The Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM) is the oldest and largest of the Spanish Technical Universities. UPM has more than 3,000 faculty members, around 38,000 undergraduate students, and approximately 8,000 graduate and PhD students.

UPM groups more than 20 education centers which cover most engineering disciplines : Aeronautical, Agronomical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Environmental, Forestry, Industrial, Mechanical, Mining, Nuclear and Naval Engineering.

The Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales (ETSI Industriales) was founded by a Royal Decree on 4 September 1850, which creates the Royal Industrial Institute of Madrid. It trained Mechanical and Chemical Engineers. During the last decade, the has strengthened notably the activities and initiatives regarding student mobility. Both the number of outgoing and incoming students as well as the number of countries involved have increased dramatically, and with the level achieved the school has truly become an international institution.

Semester 1 common for all options - Foundations in Management

Introduction to Organizations and Corporate Strategy

5 ECTS

To provide an overall view of the organizational issues related to a company and its management function, development, analysis of its strategies and describe the relationship between strategies and organizational structures.

Innovation and Technology Strategy

3 ECTS

To make the student aware of the importance of technology as a key element for the company’s competitiveness. The course will concentrate on technological innovation management, product innovation plan, technological audits, transfer of technology and the European Innovation system.

Accounting and Finance for Management

6 ECTS

Financial Accounting : To provide the student with the required techniques to collect, process and present the economic information generated by a company or organization as well as to draw the conclusions that can be obtained from the financial statements and annual report.

Managerial Accounting : To know how to use the different cost accounting systems for different types of decisions in a company or organization, including activity based costing, process and job costing and standard and direct costing, as well as the main aspects of cost system design.

Intercultural Management and International Negotiations

4 ECTS

Increase positive attitudes toward the people of other cultures ; Examine the basic concepts, theories and issues of intercultural communication and how they affect global business ; Increase awareness of the problems that arise in communicating (and therefore working) with other cultures ; To become more self aware of our cultural conditioning, individual biases and assumptions and to understand the business implications it has on our interactions with people who are different from us ; Help participants to better adapt to working with other cultures ; Examine management and conflict styles across cultures and implications of these patterns in working effectively in intercultural settings ; Study target countries in depth within a cultural framework.

To emphasise the individual behaviour as a central aspect for the success of a project manager. To teach how to master international complex process engineering projects.

General Management Skills

6 ECTS

Enable participants to acquire the methods and practices required to manage a project within a complex and international framework because the knowledge of specific methods and tools to manage a project is the key to success, including cost control, performance, deadlines and risks management.

Students will learn to understand how a team works, how people work together supportively and successfully - good effective teamwork is the foundation of successful management. Students will also learn a range of communication techniques and how to select the most effective method of communication for particular situations - good communicators make better managers.

Energy and Environment Policy

6 ECTS

To show how to match the required sustainable energy production with enviromental limitations, paying special attention to the organized international pollution-trading markets.

To show the dimensions of energy and its political relevance, to shed light on physical, technical, economic, environmental and social interrelations.

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