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Eight start-ups and four spin-offs linked to the UPC community have been selected to participate in this year's edition of Next Frontier Founders (NFF), the programme that connects technology with capital to bring innovative projects from the lab to the market. Driven by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) with the support of Fractus, the programme provides practical training across various areas of business development, participation in networking events, and the opportunity to present the business idea at 4YFN 2027.

A delegation led by the Rector of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande recently visited UPC, with which it has already filed a joint patent application.

On 17 September, the Committee met at the Rectorate to review its work and set priorities for the new academic year, at a time when the number of assessment requests continues to grow and its remit is also expanding to include teaching innovation and training for the university community.

The State Research Agency (AEI) has presented, during a webinar, the grant call package for the second half of 2026, allocated with over €1.2 billion (an additional €100 million compared to the previous financial year).

The Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), among other investors, has participated with €680,000. The transaction consolidates a company born from joint research by the UPC and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).

The first of the training weeks of the eighth edition of From Science to Market gets underway, as part of a programme comprising 100 hours of training on knowledge transfer and company creation.

On 14 September, CIM UPC hosted the kick-off of the fifth edition of the Industrial Tech pre-acceleration programme, driven by UPC, CIM UPC and S2 Xpeed.

From 26 to 28 May, UPC hosted a Unite! Widening training course at the Vèrtex Building, aimed at PhD candidates and early career researchers from the universities associated with Unite! and the wider Unite! Widening network.

The 'The Spanish Tech Ecosystem Report 2026' highlights the UPC as one of the leading institutions in Spain for start-up creation and as a breeding ground for entrepreneurs. The University is one of the top three organisations with the highest concentration of AI talent in the city of Barcelona.

The UK Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs visited the Baix Llobregat Campus to learn about the UPC’s potential in agri-food technologies.

The UPC reaffirms its position as the top university in Spain for fund attraction and number of projects within the European Union's Horizon Europe framework programme. The University has secured €103.37 million and 211 projects since the programme’s launch in 2021.

he Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) had a prominent presence at 4YFN 2026 (Four Years From Now), the technology entrepreneurship event held as part of the Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona.

A day to share progress, enhance synergies, and strengthen collaboration between the UPC and Siemens Energy in the field of artificial intelligence applied to the energy transition.

A delegation from the Korea Association of Regional Development (KARDI) visited the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) yesterday to learn about research and innovation projects and explore possible collaborations.

The signing of the 'UPC-RMIT University and Europe laboratory access agreement' will allow reciprocal access for research staff from both institutions to each other's laboratories, opening the door to new joint projects and strengthening academic and scientific cooperation.

Researchers Maria Pau Ginebra and Jezabel Curbelo, and researcher Sergi Abadal, honoured with the 2025 National Research Awards from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Maria Pau Ginebra receives the Award in the Leonardo Torres Quevedo category, for Engineering and Architecture, while Sergi Abadal and Jezabel Curbelo are recognised in the category for young researchers.

The event brought together over 2,200 research management professionals from around the world under the theme "A Sustainable Profession in a Sustainable World".

2DNeuralVision pioneers new technologies to improve visibility in adverse weather conditions.

The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC) has secured funding for three research projects aimed at developing and applying data spaces in strategic sectors such as agri-food and mobility.

The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has positioned itself as the Spanish university with the highest number of European patent applications in 2024, according to newly published data from the European Patent Office (EPO). This achievement strengthens UPC’s commitment to innovation and technology transfer, contributing to the protection of the knowledge generated by its research community.

The new website presents new functions as a platform for promoting scientific infrastructures and services and centralizes management.

On Wednesday, 26th February, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) hosted a delegation of representatives from the universities of the Unite! alliance for a special visit to two of its most important scientific-technical facilities: the Maritime Engineering Laboratory (LIM) and the Remote Sensing Lab (ACTRIS-ERIC).

The video highlights the importance of safeguarding participants' rights, ensuring data protection, and anticipating potential risks associated with technology, as well as the need for an ethical assessment before the research begins.

The 11th edition of 4YFN will take place from March 3 to 6 at the Fira de Barcelona.

During the event, the role of the UPC's OBSEA Laboratory was highlighted as a success story in the use of artificial intelligence for efficient data management in shared infrastructures.

The REGALIM project obtains the best evaluation of the proposals presented in the Proactive City program: Drought Mission, of the BIT-Habitat foundation and Barcelona City Council.

Canadian company Neuron IP has opened its first European semiconductor R&D centre in Barcelona, with facilities located in the K2M building on the UPC's Diagonal Nord Campus.

More than 70 members of the research staff have attended.

This first edition focuses on devising solutions to improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities.

The conference was promoted by the Research, Development and Innovation Area, Parc UPC, and the Spanish Association of Science and Technology Parks (APTE).