Polytechnic University of Catalonia Spain

The Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. Barcelona-Tech (UPC) is a public institution dedicated to higher education and research that specializes in the fields of engineering, architecture and science UPC is forward-looking and seeks to teach high quality technical courses that are responsive to the training needs and requirements of traditional, evolving and newly-developing production sectors, including aeronautics, photonics, supercomputing, bioengineering, water and energy, all within the scope of the European Higher Education and Research Areas. Our substantial capacity for technology transfer assures that the knowledge and research that we generate has a real-world impact in terms of innovation and technological development, especially in Catalonia, Spain and Europe The UPC leads international research and innovation projects, is a member of the main international research and education networks, and coordinates several UNESCO chairs. The UPC has a high level of outward student mobility and is one of the European universities that receive most students. In fact, it is the Spanish university with the highest number of foreign students in masters and doctoral programmes and its course offering is full of opportunities to gain the added value of an international education.