Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas (CEDEX)

Spain

Address: Calle Alfonso XII, 3 y 5, 28014 Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Transportation Engineering

CEDEX is a public applied research and advanced technical support institution under the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, and the Ministry for Ecological Transition. It covers various fields of civil engineering and environment. Collaborates with universities for training and research.

Domains taught:

Civil Engineering, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Geotechnics, Marine Science, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Structural Engineering, Thermodynamics

Diplomas*:

Diploma, Doctor, Master

Status:

Public

Partnerships:

Collaborates with universities, public administrations, construction companies, and international organizations. Offers specialized courses and hosts researchers.

Research:

Applied research and specialized studies in structural engineering, hydraulics (coastal, river, sanitary), transportation infrastructure (roads, railways, ports), geotechnics, materials, and environmental quality.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

500

Current students***:

Foreign students***:

10%

Cumulative former students***:

300

Pros

Key national center for applied research and technical consultancy in civil engineering and environment. Unique large-scale testing facilities.

Cons

Primarily an applied research and technical support body. Educational role is through specialized courses and research collaborations.

Best For

Engineers and researchers in civil and environmental engineering seeking specialized knowledge or to utilize advanced testing facilities.

Most Similar Schools Locally

Another national school that puts marine science, geotechnics and civil engineering at the centre is Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, and it has almost the same size, at about 50 students, and is also a public institution.
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas offers a comparable education in metrology, fluid dynamics and thermodynamics: it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely master's, doctoral and diploma.
Think of Agencia Estatal de Meteorología when fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and ecology and sustainability is the priority: it covers astroscience and aerospace as well, and has almost the same size, at about 50 students.
On content, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial and this school are close, as both teach metrology, fluid dynamics and thermodynamics; it has almost the same size, at about 50 students, and is also a public institution.
Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada offers a comparable education in metrology and geotechnics: it runs the same master's, doctoral and diploma programmes, and covers astroscience and signal processing as well.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

If this school is on your list for marine science, geotechnics and fluid dynamics, École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie de Grenoble in France deserves a comparison, because it is far larger, with about 300 students against roughly 50 here, and is also a public institution.
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (the Netherlands) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly marine science, geotechnics and fluid dynamics; it covers quality and project management as well, and is far larger, with about 200 students against roughly 50 here.
Abroad, BRGM (France) covers marine science, geotechnics and fluid dynamics in a comparable way, and it is larger, enrolling about 100 students against roughly 50 here, and is also a public institution.
A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on metrology, marine science and geotechnics is Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft in Switzerland, and it does not run the diploma programmes found here and covers agriculture and quality as well.
If this school is on your list for fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and ecology and sustainability, Agroscope in Switzerland deserves a comparison, because it is also a public institution, and runs the same master's, doctoral and diploma programmes.

*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.

Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Impact, Environmental Impact Assessment, Structural Engineering, Transportation

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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:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
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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