Although Politécnica de Madrid is a Young university, having been founded only in 1971, most of its Schools are over a hundred years old, dating back of the 18th and 19th centuries and existing independently until they were grouped together as Politécnica de Madrid. It is not an exaggeration to say that much of the history of Spanish technology for over one and half centuries was written by the Schools of Architecture and Engineering of this university, as for many years some of them were the only Technical Schools in existence in their fields in Spain. Almost all the leading Spanish educators and researchers have been involved with Politécnica de Madrid either as students, teachers or both. Three Schools were founded in the 18th century. The School of Architecture, the oldest, was founded in 1752. The Naval and Mining Engineering Schools were established in 1772 and 1777 respectively. The Civil Engineering School was the first School to be founded in the 19th century, in the year 1802. Almost half a century later the School of Industrial Engineering was started in 1850. This School today covers numerous additional fields such as Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical and Nuclear Engineering.
虽然马德里理工大学是一所年轻的大学，仅成立于1971年，但其大部分学院都拥有百年以上的历史，可追溯至18和19世纪，这些学院曾独立存在，直至合并组建为马德里理工大学。可以说，西班牙一个半世纪以来的技术史，很大程度上是由该大学的建筑学院和工程学院书写的，这绝非夸张之辞——因为多年间，其中部分学院曾是西班牙相关领域唯一存在的技术院校。西班牙几乎所有顶尖的教育家和研究人员都以学生、教师或两者兼具的身份与马德里理工大学有过交集。该校有三所学院创立于18世纪，历史最悠久的建筑学院成立于1752年，海军工程学院和挖矿工程学院则分别成立于1772年和1777年。土木工程学院是19世纪成立的首所学院（1802年），近半个世纪后的1850年又创办了工业工程学院。这所学校如今涵盖了许多其他领域，如机械、化学、电气和核工程。