The Barcelona Science Park (PCB) is completely full and has a waiting list. Spanning 100,000 square meters, the complex houses research centers, among them the German Fraunhofer Institute of Technology —one of the most important in the world, which has just set up shop there—, and companies that rent laboratories and offices to develop their products. It is a key lever for facilitating technology transfer, the great unfinished task of the Catalan research systemThe workforce of the various tenants totals 3,500 employees. Maria Terrades is the director of this infrastructure, which is part of the University of Barcelona (UB).

Packed to capacity for years, the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), part of the University of Barcelona (UB), is enjoying a boom, awaiting the future Hospital Clínic to revitalize the area as the city's main biomedical hub. The companies it houses are growing and attracting more funding, but so are the research centers that conduct research in its laboratories.