Classrooms for theoretical teaching

The four degree programs at the Higher School of Engineering and Technology (ESIT) are taught in classrooms located in four buildings on the Campus of Experimental Sciences and Technical Studies, all within an 800-meter radius in the Anchieta area. These buildings, which we will name A through D, have the following classrooms available to ESIT:

• Building “A” (Physics and Mathematics building): Built in 1995, it has 6 floors (one for laboratories, one for classrooms with a large lecture hall, one for a library and study room, and 3 for offices). It contains:
  • 2 classrooms with 164 places each.
  • 3 classrooms with 125 places each.
  • 2 classrooms with 88 seats each.
• Building “B” (ESIT building): three floors and two phases.
• Building “C”: the oldest building. It contains:
  • 3 classrooms with 46 places each.
  • 3 classrooms with 77 places each.
• Building “D” (Chemistry building): The teaching of the Degree in Industrial Chemical Engineering is taught in the Chemistry Section building of the campus, in conjunction with the rest of the facilities available to ESIT.

In all four buildings, every classroom has a fixed projection system. In addition, ESIT has four portable projectors for teaching use.

In all cases, the ULL wireless network provides students and teachers with direct access to the Internet from any of the classrooms. 

Building “B”, or the ESIT building, opened in 2004 and is fully accessible to people with disabilities, featuring elevators and ramps that facilitate movement both inside and at the exterior entrances. It has a constructed area of 9,244 m², on a total site of 11,883 m², with a landscaped area of 4,117 m². The building houses the following facilities: offices, a secretariat, a reception area, administrative and management offices, classrooms, laboratories, a computer lab, a cultural center, a student union office, a library, and a cafeteria.

The following table shows the layout of classrooms in the ESIT building, indicating for each one the maximum student capacity, the availability of fixed projection systems (computer + projector),  the arrangement of the desks (anchored in an amphitheater position or mobile tables) and the availability of access points to the university network.

Resources for practical teaching

Below we describe the laboratories available for practical teaching. Due to the strong practical component of ESIT's degree programs, it is essential to have adequate scientific and technical resources for student training. 

Computing Center

The ESIT computer labs are used both for practical teaching of subjects and for free use by students. There are 16 labs in total, with 256 computers, used by students of the Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering. The capacity of the labs varies between 18 and 32 workstations, and a few are smaller, with fewer than 10 workstations each, as shown in the following table:

As indicated in the first column, some of these classrooms have been provided by companies/organizations external to the University through collaboration agreements.

In addition, there are several carrels (offices for students to work in groups) equipped with computers and communication infrastructure. Currently, there are three carrels with one computer each and Project Room 1 with three Macs. It is also worth noting that all computers have broadband internet access, thanks to a state-of-the-art communications infrastructure that provides network speeds of 1 Gbps.

Ships

These are two warehouses for the exclusive use of ESIT, located in the parking lot between buildings “A” and “B”, measuring 200 m²2 in plan, and a total of 500 m2 useful. In addition, students of the Degree in Industrial Chemical Engineering have access to a four-story industrial building (three floors for student internships), each of which is equipped with modular practical facilities and with the capacity to install new equipment.

Computer labs

There are two computer labs for mixed use (student and teaching) with a total of 41 workstations, located in building “B”, as well as one computer lab in building “A”, with 21 workstations, and two more in building “C”, with 25 workstations each, all for teaching purposes. In addition, the departments have access to the departmental computer labs indicated in the following table for teaching use.

Laboratories 

The departments that teach at the center have the following laboratories

 Data Processing Center

To support all the equipment and services offered at ESIT, there is a Data Processing Center (DPC), approximately 70m², which consists of the following resources:

Library

The ESIT library facilities are located on the first and second floors of the north wing of the School building, where they occupy a total area of 1,465 m²^² (771 m^² on the first floor and 694 m^² in the second), and a usable area of 1,268 m^². Both floors have their own access doors, and are connected internally by stairs, and externally by elevators, stairs and ramps.

There is a significant number of network sockets (each accompanied by electrical sockets) available to users.

The book and magazine storage area is located in a central cylinder with four levels, connected by stairs and a freight elevator. It contains 645 meters of shelving for the collection, all of which is freely accessible.

The reading and study rooms have 406 places, of which 261 are located on the first floor (233 study places and 28 computer places) and 145 on the second floor.

The library has eight offices for group work: four with four people and four with six. Users reserve the spaces through an application on the library's website.

Currently, there are approximately eight thousand printed monographs organized by subject according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). These monographs are acquired by consulting the bibliographies in the course guides for each subject.

Regarding electronic monographs, users have access to the Springer, Safari e-Books and ScienceDirect e-Book platforms, through which they can access titles of specialized works in the field of computer science, mathematics, physics, electronics, etc.

The periodicals collection is electronic, with access to 1,341 journal titles. It can be accessed through the library's website, Punto Q, e-revistas, Tecnología de la Información, and specialized databases.

The services offered by the university library are:

• Online catalog of paper and electronic funds
• Home, interlibrary and intercampus loans
• Laptop loan: PROA
• Shipping service for items: SEA
• CLABE Service: Lightweight Clients for Access to the Electronic Library
• Institutional repository
• User training: CI2 Classroom: skills training digital
• Advice for teaching and research staff
• Recommended bibliography
• Library outreach

The Library of the University of La Laguna has the EFQM Europe400+ Seal of Excellence.

Other teaching facilities

ESIT also has other spaces that are used for the development of various activities: