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14 February 2017
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Teaching is concentrated in the faculties and schools, and the departments deal with research, which is also conducted by institutes and chairs, at the same time responsible for knowledge promotion.
The School maintains works closely with the industrial sector in the province of Girona through the Polytechnic Trust, whose main goal is to promote and to collaborate in the academic activities at the centre. Today the Trust has more than 70 founding industrial companies, representatives from institutions such as Girona Provincial Council, Girona City Council, the Chamber of Commerce, representatives from different departments of the government and chairs and deans of professional schools with an affinity to the studies taught by the School.
The School also has agreements with the professional schools:
The Government of Catalonia is promoting a new policy that positions the Catalan industry sector as the backbone of the economic future of our country, as set out in its programme "The industrial Catalonia, a shared objective".
Catalonia has a strong industrial tradition and a lot of effort is currently being made to foster an industrial culture linked to a culture of enterprise, quality, innovation and social responsibility. Catalonia is currently classed as a medium innovation follower according to the Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2012 from the European Commission, and the goal for the 2014-2020 period is to achieve the category of innovation leader. The Europe 2020 strategy wants to put industry and innovation at the heart of the model for growth.
Our country has companies in different sectors of industry. At present, the chemical, motor and energy sectors account for more than 10% of overall turnover. In all areas, however, there are companies with export levels accounting for more than 30% of turnover. Record overall export figures are expected for 2014.
You can also see also the INE's latest (2015) survey on job places.
Within the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy the priority areas for the industrial policy of Catalonia have been identified. They include:
Specific promotion programmes include strategies in the fields of:
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering has compiled a report with the 23 dominant technologies for 2022. These include:
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