46 PhD programmes offered by the university

Marine Sciences from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia combines advanced, flexible training elements with a critical mass of renowned researchers and technical experts, top-notch facilities (both in the laboratory and at sea), outstanding scientific activity, and highly significant socio-economic activity linked to the sea. 

The Statistics and Operations Research programme of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia was created as a result of the University Reform Law, which brought together various university groups that had previously been working separately in areas of statistics and operations research.

Geotechnical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia brings together two areas of knowledge that are widely recognised in international research: geotechnical engineering and groundwater hydrology (or hydrogeology).  

Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia aims to train electrical engineers, as current industrial engineering curricula do not generate this skill set for society. 

The Erasmus Mundus programme in Information Technologies for Business Intelligence at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia encompasses many scientific and technological fields including data warehouses, data mining, content analytics, business process management, visual analytics, and requires competences in information systems, web science, decision science, and software engineering.

The Polymers and Biopolymers doctoral programme at Polytechnic University of Catalonia is aimed at the polymer materials sector, which is one of the most active in the chemical industry.