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Margaret Hamilton, the UPC’s next honorary doctor

The award is a tribute to a woman who promoted the presence of women in the field of computer science

The UPC launches a new app for grape producers

DOSAVIÑA, developed by the Agricultural Machinery Unit of the UPC, determines the optimal volume rate for pesticide spray application

Five young Marie Curie researchers will join the UPC with European funding

In the latest Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) call for Innovative Training Networks

The UPC, among the top 30 young universities in the world

In the QS Top 50 under 50 ranking

Lifelong Learning at the UPC

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Kip S. Thorne, doctor ‘honoris causa’

Acceptance speech and oration

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The UPC, a university with a global outlook

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The UPC in the rankings

Among the world's top 300 universities in the QS Ranking, the top 500 in the THE Ranking and the top 700 in the Shanghai Ranking.

Among the world's 50 best universities in disciplines such as Architecture, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Instruments Science and Technology and Remote Sensing in the QS and Shanghai rankings by subject.

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The UPC today

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  • 30,155 students
  • 3,093 teaching and research staff
  • 1,967 UPC staff
  • 70 bachelor's degrees
  • 73 master's degree
  • 48 doctoral programmes
  • 20 schools
  • 234  lifelong learning programmes 
  • 52 patents last year
  •  283  million euros 2018 budget
  • 61.5  million euros R&D income
  • 58,200 Alumni