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Codi Gaudí brings Antoni Gaudí's unbuilt projects to life
Barcelona’s Espai Imagina hosts ‘Codi Gaudí’, an immersive experience exploring Antoni Gaudí’s unbuilt projects. Organised by Grup Mediapro and the UPC’s Gaudí Chair, the initiavie combines immersive technology with academic research to offer a new... -
UPC suspends all activities on 9 September due to heavy rain
The UPC has issued the following statement following the activation of the Special Flood Emergency Plan of Catalonia (INUNCAT) in the counties of Alt Penedès, Baix Llobregat, Baix Penedès, Garraf and Vallès Occidental. On Wednesday 9 September 2026,... -
2026–2027 academic year opens with a tribute to innovation
On 22 September at 6 p.m. the UPC and the Barcelona School of Civil Engineering will launch the new 2026–2027 academic year with a cantata in the Auditorium of the Vèrtex building on the North Diagonal Campus in Barcelona, paying tribute to engineer... -
Rector Torres wishes the UPC community a good summer with a reflection on the impact of technology
UPC rector Francesc Torres has revived the tradition of summer greeting videos for the university community with a message reflecting on the role of technology in society, inspired by the American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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MARIA: a portable, flexible and radiation-free device for improved breast cancer detection
MARIA is a portable, flexible, radiation-free prototype device designed to improve early breast cancer detection. It has been developed by a research team linked to the UPC’s Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE). The device identifies tumours... -
Fresh funding boost to strengthen UPC research infrastructure
The Spanish Research Agency (AEI) has awarded grants totalling €749,992 to four UPC projects to acquire state-of-the-art scientific and technical equipment. The new equipment will strengthen the University’s capabilities in strategic fields such as... -
Researcher Edgardo Saucedo will develop a reactor to facilitate synthetic fuel production
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded researcher Edgardo Saucedo, from the UPC’s Micro and Nanotechnologies for Solar Energy Group (MNT-Solar), a Proof of Concept grant worth €150,000. This funding will enable him to develop a reactor that... -
Microsoft has joined Connèxia UPC with a project to optimise AI applications and big data management
Under this new collaboration framework with the UPC, Microsoft has launched a project with inLab FIB to research advanced techniques aimed at improving the performance and speed of graph databases, which are key to managing large information...
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