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The UPC is participating in UNITE!

An alliance of leading technological universities

Mechanical engineer Evert Hoek awarded an honorary doctorate by the UPC

In the framework of the events to celebrate the EPSEM’s 75th anniversary.

Artificial intelligence will improve quality of life for Alzheimer's patients

A European project coordinated by the UPC

A unicellular organism could inspire new robotic crawlers

A team of researchers led by professor and researcher Marino Arroyo, from the UPC and IBEC, among other scientists

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Change the world with the UPC. It’s your turn now!

Promotional video of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

The UPC, a university with a global outlook

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Get to know the ESEIAAT

Watch the video and you’ll see all that the School can offer you.

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The UPC today

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  • 30,155 students
  • 3,093 teaching and research staff
  • 1,967 UPC staff
  • 64 bachelor's degrees
  • 68 master's degree
  • 46 doctoral programmes
  • 20 schools
  • 234  lifelong learning programmes 
  • 52 patents last year
  •  294  million euros 2019 budget
  • 61.5  million euros R&D income
  • 58,200 Alumni

UPC in the rankingsMore rankings

  • 275QS Ranking
  • <600THE Ranking
  • <700Shanghai Ranking
  • <50QS and Shanghai rankings by subject*

*Architecture, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Instruments Science and Technology and Remote Sensing