Francesc Torres Torres and Daniel Crespo Artiaga are the two candidates for rector of the UPC in the upcoming elections. Voting takes place online between May 14 (at 10 a.m.) and May 19 (at 9:59 a.m.), on the website eleccionsrectorat2021.upc.edu,...

The event is aimed at people who are interested in continuing their education and are motivated to conduct research. It will be broadcast live on YouTube from 11 a.m. and requires advance registration.

On Thursday 13 May, a panel of groundbreaking artists and leading experts in artificial intelligence have explored the connections between AI and music in a live-streamed event and that has marked the first activity of the #ThinkingLab created by...

The NanoSat Lab at the UPC has developed one of the payloads for a United Arab Emirates satellite that is being developed by the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC), at the UAE University (UAEU) in Al Ain, to explore new GNSS...

The rector of the UPC, Francesc Torres, called elections for the post of rector of the University on 6 April. The candidates are Francesc Torres Torres and Daniel Crespo. The election campaign will run from 29 April to 12 May. Voting will take place...

Nine institutions in Barcelona came together last December to create an Art, Science and Technology hub in the city, Hac Te. The first event has taken place, just a few months after the launch of Hac Te: a performance and round table discussion in...

On 27 April the final results of elected candidates have been published. The elections for renewing the representatives of students, teaching staff and administrative staff to the UPC’s Senate have been conducted by means of the online voting...

The UPC is running COVID-19 testing for staff and students. Tests are being done at no cost and for the purpose of monitoring infections.

This competition consists of communicating your doctoral thesis in a thread of no more than 20 tweets, taking into account the limitations and possibilities of Twitter.

Co-creation is a core mission of the Unite! alliance, where the UPC participates as a partner university. Unite! took the opportunity to reach and engage students, workers and entrepreneurs in co-creation sessions, led by UPC, to create a common...

Students at most UPC schools already have one-click access to marks and timetables in Your Space section of the UPC Estudiants app. In addition, the UPC card has recently been integrated into this section, so that it is available to students on...

The cornerstone laying for building E - which is intended for SMEs, start-ups and co-working spaces - on the UPC’s Diagonal-Besòs Campus and the inauguration of the new park and gardens, with a surface area of more than 20,000 square meters, will...

In the 2021 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject (QSWUR by Subject), which was published on 3 March, the UPC is ranked the world’s 20th best university in Architecture and Built Environment, 29th in Civil and Structural Engineering...

The UPC was officially established on 11 March 50 years ago. The year-long programme to celebrate the University’s 50th anniversary will end in December. It includes a series of activities for the entire university community that aim to raise...

The UPC, as a partner university of the Unite! alliance, joined the third instalment of the Unite! Dialogue, which took place from 8th to 10th March 2021 in Grenoble. This regular meeting between the members of the alliance and key guests is a great...

On 4 March, the Catalan health authorities, through PROCICAT, issued new advice on face-to-face teaching at Catalan universities and authorised up to 30% of attendance at lectures. Specific changes regarding face-to-face teaching will be implemented...

This page lists the statements published by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) on the coronavirus (COVID-19) health emergency in reverse chronological order from the beginning of the pandemic until 5 March 2021.

The researchers Claudia Grossi and Arturo Vargas, from the UPC’s Institute of Energy Technologies (INTE), and other European scientists are studying how to improve radon gas measurements in the atmosphere and soil to better control its impact on...

The professor Antonio González, a researcher from the UPC’s Department of Computer Architecture who teaches at the Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB), has been named ACM Fellow by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his outstanding...

Researchers from the UPC’s Molecular Biotechnology Centre show that a drug for osteoporosis called raloxifene may inhibit molecules involved in the inflammatory processes associated with COVID-19.

From Monday, 8 February, in accordance with measures approved by PROCICAT, lectures for first-year bachelor's degree students will be resumed with restricted attendance at the UPC. Face-to-face practicals and exams for other students continue as...

The Barcelona ZeroG Challenge is an international competition in which teams of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree students are asked to design and build an experiment to be conducted in microgravity. The registration period ends on 30 June...

The UPC’s OBSEA Underwater Observatory in Vilanova i la Geltrú sunk a dolphin that was found dead a few days ago on a beach in Blanes to study the effect of the carcass on benthic ecosystems and fish communities in the area. It is an experiment by...

Eight university teams consisting of 42 students from the UPC, Esade and the IED Barcelona present their prototypes after months of work with CERN scientists researching new solutions for the future of humanity.

The UPC’s Agricultural Machinery Unit (UMA) coordinates the INNOSETA European project, which aims to establish an innovative thematic network on crop protection and the sustainable use of plant protection products. It also participates in the OPTIMA...

For the first time ever, an antitumour biomembrane made up of nanofibres, biocompatible and biodegradable has been implanted into a patient and has proved safe. This medical and technological milestone is the result of the collaboration between the...

UPC statement to the university community, issued on 5 January, regarding the latest public information on COVID-19 in Catalonia. The new measures approved are effectives since Thursday, January 7, and will be valid for 10 days. Given the...

The decree on the creation of the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona, the seed of the current UPC, was published in March 1971. With 9 campuses and 18 schools in 6 Catalan cities, the UPC today is one of the leading technical universities in...

A new study shows that the combined use of fixed acoustic reception stations and underwater robots for the study of deep-sea species allows for a better understanding of their ecology. These technological advances could improve the recovery of...

In their first year, almost fully virtualised because of the pandemic, the initiatives and projects of UNITE! have established the basis of an alliance that articulates the aims of seven of the most prestigious European universities. One of its...