The Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Catalan: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, UPC; ), sometimes referred to as UPC - BarcelonaTech, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spain -albeit encompassing other disciplines such as Mathematics and Architecture. 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-BarcelonaTech is a university aiming at achieving the highest degree of engineering/technical excellence and has bilateral agreements with several top-ranked European universities.
The Polytechnic 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 2012, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia is ranked 77th in the world (and ranked 1st in Spain) in the field of Engineering/Technology according to QS World University Rankings.
The university was founded in March 1971 and was originally known as the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona. As of 2007 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.
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