Technical University of Catalonia
Encyclopedia
The Technical University of Catalonia , 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. 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.
The Technical University of Catalonia is a member of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe
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
). 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.
The university founded in March, 1971 and was originally known as the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona. 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.
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
university in Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. 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. 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.
The Technical University of Catalonia is a member of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe
Top Industrial Managers for Europe
Top Industrial Managers for Europe is a network of more than fifty engineering schools and faculties and technical universities....
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
CESAER Association
The Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research is a non-profit association of leading engineering universities in Europe. CESAER was set up on May 10, 1990, with headquarters in Leuven, Belgium...
). 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.
The university founded in March, 1971 and was originally known as the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona. it has 25 schools in Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
located in the cities of Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Castelldefels
Castelldefels
Castelldefels is a town in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain and part of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Its population is 63.151 .-Geography and location:...
, Manresa
Manresa
Manresa is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, located in the geographic centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by the river Cardener. It is an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are arranged around the basilica of Santa María de la Seo....
, Sant Cugat del Vallès
Sant Cugat del Vallès
Sant Cugat del Vallès is a town and municipality north of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. In antiquity known as Castrum Octavianum, it is named after Saint Cucuphas, who is said to have been martyred on the spot now occupied by its medieval monastery.Sant Cugat has seen its population increase in...
, Terrassa
Terrassa
Terrassa is a city in the east central region of Catalonia, Spain, in the comarca of Vallès Occidental, of which it is the co-capital along with Sabadell, the historic capital....
, Igualada
Igualada
Igualada is a municipality of the province of Barcelona in Catalonia . It is located on the left bank of the Anoia river, and at the western end of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona railway. Igualada is the capital and central market of the Anoia comarca, a rich agricultural and wine-producing...
, Vilanova i la Geltrú
Vilanova i la Geltrú
Vilanova i la Geltrú is a city in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and the capital of the Garraf comarca. Originally a fishing port, the city has a growing population of approximately 66,000, and is situated 40 km south-west of Barcelona, with the more famous coastal resort of...
and Mataró
Mataró
Mataró is the capital and largest city of the comarca of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the Costa del Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, to the north-east of Barcelona. , it...
. The UPC has about 30,000 students and 2,500 professors and researchers.
Schools
- EET: (School of Engineering of Terrassa)
- EETAC: (Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering)
- EPSEB: - (School of Construction Engineering of Barcelona)
- EPSEM: - (School of Engineering of Manresa)
- EPSEVG: - (School of Engineering of Vilanova i la Geltrú)
- ESAB: - (School of Agriculture of Barcelona)
- ETSAB: - (School of Architecture of Barcelona)
- ETSAV: - (School of Architecture of the Vallès)
- ETSECCPB: - (School of Civil Engineering of Barcelona)
- ETSEIAT: - (School of Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering of Terrassa)
- ETSEIB: (School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona)
- Telecom BCNTelecom BCNTelecomBCN is an engineering school of the Technical University of Catalonia.TelecomBCN is the largest telecommunications engineering school in Spain.The school's objective is to train engineers in the fields of information and communication technologies...
, ETSETB: - (School of Telecommunications Engineering of Barcelona) - EUOOT: - (College of Optics and Optometry of Terrassa)
- FIBBarcelona School of InformaticsThe Barcelona School of Informatics is one of the schools of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , Spain. It was created in 1976, four years after the establishment of the University....
: - (Barcelona School of Informatics) - FME: - (Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics)
- FNB: - (Faculty of Nautical Studies of Barcelona)
- CFIS: - (Interdisciplinary Higher Education Centre)
- CITM: (Image Processing and Multimedia Technology Centre)
- EEI: (Igualada School of Engineering)
- EUETIB: (College of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona)
- EUPMT: - (Technical College of Mataró)
- EUNCET: - (Caixa Terrassa College)
- EAE: - (EAE University Centre)
Departments
- DEAB:
- MA1:
- MA2:
- MA3:
- MA4:
- FA:
- PA:
- EGA1:
- EGA2:
- CA1:
- CA2:
- ESAII:
- EQ:
- DAC:
- EC:
- DEE:
- EEL:
- DIPSE:
- PE:
- EGE:
- MF:
- ETCG:
- MMT:
- CA:
- EHMA:
- OE:
- CMEM:
- EM:
- EMRN:
- CEN:
- OO:
- FEN:
- ESSI:
- TSC:
- LSI:
- EIO:
- RMEE:
- EA:
- ENTEL:
- DETIP:
- ITT:
- UOT:
UPC UNESCO Chairs
- Càtedra UNESCO de Direcció Universitària (CUDU) - UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
Chair of Higher Education Management - Càtedra UNESCO de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria de la UPC - UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
Chair of Numerical Methods in Engineering - Càtedra UNESCO de Sostenibilitat - UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
Sustainability Chair - Càtedra UNESCO en Salut Visual i Desenvolupament - UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
Chair of Vision and Development - Càtedra UNESCO en Tècnica i Cultura - UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
Chair of Technology and Culture
UPC Research Centers
The UPC has a number of research centres.- 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 Autonom Liviving
- CPSV- Centre of Land Policy and Valuations
- CRAE - Centre de Recerca de l'Aeronàutica i de l'Espai
- CRAL - Centre for Research and Services for the Local Administration
- 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
- PERC-UPC - Power Electronics Research Centre
- TALP - Centre de Tecnologies i Aplicacions del Llenguatge i la Parla
UPC Research Groups
All the UPC research groups.- KEMLg - Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning GroupKnowledge Engineering and Machine Learning GroupThe Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning group is a research group belonging to the Technical University of Catalonia - BarcelonaTech...
See also
- Vives Network
- List of universities in Spain
- Barcelona Supercomputing CenterBarcelona Supercomputing CenterBarcelona Supercomputing Center , also known by the acronym BSC, is a public research center located in Barcelona, Spain. It hosts MareNostrum, Europe's 25th most powerful supercomputer as of November 2009....
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- Centre de Recerca en Enginyeria Biomèdica
- Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning GroupKnowledge Engineering and Machine Learning GroupThe Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning group is a research group belonging to the Technical University of Catalonia - BarcelonaTech...