The Higher Technical School of Mining and Energy Engineers is one of the more than one hundred buildings that will be open to the public on the occasion of the Open House Madrid festival, on September 29 and 30.
The teachings of Mining Engineering arrive in Spain by Royal Order of July 14, 1777, under the reign of Carlos III. The Academy of Mines in Almaden was created with the help of valuable national and foreign specialists. It will not be until 1835 when his transfer to Madrid becomes effective.
Until the mid-nineteenth century, teaching is, in a way, a conglomeration of empirical, scientific and experimental knowledge. The Public Instruction Law of 1857, which creates the title of Engineer, is also the starting point of a didactic concept that is reflected in the ordering of studies. The first curriculum consists of three courses initially, and five only two years later. At the end of the 19th century, a set of disciplines organized for their study that provide advanced technical training were induced, and after the Public Instruction Act of 1857, the title of Engineer was created.
The School of Engineers of Almadén was moved to Madrid in 1835 and inaugurated a year later, leaving the primitive as an internship institute. In the capital of Spain, after several provisional sites, the Retiro one of them, in 1893 was installed in the historic building of number 23 Ríos Rosas Street, work of architect Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, with ceramic decoration by Daniel Zuloaga on the eastern facades and west, declared later Historical-Artistic Set.
From this school came personalities from science such as Casiano de Prado, Jerónimo Ibrán, Luis de la Escosura and Morrogh, José García-Siñeriz, Recaredo Garay and Anduaga, José de la Revilla Haya, as well as a long list of academics from the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Academy of Sciences.
In the year 2000, the degree of Geological Engineer is established at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, which is assigned to the School of Mines. In September 2002, the degree in Technical Engineer of Mines, specializing in Energy Resources, Fuels and Explosives, was awarded in three years, and in 2004, the second cycle of Graduate in Energy Engineering as the proper title of the UPM and shared with the ETSI Industriales de Madrid. In addition, since February 1, 2005, the construction of the Getafe Technology Center, completed in 2008, began.
In November 2011, the change of name of the School to the Higher Technical School of Mining and Energy Engineers was approved by the governing board of the School, being consistent with the teachings that have been taught for years.
The distribution of the ETSIME is diversified: it consists of four buildings and a foundation. Building M1 is the historic building. It is accessed through Ríos Rosas street, 21 and secondarily by Alenza street, 2. It has two stories high and a semi-basement. In it are located several laboratories, secretariat or address, the historical library and the Historical Mining Museum Don Felipe de Borbón y Grecia. Building M2 consists of three floors, among which are the Assembly Hall, the Chapel and the general classroom. In the M3 Building, with eight floors of height, its located the newspaper library, reprography or departmental offices among others. Finally, in the MR Building, located next to the east wing of the M1 building, there are several laboratories.
The Gómez Pardo Foundation (FGP) joins this group of buildings. Nonprofit, private foundation, chaired by the director of the School. Among its objectives are to promote research, promote cultural activities, grant scholarships, services of social care, etc.
Finally, next to the secondary entrance of the M1 building is the Marcelo Jorrissen Museum Mine. This mine, 74 steps deep, is a reproduction of a real deposit of coal built between 1963 and 1967 by the director of the School at that time, Marcelo Jorrissen, so that engineering students of Mines could do internships.
The teachings of Mining Engineering arrive in Spain by Royal Order of July 14, 1777, under the reign of Carlos III. The Academy of Mines in Almaden was created with the help of valuable national and foreign specialists. It will not be until 1835 when his transfer to Madrid becomes effective.
Until the mid-nineteenth century, teaching is, in a way, a conglomeration of empirical, scientific and experimental knowledge. The Public Instruction Law of 1857, which creates the title of Engineer, is also the starting point of a didactic concept that is reflected in the ordering of studies. The first curriculum consists of three courses initially, and five only two years later. At the end of the 19th century, a set of disciplines organized for their study that provide advanced technical training were induced, and after the Public Instruction Act of 1857, the title of Engineer was created.
The School of Engineers of Almadén was moved to Madrid in 1835 and inaugurated a year later, leaving the primitive as an internship institute. In the capital of Spain, after several provisional sites, the Retiro one of them, in 1893 was installed in the historic building of number 23 Ríos Rosas Street, work of architect Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, with ceramic decoration by Daniel Zuloaga on the eastern facades and west, declared later Historical-Artistic Set.
From this school came personalities from science such as Casiano de Prado, Jerónimo Ibrán, Luis de la Escosura and Morrogh, José García-Siñeriz, Recaredo Garay and Anduaga, José de la Revilla Haya, as well as a long list of academics from the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Academy of Sciences.
In the year 2000, the degree of Geological Engineer is established at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, which is assigned to the School of Mines. In September 2002, the degree in Technical Engineer of Mines, specializing in Energy Resources, Fuels and Explosives, was awarded in three years, and in 2004, the second cycle of Graduate in Energy Engineering as the proper title of the UPM and shared with the ETSI Industriales de Madrid. In addition, since February 1, 2005, the construction of the Getafe Technology Center, completed in 2008, began.
In November 2011, the change of name of the School to the Higher Technical School of Mining and Energy Engineers was approved by the governing board of the School, being consistent with the teachings that have been taught for years.
The distribution of the ETSIME is diversified: it consists of four buildings and a foundation. Building M1 is the historic building. It is accessed through Ríos Rosas street, 21 and secondarily by Alenza street, 2. It has two stories high and a semi-basement. In it are located several laboratories, secretariat or address, the historical library and the Historical Mining Museum Don Felipe de Borbón y Grecia. Building M2 consists of three floors, among which are the Assembly Hall, the Chapel and the general classroom. In the M3 Building, with eight floors of height, its located the newspaper library, reprography or departmental offices among others. Finally, in the MR Building, located next to the east wing of the M1 building, there are several laboratories.
The Gómez Pardo Foundation (FGP) joins this group of buildings. Nonprofit, private foundation, chaired by the director of the School. Among its objectives are to promote research, promote cultural activities, grant scholarships, services of social care, etc.
Finally, next to the secondary entrance of the M1 building is the Marcelo Jorrissen Museum Mine. This mine, 74 steps deep, is a reproduction of a real deposit of coal built between 1963 and 1967 by the director of the School at that time, Marcelo Jorrissen, so that engineering students of Mines could do internships.
