Government Team
The Higher School of Science and Technology (ESCET) is part of the Rey Juan Carlos University. We are one of the benchmarks in Madrid in the training of professionals with skills to develop and use new technologies and scientific knowledge. We teach 14 degrees and 8 double degrees that are being studied by around 3000 students.
Our organization includes 26 areas of knowledge grouped into 4 departments, so that we work on varied issues, but related to science and technological research and development.
Alexander Urena Fernandez
Director
Maria Isabel Sierra Alonso
Deputy Director of Academic Planning and Quality
Monica Campo Gomez
Deputy Director of Students and Educational Innovation
Gemma Vicente Crespo
Deputy Director of Research, Teaching Infrastructure and Economic Affairs
Fernando Bautista Santa Cruz
Deputy Director of Internationalization, Employability and Company Relations
Rosa Mª Viejo García
Deputy Director of Postgraduate and Continuing Training
Pilar Martinez Hidalgo
Academic Coordinator of Academic Planning and Quality of Degrees in the Science branch
Alvaro Rico Garcia
Academic Coordinator of Academic Planning and Quality of Degrees in the Engineering branch
sanjiv prashar
Academic Coordinator of Strategy, Foresight and Sustainability
Diego Martin Martin
Academic secretary
Amelia Bollo Palacios
Administrative Secretary
Director: Alexander Urena Fernandez
COMPETENCES OF THE GOVERNMENT TEAM
Deputy Director of Academic Planning and Quality: Maria Isabel Sierra Alonso
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- Coordination of the planning and organization of official ESCET undergraduate university education
- ESCET Teaching Organization Plan: schedules and academic calendar
- Processing of regulations related to academic organization, study plans, experimentality, recognition and transfer of credits
- Exam Planning
- Process of verification, modification, monitoring and renewal of the accreditation of the Degrees assigned to the ESCET.
- Deployment, maintenance and updating of the Internal Quality Assurance System (SIGC) of the ESCET
- Process of obtaining the SISCAL certification from the SIGC to request the Institutional Accreditation of the Center
- Promotion of the improvement of the quality of ESCET degrees
- General plan for collecting information and analyzing it.
- Promotion of quality seals for ESCET degrees
- Application of the Joint Programming Plan for Official Education (PCEO) at ESCET
- Docentia program for teaching evaluation
Deputy Director of Students and Educational Innovation: Monica Campo Gomez
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- Coordination of collaboration scholarships assigned to ESCET
- Attention and guidance to students in the area of ESCET
- Management of Compensation Courts and Academic Waivers
- Coordination of election processes for student representatives at ESCET
- Management of validations and partial validation of foreign studies, as well as complementary training requirements
- Student Complaint Management
- Relations with student representative bodies
- Relations with student associations
- Organization of Graduation Ceremonies
- Final Degree Project: offer, assignment, monitoring and regulations
- Coordination of External Practices at ESCET
- Tutoring and mentoring programs
- Academic Recognition of Credits: offer, allocation, monitoring and regulations
- Academic Recognition of Credits for the participation of the student body in university activities of cooperation, solidarity, cultural, sports, student representation, etc.
- University orientation program: coordination of dissemination and promotion activities for ESCET degrees (Classroom, Open Days, etc.)
- Relations with the Observatory and the Student House
- Collaborate with the Care Unit for People with Disabilities and Special Educational Needs of the URJC
- Coordination of activities for the promotion of teaching innovation
- Support to achieve the SISCAL criteria necessary for the Center's IACS certification
Deputy Director of Research, Teaching Infrastructure and Economic Affairs: Gemma Vicente Crespo
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- Support for ESCET research groups and activities
- Representation of the ESCET in the Research Commission of the URJC and in the General Commission of the CAT
- Dialogue with laboratories of the REDLABU of the ESCET for approval of rates
- Management and coordination of the space and equipment needs (acquisition, updating and maintenance) of the ESCET teaching laboratories
- Proposal for budget distribution by areas of laboratory consumables and travel (field trips and technical visits), and monitoring of budget execution
- Proposal for budget distribution of the laboratory inventory assigned to ESCET and coordination of its acquisition.
