University of Barcelona Universitat de Barcelona – Universidad de Barcelona (UB) 

IAU-019320

IAU Member

Spain

top General Information

Address

Street:Gran Vía Corts Catalanes, 585

City:Barcelona

Post Code:08007

WWW:https://www.ub.edu

Institution Funding

Public

History

Founded 1450 under the authority of Alfonso V and confirmed by Papal Bull and established in Cervera by Philip V. By 1873 this institution was transferred to Barcelona and the University of Barcelona was formally re-established as a State institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education and Science. Reorganized 1985 as an autonomous institution under the jurisdiction of the Generalitat of Catalonia and financially supported by the State and the Generalitat. The Statute of the University of Barcelona was updated in 2003

Academic Year

September to June (divided into two semesters: September-January; Febraury-June)

Admission Requirements

For degree courses is required secondary school certificate (batxiller) and pre-university examination (PAAU), or entrance examinations for adults. There are specific admission requierements for university master's degrees

Language(s)

Catalan;Spanish

Accrediting Agency

Ministry of Education and Vocational Training

Student Body

co-ed

top Officers

Head : Joan Guàrdia Olmos

Job title:Rector


Senior Administrative Officer : Marina Solé Català

Job title:Secretary Genera


International Relations Officer : Raúl Ramos Lobo

Job title:Vice-Rector for Internationalization Policy

top Divisions

Centre : International Studies

Fields of study:International Relations and Diplomacy

More details:Affiliated Centre


Centre : National Institute of Physical Education and Sport of Catalonia

Fields of study:Physical Education, Sports

More details:Affiliated Centre


Centre : New Interactive Technologies (ENTI)

Fields of study:Computer Engineering, Computer Science

More details:Creation and programming of video games - Affiliated Centre


Centre : Sant Joan de Déu Teaching Campus

Fields of study:Nursing

More details:Affiliated Centre


Centre : University School of Hotel Management and Tourism (CETT)

Fields of study:Hotel and Restaurant, Tourism

More details:Affiliated Centre


Faculty : Biology

Fields of study:Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Statistics


Faculty : Chemistry

Fields of study:Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Engineering


Faculty : Earth Sciences

Fields of study:Crystallography, Geological Engineering, Geology, Geophysics, Marine Engineering, Mineralogy, Petroleum and Gas Engineering


Faculty : Economics and Business

Fields of study:Business Administration, Business and Commerce, Economics, International Business, Management, Sociology, Statistics


Faculty : Education

Fields of study:Education, Pedagogy, Social Work, Teacher Training


Faculty : Fine Arts

Fields of study:Design, Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, Restoration of Works of Art, Sculpture


Faculty : Geography and History

Fields of study:Art History, Geography, Geography (Human), History, Medieval Studies, Modern History


Faculty : Information and Audiovisual Media

Fields of study:Information Management, Information Sciences, Library Science, Media Studies


Faculty : Law

Fields of study:Administration, Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law, History of Law, Labour and Industrial Relations, Labour Law, Law, Political Sciences, Public Administration


Faculty : Mathematics and Computer Science

Fields of study:Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science


Faculty : Medicine and Health Sciences

Fields of study:Biomedical Engineering, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Physiology, Podiatry, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Psychology, Public Health, Radiology, Surgery


Faculty : Pharmacy and Food Sciences

Fields of study:Food Science, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Pharmacy


Faculty : Philology and Communication

Fields of study:Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, Philology


Faculty : Philosophy

Fields of study:Aesthetics, Logic, Philosophy


Faculty : Physics

Fields of study:Air and Space Law, Astronomy and Space Science, Electronic Engineering, Meteorology, Physics, Telecommunications Engineering


Faculty : Psychology

Fields of study:Psychology


Institute : Public Security of Catalonia

Fields of study:Protective Services

More details:Affiliated centres


Research Division : Barcelona Economic Analysis Team Institute (BEAT)

Fields of study:Economics


Research Division : Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBIO)


Research Division : Geomodels Research Institute


Research Division : Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety Research (INSA)

Fields of study:Food Science


Research Division : Institute for Research in Education

Fields of study:Education


Research Division : Institute for Research in Medieval Cultures

Fields of study:Medieval Studies


Research Division : Institute of Biomedicine

Fields of study:Biomedicine


Research Division : Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS)


Research Division : Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICC)

Fields of study:Astronomy and Space Science


Research Division : Institute of Legal Research (TRANSJUS)

Fields of study:Law


Research Division : Institute of Mathematics (IMUB)

Fields of study:Mathematics


Research Division : Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB)

Fields of study:Nanotechnology


Research Division : Institute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro)

Fields of study:Neurosciences


Research Division : Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB)

Fields of study:Chemistry


Research Division : Inter-University Institute of the Ancient Near East (IPOA)

Fields of study:Regional Studies


Research Division : Research Institute of Applied Economics (IREA)

