The UPC

We're a public institution dedicated to research and higher education, specialised in the fields of architecture, science and engineering.

We're a university committed to excellence, a driver of economic and social change, an institution that's extremely well connected to the productive fabric.

At our schools and facilities in Barcelona, Castelldefels, Igualada, Manresa, Mataró, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Terrassa and Vilanova i la Geltrú, we engage in intense research activity and provide our students with an outstanding education.
We transfer technology and knowledge to companies and society. We achieve highly recognised results. The education we deliver is based on high standards, innovation, interdisciplinarity and internationalisation.

 

Key figures

Courses:
69 official bachelor's degrees
61 master's degrees
46 doctoral programmes
University community:
40,172 members
Students
29,687
bachelor's, first- and second-cycle students
3,011 master's degree students
3,000 doctoral degree students
2,822 lifelong learning students
2,243 international exchange students
2,780 teaching and research staff members
1,694 administrative and service staff members
Research:
42 departments
6 institutes
183 research groups
17 specific research centres
19 TECNIO network research centres
19 associated research centres
&euro64,164,414 ; in revenue from RDI projects and technology transfer
UPC budget:
€343,154,600 (2011)
 

  The UPC

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