2016 / 2017 REPORT www.mondragon.edu/en [ 2 ] CONTENTS CONTENTS 01 A BRIEF HISTORY 4 02 ANNUAL REPORT 8 03 ACADEMIC REPORT 12 - PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 13 - ENGINEERING 15 - TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS 21 - RESEARCH AND TRANSFER 22 - PUBLICATIONS 34 04 MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES REPORT 39 - RELEVANT DATA 39 - GENERAL AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SERVICES 39 - BITERI HALL OF RESIDENCE (CMB) 41 - EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 43 - SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT BODIES 44 05 COLLABORATING COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS 47 - COLLABORATING PARTNERS 47 - COLLABORATING PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 47 CONTENTS [ 3 ] [ 4 ] BREVE RESEÑA HISTÓRICA A BRIEF HISTORY 01 The Mondragon Higher A major landmark in the history of the School was the founding of the Polytechnic School was created Mondragon cooperative movement’s first industrial cooperative society, in 1943 on the initiative of Father ULGOR, S. Coop., by five of its technical engineers in 1956. José María Arizmendiarrieta, Founder of the Mondragon Another milestone was the creation of the industrial cooperative society Cooperative Experience. It has ALECOP in 1966, which enabled students to combine their studies with not stopped growing since the work at a company. outset, also giving rise to the creation of many innovative Later on, in 1972, internationalisation took place when the first university business experiences. exchange programmes were organised with centres abroad. The School has also been actively involved in numerous international Training and Research & Development projects since 1986. The year 1974 marked the creation of the IKERLAN Research Centre, which is now one of Spain’s most cutting-edge technology centres, employing over 200 researchers. In 1983, the Gizabidea Private Educational Foundation was recognised, posthumous work of Fr. José Maria Arizmendiarrieta, and it took over the running of the School’s buildings. The School has also played an active role in other socio-corporate initiatives over the last three decades, such as DIARA, a pioneering Industrial Design company founded in 1985, and various education centres. More recently, in 1996, the company CEI SAIOLAN was created as a business incubator for new enterprises in advanced sectors, although this activity had already been delivering benefits since 1984. In 1995, the Higher Polytechnic School became the first university centre in Spain and one of the first in Europe to obtain the ISO ER353/1/95 Quality Certificate. It should be noted the constitution of Mondragon Unibertsitatea (Mondragon University) in 1997, along with two other university centres in Alto Deba: ETEO S. Coop., From Oñati, and Irakasle Eskola S. Coop., from Eskoriatza, currently ENPRESAGINTZA and HUHEZI, respectively. In 2002, in collaboration with the Goierri Foundation, the HPS campus was started in Ordizia. The Silver Q Award was received in 2003-2004, with a score of over 400 points in an external evaluation conducted by EUSKALIT. A BRIEF HISTORY [ 5 ] In 2008, the School was the first Basque University The Assembly, which is its ultimate decision-making to adapt its engineering studies to the new European body, and the Governing Board, which establishes its Higher Education Area. lines of action, are both made up of equal numbers of these three types of Partners. This structure enables the September 2010 saw the official opening of the students and companies to become directly involved in Centre for Technological Research and Innovation in running the centre. Electronics and Embedded Systems, located at the Garaia Innovation Park and which combines research Bearing in mind that the main mission of the HPS is to and training in the fields of electronics, computer train students for a professional career in an industrial science and telecommunications. environment, the legal formula of the mixed cooperative, which has been integrated into the business world and, In September 2013, the HPS, in alliance with Orona Ideo, in our case, mainly into the cooperatives, has been an opened the new campus in Donostialdea in the Orona essential factor in its constant evolution and adaptation Foundation building. to external demand. In July 2014, the AUDIT Certification was awarded after Similarly, the real possibility for our students to the assessment by UNIBASQ and ANECA. complete a training in alternation (study-work) is a key added value throughout our development. As is the In 2014-2015, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of performance of the degree and master’s final projects/ the birth of Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta. thesis in companies or in the HPS itself under contract R&LD projects with companies. COMPOSITION OF THE HIGHER POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL The employment status of the HPS’ teaching staff is equivalent to that of professionals belonging to The legal name of Mondragón University’s Higher an industrial cooperative. Specifically, aspects such as Polytechnic School (HPS) is Mondragon Goi Eskola the working calendar, timetables, wages and the staff Politeknikoa (MGEP). It is a mixed cooperative with promotion system are all equal. three types of members in equal numbers: – Working partners. – User partners (Students). – Collaborating partners (Companies and Government bodies). [ 6 ] A BRIEF HISTORY A BRIEF HISTORY [ 7 ] ANNUAL REPORT 02 This activity report contains a The academic year 2016-2017 was the first of the new strategic cycle sample of the most significant and was, therefore, the right time to incorporate the planned changes in achievements of the Higher the organisation, its business, and its activities. We collect in this report Polytechnic School of the main lines of action and accompany this report of data, figures, and Mondragon Unibertsitatea qualitative assessments. (MU-HPS) throughout the academic year 2016-2017. The The global dimension of the Polytechnic School of Mondragon contents are organised according Unibertsitatea (MU-HPS) has been 7% higher in the academic year 2016- to our Mission, which is to 2017. With respect to the previous year, we have trained more engineers, transform society through the technicians and professionals, researched more with better results, and integral training of people and transferred more knowledge to the industry and society in general. the generation and socialisation of knowledge in the scientific With regard to the Regulated Training activities (whose direct clients and technological field. We seek are the students of the Undergraduate, Master’s and Doctorate Degrees excellence to give the best service in Engineering, as well as the Higher Degree Training Cycles), we have to our students, companies, and maintained the offer of 9 undergraduate and 5 Master’s degrees taught on institutions. the Arrasate, Goierri, and Orona-Ideo campuses. We have also dedicated many efforts to renewing our academic offer. In particular, we must highlight the work carried out to redesign all Engineering degrees, in line with the provisions of the Strategic Plan. Additionally, we have designed two new degrees that contribute to the expansion of the academic offer – the dual Degree in Mechatronic Engineering, with a special design for students from professional training, and the Master’s Degree in Biomedical Technologies, with 90 ECTS, to offer a specialisation and continuity to the students graduated from the degree of Biomedical Engineering. In the Professional Training (PT), it should be noted that the Deputy Council, alongside Tknika (Professional Training Innovation Centre) has assigned us the coordination of the Digital and Connected Factory Node, which makes us responsible for leading the orientation of the PT Centres to respond to the challenges posed by Industry 4.0. In addition, we have continued with the deployment of the ETHAZI Model of active methodologies and the delivery of the Higher Degree Training Cycle in Industrial Mechatronics in a partial offer format, to respond to the requalification needs of professionals, in particular members of cooperatives in relocation processes. With regard to Non-Regulated Training activities (or for professionals), whose main clients are companies and institutions, the academic year 2016-2017 involved 2,453 professionals, 6% more than in the previous year, in the more than 238 courses that we have taught. As important developments, this year, we successfully completed the Master’s Degree in Casting Technology Innovation (iCasT) and launched a new executive ANNUAL REPORT [ 9 ] Master’s degree in Logistics and Purchasing, as well as We must not forget to mention the confidence creating and launching two other courses – Industrial that the institutions place in our project. Therefore, Automation and Cybersecurity – which began in we should thank the Basque Government for its September 2017. support, above all the difficulties, especially through the University Plan managed by the Department of The Research and Transfer (R&T) activity increased by Education, as well as the support of the Economic 9.5% in the academic year 2016-2017. Nine R&T Groups Development & Infrastructure and Employment & were recognised as excellent in terms of research Social Policies. The support of the Department of by the Department of Education of the Basque Innovation, Rural Development and Tourism from the Government, while U-Multirank classified us as the District Council of Guipuzkoa has also been significant. first university in the state and the seventh in Europe Lastly, we had the support of the Ministry of Economy in knowledge transfer. and Competitiveness of the Central Government. The support programmes