20-05-2009
UPF holds its place among the top ten Spanish universities
The University keeps the ninth spot in the
El Mundo rankings which it achieved last year, but has an
additional course in the list - Labour Relations - joining Business
Sciences, Political and Administration Sciences, and Audiovisual
Communication.
14-05-2009
The UPF is the best Spanish university for quality research
It is also the best-placed Spanish university in the world ranking
according to a study by SCImago using the Netherlands-based Scopus
database, published in the magazine
Magisterio.
08-05-2009
Barcelona GSE offers nineteen scholarships to top students from developing and Latin American countries
These scholarships, a new initiative with "la Caixa" savings bank
Foundation and the BBVA bank Foundation, are designed to give
students the opportunity to gain a top master degree so that they
can later contribute to the economic growth of their native
country.
04-05-2009
UPF is the second best university in Spain in terms of teaching quality
It is also ranked strongly among the other 20 indicators that are
included in the CYD 2008 report. These measure other aspects such
as the quality of research, ability to attract new students and the
quality of doctoral studies.
16-03-2009
The first Barcelona School on Biomedical Informatics had been celebrated
Coordinated by Jordi Freixa from GRIB (UPF-IMIM) and hosted by UPF
with a noteworthy success in attendance and achievement of
objectives.
23-02-2009
The Barcelona Graduate School of Economics opens the first call of the Calvó-Armengol International Prize
This biannual award was created by the Barcelona Graduate School of
Economics, the Government of Andorra, and the Credit Andorrà
Foundation, in memory of Toni Calvó, ICREA researcher and graduate
of the UPF doctoral program (GPEFM)
19-02-2009
The differences between the genomes of humans and chimpanzees are bigger than previously thought
Two researchers at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology
(UPF-CSIC), Tomàs Marquès-Bonet, study coordinator, and Arcadi
Navarro, have been involved in this research which helps us to
understand the mechanism of human evolution.
21-01-2009
The new Communication campus-Poblenou opens its doors
Nearly 3,500 members of the university community have the new
facilities at the start of the second term 2008-2009 academic
year.
12-12-2008
The UPF among the best Spanish state-run universities
In a study, published in
Social Indicators Research, in which researchers from
Santiago de Compostela University created a new quality index, the
UPF scored extremely well in all the areas examined.
10-12-2008
The 4 Universities Alliance consolidates and agrees new collaboration projects
Rectors and vice-rectors of the universities Autonomous of Madrid,
the Autonomous of Barcelona, Carlos III of Madrid and Pompeu Fabra
have reviewed the current collaboration projects regarding teaching
and research staff mobility and promotion of the group abroad.