Polytechnic University of Catalonia - Quiz
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
  • 1. What is the English name of the UNESCO Chair of Higher Education Management at UPC?
A) UNESCO Chair of Higher Education Management
B) UNESCO Sustainability Chair
C) UNESCO Chair of Technology and Culture
D) UNESCO Chair of Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • 2. Which UNESCO Chair focuses on numerical methods in engineering at UPC?
A) Càtedra UNESCO en Salut Visual i Desenvolupament
B) Càtedra UNESCO de Sostenibilitat
C) Càtedra UNESCO de Direcció Universitària
D) Càtedra UNESCO de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria de la UPC
  • 3. What is the English title for the UNESCO Sustainability Chair?
A) UNESCO Chair of Technology and Culture
B) UNESCO Chair of Higher Education Management
C) UNESCO Sustainability Chair
D) UNESCO Chair of Vision and Development
  • 4. Which UNESCO Chair at UPC is associated with vision and development?
A) Càtedra UNESCO de Tècnica i Cultura
B) Càtedra UNESCO en Salut Visual i Desenvolupament
C) Càtedra UNESCO de Sostenibilitat
D) Càtedra UNESCO de Direcció Universitària
  • 5. What does BSC stand for in the context of UPC research centers?
A) Barcelona Supercomputing Center
B) Biomedical Engineering Research Centre
C) Molecular Biotechnology Centre
D) Advanced Broadband Communications Center
  • 6. What is the research center abbreviated as CCABA?
A) Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development
B) Power Electronics Research Centre
C) Advanced Broadband Communications Center
D) Center for Research and Services for the Local Administration
  • 7. What does CD6 stand for?
A) Molecular Biotechnology Centre
B) Center for Engines and Heat Installations
C) Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development
D) Maritime Engineering Laboratory
  • 8. What is CEBIM?
A) Center for Research in Nanoengineering
B) Biomedical Engineering Research Centre
C) Molecular Biotechnology Centre
D) Center Innovation Electronics
  • 9. What is the research center abbreviated as CETpD-UPC?
A) Center for Engines and Heat Installations
B) Power Electronics Research Centre
C) Maritime Engineering Laboratory
D) Tech. Research Cen. for Dependency Care and Autonomous Living
  • 10. What does CPSV stand for?
A) Center for Research in Nanoengineering
B) Centre of Land Policy and Valuations
C) Centre de Recerca Aplicada en Hidrometeorologia
D) Centre de Recerca de l'Aeronàutica i de l'Espai
  • 11. What is CRAE?
A) Specific Research Center of Numerical Methods
B) Center for Research and Services for the Local Administration
C) Centre de Recerca de l'Aeronàutica i de l'Espai
D) Centre de Recerca Aplicada en Hidrometeorologia
  • 12. What does CRAHI stand for?
A) Centre de Recerca Aplicada en Hidrometeorologia
B) Center for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development
C) Maritime Engineering Laboratory
D) Centre de Recerca de l'Aeronàutica i de l'Espai
  • 13. What is CIMNE?
A) Advanced Broadband Communications Center
B) International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
C) Biomedical Engineering Research Centre
D) Power Electronics Research Centre
  • 14. What does CREB stand for?
A) Center for Research in Nanoengineering
B) Center for Engines and Heat Installations
C) Biomedical Engineering Research Centre
D) Molecular Biotechnology Centre
  • 15. What is CREMIT?
A) Center for Engines and Heat Installations
B) Center Innovation Electronics
C) Terrassa Industrial Electronics Group
D) Power Electronics Research Centre
  • 16. What does CRNE stand for?
A) Centre for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development
B) Centre for Research in Nanoengineering
C) Center for Research in Applied Sciences
D) Maritime Engineering Laboratory
  • 17. What is LACÀN?
A) Specific Research Center of Numerical Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
B) Biomedical Engineering Research Centre
C) International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
D) Advanced Broadband Communications Center
  • 18. What does LIM/UPC stand for?
A) Center for Engines and Heat Installations
B) Laboratori per a la Innovació Tecnològica d'Estructures i Materials
C) Molecular Biotechnology Centre
D) Maritime Engineering Laboratory
  • 19. What does MCIA stand for?
