Editing Polytechnic University of Catalonia

{{short description|Public university in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (European Union)}}

{{Infobox university
|name            = Polytechnic University of Catalonia 
|native_name     = Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 
|image_name      = Logo UPC.svg 
|caption         = 
|established     = 1971
|type            = Public 
|endowment       = €317 million 
|rector          = [[Daniel Crespo Artiaga]]
|academic_staff  = 3,000+
|students        = 30,000+
|city            = [[Barcelona]]
|state           = [[Catalonia]]
|country         = Spain
|affiliations    = [[Xarxa Vives d'Universitats|Vives Network]], UNITE!, [[Sino-Spanish University Alliance|SSU]]
|website         = {{URL|https://www.upc.edu/en}}}}
{{Infobox university rankings
| ARWU_W = 701–800 | ARWU_W_year = 2023 | ARWU_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023|title=ARWU World University Rankings 2034|website=www.shanghairanking.com|access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref>
| QS_W = 354| QS_W_year = 2024 | QS_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024|title=QS World University Rankings 2024|date=19 June 2023|website=topuniversities.com|access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref>
| THE_W = 601–800| THE_W_year = 2024 | THE_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024|title=World University Rankings|date=6 August 2023|website=timeshighereducation.com|access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref>
|USNWR_W= =385| USNWR_W_year = 2023|USNWR_W_ref=<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/spain| title = U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2022-23| access-date = 23 November 2023}}</ref>}}
[[File:UPC.CampusNorte.Entrada.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Barcelona North Campus]]
[[File:UPC.CampusNorte.Edificio.Nexus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nexus building, in North campus of UPC]]
[[File:UPC.CampusNorte.Edificio.Nexus2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nexus 2 building, North Campus]]
[[File:UPC library.jpg|thumb|right|250px|UPC Library]]
[[File:ETSEIB.jpg|thumb|right|250px|School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB)]]
[[File:Vertex Building-UPC.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Vertex Building]]
[[File:K2M Building-UPC.jpg|thumb|right|250px|K2M Building]] 

The '''Polytechnic University of Catalonia''' ({{langx|ca|Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya}}, {{IPA|ca|uniβəɾsiˈtat puliˈtɛŋnikə ðə kətəˈluɲə|pron}}, {{langx|es|link=no|Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña}}; '''UPC'''), currently referred to as '''BarcelonaTech''', is the largest [[Institute of technology|polytechnic]] university in [[Catalonia]], Spain.

UPC's objectives are based on [[internationalization]], as it is one of Europe's technical universities with the most international PhD students and the university with the largest share of international master's degree students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upc.edu/eng|title=UPC. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech.|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229133421/http://www.upc.edu/eng/|archive-date=29 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> UPC is a university aiming at achieving the highest degree of engineering/technical excellence and has bilateral agreements with several top-ranked European universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.time-association.org/members/listMembers|title=T.I.M.E. – Top Industrial Managers for Europe|access-date=21 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920000200/https://www.time-association.org/members/listMembers|archive-date=20 September 2015}}</ref>

UPC is a member of the [[Top Industrial Managers for Europe]]<ref>[https://www.time-association.org/members/ T.I.M.E. – Top Industrial Managers for Europe<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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 Association|CESAER]]) and UNITECH.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cesaer.org/en/members/spain|title=Spain|author=Brainlane – SiteLab CMS v2|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225192107/http://www.cesaer.org/en/members/spain|archive-date=25 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> UPC is also a parent institution of the [[Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals]] (IBEI).

The university was founded in March 1971 as the ''Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona'' through the merger of engineering and architecture schools founded in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upc.edu/the-upc/the-institution/cronologia|title=Chronology — UPC. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech.|access-date=21 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722043033/http://www.upc.edu/the-upc/the-institution/cronologia|archive-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> {{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]]. As of the academic year 2017–18, the UPC has over 30,000 students and over 3,000 teaching and research staff, 65 undergraduate programs, 73 graduate programs and 49 doctorate programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Institution|url=http://www.upc.edu/en/the-upc/the-institution|website=UPC|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref>

== Rankings ==

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) is one of the top public universities in Barcelona, Spain. It is ranked #354 in QS World University Rankings 2024. UPC is consistently ranked as one of the leading European universities in the technology and engineering fields. [[U.S. News & World Report]], for instance, ranks it as the world's 36th for Computer Science and 60th for Engineering.<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. News – Best Global Universities – Polytechnic University of Catalonia|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/polytechnic-university-of-catalonia-501701|website=US News|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref> The [[QS World University Rankings]] also place the UPC among the world's 50 best universities in disciplines such as Architecture, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Instruments Science and Technology and Remote Sensing.<ref>{{cite web|title=QS Top Universities – Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/universitat-politecnica-de-catalunya|website=QS Top Universities|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref>

