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The UPC still among the 150 best young universities in the world

In the 'Times Higher Education’s 2019 Young University Rankings'

The UPC will integrate the new European university UNITE!

A network of technological universities of reference

Improving the production of hydroelectric power

It is the aim of a new H2020 project led by the UPC

Students of the 'TO' team have arrived to compete with the sustainable home

The team is taking part at Hungary in the Solar Decathlon Europe 2019 until July 29

Lifelong Learning at the UPC

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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