Actualitat UPC

The UPC adheres to the work stoppage in Catalonia to reject the violence against citizens on 1 October

The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) expresses its rejection, indignation and strongest condemnation of the unjustified and unjustifiable episodes of violence committed by the Civil Guard and the National Police in Catalonia on 1 October.

Declaration of the UPC against the violence unjustified and unjustifiable

Declaration of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) after the episodes of violence, unjustified and unjustifiable, exercised in Catalonia in the last hours.

Statement by universities and research centres in Catalonia

On 21 September, the highest representatives of universities and research centres in Catalonia issued a statement in view of recent actions by the Spanish government in Catalonia.

56 cooperation projects under way in year Centre for Development Cooperation (CCD) turns 25

Fifty-six development cooperation projects are getting under way during the summer break in teaching activity at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). The projects are supported by the Centre for Development Cooperation, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and 165 members of the university community are directly involved. Part of the funding for these projects comes from voluntary contributions made by UPC students and by academic, administrative and service staff through the 0.7% campaign.

Scientists from the UPC investigate reconfigurable and programmable metamaterials

Creating materials with programmable electromagnetic properties, called software-defined reconfigurable metamaterials, is the goal of the scientists working on the European VISORSURF project, in which the interdepartmental group NaNoNetworking Center in Catalonia (N3Cat) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) participates. It is seen as a revolutionary technology with multiple applications in electronics, medicine, photovoltaic solar energy, optics and other uses that are as yet unimaginable.