SCIENCE-FICTION IN THE UPC

Science fiction in the UPC

About the Observatory

Universities around the world are welcoming science fiction. This genre, which has become part of academic literature programs, is also beginning to be used by many universities as an element that complements and consolidates scientific and humanistic training.

Now Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya there are several activities that take science fiction as a basis: the Prize UPC of Science Fiction convened by the Social Council, very successful subjects such as "Physics and science fiction".

The collection is in the Rector Gabriel Ferraté LibraryIn the EPSEVG Library and to the Terrassa Campus Library of the Library, Publications and Archives Service.    

Award winners UPC of Science-Fiction Miquel Barceló 2024

The 1st prize has been awarded ex aequo to:

  • Miguel Ángel López Muñoz's week of technoorganisms (Madrid), i
  • Rompenieblas en abismo, by Raúl David Gonzálvez del Águila, (San Isidro de Níjar, Almería)

70 works have participated in this edition, among which the jury also wanted to highlight:

  • Los últimos días de la Argos, by Jesús Prieto Sánchez (Málaga) and,
  • Greta and the hippopotamus, by Pascual Díaz García-Baltasar (Sant Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid) 

Last update: 10 / 07 / 2024