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The joint inauguration ceremony will take place on September 22 at the Vèrtex Building Auditorium and will feature the performance of the cantata Cerdà: la força de la civilització. The attendance confirmation form is now open.

On Tuesday, September 8, the welcome sessions for new students will take place at the José A. Torroja Auditorium of the Barcelona School of Civil Engineering (Building C2, ground floor): • 10:00 a.m. Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering and PARS (Academic Pathway Program) in Civil Engineering. • 12:15 p.m. Bachelor's Degree in Marine Sciences and Technologies and Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering.

Graduate Sara Aoulad El Fikihi Aayllal has become the first student in Catalonia to graduate with a double degree in Technical Architecture & Building Construction and Civil Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). What's more, she accomplished this by completing the entire degree program within the expected five years.

The Barcelona School of Civil Engineering will host the 7th Annual Meeting of the Spanish Chapter of InterPore on November 17–18, 2026—a meeting point for researchers, professionals, and students specializing in the study of porous media. The call for abstracts is now open.

Professor Rolando Chacón, from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the UPC School of Civil Engineering, has commenced a six-month research stay at the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration (CSDILA) at the University of Melbourne (Australia).

A delegation of professors and students from the School of Civil Engineering has played a prominent role in the 4th edition of the Summer Course on Structural Health Monitoring, held from June 22 to 26 at the Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário Lisboa.

Professors and Steering Committee members Martí Sánchez and Ivet Ferrer join the delegation to consolidate mobility agreements, double degrees, and joint research projects in the Asian market.

The recognition took place during the 21st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE 2026), held in June in Vienna.

In the latest edition of the Abertis Spain 2026 Awards, two students from the School of Civil Engineering (Escola de Camins) have been recognized for the excellence of their master's theses (TFM) linked to sustainable mobility.

The elections for the DECA directorship recorded a voter turnout of 81.63%, comfortably exceeding the regulatory threshold of one-third of the Council.