The UB has won three titles and reached six finals in the Catalan University Championships in Team Sports 17/03/2026
Around a hundred UB students competed in Vic on 12 March. The day ended with three titles and three runners-up spots for the basketball and futsal teams.
Former Barcelona player Lilian Thuram speaks about racism at the University of Barcelona 16/03/2026
The event coincides with the exhibition “Tant se val d’on venim”, which will be on display at the Historic Building during the week of 16 March.
Researchers unravel the brain mechanisms underlying working memory 16/03/2026
A groundbreaking study helps us better understand how the brain stores and rapidly updates the information it receives.
The 2024–2025 Report is now available 16/03/2026
It can be read on the “Reports and Memoranda” section of the
Technical Bureau at the Rector’s Office website.
The University of Barcelona will commemorate the victims of Freginals on 20 March 16/03/2026
It has been 10 years since the accident in which 13 UB Erasmus students lost their lives.
Marc Giró apropa la realitat de la Universitat als seus oients 13/03/2026
Un dels programes estrella de Rac1 s’ha emès des de la Universitat de Barcelona en el marc del 575è aniversari de la institució.
The UB hosts the Vives Forum on University Language Policy to address the emergency of Catalan language 13/03/2026
Institutional leaders and experts will debate in the Aula Magna the role of universities in the face of the decline in the social use of Catalan and the linguistic challenges of higher education.
Researchers design a pioneering drug capable of reversing cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease in animal models 13/03/2026
The new experimental compound works through an epigenetic mechanism that acts not only on the symptoms of the disease, but directly on the molecular mechanisms that contribute to its progression.
The rise of the far right in the Western world 12/03/2026
La expansión global de la extrema derecha. Un estudio de casos en Europa y América Latina, by Víctor Climent Sanjuán and Wagner Iglecias (eds.), analyses the rise of radical populist right-wing and far-right parties in Western societies.
The astronomer’s science Easter cake arrives in the year of the total solar eclipse 12/03/2026
It will be presented at the Faculty of Physics on 19 March.
You can now vote on the design of the 2026-2027 folder 12/03/2026
The winning entry of the 19th edition of the UB Folder Competition will be announced on 20 March.
Özlem Türeci calls for curiosity and rigour to contribute to science 11/03/2026
The new honorary doctor helped develop a COVID-19 vaccine and has promoted a revolutionary technology to treat various types of tumours.
People with HIV did not show more severe clinical symptoms during the 2022 mpox outbreak in Spain 11/03/2026
A study has analysed 1,158 confirmed cases of mpox —a disease also known as monkeypox— in adult men from seven autonomous communities in Spain.
‘Vostè primer’, by Marc Giró, joins the celebrations of the 575th anniversary of the University of Barcelona 10/03/2026
The RAC1 programme will be broadcast live on Friday 13 March, starting at 1 p.m., at the Aula Magna of the Historic Building.
Water returns to local councils: a study by the University of Barcelona reveals the extent of remunicipalisation in Catalonia 10/03/2026
A study by the University of Barcelona analyses almost 100 municipalities and concludes that remunicipalisation is the only effective brake on the dominance of large private companies in urban water management.
A conference analyses the legal challenges facing an increasingly ageing society 09/03/2026
It will address issues such as inheritance rights in the case of vulnerable persons and the protection of personal and financial well-being.
The University of Barcelona becomes a key academic partner of the Bank of Spain 09/03/2026
The agreement provides for the development of academic synergies and the design of training content.
Illa informs university rectors of the Government’s commitment to universities in the new budget 05/03/2026
During the meeting, Illa expressed the need to have the new accounts in place to achieve the goal of “being one of the 50 most innovative regions in Europe by 2030.”
The percentage of female professors at the UB has increased by 14% over the last decade, reaching 35% 05/03/2026
On the occasion of 8 March, the UB has presented data that shows the University’s positive progress towards gender equality.
Antoni Llardén takes office as the new president of the Board of Trustees of the University of Barcelona 05/03/2026
He has held various senior positions in the infrastructure and energy.
