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The School in Figures

The FIB
Students 1.949 (1.793 1st and 2nd cycle, 156 masters)
Teaching and research staff
323
Official first and second cycle courses
4
Master's degree courses 7
Student associations
14
Years in existence
34

Graduates
Graduates last year (2010-2011) 310 (261 1st and 2nd cycle, 49 masters)
Graduates since the first graduation year (1979) 8.256

Rankings
First Latin American university in the QS World University Rankings 2011 - Engineering & Technology. First Spanish university to enter the Top 100 of an international ranking.
First Latin American university in the Latin American Ranking of Research Institutions on Informatics and IT (Universia-SCImago Research Group).
Highest rated Faculty in the Assessment Report about the Quality of Higher Education System in Catalonia (2004), made by the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU), among faculties and schools in Catalonia that offer degree courses in informatics.
It contributed substantially to the UPC being awarded the EFQM excellence award in March 2003, following a visit by the award’s assessors on 7 February 2002.
 It is among the top scorers in the ranking drawn up by the newspaper El Mundo.

Mobility
Students who came to the FIB on a mobility programme (2010-2011)
85
Students from the FIB who participated on a mobility programme (2010-2011)
73
Universities 147
Host countries
35
Double degrees 10
Member of the CLUSTER network and CINDA through the UPC
Agreements with the best universities in the sector

Agreements with businesses (figures for the 2010-2011 academic year)
268 students went on a work placement over the academic year
171 agreements were entered into with businesses

Computer systems and facilities
Computer rooms 21
PCs less than 3 years old 363
Servers (Linux, Solaris, Windows) 85
Terabytes 35
Network connections 1.138
Wireless network connections 19

Quality
10 quality commitments to students (service charter)
10 quality commitments to lecturers (service charter)
We have the EFQM quality seal.
We have been awarded the ECTS label.
We have an Internal Quality Assurance System that has been approved by the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU).

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