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Professor Francesc Torres Torres

Francesc Torres, elected rector of the UPC, according to final results

Professor Francesc Torres has been elected as rector of the UPC, according to the final results of the voting held from 13 to 16 May. Torres has been elected with 53.280% of the weighted votes, factoring in blank ballots, ahead of candidate Daniel Crespo, who received 36.161%.

The 1st UPC Artificial Intelligence Challenge launches new challenges

Students can submit their projects until 15 November

Car sinking in a flood

New method to identify regions at high risk of compound flooding

On the Mediterranean coast, in research by the UPC and the University of Granada

The UPC, Spain’s leading university for European patent filings

According to data from the European Patent Office

Citizen science and numerical modeling to combat marine pollution

The UPC's LIM participates

Sustainable 3D printing resins from plant sources

Developed by a team from the UPC and the ICIQ

The Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Architecture is presented

A pioneering initiative in the university system

In the world's top 25 in Architecture and top 50 in Space and Planetary Sciences

According to the Scimago World Institutions Rankings

In the world’s top 50 for Architecture and Art History

According to the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject

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31,327 bachelor's and master's degree students
3,677 teaching and research staff
2,143 administrative and service staff
67 bachelor's degrees
96 master's degrees
46 doctoral programmes

18 schools
141 lifelong learning programmes
10patents last year
410
million euros 2025 budget
121,6 million euros R&D income
91,278 alumni

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