Laura Amoretti

Review of Escuela T.S de Arquitectura de...

Quite disappointing. Its prestige should not be co...

Quite disappointing. Its prestige should not be considered as a guarantee of quality: little attention from teachers according to which subjects because the massification of the classrooms overflows them (it is only interesting that many students enter because it represents more income for the University, just as a student is suspended percentage to repeat subjects and the departments enter their double enrollment), very old facilities, insufficient and outdated laboratories, limited resources for example when printing (printing in the calculation center is an excessively long process and many times there are machines damaged like the photocopier or the card recharger, and doing it in the copy shop is expensive), cafeteria of the most expensive university city, the material store is a robbery, does not open weekends to facilitate group work ... The program teacher should be reoriented and updated, adapt to new technologies and impart them (only from Delegation of Al umnos are offered good and affordable computer program courses but these are not enough to meet the demand).

As for teachers, there are very good teachers. For projects you learn the most practical and useful with the least known and to open your mind and expand creativity, better the "star teachers" but if you support your ego. In general, I liked especially those of urbanism. Where they learned most was in the electives but with Bologna they have eliminated them.

As for grades, it tends to be very low grades to make it more difficult. However, being more demanding does not guarantee improvement of the level if you do not complement it with good attention, professors with vocation or better resources. Maybe with Bologna it's changing.

The average student leaves, after an indescribable sacrifice, with a high level of graphic and marketing and good project capacity, but with little realism. In short, ETSAM should leave its self-absorption and make self-criticism.