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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.
UPF receives in excess of 36 million of euros from the EU's 7th Framework Programme
With six new projects initiated, the UPF is already involved in 76 European initiatives, is also
new in-coordinator, figures that prove the quality and competitiveness of the research done at the
University.
Eight of UPF's nine doctoral programmes are awarded the Seal of Excellence
The seal, seeks to recognize both the solvency of the doctoral programmes and that of the research
groups or departments entrusted with training the PhD students.
UPF, the only Spanish university among the top 200 in the world
According to the 2011 edition of the
Times Higher Education (THE), one of the most prestigious and influential university
rankings in the world. The results put Pompeu Fabra University in 186th position world-wide,
and 77th in Europe.
UPF, among the best universities in the world in the Social Sciences
According to the QS World University Rankings 2011, Finance and Accounting, Economics and Political Sciences and International Studies are the main sectors
Establishment of the Business Council for the UPF-ICĀRIA Campus of International Excellence (CEI) project
On 3 May 2011, a month after the first work session with the members of the strategic aggregation,
the Business Council of the "UPF-Icāria Campus of International Excellence" project was
established.
Three UPF Group centres aspire to the Severo Ochoa distinction
Barcelona GSE,CREAL and CRG are among the 22 finalists related to scientific excellence, a
programme promoted by the Ministry of Science and Innovation
UPF increases first choice demand in the preregistration process by 12%
The ratio between demand and supply per place available is above 2 and 33% of UPF studies the cut-off mark is higher than 10
This professional specialization programme consists of 90 ECTS credits, 60 corresponding to the academic training and 30 to external internships which will take place in lawyers' offices
The UPF is heavily involved in the European Research Area
According the report
Innovation Union Competitiveness Report (2011), UPF is in fifth place in Spain in
terms of the number of grants obtained for projects within the 7th EC Framework Programm, the first
university in Catalonia and the second in Spain
.