10-05-2012
Four degrees taught at UPF, considered the best in Spain
Are Political Sciences, Economics, Finances and Accounting and Labour Relations, according to the new "50 degrees" ranking in the newspaper El Mundo, that keeps UPF in the top ten spanish universities.

 26-04-2012
UPF and UCLA offer a joint Summer Programme
The Global Cities Summer Program, conceived as an academic term, will be launched next summer and will allow students from these two centers for advance credits in two consecutive sessions: six weeks in Barcelona and six in Los Angeles.

 12-04-2012
Beginning of Commons for Europe, a new type of public service based on technological innovation
The events marking the beginning of the project coordinated by ESADE, with the participation of NeTs, the research group coordinated by Miquel Oliver, will take place in Barcelona and Amsterdam on 28, 29 and 30 March.

 08-03-2012
Humans are genetically closer to gorilla than thought before
Two Spanish researchers from Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Tomàs Marquès-Bonet and Javier Prado, have participated in this International Research published in  Nature on 8th March.

 05-03-2012
Modern North Africans' recent origin is outside Africa
An exhaustive genetic study of North Africa's human populations published in PLoS Genetics on January 13 ^th, undertaken jointly by researchers in the Evolutionary Biology Institute (CSIC-UPF) and Stanford University, among other institutions.

 25-01-2012
UPF researchers obtain Advanced Grants from the ERC
The grants are to support projects led by Gustavo Deco of the DTIC, Ricard Solé in collaboration with Francesc Posas, both of the CEXS, and Roderic Guigó of the CRG and Andrea Cerutti of the IMIM Foundation.

 18-01-2012
Francesc Posas is awarded the 2011 Carmen and Severo Ochoa research prize
Head of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (CEXS) has been awarded the prestigious Carmen and Severo Ochoa research prize for his contribution to the study of cellular response to stress and for his work on biological systems.

 18-01-2012
Identified: New mechanism of tumoral cells reprogramation
Researchers Francisco X. Real and Eduardo Eyras,from the department of Experimental and Health Sciences ( CEXS) have participated in a study that describes a new reprogrammation Mechanism of the gene expression that turn into tumoral a health cell.

 18-01-2012
A breakthrough towards the cure for Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy reveals new targets in the fight against this rare and serious disease
The work was directed by the Cell Biology Unit led by Pura Muñoz Canoves, ICREA researcher in the Experimental and Health Sciences department (CEXS) of the UPF.

 18-01-2012
Mutations caused by insertions of DNA short sequences are more frequent than thought
The GRIB Evolutionary Genomics Research Group (UPF-IMIM) has described for the first time how insertions of one or more nucleotides in DNA are as common as deletions in most mammals' genomes, in contrast to what was previously thought.