Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Technical University of Catalonia
Established 1971
Type Public (Departament d'Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació, Generalitat de Catalunya)
Rector Antoni Giró Roca
Students 40,016 (2006-2007 period)
Location Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Affiliations Vives Network
TIME
CLUSTER
Website www.upc.edu

The Technical University of Catalonia (Catalan: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, UPC; IPA: [uniβərsiˈtat puɫiˈtɛŋnikə ðə kətəˈɫuɲə]), sometimes called UPC-Barcelona Tech, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spain. The objectives of the UPC are based on internationalization, as it is Spain's technical university with the highest number of international PhD students and Spain's university with the highest number of international master's degree students.[1] The UPC-Barcelona Tech is a university aiming at achieving the highest degree of engineering excellence and has bilateral agreements with several top-ranked European universities.[2]

The Technical University of Catalonia is a member of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe[3] network, which allows for student exchanges between leading European engineering schools. It also belongs to the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research (CESAER).[4] As of 2011, Technical University of Catalonia is ranked 87th in the world (and ranked 1st in Spain) in the field of Engineering/Technology according to Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings.[5]

The university founded in March, 1971 and was originally known as the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona. As of 2007 it has 25 schools in Catalonia located in the cities of Barcelona, Castelldefels, Manresa, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Terrassa, Igualada, Vilanova i la Geltrú and Mataró. The UPC has about 30,000 students and 2,500 professors and researchers.

Contents

Schools

Departments

UPC UNESCO Chairs

UPC Research Centers

The UPC has a number of research centres.

UPC Research Groups

All the UPC research groups.

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.upc.edu/eng
  2. ^ https://www.time-association.org/members/listMembers
  3. ^ T.I.M.E. - Top Industrial Managers for Europe
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ [2]
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