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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid signs an educational cooperation agreement with Master Battery and Ciudadenergía

The objective of this agreement is the implementation of a collaboration programme for external academic internships for UPM students at Master BatteryCiudadenergía and the completion of Final Degree and Master's Degree Projects.

The rector of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Guillermo Cisneros, and the CEO of Master Battery, Juan Carlos Hernández, have signed an educational cooperation agreement for internships and Final Degree and Final Master's Degree Projects, as well as other collaborative actions between the two entities. The agreement will have a duration of four years, which can be extended, and came into force on 3rd July.

El convenio está orientado a que Master Battery y Ciudadenergía participen junto a la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid en la formación práctica de su alumnado. La formación se realizará en las instalaciones de la energética y de Ciudadenergía y se amplía a la colaboración con el profesorado de las titulaciones impartidas en la UPM relacionadas con el almacenamiento y la acumulación energética.

The agreement is aimed at Master Battery and Ciudadenergía participating together with the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in the practical training of its students. The training will be carried out at the facilities of the energy company and Ciudadenergía and is extended to collaboration with the teaching staff of the degrees taught at the UPM related to energy storage and accumulation.

The agreement includes the development of external academic internships: curricular and extracurricular, as well as collaboration with students in their Final Degree and Master's Degree projects related to energy storage.

One of the objectives of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid is to bring university education closer to the social and professional reality through relationships with collaborating institutions and entities that allow students to complete their training process by putting into practice the theoretical knowledge acquired through external internships that enable them to enter the world of work.