Fields of study:Economics


Research Division : Water Research Institute

Fields of study:Water Science


School : Cinema and Visual Communication of Catalonia

Fields of study:Cinema and Television, Film, Video

More details:Affiliated Centre


School : Public Relations

Fields of study:Public Relations

More details:Affiliated Centre

top Degrees

Título de Graduado

Fields of study:Administration, Advertising and Publicity, Anthropology, Arabic, Architecture, Art History, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Catalan, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Classical Languages, Cooking and Catering, Criminology, Dentistry, Design, Dietetics, Documentation Techniques, Economics, Electronic Engineering, Engineering, English, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Food Science, French, Geography, Geological Engineering, Geology, Hebrew, History, Information Management, International Business, Jewish Studies, Labour and Industrial Relations, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Mass Communication, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine, Museum Studies, Nursing, Nutrition, Pedagogy, Pharmacy, Philology, Philosophy, Physics, Podiatry, Political Sciences, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Psychology, Public Relations, Restoration of Works of Art, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Sports, Telecommunications Engineering, Tourism


Máster Propio

Fields of study:Arts and Humanities, Behavioural Sciences, Business Administration, Cultural Studies, Documentation Techniques, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health Sciences, Heritage Preservation, Information Sciences, Information Technology, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Marketing, Mathematics, Nutrition, Pharmacy, Philology, Political Sciences, Psychology, Safety Engineering, Social Sciences, Sports, Teacher Training, Tourism


Máster Universitario

Fields of study:Accountancy, Actuarial Science, Anthropology, Aquaculture, Archaeology, Art Education, Art History, Art Management, Artificial Intelligence, Arts and Humanities, Astrophysics, Biological and Life Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Catalan, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Classical Languages, Cognitive Sciences, Cooking and Catering, Criminology, Ecology, Economics, Education, Educational Psychology, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Film, Gender Studies, Genetics, Geology, Health Sciences, History, Hotel and Restaurant, Human Rights, Immunology, International Relations and Diplomacy, Latin American Studies, Law, Library Science, Logic, Marine Science and Oceanography, Mathematics, Medicine, Medieval Studies, Meteorology, Nanotechnology, Neurosciences, Nuclear Physics, Nursing, Nutrition, Paleontology, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Physiology, Podiatry, Political Sciences, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Administration, Restoration of Works of Art, Social Sciences, Special Education, Sports Management, Taxation, Tourism


Doctor

Fields of study:Analytical Chemistry, Aquaculture, Art Education, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Chemistry, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Sciences, Cultural Studies, Earth Sciences, Ecology, Economic History, Economics, Education, Educational Psychology, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Gender Studies, Genetics, Geography, History, Human Rights, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Information Sciences, Linguistics, Marine Biology, Mathematics and Computer Science, Medicine, Medieval Studies, Nanotechnology, Nursing, Nutrition, Organic Chemistry, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology

Note

For more information, please also consult the other UB websites:
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/finearts
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/biology
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/earth-sciences
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/law
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/economics-business
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/education/home
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/farmacia-en/home
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/philology-communication
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/philosophy
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/physics
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/geography-history
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/information-audiovisual-media/home
https://mat.ub.edu/en
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/medicine-health-sciences
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/psychology
https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/chemistry
https://www.santjoandedeu.edu.es/en/node
https://www.ceibcn.com
https://www.cett.es/en
https://enti.cat
https://escac.com/en
https://www.esrp.net
https://escodi.com
https://inefc.gencat.cat/ca/inefc_barcelona/index.html
https://ispc.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html
https://www.unibarcelona.com/es

top Academic Periodicals

Periodicals

Anuario de Filología

Anuario de Psicología

Archivos de Pediatría

Archivos Españoles de Medicina Interna

Boletín Americanista

Boletín de Estratigrafía (Barcelona)

Boletín del Instituto de Estudios Helénicos

Ciencia-Industria Farmacéutica

Collectanea Mathematica

Convivium (Barcelona)

Cuadernos de Arqueologia

Cuadernos de Economía

Cuadernos de Información Económica

Fossilia Folia Botánica Miscellanea

Geo-crítica

Historia y Fuente Oral

Índice Histórico Español

Logos (Barcelona)

Pedralbes

Publicacions de la Universitat de Barcelona

Publicacions del Departament de Psicología

Revista d'Art (Departamento Historia del Arte)

Revista de Geografía

Revista del Departamento de Psiquiatría

Revista del Seminario de la Cátedra de Patología Médica de Barcelona

Studium opthalmologium

Temes Monogràfics Bioestadística

Temps d'Educació

Trabajos de Antropología

Traza y Boza (Medieval)

Universitas Tarraconensis

Main Press

Please refer to the UB journals portal to access all publications: https://revistes.ub.edu (RCUB)

top Student & Staff Numbers

Staff

Statistics Year:2021-2022

Full Time Male:3165

Full Time Female:2954

Full Time Total:6119

Staff with Doctorate

Full Time Male:1922

Full Time Female:2266

Full Time Total:4188

Students

Statistics Year:2021-2022

Male:67608

Female:10818

Total:78426

Distance:4582

Updated on 22-11-2022