• UPF summer courses 2013  
  • 17th highest<br />ranked university<br />in the world
    Among those under 50 years of age
    17th highest
    ranked university
    in the world
    Times Higher Education ranking, Top 100 under 50 ranking, 2012
  • One of the twenty European universities with more projects funded by the European Research Council
    One of the twenty European universities with more projects funded by the European Research Council
    European Research Council, 2012
  • International Excellence Campus
    Distinguished as a
    International Excellence Campus
    Spanish Ministry of Education, 2010
  • 17% of UPF's faculty is international
    17% of UPF's faculty is international
    (2012)
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News

13.05.2013
The Barcelona School of Management is offering four new Masters of Science for the academic year 2013-14
They are full-time university programmes, taught in English and intended for advanced graduates who recently completed their studies and who want to gain in-depth knowledge on an international level.
13.05.2013
UPF is among the world's top 200 universities in seven Social Sciences areas
Linguistics, Law and Sociology studies feature for the first time in the QS rankings by subject, and Economics and Econometrics is in 34th position internationally.
13.05.2013
UPF launches the UPfellows programme to attract international talent
The programme is supported by the 7th EU Marie Curie Actions program COFUND Framework Programme, and consists of 24 grants aimed at postdoctoral researchers of any nationality. Online registration for the 1st call opens on June 1.
09.05.2013
Four degrees taught at UPF, considered the best in Spain, according ?El Mundo? ranking
Are Political Sciences, Audiovisual Communication, Economics and Labour Relations. Nine of the fifteen degrees of UPF evaluated are among the top five.
03.05.2013
Why the brain never rests?
A neuroscientific study, led by UPF researcher Gustavo Deco and published in Trends in Neurosciences, reveals the internal operational mechanism of brain networks while at rest.
30.04.2013
UPF Icària - CEI visited by a delegation from the Ministry of Education

The Secretary General of Universities visited the University in order to see the results obtained from obtaining the Campus of International Excellence (CEI) distinction.

19.04.2013
"Wearable Sounds", next April 21 st, at the Mini Music Day Festival!
The "Wearable Sounds" is a kit that transforms movements in sounds. The whole device has been created by the Interactive Technology Group at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies of UPF.
05.04.2013
A new treatment for fragile X syndrome is identified
Researchers of the UPF Neuropharmacology Laboratory show that the endocannabinoid system is a new therapeutic target to treat this rare disease, which is the most common inherited form of intellectual disability. The study is published in Nature Medicine.
21.03.2013
UPF and the Johns Hopkins University will cooperate closely in the field of public policy

Both universities take the first step to establish a centre of this prestigious American university at the UPF Ciutadella campus.

19.03.2013
UPF, international strategic partner of Brown University
A recent agreement allows students from the prestigious American university to study one or two semesters at the UPF, in the framework of Brown Plus One program.