Press releases
The University of Barcelona receives the 2026 Saint George’s Cross 14/04/2026
The Government of Catalonia honours the institution, founded in 1450, for its long-standing contribution to knowledge, research and education, and for its key role in Catalonia.
An innovative model for studying key cells in heart development and repair 14/04/2026
A study led by the UB presents a new in vitro model of fibroblasts, cells that play a vital role in the formation and regeneration of the heart.
Agreement to restore the Dragon Gate at the Güell Pavilions 13/04/2026
The Institute of Urban Landscape and Quality of Life and the World Monuments Fund are funding the restoration.
The UB will bring together international experts to analyse the political role of science 13/04/2026
On 16 and 17 April, a series of sessions at the Raval Campus will bring together, among others, Manuel Delgado, Iñaki Rivera, David Bondia and the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo.
A global collaboration reaches 1% precision on the local expansion rate of the Universe 10/04/2026
A community-built distance network sharpens the Hubble constant and broadens the evidence behind the Hubble tension.
New advances in understanding how the most common form of childhood cancer originates 08/04/2026
A new study has established a two-phase model to understand the origins of childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and to help develop strategies for preventing the disease.
A manual addresses, for the first time in Spain, child and adolescent sexual exploitation 27/03/2026
The authors of this work, published by Octaedro Editorial, are Noemí Pareda, UB Professor of Victimology, and Beatriz Benavente, researcher at UIB.
The UB ranks among the world’s top 100 in 23 subjects and among the top 50 in medicine and library and information science 25/03/2026
The University of Barcelona excels in a total of 46 disciplines and is the top-ranked Spanish institution in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
New compounds to inactivate a key protein in the influenza virus 24/03/2026
Molecules that inhibit neuraminidase, one of the proteins in the flu virus, could improve the design of vaccines against future pandemics.
Llars Mundet will host Europe’s most advanced centre for applied neuroscience 23/03/2026
With an initial investment of €12 million, the Barcelona Centre for Applied Neurosciences (BCAN) will restore an emblematic heritage site, the former theatre at Mundet Campus, and will be equipped with cutting-edge technology in Spain.
Prolonged exposure to microplastics disrupts the metabolism of Mediterranean octocorals 23/03/2026
These pollutants affect key processes in these colonial organisms, which are essential in the structure and biodiversity of the seabed.
The UB offers an attractive, up-to-date academic programme tailored to the social context 18/03/2026
The UB is taking part once again in the Education Fair, which begins today, 18 March, and ends on Sunday.
Presentation of the renovation project for the Theatre building at the Mundet Campus on 23 March 17/03/2026
The event will reveal the key details of the refurbishment of the space, which will house the Barcelona Centre for Applied Neurosciences (BCAN).
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.
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.
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.