A) Center Innovation Electronics. Motion Control and Industrial Applications
B) Advanced Broadband Communications Center
C) Power Electronics Research Centre
D) Terrassa Industrial Electronics Group
  • 20. What does PERC-UPC stand for?
A) Terrassa Industrial Electronics Group
B) Center Innovation Electronics
C) Power Electronics Research Centre
D) Biomedical Engineering Research Centre
  • 21. What is TALP?
A) Centre de Tecnologies i Aplicacions del Llenguatge i la Parla
B) Centre de Recerca Aplicada en Hidrometeorologia
C) Center for Sensors, Instruments and Systems Development
D) Centre de Recerca de l'Aeronàutica i de l'Espai
  • 22. What does TIEG stand for?
A) Power Electronics Research Centre
B) Center Innovation Electronics
C) Advanced Broadband Communications Center
D) Terrassa Industrial Electronics Group
  • 23. During which years was the Science Fiction Award organized annually by the Board of Trustees at the UPC?
A) 2007–2014
B) 1991–2010
C) 2000–2010
D) 1991–2012
  • 24. How is the UPC Science Fiction Award currently presented?
A) Monthly
B) Bi-annually
C) Tri-annually
D) Annually
  • 25. Who won the Science Fiction Award in 2007 for 'Defending Elysium'?
A) Brandon Sanderson
B) Carlos Gardini d'Angelo
C) Roberto Sanhueza
D) Eduardo Gallego Arjona
  • 26. Who co-authored the winning work 'La cosecha del centauro' in 2008?
A) Roberto Sanhueza and Miguel Santander
B) Brandon Sanderson and Carlos Gardini d'Angelo
C) Eduardo Gallego Arjona and Guillem Sánchez Gómez
D) José Miguel Sánchez Gómez and Yoss
  • 27. Who won the UPC Science Fiction Award in 2009 for the work 'Bis'?
A) Carlos Gardini d'Angelo
B) Miguel Santander
C) Guillem Sánchez Gómez
D) Roberto Sanhueza
  • 28. Who won the Science Fiction Award in 2010 for 'Super extra grande'?
A) Brandon Sanderson
B) José Miguel Sánchez Gómez (Yoss)
C) Roberto Sanhueza
D) Eduardo Gallego Arjona
  • 29. Who wrote the 2012 award-winning work 'La epopeya de los amantes'?
A) Miguel Santander
B) Roberto Sanhueza
C) Guillem Sánchez Gómez
D) Carlos Gardini d'Angelo
  • 30. Which work did Roberto Sanhueza win the UPC Science Fiction Award with in 2014?
A) El año del gato
B) La cosecha del centauro
C) Bis
D) Defending Elysium
  • 31. Which affiliated school is known as EUNCET?
A) EAE University Business School
B) Barcelona School of Building Construction
C) Euncet University Business School
D) Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
  • 32. What does the acronym EAE stand for in the context of the affiliated schools?
A) Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
B) Interdisciplinary Higher Education Centre
C) Euncet University Business School
D) EAE University Business School
  • 33. In what month and year was the Polytechnic University of Barcelona (UPB) established?
A) March 1972
B) January 1971
C) December 1972
D) March 1971
  • 34. Who succeeded Víctor de Buen Lozano as rector in December 1972?
A) Víctor Lozano
B) Gabriel Ferraté Pascual
C) Julián Fernández Ferrer
D) Fernández Ferrer
  • 35. In what year did the Technical School of Civil Engineering of Barcelona (ETSECCPB) open?
A) 1976
B) 1971
C) 1972
D) 1974
  • 36. When was the Faculty of Informatics of Barcelona (FIB) founded?
A) March 1971
B) December 1972
C) March 1976
D) 1978
  • 37. Who was elected rector in March 1976?
A) Víctor de Buen Lozano
B) Gabriel Ferraté Pascual
C) Víctor Lozano Buen
D) Julián Fernández Ferrer
  • 38. In which year did the University School of Optics (EUOOT) open in Terrassa?
A) 1977
B) 1976
C) 1979
D) 1974
  • 39. By what means was the University School of Optics opened in Terrassa?
A) Municipal mandate
B) Royal decree
C) Ministerial order
D) Student referendum
  • 40. When was Gabriel Ferraté re-elected rector, and until what year did he serve?
