New call—running until 15 July—of this programme for start-up acceleration and investment readiness. For the students, recent graduates and academic and research staff at the UPC who have founded a tech-based start-up or spin-off. With the support...

The UPC’s Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development (CD6) in Terrassa, alongside IDOM Engineering, has finalised the design and construction of the optical system that will calibrate the Extremely Large Telescope’s (ELT) main mirror....

Co-funded by the European Commission and the Government of Spain, this new infrastructure is integrated into MareNostrum 5, making it one of the few supercomputers in the world that combines classical computing and analogue and digital quantum...

The latest edition of the ranking of Spanish and foreign female researchers working in Spain, compiled by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), includes 168 UPC professors. The ranking classifies female scientists with an h-index of 18 or...

On 21 April, the UPC presented the Agri-food Data Space, a secure and interoperable data environment for sharing information to facilitate innovation and digitalisation in the agri-food sector. This data space, which already includes cooperatives,...

This leading scientific conference is dedicated to the study of underwater sound and its impact on marine ecosystems. This year’s event, which has more than 200 participants from 24 countries, is organised by the Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics.

Are you passionate about research and innovation? Are you thinking of pursuing a research career? Come and discover all the opportunities offered by the UPC’s 46 doctoral degrees programmes at the Doctoral School’s Open Day on 14 May.

Develop flexible and biodegradable devices for transdermal drug administration, that offer precise and controlled dosing and high comfort and compatibility with a wide range of drugs. This is the goal of a project coordinated by researcher Sílvia...

On 8 and 9 May, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) is conducting a new series of parabolic flights at Sabadell Airport. These microgravity experiments involve six female scientists: nutritionist Abril Gorgori and five...

Starting in May, the UPC will offer ten free, online courses in AI for university students across Europe, as part of the University’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy, LEIA UPC. These advanced training programmes are organised in collaboration with...

UK Minister of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Angela Eagle visited several facilities on the UPC’s Baix Llobregat Campus in Castelldefels on 22 April. The aim of the visit was to gain first-hand insight into the University’s potential...

On 8 April, the UPC unveiled 6GLabNet, an autonomous experimental network designed to test and validate next-generation mobile communications technologies and services in real environments. Serving research, teaching, public administration and...

On 22 April, the UPC presented LEIA UPC, its flagship artificial intelligence building located on the North Diagonal Campus in Barcelona. The launch of this innovation hub, which brings together UPC entities with extensive expertise in AI, is part...

Explore the content, tools and resources provided by the UPC to its community to harness the potential of artificial intelligence.

Researchers at the UPC, the Institute for Bioengineering for Catalonia (IBEC), and the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) have developed a new strategy for ‘programming’ the shape of biological tissues in vitro. The...

Are you considering pursuing a research career after your master’s degree? The Unite! alliance is hosting a joint event across all Unite! universities where you can connect with researchers to learn about their doctoral journeys.

Driven by students from five Unite! universities and supported by the Seed Fund, the Solve and Unite! Hackathon at the UPC has become a hub for collaborative innovation. This initiative demonstrates how multidisciplinary teamwork delivers creative,...

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center–Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) and the UPC promote the creation of their new spin-off Safe and Secure Technologies S.L., which is born with the purpose of designing chips for critical sectors in...

Researcher David Garcia Soriano, a Serra Húnter professor at the UPC, together with other international scientists, has introduced an innovative method that sheds new light on how brain circuits work. Published in Nature Communications, the study...

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...

A study commissioned by the Department of Culture to Galdric Santana, a professor at the Barcelona School of Architecture and director of the UPC’s Gaudí Chair, confirms that the project for the Xalet del Catllaràs in La Pobla de Lillet was designed...

The UPC is expanding its academic offering for the 2026–2027 academic year with two new bachelor’s degrees: the bachelor’s degree in Agri-Food Technologies and Business Management, a new interuniversity degree coordinated by the UPC, in...

Once again, the UPC has taken part in MWC Barcelona and Four Years From Now (4YFN), running from 2 to 5 March at Fira de Barcelona in Gran Via venue. For the first time, it also has been present at Talent Arena, held from 2 to 3 March at the...

The UPC will introduce six new master’s degrees in emerging areas of engineering, architecture, sciences and technology in the 2026–2027 academic year. These six new master’s degrees add to the University’s extensive postgraduate offer, which...

A European research team led by the UPC has created a web application that assesses the vulnerability to fire of homes located in forest areas. The app, which is part of the European FIREPRIME project, has been designed and tested with the...

From 2 to 4 March, the University will take part in the second edition of Talent Arena, a major European meeting point for digital talent and the tech industry. The event complements Mobile World Capital Barcelona and 4YFN, both of which the...

The Barcelona Plain 2026–2035 model is an initiative led by the Barcelona city council and coordinated by the model workshop of the UPC’s Vallès School of Architecture (ETSAV), marking the start of the celebration of Barcelona as World Capital of...

A new edition of the UPC Virtual Postgraduate Fair has kicked off on Monday 23 February. For five days, until Friday 27 February, the University will showcase its wide range of postgraduate studies: master’s degrees, doctoral programmes and...

The UPC has issued the following statement regarding the activation of the Special Emergency Plan for Wind Risk in Catalonia (VENTCAT) across Catalonia.

The UPC will participate for the first time in the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the world-renowned tech show for the audiovisual industry. The 2026 edition will be held in the Gran Via venue of the Fira de Barcelona from 3 to 6 February.