- Analysis of the needs of teaching and research spaces assigned to ESCET
- Organization of spaces (classrooms and laboratories)
- Library Relations
- Relations with public research centers
- Relations with research institutes in the field of ESCET
- Relations with the Occupational Risk Prevention Service
- Organize scientific dissemination activities towards the environment (Science on Demand)
- Encourage the participation of ESCET researchers in scientific dissemination events organized by different entities (Science Week, Researchers' Night, etc.)
- Support to achieve the SISCAL criteria necessary for the Center's IACS certification
Deputy Director of Internationalization, Employability and Company Relations: Fernando Bautista Santa Cruz
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- Strengthen ESCET's relations with foreign universities, companies and institutions
- Promote and promote mobility programs for ESCET students in foreign institutions
- Coordination in the management of mobility between Spanish universities: SICUE Program at ESCET
- Contribute to the development and implementation of joint plans with foreign universities
- Establish strategies for the internationalization of ESCET studies
- Relations with professional associations
- Promote career guidance for students
- Promotion and management of collaboration agreements with companies and other entities for the development of educational cooperation activities (TFG, TFM and external internships).
- Relationship with graduates
- Coordinate and encourage participation in the ESO and Empresa program
- Organization of the Employment Forum at ESCET
- Support to achieve the SISCAL criteria necessary for the Center's IACS certification
Deputy Director of Postgraduate and Continuing Training: Rosa Mª Viejo García
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- Process of verification, modification, monitoring and renewal of the accreditation of official Master's degrees assigned to the ESCET.
- Support to achieve the SISCAL criteria necessary for the Center's IACS certification
- Coordination between the degrees and the official postgraduate programs in the field of ESCET
- Programming and promotion of seminars, courses, conferences that take place at the ESCET in collaboration with departments and areas
- Actions necessary for the development and dissemination of the offer of Specialized Teaching in the areas of ESCET (Masters, Specialist, Expert, Microcredentials, Courses)
- Participation in events related to education for the dissemination of the Master's Degrees
- Organization of information campaigns to promote ESCET postgraduate degrees
Academic Coordinator of Academic Planning and Quality of Degrees in the Science Branch: Pilar Martinez Hidalgo
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- Responsible for ESCET social networks
- Planning and organization of official university science degree courses assigned to the ESCET
- Schedules and exam calendars for Science Degree qualifications assigned to the Center
- Collaboration with Science Degree Coordinators in the review of Teaching Guides
- Monitoring and Coordination Actions in the ESCET Science Degrees
- Support to achieve the SISCAL criteria necessary for the Center's IACS certification
Academic Coordinator of Academic Planning and Quality of Degrees in the Engineering Branch: Alvaro Rico Garcia
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- Planning and organization of official university education in the Engineering Degree and double degrees assigned to the ESCET
- Schedules and exam calendars for Engineering Degree qualifications and double degrees assigned to the Center
- Collaboration with Engineering Degree Coordinators and in the revision of Teaching Guides.
