Institutes and research centres
The research activity, both basic and applied, carried out at UPC institutes and research centres, places it at the forefront of innovation, research and technological development. These units promote a culture of research, innovation and entrepreneurship and weave their knowledge network with researchers and research groups worldwide.
Research institutes
At the UPC, there are five university research institutes and one affiliated research institute dedicated to scientific and technical research in a specific field of knowledge. There are also two mixed research institutes and two interuniversity research institutes.
UPC
- Terrassa Institute of Textile Research and Industrial Cooperation (INTEXTER)
- Institute of Industrial and Control Engineering (IOC)
- Institute of Mathematics of the UPC-BarcelonaTech (IMTech)
- Institute of Energy Technologies (INTE)
- University Research Institute for Sustainability Science and Technology (ISST)
Affiliated
Associated and mixed
- Institute of Robotics and Industrial Informatics (IRI)
- River Dynamics and Hydrological Engineering (FLUMEN)
Asociated and interuniversity
Research centres
They address demands from external public or private entities in specific research fields. Some belong to the Network of Technological Innovation Support Centres (TECNIO), made up of public and private technological centres of recognised excellence.
- Centre for Advanced Technologies in Mechanics (CATMech)
- Molecular Biotechnology Centre (CEBIM)
- Advanced Broadband Communications Centre (CCABA)
- Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development (CD6)
- Architectural Design Documentation Centre of Catalonia (CDPAC)
- Technical Research Centre for Dependency Care and Autonomous Living (CETpD)
- Specific Centre for Hydrogen Research (CER-H2)
- Remote Sensing, Antennas, Microwaves and Superconductivity Group (CommSensLab-UPC)
- Research and Development Centre for Business Improvement and Innovation (CERpIE)
- Agri-Food Technology Specific Research Centre (AGROTECH-UPC)
- Centre for Land Valuation Policy (CPSV)
- Power Electronics Research Centre (PERC-UPC)
- Biomedical Engineering Research Centre (CREB)
- Center for Engines and Heat Installations (CREMIT)
- Centre for Research and Services for the Local Administration (CRAL)
- Centre for Language and Speech Technologies and Applications (TALP)
- Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDEAI-UPC)
- Maritime Engineering Laboratory (LIM-UPC)
- Continuum and Computational Mechanics (MC)2
- Numerical Methods for Applied Sciences and Engineering (LACÀN)
- Smart Sustainable Resources (SSR-UPC)
- Supervision, Safety and Automatic Control (CS2AC-UPC)