Nexus building, in North campus of UPC
Nexus 2 building, North Campus
School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB)
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[update] 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.[when? ]
Schools [ edit ]
EET: Escola d'Enginyeria de Terrassa (Terrassa Engineering School)
EETAC: Escola d'Enginyeria de Telecomunicació i Aeroespacial de Castelldefels (Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering)
EPSEB: Escola Politècnica d'Edificació de Barcelona - (Barcelona Construction Engineering School)
EPSEM: Escola Politècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Manresa - (Manresa Engineering School)
EPSEVG: Escola Politècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Vilanova i la Geltrú - (Vilanova i la Geltrú Engineering School)
ESAB: Escola Superior d'Agricultura de Barcelona - (Barcelona Agriculture School)
ETSAB: Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona - (Barcelona Architecture School)
ETSAV (or EAV): Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Vallès - (Vallès Architecture School)
ETSECCPB: Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Camins, Canals i Ports de Barcelona - (Barcelona Civil Engineering School)
ETSEIAT : Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa - (Terrassa School of Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering)
ETSEIB : Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona (Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering)
Telecom BCN , ETSETB: Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Telecomunicacions de Barcelona - (Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering)
FOOT: Facultat d'Òptica i Optometria de Terrassa - (College of Optics and Optometry of Terrassa)
FIB : Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona - (Barcelona School of Computer Science)
FME: Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística - (School of Mathematics and Statistics)
FNB: Facultat de Nàutica de Barcelona - (Barcelona Nautical Studies School): Marine Engineering, Nautical Engineering, Maritime Transportation, Systems Engineering, Nautical Technology, Nautical Studies, Naval Engineering, and more.[6]
CFIS: Centre de Formació Interdisciplinària Superior - (Interdisciplinary Higher Education Centre)
CITM: Centre de la Imatge i la Tecnologia Multimèdia (Image Processing and Multimedia Technology Centre)
EEI: Escola d'Enginyeria d'Igualada (Igualada School of Engineering)
EUETIB: Escola Universitària d'Enginyeria Tècnica Industrial de Barcelona (Barcelona Industrial Engineering College)
EUPMT: Escola Universitària Politècnica de Mataró - (Mataró Technical College of)
EUNCET: Escola Universitària Caixa Terrassa - (Caixa Terrassa College)
EAE: Centre Universitari EAE - (EAE University Centre)
UPC UNESCO Chairs [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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
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
PERC-UPC - Power Electronics Research Centre
TALP - Centre de Tecnologies i Aplicacions del Llenguatge i la Parla
Science Fiction Award [ edit ]
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]
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 [9]
2009: Roberto Sanhueza, Bis [10]
2010: José Miguel Sánchez Gómez (Yoss), Super extra grande
2012: Miguel Santander, La epopeya de los amantes
2014: Roberto Sanhueza, El año del gato
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