- Monitoring and Coordination Actions in the Engineering Degrees and double degrees of the ESCET
- Support to achieve the SISCAL criteria necessary for the Center's IACS certification
- Support to ESCET Degree Coordinators to obtain and renew the European seal of international quality in engineering EUR-ACE
- Responsible for the Delegated Teaching Unit of the ESCET on the Madrid Campus
Academic Coordinator of Strategy, Foresight and Sustainability: sanjiv prashar
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- Direct the preparation of strategic and prospective analysis studies on the ESCET
- Analyze statistics and corporate information for internal and external dissemination
- Promote the improvement of ESCET's positioning in national and international university rankings
- Analyze the impact and viability of new Bachelor's degree proposals
- Promote ESCET in its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda
- Promote activities to raise awareness and train the ESCET university community in sustainability
- Compile and analyze the results of the teaching and research activity of ESCET for its internal and external dissemination
Academic secretary: Diego Martin Martin
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- Drafting and custody of the minutes of the Board of ESCET and its commissions, in which the Secretary
- Coordination of electoral processes within the scope of ESCET
- Preparation of the annual report of the ESCET course
- Assistance to the ESCET management team in aspects related to university regulations
- Publicize the agreements and resolutions of the ESCET Board
- Preparation and updating of the census of academic positions dependent on the management structure and coordination of ESCET studies
- Support for digital transformation projects that take place within ESCET
- Promotion and encouragement of the use of ICT in ESCET
- PowerU project representative at ESCET
- Update and management of information on the ESCET website
- Monitoring the fulfillment of the teaching activity of the teaching staff in the grades assigned to the ESCET
School Board
2024-2027
List of representatives on the ESCET School Board (updated March 2024)
2020-2023
List of representatives on the ESCET School Board (updated April 2023)
Board delegate committees
Delegated commissions of the School Board (renewed at the ordinary School Board of March 14, 2024)
Standing Commission
President: Alexander Urena Fernandez
Secretary: Diego Martin Martin
Department Directors:
- Ana María Sánchez Álvarez (Dept. Biology and Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry)
- Fernando Martínez Castillejo (Chemical and Environmental Technology Department)
- José Iglesias Morán (Chemical, Energy and Mechanical Technology Department)
- Silvia González Prolongo (Dept. Applied Mathematics, CC and Engineering of Materials and Electronic Technology)
Campus Manager: Dario Sanchez Villar
School Board Representatives
- Sector A: Mattia Tommaso Coccolo Bosio
- Sector B: María Elena Martínez Gómez
- Section C: vacations
- Section D: José Luis Manchón Candela
Academic Coordination and Degrees Commission
President: Alexander Urena Fernandez
Deputy Director of Academic Planning and Quality: Isabel Sierra-Alonso
Deputy Director of Postgraduate and Continuing Training: Rosa Mª Viejo García
Academic secretary: Diego Martin Martin
Permanent Guests
- Deputy Director of Students and Educational Innovation: Monica Campo Gomez
- Deputy Director of Internationalization, Employability and Company Relations: Fernando Bautista Santa Cruz
- Deputy Director of Research, Teaching Infrastructure and Economic Affairs: Gemma Vicente Crespo
- Academic Coordinator of Academic Planning and Quality of Degrees in the Science Branch: Pilar Martinez Hidalgo
- Academic Coordinator of Academic Planning and Quality of Degrees in the Engineering Branch: Alvaro Rico Garcia
Representatives sector A
- Juan Angel Boots Echevarria
- Natalia González Benitez
- Ivan Lopez Ruiz-Labranderas
- Maria Sanchez Martinez
- Raul Sanz Martin
Representatives sector B
- Mª del Prado Díaz de Mera Sánchez
- Alexandre Rodríguez Nieto
Representatives sector C
- Vacations
- Vacations
Representatives sector D
- Manuela Alonso Villajos
Research Commission, Infrastructure and Teaching Budgets
President: Alexander Urena Fernandez
