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/><br /></p></div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-plone.app.standardtiles.existingcontent-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <section> <div class="documentDescription description"></div> <div> <div class=""><div class="container"> <h2 class="titling-line">Introduction</h2> <div class="well"> <p>The <strong>Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya</strong> · Barcelona<strong>Tech (UPC)</strong> is a <strong>public institution</strong> of <strong>research</strong> and <strong>higher education</strong> in the fields of <strong>engineering</strong>, <strong>architecture</strong>, <strong>sciences</strong> and <strong>technology</strong>, and one of the leading technical universities in Europe. Every year, close to <strong>6,000 <a data-val="401b11a08734493f857183d23f2ef52a" href="https://www.upc.edu/en/bachelors" data-linktype="internal">bachelor’s</a></strong> and <strong><a data-val="670f0370a05a4068a62b5474946f0150" href="https://www.upc.edu/en/masters" data-linktype="internal">master’s</a> students,</strong> more than <strong>300 <a target="_blank" data-linktype="external" href="https://doctorat.upc.edu/en" data-val="https://doctorat.upc.edu/en">doctoral</a> students </strong>and<strong> 1,600 <a target="_blank" data-linktype="external" href="https://www.talent.upc.edu/ing/" data-val="https://www.talent.upc.edu/ing/">continuing education</a></strong> students graduate. The UPC has a high graduate employment rate: <strong>95% of its graduates</strong> <strong>are in work and</strong> <strong>88% find a job in under three months</strong>. It is ranked in the main <a target="_blank" data-linktype="external" href="http://www.upc.edu/ranquings/en" data-val="http://www.upc.edu/ranquings/en"><strong>international rankings</strong></a>.</p> </div> </div></div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-plone.app.standardtiles.existingcontent-tile mosaic-tile-padding-bottom"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <section> <div> <div class=""><div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <h2 class="titling-line">Mission, vision and values of the UPC</h2> </div> <br /><br /></div> <div class="row"> <blockquote> <p><strong>Mission</strong></p> <h4>To contribute to building a sustainable and fair world through research, technology transfer and knowledge dissemination and by producing engineering, architecture, science and technology graduates who are able to think critically, work in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams, adapt to change and keep learning throughout their lives.</h4> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><strong>Vision</strong></p> <h4>The UPC, a Catalan public university that is both rooted in the territory and an international point of reference, serves society, works for inclusion and instils the vocation to serve, ethical values, intellectual rigour and a commitment to building a sustainable and fair world; it promotes the most appropriate teaching and learning methods for each educational environment and discipline, and transfers and disseminates the knowledge generated through research to society. <br /><br />As UPC students, staff and alumni, we aspire to form a lifelong community that is active, dynamic, egalitarian and collaborative.</h4> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><strong>Values</strong></p> <h4>The UPC's values are social engagement, a cooperative spirit, professionalism, critical thinking, sustainability and truthfulness, and they complement the UPC's mission and vision. </h4> </blockquote> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"> <p><strong>Social engagement</strong><br />The knowledge we create and transfer to society must be inserted into the basic framework of general social responsibilities, such as our language and culture, maximum inclusiveness and an ethical orientation for all technology, which must serve the greater good. <br /><strong><br />Cooperative spirit</strong><br />A willingness to work collectively to achieve a common goal, based on respect for all people. Consensus for decision making is built from individual contributions, and responsibilities are shared in the practice of democracy at the University. <br /><strong><br />Professionalism</strong><br />The capacity to perform teaching, research, knowledge transfer, innovation and management competently and responsibly, and guide students' education towards this capacity for their future in society. This means they must have the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to achieve it.</p> </div> <strong> Critical thinking</strong> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"> <p>An intellectual and social disposition that is antidogmatic, analytical, interpretative, methodically self-correcting, sensitive to the complexity of different contexts and to the evolutionary condition of all human activity, and open to pluralism and creativity through the practice of assertive dialogue.