title: Higher Technical School of Computer Engineering at UNED
text: # Higher Technical School of Computer Engineering at UNED
  
  The Higher School of Computer Engineering at UNED (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, National University of Distance Education) is an institute of higher education in Spain, with an extensive network of collaborating institutions, that teaches and issues degrees in Computer Science Engineering, Computer Systems Engineer and Business Computing Engineering, as well as bachelors, masters and PhDs.
  
  ## History
  
  The Higher School of Computer Engineering at UNED was established in 1991. Its creation was the response to a growing demand for computer science professionals with different degrees not only focused in computing but also in industry, business and research. In 2001 the school expanded its academic offering to include master's degrees. In 2010–2011 the academic content was adapted to the requirements of the European Higher Education Program, replacing the former degrees.
  
  Academic offerings currently include the following:
  
  * Computer engineering (five academic courses)
  * Computer engineering degree (four academic courses)
  * Information and Communication Technologies Engineering – IT Engineering (four academic courses)
  
  ## School departments
  
  * Computer Science and Languages
  * Artificial Intelligence
  * Automatics and Computer Science
  * Software Engineering and Computer Systems
  * Communication Systems and Control
  
  ## Inter-faculty departments
  
  * Business Management
  * Business Economics and Accounting
  * Material Physics
  * Statistic, Operative Investigation and Calculus
  * Fundamentals Mathematics
  * Applied Mathematics I
  * Mechanic
  * Electric, Electronics and Control Engineering
  * Manufacturing Engineering
  
  ## Research groups
  
  * Computer Systems and Language Department
  
      Natural Language Processing (NLP Group)
      Interactive Environments for Teaching-Learning (LTCS Group)
  * Artificial Intelligence Department
  
      Research Center for Decision-making Intelligence Systems (CISIAD)
      aDeNu
      SIEA
      Intelligence Systems: Modelling, Development and Applications (SIMDA)
  * Computer Systems and Automatic Department
  
      Modelling, simulation and process control
      Industrial computing
  * Software Engineering and Computer Systems Department
  
      Software Quality
      Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality
      Software Engineering
      Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
      RFID Middleware
  * Communication and Control Systems Department
  
      Parameter space, multi-frequency and fractional techniques for system control
  