About Polytechnic University of Catalonia:

Polytechnic University of Catalonia, currently referred to as BarcelonaTech and commonly named just as UPC, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spain. It also offers programs in other disciplines such as mathematics and architecture. UPC's objectives are based on internationalization, as it is one of Europe's technical universities with the most international PhD students and the university with the largest share of international master's degree students. UPC is a university aiming at achieving the highest degree of engineering/technical excellence and has bilateral agreements with several top-ranked European universities. The university was founded in March 1971 as the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona through the merger of engineering and architecture schools founded during the 19th century. As of the academic year 2017-18, UPC has over 30,000 students and over 3,000 teaching and research staff, 65 undergraduate programs, 73 graduate programs and 49 doctorate programs.



World University Rankings

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Engineering 153 143 175 131 94 103 92 93 98 108 122 138 154 146 178 301-350
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Chemical Engineering 115 87 143 150 150 163 168 176 154 179 178 195 238
Civil Engineering 31 21 47 59 50 59 59 77 76 96 79 92 120
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Computer Science 61 62 66 46 59 79 75 87 89 95 101 142 185
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Electrical Engineering 86 58 47 46 40 39 47 65 75 90 104 135 171
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Geosciences 249 267 275 274 248 218 181 209 241 265 - 170 186
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Mathematics 131 105 97 92 61 79 69 67 71 77 70 88 142
Mechanical Engineering 90 88 115 102 92 106 106 110 121 146 94 114 217
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