Press releases

Statement from the University of Barcelona 22/12/2025

News | Institutional

The committee of expert professionals appointed to investigate the events linked to the CREA group has submitted a preliminary report, which has resulted in several precautionary measures.

The Catalan Ministry of Language Policy and the University of Barcelona present a study on dropout rates and continuity in CPNL Catalan language courses 19/12/2025

News | Research | Language

The study analysed more than 669,000 enrolments from 2010 to 2019 to improve decision-making in language training.

New methodology to decipher how human ancestors moved 17/12/2025

News | Research

Render. © Scob arquitectura i paisatge & Barceló Balanzó arquitectes

Green light for the Barcelona Center for Applied Neurosciences (BCAN) in Mundet Campus 12/12/2025

News | Research | Institutional

The project has a budget of more than 11 million euros, thanks to funding provided in equal parts by the European Union (ERDF funds) and the Barcelona Provincial Council.

Una àmplia representació dels principals àmbits professionals vinculats a la geologia a Espanya es va reunir amb membres de les comissions de Ciència, Innovació i Universitats i d’Educació, Formació Professional i Esports del Congrés dels Diputats.

The geological community defends the strategic role of geology in Spain 05/12/2025

News | Research | Academic

Universities, associations, professional bodies and research centres appeared before the Congress of Deputies to warn of the discipline’s lack of social recognition and the growing shortage of qualified professionals.

The initiative is part of Faculty 18.

The UB supports UNRWA in helping the people of Gaza 05/12/2025

News | Solidarity

Artist’s illustration of a quasar. Credits: Canva

Cosmological tension confirmed 05/12/2025

News | Research

It will be free of charge and suitable for all audiences, including families with children.

The Historic Building celebrates the UB’s 575<sup>th</sup> anniversary with an escape room 03/12/2025

News | Culture | Institutional

The seafloor serves as the ultimate dumping ground where the vast majority of marine litter ends up.

A roadmap for combating marine litter across the globe 28/11/2025

News | Research

Albert Lu (left) and Carles Enrich (right).

Researchers identify key molecular mechanism in cell communication 28/11/2025

News | Research

Professor Lluís Gibert, from the University of Barcelona, is the only expert from a European institution participating in an international study based on the analysis of the bones of a fossilized foot and teeth that has revealed how <i>Australopithecus deyiremeda</i>, a human ancestor that coexisted more than three million years ago with <i>Australopithecus afarensis</i> — the famous Lucy — on the plains of East Africa, moved and fed.

<i>Australopithecus deyiremeda</i>, an ancestor of the human species discovered in Ethiopia, was bipedal and climbed trees 27/11/2025

News | Research

The Statute has received great support.

An overwhelming majority approves the Statute that opens up a new way of understanding the university 26/11/2025

News | Institutional

A review article led by the University of Barcelona, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography and the UK National Oceanography Centre, with the participation of 20 institutions from various countries, including universities, research centres and NGOs, brings together for the first time all the available knowledge on the deep ocean. Credit: Jacob González-Solís, UB-IRBio

The seamounts of Cape Verde: a biodiversity hotspot and a priority for marine conservation in the central-eastern Atlantic 25/11/2025

News | Research

From left to right, Martí Orta, Fatima Eisam-Eldeen and Gorka Muñoa.

Cancel fossil fuel extraction contracts to combat climate change 20/11/2025

News | Research

Maria José Masanet (UB) and Salima Jirari (Dones Visuals), authors

The dynamics of the Catalan audiovisual industry lead to forms of violence and exclusion of professionals who deviate from the ‘norm’ 20/11/2025

News | Research

The new protocol was approved last October.

25N: The University of Barcelona focuses its Protocol against gender-based violence and LGTBIQ+phobia on supporting victims 18/11/2025

News | Institutional | Equality

The University of Barcelona ranks among the world’s best in 33 disciplines in the Shanghai ranking 17/11/2025

News | Rankings

Microrobots can be transported and activated in a safe and controlled manner, marking a decisive step forward in the use of these technological devices in targeted medical treatments. Credit: Luca Donati/lad.studio Zürich

A system for targeted drug delivery using magnetic microrobots 14/11/2025

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Marta Álvarez-Presas, from the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona.

How did animal life transition from aquatic to terrestrial environments? 13/11/2025

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Highly Cited Researchers 2025.

The UB is the Spanish university with the most influential researchers in the world 12/11/2025

News | Research | Institutional