Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Established 1971
Endowment €262.90 million
Rector Enric Fossas Colet
Academic staff
2,547
Administrative staff
1,480
Location Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Affiliations Vives Network
Website www.upc.edu
Barcelona North Campus
Nexus building, in North campus of UPC
Nexus 2 building, North Campus
UPC Library
School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB)
Vertex Building
K2M Building

Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Catalan: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, UPC, pronounced: [uniβərsiˈtat puɫiˈtɛŋnikə ðə kətəˈɫuɲə]), currently referred to as BarcelonaTech and commonly named just as UPC, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spain—albeit encompassing other disciplines such as mathematics and architecture.

UPC's objectives 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] UPC is a university aiming at achieving the highest degree of engineering/technical excellence and has bilateral agreements with several top-ranked European universities.[2]

UPC is a member of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe[3] network, which allows for student exchanges between leading European engineering schools. It is also a member of several university federations, including the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research (CESAER) and UNITECH.[4]

The university was founded in March 1971 as the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona through the merger of engineering and architecture schools originally founded during the 19th century.[5] 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. UPC has about 30,000 students and 2,500 professors and researchers.

Schools

UPC UNESCO Chairs

UPC Research Centers

The UPC has a number of research centres.

Science Fiction Award

From 1991-2010, the Board of Trustees at UPC organized and awarded an annual Science Fiction Award. Currently the award is presented bi-annually.[7]

Previous winners include:[8]

See also

Notes and references

External links

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Coordinates: 41°23′22″N 2°06′57″E / 41.38944°N 2.11583°E / 41.38944; 2.11583

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