What is Connèxia UPC?
Connèxia UPC is a far-reaching alliance along with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), with a new 360º approach to foster the transfer knowledge between the university and corporates.
It allows you to connect with the best talent, with the experts who are generating cutting-edge knowledge and with a large innovation ecosystem which sorounds the University.
Connèxia UPC professionals offer the company a personalized and exclusive access to the enormous innovative ecosystem of the UPC: top talent and knowledge with a direct impact on the strategic decisions of the company.
Because, through a tailored strategy, partners create value by developing a strategic collaboration with the UPC: talent and innovation are the main ingredients of this alliance that makes brand visibility an instrument of value.
Preferential access to talent, frontier science and technology with high added value and funding for R&D projects
Alignment with the values and positioning of the UPC
Support for strategic decision-making
The talent, the ideas
The student body is a source of creativity and new ideas. Every year, around 6,000 people are graduated, who work both in SMEs and in leading companies worldwide and who articulate a large network of around 87,000 alumni.
The university most connected to the company
The UPC has links with 3,000 companies. This link generates innovation environments that drive industry 4.0, decarbonisation, digitization and AI... It is the knowledge transfer that borns in classrooms and laboratories.
The UPC, nursery of Unicorns
The people who lead some of the main companies in the country are trained at the UPC; also those valued at over 1,000 million euros.
Generates around 0.3% of Catalan GDP
The UPC contributes to generating 0.3% of the Catalan GDP. For every 100 euros of public funding it receives, it returns 601.5 to society.
UPC Connèxia Method
The talent, innovation, research and training of the UPC within reach: Connèxia UPC.
Partnership
Definition of a long-term agreement to ensure that the collaboration generates impact on the company's innovation strategy.
Professional Management
Assignment of a professional manager who offers a tailored service, specialized guidance through the UPC ecosystem.
Value
The collaboration framework becomes a specific and unique activity plan aimed at achieving value for the company.