PostGraduate in Smart Cities

Education objectives

The importance of urban intelligence in constructing cities is now an indisputable reality. Smart cities, able to respond in an integrated manner and in real time to different urban challenges, cities that promote inclusive and efficient solutions in the use of resources but that also generate added value and create new markets.

The Postgraduate Program in Smart Cities aims to prepare professionals able to participate in the construction of analytical cities by developing innovative solutions of collection, processing and analysis of city data to promote a better governance in parallel with a more active and participatory citizenship.

With the proposed study plan, this innovative Postgraduate Program is set on a modern structure that combines the several fields that support the information systems of the Smart Cities with the real challenge that the construction entails.

General characterization

DGES code

4968

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Postgraduate programmes

Degree

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Degree pre-requisites

Tlo earn the postgraduate program diploma in Smart Cities, students must complete 60 ECTS.

Conditions of admittance

To enter this program, applicants must meet the following requirements: hold a bachelor’s degree in a compatible field (completed by September 2021); be proficient in English (spoken and written).

Evaluation rules

The assessment method will be continuous assessment, i.e. through individual or group work, projects, quizzes, tests/exams, etc.

At the beginning of each academic year, it is up to each teacher of each Curricular Unit (CU) to define how assessment will be carried out in their CUs, and this information is then made available via the student platform.

Structure

1º year - Autumn semester
Code Name ECTS
400045 Sustainable Cities 7.5
200032 DataBase Management Systems 7.5
400054 Information Technology in Cities Seminar I 3.5
200056 Geographic Information Systems 7.5
Options
200158 Sampling and Estimation 7.5
200186 Applied Multivariate Data Analysis 7.5
200159 Life & Non-Life Actuarial Techniques 7.5
200012 Business Intelligence I 7.5
200182 Data Privacy and Protection 7.5
200163 Experimental Design 4.0
400020 Information Systems Governance 3.5
400021 Enterprise Cloud Mobility 7.5
200046 Statistics 7.5
200058 Geographic Information Systems Applications 7.5
200060 Geospatial Data Mining 7.5
200064 Geostatistics 7.5
200014 Business Process Management 7.5
200071 Knowledge Management 3.5
200070 Information Technologies Services Management 4.0
200073 Information Management Systems 3.5
200160 Investments and Portfolio Management 7.5
200169 Strategic Marketing 7.5
200087 Data Collection Methods 7.5
400082 Digital Analytics 7.5
200088 Forecasting Methods 3.5
200165 Descriptive Methods of Data Mining 7.5
200092 Quantitative Methods for Marketing - Descriptive Methods 7.5
200101 Banking and Insurance Operations 6.0
200115 Remote Sensing 7.5
1º year - Spring semester
Code Name ECTS
400051 Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing 7.5
400049 Information Technology in Cities Seminar II 4.0
400091 Urban Analytics 7.5
Options
400111 Business Analytics in Tourism 7.5
200007 Architectures for Information Technology 7.5
200167 Big Data Analytics 7.5
200135 Cybersecurity 7.5
400112 Data Science for Hospitality and Tourism I 7.5
200170 Consumer Behavior Insights 7.5
200162 Data Visualization 7.5
400093 Digital Systems for Business 7.5
200172 Marketing Engineering 7.5
200049 Market Research 7.5
200068 Information Project Management 4.0
200069 Risk Management 7.5
400110 Management in Hospitality and Tourism 7.5
200146 Innovation Management and Design Thinking 7.5
400039 Integrated Management Solutions 7.5
400023 Leadership and People Management 7.5
200171 Marketing Analytics 7.5
200083 Digital Marketing 7.5
400081 Social Media Analytics 7.5
200090 Econometrics Methods 7.5
200166 Predictive Methods of Data Mining 7.5
200093 Quantitative Methods for Marketing - Explanatory Methods 7.5
200097 Solvency Models 7.5
400010 Data Collection, Administrative Sources and Big Data 6.0
400027 Search Engine Marketing 7.5
200168 Text Analytics 7.5
400092 Transformation Methodologies and Solutions 7.5
400091 Urban Analytics 7.5