Centro de Formación Interdisciplinaria Superior

The Centro de Formación Interdisciplinaria Superior (in English: Interdisciplinary Higher Education Centre), better known as CFIS, is a center of excellence associated with the Polytechnic University of Catalonia that allows excellent students to access a program of double degrees via an entrance exam.[1]

Centro de Formación Interdisciplinaria Superior
CFIS logo
Established1999
MissionPrepare excellent students
PresidentMiguel Ángel Barja Yáñez
OwnerPolytechnic University of Catalonia
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Websitecfis.upc.edu

It was created to "recruit, select and tutor students with sufficient capacity and motivation to pursue interdisciplinary studies within an innovative training offer that includes one or more of the undergraduate degrees that make up the offer of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia."[2]

History

The CFIS began as a pilot experience for a double degree in telecommunications and mathematics in 1999, and since 2003 it has been another center of the University that incorporates each course a very limited number of high-level students.[3]

It has some 200 students (40 new ones each year), and CFIS graduates are found in the best academic institutions in the world and in renowned companies in the technological, financial and consulting fields.

In 2022, the Girl's Computer Science Olympiad was organized at CFIS.[4]

Notable alumni

Ander Lamaisón, Spanish mathematician specializing in combinatorics[5][6]

Maria Bruna, Spanish mathematician, awarded a prize from the London Mathematical Society[7]

Joaquim Serra Montolí, Spanish mathematician, specialized in elliptic equations, partial and parabolic derivatives[8]

Marc Masdeu, Spanish number theorist[9]

References
  1. susy.tur. "¿Qué es el CFIS?". Centro de Formación Interdisciplinaria Superior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  2. "Contrate a un matemático, distintos ángulos y nada blanditos | EL MUNDO". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2022-11-28. en el programa catalán del Centro de Formación Interdisciplinaria Superior, que capta a algunos de los mejores expedientes de España en un programa que nació con la doble titulación de Telecomunicaciones y Matemáticas.
  3. "La UPC crea un centro para acoger alumnos destacados en áreas científicas". abc (in Spanish). 2003-10-16. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  4. "Cuatro finalistas de la Olimpíada Informática Femenina competirán en la europea de Turquía". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  5. "Un estudiante español, medalla de oro en la Olimpiada de Matemáticas". www.antena3.com (in Spanish). 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  6. lainformacion.com (2012-09-19). "Estudiante de UPC, medalla de oro en la Olimpiada de Matemáticas en Bulgaria". La Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  7. noemi.dengra. "Maria Bruna, titulada CFIS, guardonada amb un premi de la London Mathematical Society". Centre de Formació Interdisciplinària Superior (in Catalan). Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  8. noemi.dengra. "Dos estudiantes del CFIS galardonados con el Premio Évariste Galois y Josep Teixidor de Matemáticas". Centro de Formación Interdisciplinaria Superior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  9. jordi.quer. "Titulats en Matemàtiques". Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística (in Catalan). Retrieved 2022-11-28.
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