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Antoni Tió, honorary doctoral degree holder by the UPC: “At the age of 23 I knew I wanted to make sails. What I wanted was to dress the wind.”
On 16 June, the UPC conferred an honorary doctoral degree on Antoni Tió Sauleda, a nautical industrialist renowned for his innovation in the design and manufacture of sails. Professor Agustí Martin Mallofré, dean of the Barcelona School of Nautical... -
The UPC, Spain’s leading university in six classifications in the 2025–2026 Best Global Universities Rankings by ‘U.S. News’
Published by U.S. News on 17 June, the latest edition of the Best Global Universities Rankings positions the UPC as Spain’s top university in Engineering and in five subjects: Optics, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Civil Engineering, Chemical... -
Launch of a European project for monitoring marine biodiversity using an intelligent marine digital twin
SEAMPHONI is a project led by the UPC with the participation of 24 European partners and funding of €11 million from the Horizon Europe programme. It aims to transform the monitoring of marine biodiversity through the creation of an intelligent... -
The 1st UPC Artificial Intelligence Challenge expands its scope and extends the registration period to 15 November
The UPC Artificial Intelligence Challenge (IA Challenge) will recognise the best projects applying this technology in any of the University’s fields of knowledge. The competition is open to more than 30,000 UPC bachelor’s and master’s students, who... -
69 European regions share tools to assess climate risk at regional and local levels
In a context of climate change, how will areas at risk of wildfires evolve? What about projections of extreme rainfall or the frequency and intensity of heatwaves? A total of 69 regions and municipalities from 23 European countries have received... -
Francesc Torres took office as rector of the UPC
Professor Francesc Torres took office as rector of the UPC on 3 June in an event chaired by the minister of Research and Universities of the Government of Catalonia, Núria Montserrat -
Launch of Next Frontier Founders, the programme that connects technological vision with funding
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. -
7 tonnes of plastic waste end up along the Barcelona coastline every year, according to a UPC and UB study
A research team from the UPC and the UB has spent two and a half years monitoring the Barcelona coastline to quantify the scale of floating marine litter and to identify transport flows and accumulation zones for plastic waste. The results of the... -
Francesc Torres, elected rector of the UPC, according to final results
Professor Francesc Torres has been elected/reelected as rector of the UPC, according to the early/provisional results of the voting held from 13 to 16 May. Torreshas been elected with 53.280% of the weighted votes, factoring in blank ballots, ahead... -
Election results
Check the 2025 rector election website to see the early results of the vote held from 13 to 16 May. -
Elections for rector 2025: voting takes place from 13 to 16 May
The candidates for UPC rector are professors Daniel Crespo Artiaga and Francesc Torres Torres. From today, 13 May, until 16 May, voting takes place by electronic ballot on the website eleccionesrectorat2025.upc.edu. The provisional results will be... -
The UPC once again at the IoT Solutions World Congress
From 13 to 15 May, the UPC, through the CIT-UPC, is showcasing cutting-edge projects and solutions in the fields of IoT, AI and digital transformation. -
New method developed to identify regions at high risk of compound flooding along the Spanish Mediterranean coast
A joint research effort by the UPC and the UGR has developed an innovative method to detect and classify areas at high risk of compound flooding—flooding caused by a combination of intense rainfall, river overflows and coastal events such as storms... -
UPC rector elections 2025: Daniel Crespo, candidate for rector
Voting will take place electronically at eleccionsrectorat2025.upc.edu from 13 to 16 May 2025 -
UPC rector elections 2025: Francesc Torres, candidate for rector
Voting will take place electronically at eleccionsrectorat2025.upc.edu from 13 to 16 May 2025 -
On 8 May, electoral debate between Daniel Crespo and Francesc Torres, candidates for rector of the UPC
On May 8 at 4 p.m., candidates for rector of the UPC Daniel Crespo and Francesc Torres faced off in an electoral debate in the Auditorium of the Vèrtex building, located on the Diagonal Nord Campus in Barcelona. The event was broadcast live on... -
Doctoral School Open Day on 8 May
The UPC doctoral studies will be presented at an event in the Auditorium of the Vèrtex building. The event will also feature the institutional final of the Thesis in 4 Minutes competition and will be streamed live on YouTube. -
The UPC returns to normal academic activity
The UPC is resuming its academic activity with full normality on all its campuses from Wednesday, April 30th. -
The UPC, Spain’s leading university for European patent filings
The UPC is the Spanish university that filed the highest number of European patent applications in 2024, according to data from the European Patent Office. The UPC’s filings rose by more than 30% compared to the previous year. -
Citizen science and numerical modelling to tackle marine plastic pollution and improve environmental management
The UPC’s Maritime Engineering Laboratory is taking part in a European project aimed at improving the management of plastic pollution in the north-western Mediterranean and raising public awareness about the importance of protecting the marine... -
Sustainable 3D printing resins developed from plant-based materials
A team from the UPC and the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia has developed polymeric resins derived from plant-based materials aimed at reducing 3D printing’s reliance on fossil fuel-based resins. The research findings have been published... -
The Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Architecture (IRIA-UPC) is presented in Barcelona
On 1 April, the UPC presented the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Architecture (IRIA-UPC) with the aim of promoting and strengthening research, innovation and knowledge transfer in architecture, urban planning and building. IRIA-UPC, which... -
The UPC in the world’s top 25 for Architecture and top 50 for Space and Planetary Sciences, according to the Scimago World Institutions Rankings
The UPC is listed among the world’s top 25 in Architecture and top 50 in Space and Planetary Sciences, according to the Scimago World Institutions Rankings. In total, the UPC is listed among the top 100 universities worldwide in nine rankings and... -
The UPC among the world’s top 50 in Architecture and Art History in the 2025 QS Rankings by Subject
The 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject rank the UPC the world’s 38th in Architecture and Built Environment and in the 21–40 band in Art History. The rankings also place the University among the world’s top 100 in the broad subject area of... -
Virtual mines for safer mining education
The MineXR project, led by the UPC, has received funding from the Unite! Seed Fund to develop an immersive extended reality (XR) environment to enhance safety and practical training for mining engineering students across Europe. -
The UPC leads an innovative project within Unite! to tackle climate challenges in cities
The project “Cities in times of drought or abundance”, funded by the Unite! Seed Fund and coordinated by the UPC, will gather European experts to develop architectural and urban solutions in response to the effects of climate change. -
Five new master’s degrees for the 2025-2026 academic year to train professionals specialised in emerging fields
The UPC is introducing five new master’s degrees for the academic year 2025-2026, addressing the demand for specialised professionals in fields such as digital architecture, distributed energy systems, biomedical technologies, industry 4.0 and water... -
New edition of the UPC Research Valorisation Award, supported by Fractus
A new call for applications is open for the UPC Research Valorisation Award, accepting submissions from the UPC’s teaching and research staff until 10 April. -
Protecting marine ecosystems from ship-induced noise pollution
The UPC’s Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB) participates in a European project focused on developing technologies to reduce underwater noise pollution caused by maritime traffic, which poses a threat to marine ecosystems. The LAB will assess... -
Unite! Seed Fund for students, researchers and professors: call for applications open until 20 March
The 2025 Unite! Seed Fund offers financial support to students, researchers and professors who wish to initiate joint initiatives between at least three Unite! universities. The deadline for all submissions is 20 March.