Why take a doctoral degree at the UPC
Because of Excellence
The UPC is listed in the main international rankings as one of the top technological and research universities in southern Europe and is among the world's 40 best young universities.
Its main asset: people
Satisfaction with the work of the thesis supervisor is highlighted by 7 out of 10 UPC doctoral students. Support and availability get the best ratings.
Internationalisation
More than half of the students of the UPC’s Doctoral School are international and a third obtain the International Doctorate mention.
Graduate employment of a high quality
Almost all UPC doctoral degree holders are successful in finding employment, mostly in jobs related to their degree.
The best industrial doctorate
The UPC offers the most industrial doctoral programmes in Catalonia (a third) with a hundred companies involved.
The industrial setting
The UPC’s location in an especially creative and innovative industrial and technological ecosystem is an added value for UPC doctoral students.
News
- Celebration of the Doctoral Graduation Ceremony (10-04-2025)
- Sant Jordi Microfiction Competition
- Grants for postdoctoral stays at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
- AQU Catalunya awards the Institutional Accreditation to the Doctoral School
- Call for grants for hiring predoctoral researchers in-training in the STEP technologies field(FI-STEP)
Theses for defense agenda
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The Doctoral School today
- 46doctoral programmes
- 2203doctoral students in the 23/24 academic year
- 1748thesis supervisors 21/22
- 346read theses in the year 2024
- 101read theses with I.M. and/or I.D. in the year 2024
- 319 I.D. projects (28% from G.C. total)
I.M: International Mention, I.D.: Industrial Doctorate, G.C.: Generalitat de Catalunya