Col·legi de Professionals de la Ciència Política i de la Sociologia de Catalunya (COLPIS)

Name

Col·legi de Professionals de la Ciència Política i de la Sociologia de Catalunya (COLPIS)

Legal name

Col·legi de Professionals de la Ciència Política i de la Sociologia de Catalunya

Website

https://colpis.cat

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees from politologists and sociologists registered with the professional college, required for access to services including job board, professional orientation, and member discounts.
2. Continuing Education Courses: Revenue from specialized training programs including postgraduate courses, workshops, and civil service examination preparation, with tiered pricing for members and non-members.
3. Professional Services: Services including fiscal, legal, and labor advisory; professional mediation registry; and discounts on commercial partner products and services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

COLPIS is a professional college (Col·legi) for political science and sociology professionals in Catalonia, operating as a public law corporation under Catalan Law 7/2006. It provides professional registration, continuing education programs (postgraduate courses, workshops, civil service exam preparation), an exclusive job board, professional orientation/career counseling, fiscal-legal-labor advisory, and member networking through participation commissions.

Product overview

COLPIS offers a comprehensive professional development ecosystem for political science and sociology graduates in Catalonia. The portfolio consists of a virtual learning platform (Campus Colpis, powered by Moodle) hosting various course formats, alongside standalone continuing education programs. Academic offerings include postgraduate programs in gender perspective, European fund management, democratic participation, data analytics with Python, and civil service exam preparation. Employment services encompass a job board (Borsa de Treball) exclusively for members and a subsidized professional orientation service (Programa Projecta't). Additional member services include participation commissions, publications, and tax/legal advisory services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Campus Colpis: Virtual campus platform for online courses and training materials
• PROJECTA'T
• La Mirada del Colpis

Products and services

• Formació Continuada (Continuing Education Courses)

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IL3-Institut de Formació Contínua - Universitat de BarcelonacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership with the University of Barcelona's continuing education institute for delivery of the Postgraduate in Citizen Participation, Democratic Deliberation and Digital Technologies. Joint academic program with 30 ECTS credits, providing university-accredited specialization in democratic innovation and institutional participation.
• Diputació de BarcelonacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitutional partnership for postgraduate program development and delivery. The Provincial Council of Barcelona co-develops and supports the citizen participation and democratic deliberation program, contributing to course content and providing professional contexts for graduates.
• Espai Francesca BonnemaisonminorOthersCultural venue hosting academic events and graduation ceremonies for COLPIS postgraduate programs, including the gender perspective postgraduate program closing ceremony held at the 'La Cuina' space.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR): European academic consortium for political scientists offering training schools, methods workshops, and conferences. Comparable to COLPIS as a peer membership network delivering continuing education to politologists, but at pan-European rather than regional scale.
• European Sociological Association (ESA): Europe-wide association for sociologists. Comparable to COLPIS as a representative body for sociology professionals running conferences, networks, and researcher support — broader geographic scope but same category of membership-based professional organization.
• Col·legi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona (ICAB): Barcelona Bar Association, the largest professional college in Catalonia under the same public-law framework. Comparable to COLPIS as a peer corporació de dret pública providing mandatory registration, continuing education, and member services — though operating at significantly larger scale in a regulated profession.
• American Political Science Association (APSA): The largest professional association for political scientists globally. Comparable to COLPIS in offering conferences, publications, and career services to politologists — but at a national US scale and with a broader academic rather than licensed-professional orientation.
• International Political Science Association (IPSA): The leading global professional association for political scientists. Comparable to COLPIS as a representative body for politologists, offering training, research promotion, and congresses — though operating globally and at academic rather than licensed-professional level.
• Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya: The official professional college for economists in Catalonia, operating under the same Llei 7/2006 framework. Comparable to COLPIS as a fellow Catalan professional college (corporació de dret pública) with membership fees, continuing education, and a member job board — but serving economists rather than politologists/sociologists.

Emerging players

• Centre d'Estudis de Temes Contemporanis (CETC): Catalan research center on contemporary political and social issues. Comparable to COLPIS as an academic/professional node in Catalan political science and sociology, offering research, training, and events — though research-focused rather than a registered professional college.
• Societat Catalana d'Estudis Polítics: Catalan learned society affiliated with the Institut d'Estudis Catalans focused on political studies. Comparable to COLPIS as a Catalonia-based institution promoting political-science research, conferences, and publications — though scholarly rather than professional-college in structure.

Direct peers

• Federación Española de Sociología (FES): National Spanish federation for sociology, serving sociologists across Spain. Directly comparable to COLPIS in mission (professional representation of sociologists) and in offering training, conferences, and publications — operating at the national scale COLPIS operates regionally in Catalonia.
• Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (AECPA): Spain's main professional and academic association for political science. Comparable to COLPIS as a peer membership organization for politologists, delivering conferences, training, and journals — overlapping the same profession at the national level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ColpisCat
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCrymG8CTkQYsomOukLbwsSg
• Facebookfacebook.com/colpiscat
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colpis
• Instagraminstagram.com/colpis.cat

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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