A) 1978 to 1994
B) 1976 to 1983
C) 1972 to 1990
D) 1971 to 1976
  • 41. In what year did the Technical School of Architecture of the Vallès (ETSAV) open?
A) 1971
B) 1977
C) 1974
D) 1979
  • 42. Where did the ETSAV initially open in 1979?
A) Sant Cugat del Vallès
B) Sabadell-Terrassa area
C) Manresa
D) Barcelona
  • 43. What is the current common reference name for the Polytechnic University of Catalonia?
A) BarcelonaTech
B) Universitat de Barcelona
C) CataloniaTech
D) Polytechnic Spain
  • 44. In which country is the Polytechnic University of Catalonia primarily located?
A) Spain
B) Portugal
C) Italy
D) France
  • 45. When were some of the higher technical schools that merged to form the university originally founded?
A) 17th century
B) 19th century
C) 18th century
D) 20th century
  • 46. How many schools did UPC have in Catalonia as of 2025?
A) 30
B) 18
C) 12
D) 25
  • 47. Approximately how many students did UPC have as of the academic year 2024–25?
A) Over 50,000
B) Over 30,000
C) Over 10,000
D) Over 5,000
  • 48. How many teaching and research staff did UPC have as of the academic year 2024–25?
A) Over 500
B) Over 3,000
C) Over 5,000
D) Over 1,000
  • 49. How many undergraduate programs did UPC offer as of the 2024–25 academic year?
A) 18
B) 46
C) 96
D) 67
  • 50. How many graduate programs did UPC offer as of the 2024–25 academic year?
A) 67
B) 46
C) 96
D) 18
  • 51. How many doctorate programs did UPC offer as of the 2024–25 academic year?
A) 96
B) 67
C) 18
D) 46
  • 52. Which university federation is UPC a member of?
A) Ivy League
B) CESAER
C) Russell Group
D) Coimbra Group
  • 53. What was UPC ranked worldwide in Engineering and Technology in the 2025 QS World University Rankings by subject?
A) 150th
B) 50th
C) 10th
D) 97th
  • 54. What is another field where El Mundo ranks UPC first in Spain?
A) Psychology
B) History
C) Law
D) Computer science
  • 55. When were the state technical schools of Architecture and Engineering in Barcelona, which formed the Polytechnic Higher Institute, established?
A) Late 20th century
B) Early 18th century
C) Mid-19th century
D) Renaissance era
  • 56. Which federation is UPC a member of alongside CESAER?
A) UNICEF
B) UNITECH
C) UNESCO
D) UNHCR
  • 57. Which of the following is an acronym for an industrial engineering school mentioned in the text?
A) UPC-IBEI
B) ETSEIAT
C) QS-2025
D) ETSAM
  • 58. On what date was Spain's University Reform Act passed, paving the way for new statutes?
A) 19 December 1984
B) 12 February 2003
C) 4 July 1983
D) 4 July 1984
  • 59. In what year was the institution officially renamed the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)?
A) 1984
B) 1983
C) 1990
D) 1994
  • 60. Who was appointed as the first President of the UPC Social Council on 19 December 1984?
A) Jaume Pagès i Fita
B) Pere Duran Farell
C) Gabriel Ferraté
D) Josep Ferrer Llop
  • 61. When was the Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics (FME) established?
A) 1991
B) 1993
C) 1990
D) 1992
  • 62. Who became President of the Social Council in 1994?
A) Joaquim Molins
B) Josep Ferrer Llop
C) Pere Duran Farell
D) Xavier Llobet Colom
  • 63. Where did the Rector Gabriel Ferraté Library open in 1996?
A) Diagonal Sud Campus
B) Diagonal Nord Campus
C) Terrassa Campus
D) Baix Llobregat Campus
  • 64. What was the name of the university's Internet service launched in 1998?
A) CRITT
B) UPCnet
C) Edicions UPC
D) MareNostrum
  • 65. In what year did the technology centres at Vilanova i la Geltrú and Manresa begin operations?
A) 2002
B) 2001
C) 1998
D) 2000
  • 66. When did the first building of the Mediterranean Technology Park open at Baix Llobregat?
A) September 2000
B) September 2001
C) October 2002
D) October 2001
  • 67. When did the Barcelona Technology Park open at Diagonal Sud?
