{"id":3765,"date":"2025-10-01T08:39:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catedrachip.upc.edu\/upc-chip-chair\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:00:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:00:59","slug":"upc-chip-chair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catedrachip.upc.edu\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"UPC Chip Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Science, Technology and Innovation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Driving the future of chips and photonics through knowledge and innovation.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cutting-edge research in semiconductors, advanced architectures and photonic systems, developed in collaboration with 8 leading companies and the ICFO center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Training as a key element to promote talent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover the talent driving microelectronics and photonics<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Ecosystem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Strategic connections and collaboration within the framework of the PERTE CHIP of the Recovery Plan, an initiative to promote research, innovation and industrial capacity in microchips and semiconductors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Department of Electronic Engineering, North Campus UPC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The UPC’s Department of Electronic Engineering researches microelectronics and advanced systems, with its own clean room, training talent and collaborating with industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ICFO is a leading research center in photonics, combining state-of-the-art fundamental and applied research with industrial collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n The UPC will receive 3.7 million euros from the Ministry to create a Chair in microelectronics <\/h4>\n

\n The UPC will receive a grant of 3.7 million euros from the Spanish Government to create a university chair in Chips for Advanced Architectures and Photonic Systems, and train professionals […] <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n The UPC will coordinate the new interuniversity master’s degree in Semiconductor Engineering and Microelectronic Design, scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year <\/h4>\n

\n The UPC, the UB, the UAB and the URV, with the collaboration of the IMB-CNM of the CSIC, are programming, for the 2024-2025 academic year, the new interuniversity master’s degree […] <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n The UPC creates the CHIP Chair to lead the transformation of the semiconductor sector <\/h4>\n

\n The chair is aimed both at promoting current research in the sector and at attracting future talent among the youngest, and has the participation of the BSC, the ICFO and […] <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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We promote research and train the talent of the future, in various cutting-edge technological areas.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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leader in Electronic Engineering, Computing and Computer Architecture<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Through doctoral programs in Electronic Engineering, Computing and Computer Architecture, as well as the recruitment of research profiles, we are committed to carrying out intensive research activities in collaboration with the 8 companies associated with the Chair and with the support of ICFO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Advanced circuits and architectures<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/path>\n<\/svg>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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