Also in English
Online training workshops for the 'Your Doctoral Thesis' track:
Take advantage of them, they are for you!
- Workshop ICE 1: Start your thesis on the right foot: organize the information (online, cat/cas), February 18, from 9 to 11 AM
- Workshop ICE 2: Data management plan (Diagonal-Besòs, cat/cas), February 19, from 10 AM to 12 PM
- Workshop ICE 1: Start your thesis on the right foot: organize the information (online, eng), February 20, from 10 AM to 12 PM
- Workshop ICE 3: Reference managers (online, eng), February 25, from 10 AM to 12 PM
- Workshop ICE 3: Reference managers (online, cat/cas), February 27, from 3 to 5 PM
- Workshop ICE 4: Scientific Publication (online, cat/cas), March 6, from 12 to 14h
- Workshop ICE 8: DRAC for PhD students (Diagonal-Nord, cat/cas), March 11, from 11 to 13h
- Workshop ICE 5: Visibility and Impact Indicators (online, cat/cas), March 12, from 12 to 14h
ICE workshops for PhD students and academic staff (PDI)
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Improve your course on ATENEA (design and structure)
ICE course aimed at UPC faculty and staff at the Campus Terrassa
Date: February 24 and March 10, from 10 to 12h
More information and registration
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CSUC training on eiNa DMP and RDR
The CSUC has scheduled 6 training sessions throughout 2025 on eiNa DMP and RDR. They are aimed at researchers as well as librarians.
How to create a data management plan with eiNa DMP:
- March 12, 2025, from 10:00 to 11:00 (in Catalan)
- May 14, 2025, from 13:00 to 14:00 (in English)
- October 15, 2025, from 16:00 to 17:00 (in Catalan)
Publishing research data with the Research Data Repository:
- March 19, 2025, from 10:00 to 11:00 (in Catalan)
- May 21, 2025, from 13:00 to 14:00 (in English)
- October 22, 2025, from 16:00 to 17:00 (in Catalan)
The sessions will be held online via Teams with no limit on attendees and no prior registration required.
CSUC training schedule
How to create a data management plan with eiNa DMP (PDF)
Publishing research data with the Research Data Repository (PDF)
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New Electronic Book Collections on SpringerLink
We are expanding the selection of electronic books on SpringerLink with the addition of three new collections, available with perpetual access:
- Engineering 2024
- Energy 2023
- Energy 2024
All titles are accessible on the SpringerLink platform. Remember that access is restricted to UPC members via the eBIB service.
SpringerLink Platform
Terms of Use
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4th edition of the cycle of philosophical reflections on technoscience
Every Monday from March 3rd to 31st, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Terrassa Campus Library.
Free registrations at upcarts@upc.ed
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UPCommons: the first open access document repository in Spain
The latest edition of the Transparent Ranking - Ranking Web of Repositories positions UPCommons as the national leader, ranking 9th in Europe and 22nd in the world. In the classification that considers only institutional repositories, UPCommons ranks 12th globally, 6th in Europe, and 1st in Spain.
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La teva idea és ciència! at the BCT
On February 6th, we hosted the third session of the initiative "Your idea is science!" at the Library of the Terrassa Campus. During this event, faculty and students from UPC worked together with technical staff and users of social services to design technological improvements in the areas of health, sexuality, and sports for people with intellectual disabilities. The six ideas selected from each session held at the different campuses will be opened for public voting, and the two highest-rated projects will receive recognition at a final event in June.
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UPC CoARA Action Plan
The Governing Council of December 17th approved the UPC Action Plan for the implementation of the CoARA agreement (UPC CoARA Action Plan), aimed at promoting more inclusive, fair, and diverse research assessment methods, focused on quality. With the approval of this plan, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) joins the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) project, which is supported by the European Commission.
The Action Plan has a 3-year timeframe (2024-2027) and is divided into 10 sections corresponding to the commitments of the agreement (The Commitments - CoARA). Participation in CoARA is an action outlined in the UPC Open Science Roadmap 2025.
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UPCArts Agenda