Awards TFG/TFM

This call is intended for Final Degree Thesis (TFG) and Final Master's Thesis (TFM), with a grant of €1000 for the best Final Degree thesis or the best Final Master's thesis.

Any student who has defended, or will defend, their TFG or TFM in the 2024/2025 academic year in a bachelor's or master's degree from any School of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia will be eligible for the prize in this call.

The submission period for works begins on the date of publication of the awards and ends on May 31, 2025.

Works may be submitted in Catalan, Spanish and English. A single PDF file containing all parts of the work must be submitted.

The projects must be original and may be written in Catalan, Spanish or English. The evaluation criteria for the works are:

• Relevance in the application of artificial intelligence and BIM models in the construction sector.

• Quality and originality of the work.

• Quality of the methodology used and the established objectives.

• Potential impact, application and social interest of the contributions.

• Degree of innovation.

The selection committee will be made up of representatives of the UPC-HP chair and three HP members:

• The Chair Director, Dr. Marcel Macarulla.

• The Chair Co-Director, Dr. Josep Vallverdú.

• The School Director.

• HP Director, Ms. África Leal.

• HP Innovation Lead, Mr. Juan Pedro Gil.

• HP AI Lead, Mr. Miquel Ferrer.

The awarding body is the UPC-HP Chair. The awards will be presented at the first day of HP FutureBuild: Innovation & Technology in the AEC Sector, which will take place on June 30, 2025 at the UPC facilities in Barcelona. The finalists will receive free invitations to attend the event.