UPC technical and scientific services, in one click
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UPC has created a new online platform to increase the visibility of the University's scientific and technical infrastructure and services and make it easier for companies, government bodies and the scientific community to access them.
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) has 35 laboratories that carry out research activities and bring together over 450 services with fees. It also has over 45 notable scientific infrastructures such as the Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, the Environment Centre Laboratory, and the Maritime Research and Experimentation Wave Flume (CIEM) of the Maritime Engineering Laboratory (LIM), among others. In addition, the University has over 950 lines of service in the areas of advanced materials, industry, health tech, architecture and urbanism, construction and infrastructure, mobility, agro-tech, energy, sustainability and the environment, computing and calculation, telecommunications systems, artificial intelligence and industry 4.0.
The new Technical and Scientific Services portal of the UPC, which is available in Catalan, Spanish and English, is presented as a one-stop shop so that companies, government bodies and the scientific community can consult the wide range of lines of service that are offered in different areas, the list of outstanding scientific infrastructure, and the availability and corresponding fees. The website also increases the visibility of these services. Through the website, which is updated periodically, it is easier to identify services. Requests are managed and direct contact is made with University research groups and technical staff in the various services and laboratories.
UPC is a leading university in research and knowledge transfer and a leader in raising funds for international research projects. It was the Spanish university that received most funds for the research and innovation programme Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2022. In 2021, the university received 70.2 million euros for its research, development and innovation activities. It developed 1,064 projects with companies and earned over 1.8 million euros for services.
Related Projects
- The Technological Development Centre for Remote Acquisition and Data Processing Systems (SARTI) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) participates in the SEASLAG project, which contributes to measurement and test systems to assess the characteristics of the biomaterials developed in the project, to regenerate marine ecosystems. This material incorporates byproducts from the metal and agrifood industries.
- A team of UPC researchers is working to develop a solution to standardise and improve quality control in fermentation processes in the Agrotech area.
- The research group Barcelona Innovative Transportation (BIT) and the innovation and research laboratory of Barcelona School of Informatics (inLab FIB) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) is taking part in the project eBRT2030 (European Bus Rapid Transit of 2030: electrified, automated, connected).
- Currently, buildings are becoming smart organisms due to a wide range of distributed sensors and software programmes that provide them with a certain degree of intelligence. In this context, SUST(AI)N emerged. Participants in this project include researchers from the Instrumentation, Sensors and Interfaces Group (ISI) and the Components and Systems for Communications Research Group (CSC) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC).
