All types of companies can participate, whatever their sector, legal form, sources of funding (public or private) or size (SMEs, start-ups, etc.):
Private companies.
Trading companies linked or belonging to the public sector.
Foundations and non-profit organisations.
Entities belonging to the local, regional or national public sector.
Consortia with majority public participation.
City councils.
Technology-developing centres that belong to the category of authorised public centres of the TECNIO network.
The following are excluded:
The ministries, delegations and regional services of the Government of Catalonia.
Research bodies and their dependent entities.
Centres affiliated to universities.
Companies must have an office located in Catalonia to qualify for the co-funding mode, which is the most attractive. See also the section on the kinds of financial aid and requirements.
You can contact us at escola.doctorat@upc.edu.
If you know a professor at the UPC, you can contact them to make the proposal and they will get in touch with the Doctoral School.