Who are we?
The INTEXTER is an academic unity of “Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya” founded in 1962, whose main objective is research promotion in the textile industry and related sector, as well as industrial cooperation by essays, appraisals, standardization work, homologation and certification.
The Institute participates in R+D projects with local, state and European public funding or in agreement with private companies.
The training of researchers is another objective of the Institute and for this reason, it’s part of the academic direction of the Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in textile and paper engineering, as well as the Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, both of the UPC.
The Institute is a member of the Technological Innovation Centre in UPC (CIT-UPC), it is recognized as a developed centre TECNIO of Agency for Company competitiveness in Generalitat de Catalunya, and it takes part of international network of Textile Transfer Network (TEXTRANET).
UPC Today
- The ICM, the UdG and the UPC join efforts to measure the capacity of marine reserves to recover overexploited species
- The UPC ranked the world’s 22nd best in Optics and in the top 100 in Civil Engineering and Computer Science in the 2022 Best Global Universities Rankings
- The Miquel Barceló UPC Science Fiction Award call for entries underway until 1 April
- Dyeing irrigation water to study the impact of freshwater on bivalve farming in the Ebro Delta
- The UPC university community regrets the loss of the architect Ricardo Bofill
- Reusing 1 kg of clothing saves 25 kg of CO2 according to a study by INTEXTER
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