MOU between the University of Zanjan and Catalan Polytechnic University (UPC) in Spain

The University of Zanjan and the University of Catalonia signed a collaborative agreement in the fields of international education, research and cultural exchanges. The Catalan Polytechnic University (UPC) is a state-owned university and is one of the top 10 universities in Spain, and ranked between 500 and 600 top universities in the world. It covers applied sciences, science and technology, health, architecture, computer engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanics, aerospace and telecommunications, natural resources engineering, sustainability, the environment, marine sciences, humanities and social sciences, development studies, agricultural engineering and food industry, management and so on, and is run in a transparent, cooperative and democratic manner. The history of some colleges of this university dates back more than a hundred years. It offers the whole undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. degrees based on the European Higher Education Area EHEA, providing curriculum units for a variety of tastes and for individuals with different goals and skills. This university is currently the largest Polytechnic University in the city with more than 30,000 students and 3000 teaching and research staff. About 12 percent of students in this university are international students.