UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA - UPC

EEABB is the Barcelona School of Agri-food and Biosystems Engineering, an academic center of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).

The school aims to train professionals with strong technical skills, innovation capacity, and an entrepreneurial mindset for advanced technological sectors. Our goal is to respond to the needs of the agri-food sector, where quality, sustainability, and food safety are fundamental pillars, promoting a technologically advanced agriculture that is also sustainable and environmentally friendly.

We promote training for the biotechnology sector, combining UPC’s technological expertise with biology, and we educate landscape architects capable of planning, designing, and managing green space projects and ecosystem restoration.

Education at EEABB is multidisciplinary and covers various scientific and technological fields depending on the degree program chosen:

Food Engineering: Students learn about microbiology, biochemistry, food analysis and processing, preservation techniques, new product design, and food safety management.

Agricultural and Agronomic Sciences Engineering: Includes knowledge of agricultural production (animal and crop), agroecology, irrigation technology, agricultural machinery, waste management, and land-use planning.

Biological Systems Engineering: Focuses on biotechnology, bioinstrumentation, bioreactor operation, bioenergy and biomaterials production, as well as environmental restoration.

Landscape Architecture: Covers the design of public and urban spaces, ecology, construction, landscape management and restoration, and the knowledge and application of plants.