<br /><strong><br />Sustainability</strong><br />A disposition towards deciding and acting to preserve and regenerate the biosphere, without compromising the wellbeing of current and future generations, and constructing fair, democratic and peaceful societies. <br /><strong><br />Truthfulness</strong><br />Obtaining and transmitting knowledge and information with the utmost precision, rigour, integrity and transparency. Truthfulness requires attitudes such as modesty, openness to other perspectives, a spirit of enquiry, challenging what is false and recognising the value of facts. <br /><br /> </p> </div> </div> </div> <p></p> </div> </div></div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-row"> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-full mosaic-position-leftmost"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-plone.app.standardtiles.existingcontent-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <section> <div class="documentDescription description"></div> <div> <div class=""><div class="container"> <h2 class="titling-line">Rector's greeting</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"><img src="https://www.upc.edu/en/media/la-upc/govern-i-representacio/recto-daniel-crespo-467.jpg/@@images/daff950f-c917-407c-8de6-918599ef43c4.jpeg" data-linktype="image" title="Salutació rector" data-scale="large" alt="Salutació rector" data-val="cbeffc31bd0946dfb236d6c52b5dd6f5-en" class="image-inline" /></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">The UPC of the future is based on three main pillars. The first is our commitment to <strong>training competent professionals</strong> who can join the productive sector and promote the economic progress of Catalonia and who put people’s lives and the sustainability of the planet at the centre. <br /><br />The second is <strong>excellence in research and technology transfer</strong>, together with training creative, brave and talented young people who will have to face and solve the social and environmental challenges that lie not so far ahead. <br /><br />The third is our <strong>territorial embeddedness</strong>: we are the Catalan university that is spread over the largest area, and we are proud to be close to the companies and small and large cities that make up Catalonia.<br /><br /></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">Daniel Crespo Artiaga<br /><a data-val="dde7b989eeec42fd9daad4f91cd2b38c" href="https://www.upc.edu/en/the-upc/government-and-representation/the-rector" data-linktype="internal">Rector<br /><br /><br /><br /></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"></div> <br /> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"><span><span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-row"> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-full mosaic-position-leftmost"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-plone.app.standardtiles.existingcontent-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <section> <div> <div class=""><div class="container"> <h2 class="titling-line">Get to know the UPC</h2> </div> <section class="container content-banners" style="max-width: 100%;"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4"><a data-val="dfd0df5b15834503acd5b90bd775f76b" href="https://www.upc.edu/en/the-upc/institutional-publications/10135-quadriptic-upc-eng-br_pag.pdf" data-linktype="internal" class="btn-banner btn-banner-large btn-banner-stretch"><img src="https://www.upc.edu/en/media/la-upc/presentacio-upc-coberta.jpg/@@images/37b3e718-e526-44b9-8780-89ad0e64e028.jpeg" data-linktype="image" data-val="ae057586b1404e5e91b9729b447dd4e0-en" data-scale="large" alt="UPC introduction" class="image-inline" /> <div> <h2>UPC introduction</h2> <p>The anual publication</p> </div> </a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4"><a data-val="ecb94e1388504078acf2054ceebbbc21" href="https://www.upc.edu/en/the-upc/institutional-publications" data-linktype="internal" class="btn-banner btn-banner-large btn-banner-stretch"><img src="https://www.upc.edu/en/media/la-upc/la-institucio/materials_institucionals.jpg/@@images/6ab9900f-56e7-498d-9e80-aff6b95d423f.jpeg" data-linktype="image" data-val="940585d55f5f4ad5b2f3898b555bb9b8-en" data-scale="large" alt="publication" class="image-inline" /> <div> <h2>Publications and guides</h2> <p>Bachelor's and master's degrees guides, welcome guides</p> </div> </a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4"><a href="https://zonavideo.upc.edu/video/5ebc3fc122b1e20e6053e1f9" target="_blank" class="btn-banner btn-banner-large btn-banner-stretch" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://zonavideo.upc.edu/video/5ebc3fc122b1e20e6053e1f9"><img src="https://www.upc.edu/en/media/la-upc/la-institucio/video_upc.jpg/@@images/2d703429-63ea-4fd4-972a-b197ffd1b004.jpeg" data-linktype="image" data-scale="large" alt="UPC video" data-val="ac318e9f36ed40c4880b06d37c7e9dbb-en" class="image-inline" /> <div> <h2><span>The UPC, a global outlook<br /></span></h2> <p>The views of six people who have been linked with the University</p> </div> </a></div> <p></p> </div> </section></div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-row"> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-full mosaic-position-leftmost"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-plone.app.standardtiles.existingcontent-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <section> <div> <div class=""><div class="container"> <div class="row" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <h2 class="titling-line">UPC campuses and broader presence</h2> </div> <div class="col-md-8"><img src="https://www.upc.edu/en/media/la-upc/mapa-campus-ciutats-upc-eng.jpg/@@images/cd79b2b6-58fe-438c-904b-0658a9abc575.jpeg" style="width: 96%;" data-linktype="image" title="UPC Campuses" data-scale="large" alt="UPC Campuses" data-val="9c2bb232380b4b478abfbd04ed592c89-en" class="image-left" /></div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div style="margin-top: 5px;">The UPC is a university with a widespread presence across Catalonia, with <strong>nine campuses</strong> located in <strong>nine</strong> <strong>municipalities</strong>: Barcelona, Castelldefels, Manresa, Martorell, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Terrassa, Viladecans and Vilanova i la Geltrú. A total of <strong>18 schools</strong> form the foundation of the UPC's academic structure, which is further supported by departments, institutes and research centres.