A) September 2001
B) May 2003
C) January 2005
D) October 2001
  • 68. Who became President of the Social Council when Josep Ferrer Llop was elected rector?
A) Pere Duran Farell
B) Gabriel Ferraté
C) Joaquim Molins
D) Xavier Llobet Colom
  • 69. On what date did the Parliament of Catalonia approve the Universities Law (LUC)?
A) 12 February 2003
B) May 2003
C) 4 July 1983
D) 19 December 1984
  • 70. Where was the Centre for Interdisciplinary Higher Education (CFIS) founded in 2003?
A) Baix Llobregat Campus
B) Diagonal Sud Campus
C) Terrassa Campus
D) Diagonal Nord Campus
  • 71. In what month and year did the second phase of the Omega Building open at Diagonal Nord?
A) September 2001
B) May 2003
C) October 2001
D) January 2005
  • 72. In which chapel was the MareNostrum supercomputer installed in January 2005?
A) Baix Llobregat chapel
B) Neàpolis building
C) Torre Girona chapel
D) Omega Building
  • 73. What centre opened its Technology Transfer Centre (CRITT) in 2005?
A) EPSEVG
B) ETSAV
C) EETAC
D) FNB
  • 74. Who was elected rector of the UPC in March 2006?
A) Jordi Rodríguez-Amat
B) Mateo Valero Cortés
C) Pere Navarro Olivella
D) Antoni Giró Roca
  • 75. In which academic year did the UPC approve its first EHEA-adapted master's programmes?
A) 2005–06
B) 2006–07
C) 2009–10
D) 2007–08
  • 76. What was the name of the online newsletter launched by the UPC in 2007?
A) IRIS
B) e-informacions
C) UNITE!
D) Informacions
  • 77. In what year did the UPC open its Brussels office to strengthen ties with the European Commission?
A) 2011
B) 2013
C) 2009
D) 2006
  • 78. When was the foundation stone laid for the Diagonal-Besòs Campus?
A) December 2009
B) 2010
C) 2011
D) March 2006
  • 79. Where is the Agrópolis agri-food hub, inaugurated in 2010, located?
A) Brussels
B) Castelldefels
C) Viladecans
D) Barcelona
  • 80. What was the Castelldefels School of Technology renamed to?
A) CIT UPC
B) ETSAV
C) EETAC
D) CRNE
  • 81. In what year was the Nanoengineering Research Centre (CRNE) inaugurated?
A) 2013
B) 2009
C) 2023
D) 2011
  • 82. Which supercomputer was installed and inaugurated at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center in 2023?
A) MareNostrum 2010
B) MareNostrum 1
C) MareNostrum 5
D) MareNostrum Super
  • 83. Under which European university alliance were the new UPC Statutes approved in 2024?
A) EHEA
B) UNITE!
C) Vives University Network
D) Horizon 2010
  • 84. What is the name of the new Research and Innovation in Health Institute presented by the UPC in 2025?
A) ICFO
B) CRNE
C) IRIS
D) CIT
  • 85. Who is the president of the Rodriguez-Amat Foundation and a notable UPC alumnus?
A) Matthias Maurer
B) Roger Torrent i Ramió
C) Jordi Rodríguez-Amat
D) Oriol Vinyals
  • 86. What did Olga Malinkiewicz co-develop at Saule Technologies?
A) High-performance supercomputing architecture
B) EHEA-adapted master's programmes
C) Inkjet-printed perovskite solar cells
D) Seq2seq machine learning models
  • 87. Where does Oriol Vinyals work as a machine-learning researcher?
A) RCR Arquitectes
B) DeepMind
C) Saule Technologies
D) Barcelona Supercomputing Center
  • 88. What model did Oriol Vinyals co-invent?
A) MareNostrum architecture
B) Horizon 2010 framework
C) Seq2seq model
D) Perovskite solar cell
  • 89. Carme Pigem Barceló is a co-founder of which Pritzker Prize-winning firm?
A) Saule Technologies
B) Roca
C) DeepMind
D) RCR Arquitectes
  • 90. Which company did Josep Roca i Soler co-found, having studied industrial engineering at the UPC?
A) RCR Arquitectes
B) DeepMind
C) Roca
D) Saule Technologies
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