Studying in Spain:

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Studying in Spain
The University of Oviedo and the School of
Computing of Oviedo
Daniel Fernández Lanvin Vice-Dean of the School
of Computing of Oviedo (dflanvin_at_uniovi.es)
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The City of Oviedo

• (XIII century)
• 220.000 inhabitants
• Capital of the Principality of Asturias
• Warm climate
• Cheap accomodation

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Some images
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The University of Oviedo

• Established in 1608 ? (400 years)
• Approx. 25000 students
• 31 faculties and schools
• 79 graduate programs
• 35 doctoral programs
• 26 master programs

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The School of Computing of Oviedo

• Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica en
  Informática de Oviedo (EUITIO)
• Established in 1982 ? 27 years
• ? 1000 students
• ? 1100 graduates
• Programs
• Graduate in Management Computing
• Graduate in Systems Computing
• Master in Web Engineering
• Doctoral program in Web Engineering
• Soon...
• Graduate in Software Engineering

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The School of Computing of Oviedo Nowadays...
Oviedo
Gijón
PFC
5º
4º
Telecomun.
Industriales
PFC
PFC
3º
3º
Telemática
2º
2º
1º
1º
Management Computing/ Graduate in Systems
Computing
Management Computing/ Graduate in Systems
Computing
EUITIO
EUITIG
EPSIG
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Semester programming

• 2009/2010
• 1st semester From 28th of September to 22th of
  January.
• Christmas stop from 23th of December to 8 of
  January
• 2nd semester From 11th of February to 25 of May.
• Easter stop from 27 of March to 5 of April.
• 2010/2011
• Closer to European calendar, form middle of
  September to beginning of may.

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The Valdés Salas building
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Location
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Accommodation

• Two university hostels close to the school

euitio
San Gregorio
América
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Accommodation

• Student flat sharing
• Students vice-chancellor office
• http//www.uniovi.es/zope/organos_gobierno/unipers
  onales/vicerrectorados/vicd/IR/
• Flat pool
• AEGEE (Association des Etats Généraux des
  Etudiants de lEurope)
• http//aegeeoviedo.org

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Erasmus Agreements

• Germany
• Emden (Fachhochschule Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilh
  elmshaven)
• Chemnitz (Technische Universität Chemnitz)
• Kiel (Christian Albrechts Universität)
• Stuttgart (Fachhochschule für Technik)
• Portugal
• Braga (Universidade do Minho)
• Poland
• Wroclaw (Politechnika Wroclawska)
• Poznan (Akademia Ekonomiczna W Poznaniu)
• Krakow

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Erasmus Agreements

• Hungary
• Budapest (Budapesty Muszaki És Gazdasagtudomanyl
  Egyetem)
• France
• Evry (Institut National des Telecommunications)
• Clermont-Ferrand
• Valenciennes
• United Kingdom
• Plymouth (University of Plymouth)
• Sweden
• Umea (Umea Universitet)

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Other student inter-change programs

• University of South Florida, Tampa (USF)
• University at Buffalo (State of New York)

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Subjects (undergraduate)
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Subjects (undergraduate)
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Subjects (undergraduate)
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Subjects (undergraduate)
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Subjects (undergraduate)
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In English (al least partially)
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Subjects (postgraduate in Web Engineering)
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Subjects (postgraduate in Web Engineering)
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Business relationships
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Extracurricular Activities

• Conferences, seminars and workshops
• Interest groups for students
• IEEE chapter
• Amiga group
• Microsoft .net club (Imagine Cup 08)
• Open source software
• AIRE (Robotics)
• Etc.
• Sports Football, and basketball teams, etc.

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And... La FIESTA!!!!!!

• Spain Fiesta?
• San Mateo- End of september
• Erasmus parties
• Semana Negra July
• Carnival february
• And every weekend, bars and pubs opened until 6
  am ?

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Some Interesting Websites

• University of Oviedo www.uniovi.es
• International Relations Office
  http//www.uniovi.es/zope/organos_gobierno/unipers
  onales/vicerrectorados/vicd/IR/
• School of Computing www.euitio.uniovi.es
• Master and Doctoral program in Web Engineering
  http//www.euitio.uniovi.es/master/ingenieriaweb/
  
• Oviedo's City Council http//www.ayto-oviedo.es/
  en/oviedoCityCouncilWebSite.php

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Thanks!!!

• Any question?