<br /><br /> <p><a data-val="6dd2052d083a45fb86ecd5c152f983df" href="https://www.upc.edu/en/the-upc/campuses-and-broader-presence" data-linktype="internal">Discover the <strong>UPC campuses</strong></a> in all their extension, as well as their urban location.</p> <p><strong><br /><br /></strong><strong><br /></strong></p> </div> </div> </div> <p></p> </div></div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-row"> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-full mosaic-position-leftmost"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-plone.app.standardtiles.existingcontent-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <section> <div class="documentDescription description"></div> <div> <div class=""><div class="container content-well"> <h2 class="titling-line" style="outline-style: none;">The UPC in images</h2> <p><strong></strong></p> <div class="row sectioning"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"><a data-val="cbadf1afccce446d979a514f3bf05a3d" href="https://www.upc.edu/ca/la-upc/la-upc-en-imatges" data-linktype="internal"> <img src="https://www.upc.edu/ca/media/la-upc/galeriaimatges-1/la_upc_en_imatges_home.jpg/@@images/b4bdd78d-3a17-4519-8444-deedd6d99f1c.jpeg" data-val="ab735be7c9ce4ee7a46f0e7104e6bb4d-ca" data-linktype="image" class="image-inline" data-scale="large" /> </a> <div class="sectioning-wrap text-center"> <h2 class="h3"><strong> <a data-val="cbadf1afccce446d979a514f3bf05a3d" href="https://www.upc.edu/ca/la-upc/la-upc-en-imatges" data-linktype="internal">The UPC today</a> <br /> </strong></h2> <p>Image gallery</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6"><a href="http://memoriadigital.upc.edu/" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://memoriadigital.upc.edu/"> <img src="https://www.upc.edu/ca/media/la-upc/galeriaimatges-1/memoria_digital_laboratori_b-i-n.jpg/@@images/35473051-94a2-4e44-ba2e-cef531dd415e.jpeg" data-val="d272d232e69c4633a7d70f8b26f39d66-ca" data-linktype="image" class="image-inline" data-scale="large" /> </a> <div class="sectioning-wrap text-center"> <h2 class="h3"><strong> <a href="http://memoriadigital.upc.edu/" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://memoriadigital.upc.edu/">UPC digital memory</a> <br /> </strong></h2> <p>Photographic heritage portal</p> </div> </div> </div> <p></p> </div></div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mosaic-grid-row"> <div class="mosaic-grid-cell mosaic-width-full mosaic-position-leftmost"> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-plone.app.standardtiles.existingcontent-tile"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <section> <div> <div class=""><div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <section class="container content-xifres"> <div class="'container titling-line-container"> <h2 class="titling-line">The UPC today</h2> <a data-val="a6d9434a935448c0a6d4100068b1b8bb" href="https://www.upc.edu/en/the-upc/the-institution/facts-figures/facts-figures" data-linktype="internal" class="btn-mes">More figures</a></div> <div class="well"> <ul class="list-numeral"> <li class="violeta-fosc"><strong>31,327</strong> bachelor's and master's degree students</li> <li class="violeta-intens"><strong>3,677</strong> teaching and research staff</li> <li class="rosa-intens"><strong>2,143</strong> administrative and service staff</li> <li class="vermell-intens"><strong>67</strong> bachelor's degrees</li> <li class="taronja-intens"><strong>96</strong> master's degrees</li> <li class="groc-intens"><strong>46</strong> doctoral programmes</li> </ul> <ul class="list-numeral"> <li class="violeta-fosc"><strong>18</strong> schools</li> <li class="violeta-intens"><strong>141 </strong> lifelong learning programmes </li> <li class="rosa-intens"><strong>10</strong>patents last year</li> <li class="vermell-intens"><strong> 410<br /></strong> million euros 2025 budget</li> <li class="taronja-intens"><strong>121,6 </strong> million euros R&D income</li> <li class="groc-intens"><strong>91,278</strong> alumni</li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> </div></div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="movable removable mosaic-tile mosaic-plone.app.standardtiles.existingcontent-tile mosaic-tile-padding-bottom"> <div class="mosaic-tile-content"> <section> <div> <div class=""><div class="container"><strong></strong><br /> <section class="container content-banners" style="max-width: 100%; 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The sphere of action of these alliances without borders is an interconnected world that promotes the sharing of knowledge and experience.<br /><br /></p> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3"><img src="https://www.upc.edu/en/media/la-upc/la-institucio/unite-nou.jpg/@@images/204b5c9e-df0f-41e8-afe7-f2aea24afd8e.jpeg" data-linktype="image" title="Unite!" data-val="b08401844ff642d38bf0e1758542be6a-en" data-scale="large" alt="Unite!" class="image-inline" /> <h2 class="h4"><a href="https://www.unite-university.eu/" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://www.unite-university.eu/" target="_blank"><strong>Unite! </strong></a></h2> <p>Alliance of universities in <strong>7 European countries,</strong> leaders in technology and engineering.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-3"><img src="https://www.upc.edu/en/media/la-upc/la-institucio/innoenergy.jpg/@@images/6b9d3149-cf88-4d39-b33e-bc8416f53b11.jpeg" data-linktype="image" data-val="6492cfbcd7494e168567c0d03edf14c2-en" data-scale="large" 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