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Some piezoelectric materials may be ‘fakes’

A research study by the UPC and the ICN2 published in the journal Nature Communications

A new methodology to increase the strength of concrete

Developed by researchers from the UPC, BASF and the ALBA Synchrotron

The BSC-CNS will present its candidacy to host the next European supercomputer

The supercomputer will come into operation by 2020 and will have a peak velocity of 200 petaflops/s

Researchers analyse rainfall records in Catalonia since 1855

A project by researchers from the UPC’s Department of Physics, the Meteorological Service of Catalonia and the UB

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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