La Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) es una institución pública española de educación superior que tiene como objetivos prioritarios el estudio, la docencia, la investigación y la transferencia de tecnología.
The Polytechnic University of Catalonia is the largest engineering university in Catalonia. The university founded in March, 1971 and was originally known as the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona. In 2007 it has 24 schools in Catalonia located at the cities of Barcelona, Castelldefels, Manresa, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Terrassa and Vilanova i la Geltrú. UPC has about 30,000 students and 2,500 teachers and researchers.