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.