Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC)

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The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech is a public institution of Higher Education and Research, specialised in the areas of Architecture, Engineering, Science and Technology.

The UPC offers 64 bachelor’s degrees, 74 master’s programmes (30 of them fully in English) and 46 PhD programmes, which fully adhere to the principles of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) in some of the fastest-growing areas in the world of science, technology and industry. We moreover offer lifelong learning in the form of master's degree and other courses tailored to professional development needs.

AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE

• Architecture and Urban Planning
• Aerospace Engineering
• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
• Civil, Environmental and Geological Engineering
• Computer Science
• Engineering for Industry: Energy, Biomedical, Chemical, Electrical, Materials and Mechanical
• Naval, Maritime and Nautical Engineering
• Telecommunications and Electronic Systems Engineering
• Applied Sciences: Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Optics and Photonics.

This offer is completed by international mobility and double degree programmes.

-          56  International double degree with 32 universities

-          708  Higher education institutions with student exchange agreements

-          2,623 students on international mobility programmes (1,306 incoming students)

As a leading member of international networks of excellence, the UPC has a privileged relationship with global scientific and educational organisations. As a result, the University is at an advantage when it comes to attracting international talent.

-          207  research groups

-          14  TECNIO network research centres

-          21  focused research centers

-          15  associated research centers

UPC is the Spanish university with the highest number of international doctoral and master’s degree students, and it is also the European university with the highest number of Erasmus Mundus master’s degree programmes.

Every year, more than 6,000 bachelor’s and master’s students and more than 500 doctoral students graduate. UPC has a graduate employment rate of 93%. The 76% find a job in under three months.

In the 2020 edition of QS World University ranking by Subject, the UPC is ranked 21st in the world in Architecture and 23rd in Civil and Structural Engineering. It is also among the world’s top 100 universities in the field of Engineering and Technology and in the subjects Telecommunications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Art and Design, and Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering. It is also the first Spanish University in Engineering and Technology and in Architecture and Civil Engineering.