Architecture, Industrial Engineering, Agricultural Engineering and the Environment, Building Engineering, Design Engineering and the Higher Polytechnic School of Alcoi all date from 1972. Fine Arts followed in 1978, Informatics in 1982 and Telecommunication Engineering in 1989. The Higher Polytechnic School of Gandia dates from 1993, Geodesy, Cartography and Surveying from 1994, and Business Administration and Management from 1999.
The academic offer includes 53 bachelor and master degrees and 32 doctoral programs. This combination of engineering, architecture, fine arts and management is unusual for a polytechnic and gives students room to mix technical and creative fields. The public record used here does not state the number of students, the number of staff or the budget, and applicants should read the official pages for the current figures.
The university publishes Loggia, a journal on the restoration of architectural heritage, since 1996, and its issue number 37 appeared in January 2024. This is a sign of the academic tradition in architecture.
The alumni list shows the reach of the house. It includes Santiago Calatrava, architect and structural engineer, and Joan Ribó, mayor of Valencia from 2015 to 2023. Marcela Miró was the first woman to preside over the Corts Valencianes. Enrique Lores is the chief executive of HP Inc., Iker Marcaide founded Flywire and Zubi Group, and Blanca Rodriguez is a professor of computational medicine at the University of Oxford. The illustrator Victoria Francés and the television presenter Nuria Roca are also on the list. Public tuition fees in Spain are set by each region. Check the current tariff.
Three campuses in Valencia, Gandia and Alcoy, 13 schools and faculties.
Research:
Engineering, architecture, design, informatics, telecommunications and agricultural engineering.
Famous Alumnis:
Santiago Calatrava, Joan Ribó, Enrique Lores, Iker Marcaide, Victoria Francés, Blanca Rodriguez
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Pros
13 schools and faculties, 53 bachelor and master degrees, 32 doctoral programs, three campuses, well-known alumni in architecture and business.
Cons
Competitive admission to engineering courses, teaching mainly in Spanish and Valencian, campuses in three towns.
Best For
Students seeking engineering, architecture and design education in Valencia.
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University of the Basque Country sits close to this institution on software engineering and engineering; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers fluid dynamics and chemistry as well.
University of Seville offers a comparable education in telecommunications and engineering: it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers finance and aerospace as well.
The comparison with Universidad Católica de Murcia - Escuela Politécnica Superior is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on civil engineering, telecommunications and software engineering, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers computer vision and data analytics as well.
In terms of fields, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació is the nearest neighbour, with industrial design, telecommunications and software engineering again at the core; it enrols about 30,000 students, and is also a public institution.
Complutense University of Madrid offers a comparable education in fine and arts: it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
The closest overseas parallel on industrial design, civil engineering and telecommunications is National Technological University, located in Argentina; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers mechanical engineering as well.
Seen from abroad, Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine) is a close relative on subject matter, since geotechnics, civil engineering and electrical and electronics are central to both, and it enrols about 30,000 students, and is also a public institution.
RMIT University in Australia pursues a similar profile in industrial design, civil engineering and electrical and electronics, and it is also a public institution and also offers mba programmes.
University of Tehran, based in Iran, is built around agriculture, civil engineering and electrical and electronics much like this university, and it covers chemistry and physics as well, and enrols about 41,000 students.
Abroad, University of Colorado Denver (the United States) covers civil engineering, software engineering and engineering in a comparable way, and it covers finance and mathematics as well, and enrols about 13,853 students.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
Where is the Polytechnic University of Valencia?
In Valencia, Spain, with other campuses in Gandia and Alcoy.
When was it founded?
In 1968, and it became a university in 1971.
How many schools and faculties does it have?
13.
How many degrees does it offer?
53 bachelor and master degrees, and 32 doctoral programs.
How many campuses does it have?
Three: Valencia, Gandia and Alcoy.
When was the Faculty of Fine Arts created?
In 1978.
What is Loggia?
A journal on architectural heritage restoration, published since 1996.
Which famous architect studied there?
Santiago Calatrava.
Who is the chief executive of HP among its alumni?
Enrique Lores.
What does it cost?
Public tuition fees in Spain are set by each region. Check the current tariff.
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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
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is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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