Deputy Director of Research, Teaching Infrastructure and Economic Affairs: Gemma Vicente Crespo
Representatives sector A
- Juan A. Almendral Sanchez
- Alejandro José García del Amo
- Rafael A. Garcia Munoz
- David Gutierrez Garcia
- Alicia Salazar Lopez
Representatives sector B
- Elena Gala Sánchez
- Josefa Ortiz Bustos
Representatives sector C
- Vacations
- Vacations
Representatives sector D
- Yolanda Valiñani Montero
Library Commission
President: Alexander Urena Fernandez
Secretary: Sonia Monteagudo Ferrero (Director of the Móstoles Campus Library)
Department Directors:
- Ana María Sánchez Álvarez (Dept. Biology and Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry)
- Fernando Martínez Castillejo (Chemical and Environmental Technology Department)
- José Iglesias Morán (Chemical, Energy and Mechanical Technology Department)
- Silvia González Prolongo (Dept. Applied Mathematics, CC and Engineering of Materials and Electronic Technology)
School Board Representatives
- Sector A: José Antonio Calles Martín
- Section A: Celeste Pizarro Romero
- Sector A: Sanjiv Prashar
- Sector B: Patricia Arrogante Funes
- Section C: vacations
- Sector D: Mario Dévora Lorenzo
Management Committees
ESCET Steering Committees (2023)
Commission of Spaces and Infrastructures
President: Alexander Urena Fernandez
Deputy Director of Research, Infrastructures and Economic Affairs: Gemma Vicente Crespo
Department Directors:
- Ana María Sánchez Álvarez (Dept. Biology and Geology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry)
- Fernando Martínez Castillejo (Chemical and Environmental Technology Department)
- José Iglesias Morán (Chemical, Energy and Mechanical Technology Department)
- Silvia González Prolongo (Dept. Applied Mathematics, CC and Engineering of Materials and Electronic Technology)
Campus Manager: Dario Sanchez Villar
Quality Assurance Commission
President: Alexander Urena Fernandez
Deputy Director of Quality and Qualifications (Secretary): Isabel Sierra-Alonso
Deputy Director of Academic Planning and Teaching Staff: Monica Campo Gomez
Deputy Director of Students and Study Plans: Carmen Martos Sanchez
Campus Manager: Dario Sanchez Villar
Degree Coordinators:
- Luis Merino Martín (Biology)
- Inmaculada Suárez Muñoz (Environmental Sciences)
- Inés Pérez Mariño (Experimental Sciences)
- Sonia Morante Zarcero (Food Science and Technology)
- Yolanda Pérez Cortés (Nanoscience and Nanotechnology)
- Francisco Carreño Conde (Water Resources)
- Jovita Moreno Vozmediano (Environmental Engineering)
- Ángel Peral Yuste (Energy Engineering)
- Pilar Rodrigo Herrero (Materials Engineering)
- Alvaro Rico GArcía (Mechanical Engineering)
- Marta María Multigner Domínguez (Industrial Organization Engineering)
- Arturo Vizcaino Madridejos (Chemical Engineering)
- Juan José Espada Sanjurjo (Industrial Technology Engineering)
- Susana Borromeo López (Industrial Electronic and Automatic Engineering)
ESCET Student Delegate: Oscar Regina Costilla Legaz
External Experts:
- Gabriel Novela del Rey (Talgo Foundation)
- José Ramón Ferrer Mayor (ESPINDESA, Técnicas Reunidas)
Communication, Promotion and Sustainable Development Commission
President: Alexander Urena Fernandez
Deputy Director of Communication, Promotion and Sustainable Development: Maria del Pilar Martinez Hidalgo
Department Representatives (Sectors A and/or B)
- Dept. of Biology, Physics and Inorganic Chemistry
- Maria Prieto Alvaro
- Martha Rincon Ramos
- Dept. Applied Mathematics, Science and Engineering of Materials and Electronic Technology
- Alberto Jimenez Suarez
- Angel Torrado Carvajal
- Dept. Chemical and Environmental Technology
- Luis F. Bautista Santa Cruz
- Judith Gañán Aceituno
- Dept. Chemical, Energetic and Mechanical Technology
- Amaya Arencibia Villagra
- Miguel Angel Reyes Belmonte
Representatives sector C
- April Azuaga White
- Raquel Cerezo
Representatives sector D
- Sonia Monteagudo Ferrero
- Patricia Alonso Valiente
Extraordinary Prizes Commission
President: Alejandro Ureña Fernández (Director of ESCET)
Secretary: Diego Martín Martín (ESCET Academic Secretary)
Vowels
- Carmen Martos Sánchez (Deputy Director of Students at ESCET)
- Mónica Campo Gómez (Deputy Director of Academic Organization and Qualifications of the ESCET)
- Isabel Sierra Alonso (Deputy Director of Quality and Study Plans at ESCET)