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-ICÀRIA 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-Icària 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

Pompeu Fabra University and the Barcelona Bar Association jointly organize the UPF master's degree in Professional Legal Practice

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 .