Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Technical University of Madrid is the largest Spanish technological university. With two recognitions as Campus of International Excellence, it is outstanding in its research activity together with its training of highly qualified professionals, competitive at an international level. More than 2,900 researchers carry out their activity at the UPM, grouped in 220 Research Groups, 24 Research Centers or Institutes and 55 Laboratories, all of them committed to transform the knowledge generated into innovation advances applied to the production sector, contributing to solve the challenges of the European citizens. The intense collaboration with governmental bodies and industry guarantees that research at the UPM offers real solutions to real-world problems. It is among the Spanish universities with the greatest research activity and first in the capture of external resources in a competitive regime. UPM headed the Spanish University participation in the 7th European Framework Program and Horizon 2020 Program with 290 and 551 projects respectively. In Horizon Europe UPM keeps on its active participation thank to its highly innovation driven profile. UPM signs annually around 700 contracts with private businesses, due to its traditional and close relationship with the industrial and business sector, which supports and back its research and technology development in all Engineering fields. UPM obtains around 40 patents per year, demonstrating a high commitment to innovation. One of the main UPM technology transfer driver is the business creation, such as the ActúaUPM program that has created more than 320 new companies and 150 startups with a survival rate above 60% after five years. These companies have secured over €180 million in funding and generated more than 1,000 high-quality jobs, consolidating UPM as a driver of innovation and entrepreneurship. In addition, UPM is positioned as one of Spain’s leading universities for patents, with an active portfolio of 605 patents (applications and grants). All this shows that UPM is an institution committed to the transfer of knowledge generated to society, and its transformation into advances and technological developments applied to the productive sector.