早在1852年在巴塞罗那市便建有工程学院,1856年建立建筑学院,1971年两院合并建立了加泰罗尼亚理工大学,从此纳入西班牙公立大学的系统。该校主要培养建筑、科技人才,同时从事研究、创新和开发。有教员2,657人,行政人员1,363人,每年招收5,000名学生。是西班牙排位第二的工程师摇篮。目前在校就读的有32,000名本科生、3,000名博士生和2,318名国际交流学生。该校有10个校区、24个学院、40个系。学校共有65个学位授权学科,开设的课程有:19个五年制的本科课程、27个三年制的本科课程、32个硕士课程、7个欧共体校际交流项目(Erasmus Mundus programs)、47个攻读博士学位的项目、328个继续教育项目和70个国际双学位课程。
加泰罗尼亚理工大学在教学的同时重视科研,是西班牙理工大学中获欧共体科研基金份额最多的大学,也是获西班牙国家科学基金最多的大学。
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech (UPC) is a university with a consolidated worldwide reputation and an international vision that generates technological innovation and attracts talent.
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 has a vision of innovation and talent in a global and highly competitive world.
The UPC is home to more strategic research projects funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework Program than any other Spanish university. Today, the University is characterized by a purposefully open stance towards international students, a wide selection of master’s degree programs in English, participation in the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and various international research programs, and a consolidated line of worldwide cooperation activities that serve as tools for change and social progress.
Our students and faculty maintain links with universities in Europe, Asia and the Americas through both academic exchange and participation in international research projects.
An appealing range of educational programs has positioned the University as a welcoming place for the exchange of knowledge, with more than 2,000 foreign students from all over the world enrolling each year. Science, technical fields, technology and architecture form the core of our personality.