Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub promotes STEM talent with the ETSETB PARS Excellence Scholarship

Sep 23, 2025

With this initiative, Fractus promotes the connection between university and business to empower young talent in disruptive technologies.

Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub promotes STEM talent with the ETSETB PARS Excellence Scholarship — Alba Pagès, director of the ETSETB-UPC, with Lluís Albert Arias Benedí, student of the School, at the time of the award of the scholarship from Jordi Carol, patent engineer at Fractus.

Fractus has taken another step in its commitment to fostering STEM talent in the university field with the award of the ETSETB PARS Excellence Scholarship to Lluís Albert Arias Benedí, a student in the Academic Program of Successive Path (PARS) for the bachelor's and master's degrees in Telecommunications at the Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSETB).

The scholarship, awarded by Jordi Carol, patent engineer at Fractus, recognizes the academic excellence of Arias Benedí, who obtained the second-best record in the initial phase of the program. The award ceremony took place on September 17 at the Vèrtex building on the Diagonal Nord Campus of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), as part of the welcoming ceremony for new students at the ETSETB.

During the ceremony, students with the best academic records from the degrees in Telecommunications Technology and Services Engineering, Telecommunications Electronic Engineering and the PARS Academic Program were recognized.

Commitment to talent and innovation

The award of this scholarship is part of the joint actions of Fractus and the UPC through the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub, a pioneering collaboration space aimed at promoting research, innovation and talent development in disruptive technologies.

With initiatives like this, Fractus reaffirms its commitment to supporting and giving visibility to young people with high potential in the field of telecommunications and STEM disciplines, creating bridges between the academic world and the business ecosystem.

According to Jordi Carol, patent engineer at Fractus: “Through the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub we work so that the talent that is born in the classrooms can grow and consolidate, connecting academic knowledge with technological innovation and the market.”

Thus, Fractus continues to strengthen its leadership in the promotion of emerging talent and in the generation of opportunities that contribute to technological and social progress.