A questionnaire allows for reliable measurement of cancer patients’ concerns 04/03/2026
Women and younger people tend to show greater concern.
Statement from the University of Barcelona regarding the armed conflict in Iran and the Middle East 03/03/2026
In relation to the armed conflict in Iran and the Middle East, the University of Barcelona reiterates its commitment to the values of peace, democracy and human rights, as well as its rejection of all forms of violence.
Paradigm shift in the treatment of 'Staphylococcus aureus' bacteremia 03/03/2026
A study led by the UB, HUB and IDIBELL shows that combining antibiotics can improve the prognosis for patients affected by the presence of this bacterium in the blood.
Immunologist Özlem Türeci to receive an honorary doctorate for developing mRNA-based vaccines 03/03/2026
An expert in cancer immunotherapy, Türeci led the Lightspeed project that developed the first mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine.
“Knowledge that transforms”: the UB commemorates International Women’s Day with a range of activities 02/03/2026
Portraits of women from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science make up this year’s graphic image for 8M at the University.
The UB, the university with the highest female participation in Unirun 2026 02/03/2026
The University of Barcelona had the most participants, topped on the women’s team classification and achieved third place overall in an edition that brought together 7,000 runners in Parc del Fòrum.
The Alt Penedès and Garraf Health Consortium becomes a university hospital complex of the University of Barcelona 02/03/2026
With this addition, the University of Barcelona now has eight university hospitals.
The Association Against Cancer promotes research at the University of Barcelona 27/02/2026
This organization has awarded grants to projects from various institutions that will be carried out in the province of Barcelona and cover all phases of research and research careers, with the aim of achieving a 70% cancer survival rate by 2030.
New study on DNA synthesis in bacteria drives the search for next-generation antibiotics 27/02/2026
The study reveals the first detailed images of the structure of a protein that could be a new target against bacterial infections.
La Conversa, the new platform for research dissemination in Catalan is presented at the UB 26/02/2026
The rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, highlights that “scientific knowledge must have an active presence in public debate.”
A sea without borders: an acoustic telemetry network between France and Catalonia reveals the connectivity of the gilthead seabream in the Mediterranean 26/02/2026
A study identifies new patterns in the migration of gilthead seabream during the breeding season and calls for a review of the sustainable management of a species that is emblematic of the Mediterranean and of great economic interest to the fishing industry.
Several secondary schools compete in the UB High School Debate League 25/02/2026
The winning team, from Institut La Mallola, will represent the UB in the final phase, organized by the Vives Network.
The UB launches a digital portal to document the public memory of the Third Carlist War 25/02/2026
The project, led by Professor David Cao, identifies and maps monuments, place names and commemorations from 1874 to 1939 linked to the conflict.
The University of Barcelona presents VISI-ON-BRAIN, a training and research network in neuroscience based on new-generation human models 25/02/2026
This is a large-scale European project, with €4.5 million in funding, which connects the UB with the best research centres in Europe.
Researchers discover how an anti-obesity drug improves metabolism beyond weight loss 24/02/2026
A study in mice provides new evidence on the mechanism of action of tirzepatide, a drug approved for treating obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Transition in the Student Council Secretariat 24/02/2026
Hug Sala and Yaiza Moreno will alternate in the role.
A pioneering teaching initiative allows students at the Bellvitge Campus to practise comprehensive patient care through virtual reality 23/02/2026
Equipped with virtual reality glasses, students recreate clinical situations to experience first-hand decision-making and cooperation between nursing, medicine, dentistry and podiatry professionals.
Nadejda Blagorodnova Mujortova, researcher at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the UB, receives the 2025 National Research Award for Young Talent 20/02/2026
The award recognizes young researchers who, throughout their professional careers, have stood out for the quality and excellence of their scientific work.
REGALADE, the most extensive catalogue of galaxies for modern astronomy 20/02/2026
This unprecedented astronomical work, led by the UB’s Institute of Cosmos Sciences and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (ICCUB-IEEC), covers the entire sky and brings together nearly eighty million galaxies.