A Soft Take-Off in the Direction of 'Bologna'

In the 2009-2010 academic year, ten new degrees have begun to be taught at the UPM (Universidad Politecnica Madrid), which is the first group of degrees that this university will offer within the framework of the EHEA (European Higher Education Area). One of these new degrees is the Building Engineering Degree, which was implemented in September 2009 in the EUATM (Escuela Arquitectura Tecnica Madrid). It is the heir to the former Arquitecto Tecnico Degree that will become extinct as the new degree is successively implemented. This paper unveils the strategy that the EUATM management board has designed and is developing, so that the complex process that involves the incorporation of Universidad Politecnica Madrid into the model of "Bologna", takes place smoothly and with guaranteed success. (Contains 6 figures.)