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Barcelona · Spain · Technical university

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Public technical university in Barcelona; four bachelor's taught in English, from civil engineering and bioinformatics to video game design.

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In English
4 programmes
City
Barcelona
Apply via
Catalonia's university pre-enrolment
Founded
1971

Deadlines

Not published yetWatch upc.edu

Every date in Spain

What you could study here

Civil Engineering

Grado (Spanish bachelor's degree) · 4 yrs

Choose the group taught 100% in English; other groups use Catalan or Spanish.

Engineering

What it asks of IB students

IB via UNEDasiss (grade 5–10), then Catalonia's pre-enrolment. Only PAU specific-phase or UNED PCE exams lift it towards 14; IB subject grades on the credential do not count.

Where it says so

Where it says so

Its IB recognition statement

Worth knowing

Industrial Technologies and Economic Analysis is a joint UPC–UPF degree and appears on both universities' pages.

All 2 notes
  • Industrial Technologies and Economic Analysis is a joint UPC–UPF degree and appears on both universities' pages.
  • Video Game Design and Development is taught at the CITM centre and costs €6,900 a year, well above the public fee of about €1,061.

Sources
  1. UPC — Bachelor's degrees 2026-2027 (filter: 100% English) — checked 2026-09-26
  2. UPC — Civil Engineering (group taught 100% in English; admission mark 2026-2027) — checked 2026-09-26
  3. UPC — Bioinformatics (interuniversity UPC-UB-UAB-UPF) — checked 2026-09-26
  4. UPC — Industrial Technologies and Economic Analysis (UPC-UPF) + master's (PARS) — checked 2026-09-26
  5. UPC — Video Game Design and Development (taught in English), CITM — checked 2026-09-26
  6. Canal Universitats — Calendari, convocatòria de juny 2026 — checked 2026-09-26
  7. Canal Universitats — Estudiant d'un sistema educatiu estranger — checked 2026-09-26