The Institute

The iTEAM Research Institute is a leading research centre in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). It is located in the Polytechnic City of Innovation, the UPV’s science park, from where it promotes Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I) projects in the field of Telecommunications Engineering.

Currently, iTEAM is made up of 8 research groups bringing together more than 200 researchers specialising in 4 key scientific areas of telecommunications engineering. In addition, the institute carries out its research activity at the Gandía Campus (EPSG), with its own staff and laboratories.

The institute actively participates in competitive R&D&I projects at the regional, national and European levels, and maintains close collaboration with the private sector through agreements and joint projects with leading companies.

Our History

The origins of iTEAM date back to 1987, with the creation of the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSIT) at the UPV. Shortly after, in 1990, the Department of Communications was launched, which concentrated much of the research activity in this field.

In 1999, the Polytechnic University of Valencia approved the Non-Conventional Research Entities (ENCIs), including the Institute of Computer Engineering, Multimedia, Communications and Computing (IMCO2), which consolidated research in telecommunications and multimedia technologies.

IMCO2 officially carried out its activities from 2002 to 2004, when a strategic restructuring took place that focused its work on the area of telecommunications and multimedia applications.

As a result of this evolution, iTEAM was created in 2004 as a space for the integration of UPV telecommunications research groups. A year later, the institute obtained the seal of University Research Institute, consolidating its prestige and leadership in the field of ICT and telecommunications engineering.