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The rector calls elections for the post of rector of the UPC
On Tuesday 26 September, the rector of the UPC, Enric Fossas, who has held the post since December 2013, called the elections for rector of the University, which will be held on 15 November, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The votes will be cast in... -
56 cooperation projects under way in year Centre for Development Cooperation (CCD) turns 25
Fifty-six development cooperation projects are getting under way at the UPC. The projects are supported by the Centre for Development Cooperation, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and 165 members of the university community are... -
Statement by universities and research centres in Catalonia
On 21 September, the highest representatives of universities and research centres in Catalonia issued a statement in view of recent actions by the Spanish government in Catalonia. -
The UPC is among the 300 best universities in the world in Arts & Humanities in the THE WUR ranking
In the same field, the UPC is also ranked among the 165 top universities in Europe and is the top technical university in Spain and the fifth university in Catalonia. -
Ricoh España and the UPC’s CIM Foundation inaugurate a cutting-edge centre for 3D printing technologies
On 19 September, Ricoh España, a leader in technology and digital transformation, and the UPC’s CIM Foundation, an organisation whose mission is to generate and transfer knowledge of engineering and technology management to professionals and... -
200 ‘ICT women’ from around the world meet at the womENcourage conference
The UPC has hosted the 2017 international womENcourage conference, a scientific and networking meeting in which over 200 students, researchers and professionals linked to the field of computer science have participated. The conference, which took... -
The UPC is the top Spanish technical university in the 2018 QS Graduate Employability Rankings
The UPC is placed as the top technical university in Spain in the 2018 QS Graduate Employability Rankings. In this edition, the UPC is the second university in Catalonia and the fourth in Spain. It is among the top 120 in the world and the top 41 in... -
UPC patents system for cardiovascular pre-diagnosis—in under a minute—based on contact with user’s hands or feet
The UPC patented an affordable, easy-to-use electrocardiograph that can provide a cardiovascular pre-diagnosis in less than a minute. It is the first system to measure both the electrical activity of the heart (electrocardiogram) and its mechanical... -
UPC technology in the design of a road safety barrier that reduces maintenance costs and the impact of accidents
Researchers belonging to the Concrete Structure Technology research group of the UPC, along with the companies GIVASA, SERVIÀ CANTÓ, EIFFAGE INFRAESTRUCTURAS and Applus+ IDIADA, have designed and built a prototype of a concrete crash barrier for... -
UPC rises 46 places in QS World University Rankings 2018
Once again, the UPC ranks amongst the world’s top 300 universities as it did two years ago. It holds 275th place on the QS World University Rankings 2018, published on 8 June. The UPC ranks 120th in Europe, in Spain it is the sixth ranked university... -
A device with mobile games and remote medical monitoring for at-home pelvic floor rehabilitation
As part of the European WOMEN-UP project, the UPC and the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (Spain), along with the Academic Medical Center (the Netherlands) and Kuopio University Hospital (Finland), will soon carry out the clinical trial of a system... -
The UPC continues to be the top Spanish university in obtaining funds from the Horizon 2020 programme
By activity, the UPC scores high in grants from the European Research Council (ERC), from Marie Curie actions and from the programmes dedicated to environment and climate action, security, and information and communication technologies. -
Scientists from the UPC investigate reconfigurable and programmable metamaterials
Creating materials with programmable electromagnetic properties, called software-defined reconfigurable metamaterials, is the goal of the scientists working on the European VISORSURF project, in which the interdepartmental group NaNoNetworking... -
MareNostrum 4 begins operation
The MareNostrum 4 supercomputer has begun operating and executing applications for scientific research. Provides 11.1 petaflops of processing power for scientific research. -
UPC cements position as Spain’s top university in innovation and technological development
According to the 2017 edition of U-Ranking, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) has maintained its position as Spain’s top university in innovation and technological development in the performance ranking and moved up to number one in the... -
Among 100 most innovative European universities
The UPC ranks 84th and is the top Spanish technical university in Thomson Reuters’ ranking of Europe’s Most Innovative Universities – 2017, a list that identifies and ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new... -
Leadership of a European project aimed at using ultrasound to produce antimicrobial textiles and devices on an industrial scale
Researcher and professor Tzanko Tzanov, who works on the Terrassa Campus of the UPC, is the leader of the European PROTECT project, which focuses on applying ultrasound technology in the industrial-scale manufacture of textiles and devices coated... -
Terrassa hosts the AMBER laboratory for ultra-high-voltage electrical tests
The AMBER laboratory is a research centre equipped with cutting-edge technology for electrical energy analysis and testing. Inaugurate by the Motion Control and Industrial Applications (MCIA) research group of the UPC and the company SBI CONNECTORS,...