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Top Spanish University in Horizon Europe funding With 161 projects, it has obtained 83 million euros in funding so far.

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How does animation cinema affect visual fatigue? A team of researchers from the Terrassa School of Optics and Optometry (FOOT) and the Image Processing and Multimedia Technology Centre (CITM) have conducted a study on the relationship between the visual aesthetics of animation cinema and visual fatigue. The results of the research were published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Innovative solutions to guarantee access to treated water Developed by UPC, Esade and IED Barcelona students, in conjunction with CERN

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Leonardo Grant for researcher Matias Carandell For innovation in marine ecosystem monitoring

Students participating in the U!Train initiative back in September

U!Train Manifesto: a call to enhance the European railway system Produced by Unite! students

Deep tech, world-changing technologies take centre stage in the new ‘Algorrritmes UPC’ Featuring Carles Puente and Eneko Ibarlucea from Fractus

Researchers Santiago Royo (in the foreground), Gerard de Mas (in the background, left) and Adrià Subirana (in the background, right)

A car equipped with AI and sensors to enhance autonomous driving Developed by the CD6, it will soon hit Terrassa’s streets

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Vilanova i la Geltrú, the first hope spot in the Iberian Peninsula To promote whale conservation

Helen Hölzel working at the MOST lab at UPC. Photo: Paulius Baronas

A hybrid device to generate electricity and store thermal energy Created by an international research team led by the UPC

Catalonia Quantum Academy underway The ICFO coordinates this new training platform

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31,327 bachelor's and master's degree students
3,677 teaching and research staff
2,143 administrative and service staff
67 bachelor's degrees
91 master's degrees
45 doctoral programmes
18 schools
141 lifelong learning programmes
10patents last year
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million euros 2024 budget
121,6 million euros R&D income
91,278 alumni

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Innovative. The UPC is the second most innovative university in Spain. Top 100 Europe's Most Innovative Universities (Reuters).

Among the world's 60 best universities and the top university in Spain in Engineering and Technology. 2022 QS Wordl University Rankings by Subject. The best Spanish university and one of Europe's 5 and 25 world's universities in Optics in the Best Global University Rankings.

the best Spanish university, and one of the world's top 20 in Architecture, and one of the world's top 30 in Civil and Structural Engineering, in the 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The best Spanish university Instruments Sciences and Technology in the Shanghai Ranking's Global of Academic Subjects, 2024.

The best European university and the world's fourth best university iin Multidisciplinary Engineering and in Interdisciplinary Applications in Mathematics, in the CWUR Rankings by Subjects. The best Spanish university and one of the world's 10 best universities in Construction and Building Technology in the CWUR Rankings by Subject.

The best Spanish and Ibero-American university in Engineering, in Computer Science and in Mathematics, in Architecture and in Building and Construction, in the Scimago Institutions Rankings

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