35th worldwide in Architecture and Spain’s leader in innovation according to the 2026 Scimago World Institutions Rankings
The UPC is ranked among the world’s top 50 in Architecture and the top 100 in five additional categories in the 2026 Scimago World Institutions Rankings (SIR). In the overall ranking, it is placed 240th worldwide and is the leading Spanish university in five categories.
Mar 16, 2026
The Scimago World Institutions Rankings (SIR), also known as the SIR World Report (SIR WUR), assess university performance using 20 indicators grouped into three major areas: research, innovation and social impact. In addition to the overall ranking, the SIR publish 86 rankings by areas and subjects, 56 of which include the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) in this edition.
In the global ranking of universities, the UPC stands 240th worldwide. By area, it is ranked 181st in research, 539th in innovation and 443rd in social impact. In innovation, the University leads all Spanish universities.
In the subject rankings, the UPC is among the world’s 50 best universities in Architecture (35th) and enters the top 100 in five additional categories: Space and Planetary Science (63rd), Forestry (77th), Building and Construction (77th), Engineering (84th) and Computer Science (94th).
At the national level, the UPC leads five rankings: Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Building and Construction, and Forestry. In the first four, it also tops the Ibero-American group of universities, while it takes second place in Forestry.
Research integrity
Alongside the SIR, the publishers have released the Integrity Risk Indicators (IRIS), a model that identifies institutional research integrity risks and serves as a potential early-warning system for institutions. Based on nine indicators and data from the latest SIR edition, IRIS ranks universities according to possible structural risks in this area.
In this analysis, the UPC obtains a low structural risk score, with a value of -0.092, a result that underlines the robustness and quality of its research activity.
