Business sphere

What kind of companies and entities can participate?

Many kinds of companies and entities can participate, as long as they regularly perform an economic activity by offering goods and services in a certain market, no matter their sector, legal form, sources of funding (public or private) or size (SMEs, start-ups, etc.):

• Private companies.

• Entities linked or belonging to the public sector.

• Independent professionals.
• Non-profit entities.

• Foundations and organisations.

• Consortia with majority public participation.

• City councils.

The following are excluded:

• Research bodies and their dependent entities.

• Entities formally linked to the management and promotion of the Industrial Doctorates Plan.

• 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 types of financial aid and their requirements.

Further information

I am a company and I have a project. Who should I contact?

You can contact us at doctorat.industrial@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.