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The Polytechnic University of Cartagena or UPCT is a public university located in the Spanish city of Cartagena (Murcia Region), with schools of a technological and business nature. It has been in existence officially since 3 August 1998.

History
The Polytechnic University of Cartagena is the youngest technical university in Spain, although several of its schools were founded at the end of and early in the year, since the School of Capataces of Mines and Driving Machinists (now the University School of Engineering of Caminos, Canales and Ports and of Engineering of Mines) part of the Royal Decree of 4 September 1883, and the College of Industry (now the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineering) of the Royal Decree of 17 August 1901.

The University of Murcia created the Polytechnic University School of Cartagena in 1975, with the aim of integrating the University Schools of Mining Technical Engineering and the School of Industrial Technical Engineering into it and being able to add in the new center other studies.

In 1998, the Cartagena Polytechnic University was created with the schools and faculties that the University of Murcia had at the Cartagena Campus.

The UPCT is part of the UP4 association with the Polytechnics of Madrid, Catalonia and Valencia.

The Polytechnic University of Cartagena is one of eight partners of the European University of Technology, EUt +, together with the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria), the Technology University of Cyprus (Cyprus), the Hochschule Darmstadt, the University of Applied Sciences (Germany), the Technology University of Dublin (Ireland), the Technical University of Riga (Latvia), the Technology University of Troyes (France), the Technology University of Dublin (Ireland) and the Technical University of Cluj- Napoca (Romania).

The European University of Technology, EUt +, is the result of the partnership of eight common European partners: the "Think Human First" vision for a human-centred approach to technology and the ambition to establish a new type of institution on a confederal basis.

Through EUt +, partners are committed to creating a sustainable future for students and students in European countries, for the staff of each of the institutions and for the territories and regions where each campus is anchored.

Campus
The UPCT is located in an urban environment, with a large part of its facilities located in refurbished historical buildings, such as the Marina Hospital (18th century), the Antigones Headquarters (), the Mercy House () and the Marine Instruction Headquarters ().

It has three urban campuses, located in the centre of Cartagena, whose urban centre has been revitalized with the recovery of military buildings of the. Around the historical buildings and in front of the Port of the city a university district has been created, with facilities for research, the accommodation of students