The UPC features 127 scientists among the world’s most cited in their respective fields of study, all having achieved high-impact scientific publications according to the Scopus database.

The UPC has called for a minute’s silence today, 29 October, at 12:00 outside the main entrance of all University buildings in mourning for the victims of the train accident. On 28 October, the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP)...

The UPC mourns the passing of systems engineer Margaret Hamilton, known as “the woman who put man on the Moon” and a pioneer in software engineering during NASA’s early Apollo missions.

The UPC and the Barcelona School of Civil Engineering officially opened the new academic year on 22 September with a cantata paying tribute to the civil engineer and urban planner Ildefons Cerdà. Innovation was at the heart of the event, which took...

A study by the UPC’s Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering (CCEM) and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility reveals the nanometre-scale chemical reactions behind the unique shiny, iridescent effect in 9th-century Islamic...

The European MERIT project concluded in September after four years of promoting advanced digital skills training and addressing talent demands in areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and the internet of things (IoT). One of its...

The UPC has been named a finalist in the prestigious 2026 QS Reimagine Education Awards for three of its teaching innovation initiatives: the InnoCrowd and LAMB projects, and the CCD teaching model. All three initiatives were shortlisted from over...

The UNESCO Chair of Higher Education Management (CUDU) has launched the new postgraduate programme in Leadership and University Transformation. Taught through the UPC School, it will be the kick-off to a new stage for the CUDU, which aims to become...