Deadline: Fall 2024 (2nd round): February 01, 2024
Spring 2025: June 01, 2024

Agreement level: BSc, BEng and MSc

GPA : 2.0

ERASMUS code: E VALENCI02

Academic Calendar:

Academic calendar 2022-2023 | UPV - Universitat Politècnica de València
Autumn semester (semester A): from September to February.
Spring semester (semester B): from February to June/early July.

Please note that the dates slightly differ for bachelor and master programmes.

Brief Description:
The UPV is a public, dynamic and innovative institution that is dedicated to researching and teaching. The UPV maintains strong bonds with its social environment and a strong presence abroad. The vocation as a service results from commitment to society.  UPV provides students with the knowledge they need to be able to work in their professional field after graduation, and offers them an all-round education where they acquire technological skills, as well as a humanistic and cultural education.

Language of Instruction:
Spanish and English

Academic Strengths:

UPV is the best technological university in Spain according to the Shanghai ranking, and regarded as European elite in innovation by Reuters. It is particularly strong in the fields of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Architecture, an Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautics and Manufacturing.
http://www.upv.es/estudios/grado/upv-rankings-en.html

Programs and courses:

Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Design Engineering, Maintanance Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering

You can find which courses are offered using the course catalogue. It allows you to filter courses by school, language of instruction etc.

Course Restrictions:
Most courses are taught in Spanish, but a few courses are taught in English and some courses are so called "English friendly" classes, which means that the course will be taught in Spanish, but the professor will take questions and give answers in English (Spanish B1 is required to participate). Please note that the course offer can change last minute, so you will likely have to be very flexible to do a full semester of courses in English.

Be aware that the so called "European Project Semester" is a 30 ECTS programme. This can only in rare cases be credit transferred to DTU and only to certain BEng programmes (if approved by Head of Studies).

You can find general course restrictions here.

The majority of courses must be taken at host department. It is possible to attend up to 12 ECTS or 2 courses from other UPV schools.
Please note that choosing courses outside of your host department may delay the course enrollment process. The schools give priority to their own students and exchange students before offering any possible free seats to students from other UPV schools.

Student Life:
The School of Design Engineering is placed on the beautiful Vera campus in the city of Valencia.  It is a pedestrian campus with over 106,000 m2 of green areas. They have outstanding sports facilities and you can choose from over 70 different sports: sailing, diving, sport fishing, fencing, climbing, archery, aikido, cycling, beach volleyball, pelota valenciana, etc. In addition, our sunny weather allows to enjoy the outdoor facilities throughout the year.   

The UPV organizes exhibitions, festivals, workshops and all kinds of cultural activities in Valencia, Alcoy and Gandia. It has also entered into agreements with museums, cinemas, theatres and auditoriums under which students gain free admission.   
The UPV also has numerous students associations divided into different groups: scientific, cultural, technological... Exchange students are welcomed in all of them.  You will find a relaxed atmosphere where you can combine your academic lessons, fun time and extracurricular training.

http://www.upv.es/organizacion/vida-universitaria/index-en.html 

Housing:
UPV does not arrange accommodation. However, if students indicate in their application that they would like to participate in the mentor program, their assigned mentor can help with the search for accommodation.

it is usually quite easy to find housing in private apartments near their 3 campuses any time of the year (both before arrival or in the first days of your stay). UPV keeps a database with information about students and individuals offering and requesting shared flats, stays with a family or flats to rent. There are also dorms around their campuses. The price for a room is around 250-350 euros in private accommodation and 600-700 euros (including a meal plan) in a dorm.

Please visit the UPV accommodation page to find the database of available rooms, as well as an overview of dorms/halls of residence.

Additional Information:
Incoming Exchange Student Info: https://www.upv.es/entidades/OPII/infoweb/pi/info/818854normali.html

Spanish language courses: http://www.upv.es/entidades/OPII/infoweb/pi/info/818882normali.html