[Tex/LaTex] Shift up a title in beamer

Question

I have been trying to shift a title up in beamer but I couldn't. I have tried with \vspace but it is not useful here, as you can check..
I have read all similar posts but no one was helpful for me.

Here is a MWE:

\documentclass[handout]{beamer}
\usetheme{Madrid} 
\usecolortheme{whale} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usefonttheme{professionalfonts}  
\usenavigationsymbolstemplate{} 
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]
\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}[default][center]
\setbeamersize{text margin left=2em,text margin right=2em}
\begin{document}
\title{Thermodynamics applied to microscopic phenomena using a computational-quantum mechanics approach}
\institute{{\large University of Maryland}\\~\\
    {\small Faculty of sciences}}
\author[Hermann]{Hermann Hesse}
\date{2017}

\titlepage
\end{document}

Any help will be well received.

Answer 1

using \vspace{...}:

\documentclass[handout]{beamer}
\usetheme{Madrid} 
\usecolortheme{whale} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usefonttheme{professionalfonts}  
\usenavigationsymbolstemplate{} 
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number]
\setbeamertemplate{frametitle}[default][center]
\setbeamersize{text margin left=2em,text margin right=2em}

\begin{document}
\title{Thermodynamics applied to microscopic phenomena using a computational-quantum mechanics approach}
\institute{{\large University of Maryland}\\~\\
    {\small Faculty of sciences}}
\author[Hermann]{Hermann Hesse}
\date{2017}

\begin{frame}[plain]
\vspace{-2cm}
\titlepage
\end{frame}
\end{document}