== Schools ==
* Barcelona East School of Engineering ('''EEBE''')
* [[Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering]] ('''EETAC''')
* Barcelona School of Building Construction ('''EPSEB''')
* Manresa School of Engineering ('''EPSEM''')
* Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering ('''EPSEVG''')
* [[Barcelona School of Agricultural Engineering]] ('''ESAB''')
* Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering ('''ESEIAAT''')
* Barcelona School of Architecture ('''ETSAB''')
* Vallès School of Architecture ('''ETSAV''')
* Barcelona School of Civil Engineering ('''ETSECCPB''')
* [[ETSEIB|School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona]] ('''ETSEIB''')
* [[Barcelona School of Informatics]] ('''FIB''')
* Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering ('''ETSETB''')
* [[School of Mathematics and Statistics]] ('''FME''')
* Barcelona School of Nautical Studies ('''FNB''')
* Terrassa School of Optics and Optometry ('''FOOT''')
* [[Interdisciplinary Higher Education Centre]] ('''CFIS''')
* Image Processing and Multimedia Technology Centre ('''CITM''')

'''Affiliated Schools'''
* [[Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals]] ('''IBEI''')
* Euncet University Business School ('''EUNCET''')
* EAE University Business School ('''EAE''')

== UPC UNESCO Chairs ==
* Càtedra UNESCO de Direcció Universitària (CUDU) – [[UNESCO]] Chair of Higher Education Management
* Càtedra UNESCO de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria de la UPC – UNESCO Chair of Numerical Methods in Engineering
* Càtedra UNESCO de Sostenibilitat – UNESCO Sustainability Chair
* Càtedra UNESCO en Salut Visual i Desenvolupament – UNESCO Chair of Vision and Development
* Càtedra UNESCO en Tècnica i Cultura – UNESCO Chair of Technology and Culture

== UPC Research Centers ==
The UPC has a number of research centres.
* BSC – [[Barcelona Supercomputing Center]]
* CCABA – Advanced Broadband Communications Center
* CD6 – Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development
* CDPAC – Cen. de Documentació de Projectes d'Arquitectura de Catalunya
* CEBIM – Molecular Biotechnology Centre
* CERpIE – C. Recerca i Desenv. per a la Millora i Innov.de les Empreses
* CETpD-UPC -Tech. Research Cen. for Dependency Care and Autonomous Living
* CPSV- Centre of Land Policy and Valuations
* CRAE – Centre de Recerca de l'Aeronàutica i de l'Espai
* CRAHI – Centre de Recerca Aplicada en Hidrometeorologia
* CRAL – Centre for Research and Services for the Local Administration
* CIMNE – International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
* CREB – Biomedical Engineering Research Centre
* CREMIT – Center for Engines and Heat Installations
* CRNE – Centre for Research in Nanoengineering
* LACÀN – Specific Research Center of Numerical Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
* LIM/UPC – Maritime Engineering Laboratory
* LITEM – Laboratori per a la Innovació Tecnològica d'Estructures i Materials
* MCIA – Center Innovation Electronics. Motion Control and Industrial Applications
* PERC-UPC – Power Electronics Research Centre
* TALP – {{Lang|ca|Centre de Tecnologies i Aplicacions del Llenguatge i la Parla}}
* TIEG – Terrassa Industrial Electronics Group
* CIMNE - Centro Internacional de Métodos Numéricos en la Ingeniería

== Science Fiction Award ==
From 1991–2010, the Board of Trustees at the UPC organized and awarded an annual Science Fiction Award. Currently the award is presented bi-annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upc.edu/saladepremsa/imatges-e-informacions/premi-upc-de-ciencia-ficcio-2012.-ara-biennal/view|title=Premi UPC de Ciència-Ficció 2012. Ara biennal|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

Previous winners include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upc.edu/sciencefiction//premi_upc/angles/2010/dades_edicio.php|title=SCIENCE-FICTION AT THE UPC|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* 2007: Brandon Sanderson, ''Defending Elysium''; and Carlos Gardini d'Angelo, ''Belcebú en llamas''
* 2008: Eduardo Gallego Arjona and Guillem Sánchez Gómez, ''La cosecha del centauro''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upc.edu/saladepremsa/al-dia/mes-noticies/2008/la-cosecha-del-centauro-by-eduardo-gallego-and|title=La cosecha del centauro, by Eduardo Gallego and Guillem Sánchez, wins the 2008 UPC Science Fiction Award — Sala de Premsa – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* 2009: Roberto Sanhueza, ''Bis''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upc.edu/saladepremsa/al-dia/mes-noticies/2009/bis-by-the-chilean-author-roberto-sanhueza-takes|title=Bis by the Chilean author Roberto Sanhueza takes the 2009 UPC Science Fiction Award — Sala de Premsa – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* 2010: José Miguel Sánchez Gómez (Yoss), ''Super extra grande''
* 2012: Miguel Santander, ''La epopeya de los amantes''
* 2014: Roberto Sanhueza, ''El año del gato''

== See also ==
* [[Barcelona Supercomputing Center]]
* [[List of universities in Spain]]
* [[MareNostrum]]
* [[Xarxa Vives d'Universitats|Vives Network]]

== Notes and references ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.upc.edu/ Official website]
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