Press releases

A literary tour in the Historic Building 14/01/2026

News | Culture | Institutional | Language

Les visites, que tindran una durada d’una hora i es faran de la mà d’una guia experta, proposen un recorregut per l’Edifici Històric a partir d’una breu selecció de textos que l’han pres com a escenari.

The consortium that will make the UB Clínic Health Campus a reality is formed 12/01/2026

News | Institutional | Health

The agreement reached between the Government of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona provides for the acquisition of the properties by the Government and allows the University to continue carrying out the sporting activities that take place there until 2030.

A study describes how the regulation and 3D organization of the genome have contributed to the evolution of animal body plans.

New findings on genomic regulation mechanisms throughout evolution 08/01/2026

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A study describes how the regulation and 3D organization of the genome have contributed to the evolution of animal body plans.

Andrea Jerez i Lluc Campins, estudiants de la Universitat de Barcelona.

28/12/2025

News | Academic

La mesura s’implantarà progressivament als diferents campus al llarg del 2026.

Statement from the University of Barcelona 22/12/2025

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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

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Render. © Scob arquitectura i paisatge & Barceló Balanzó arquitectes

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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The presence of reeds on riverbanks could be beneficial for fish 07/11/2025

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The Hubble constant describes the rate at which the universe is expanding. However, current measurements do not agree on its value, which has led to an intense scientific debate known as the

An international team led by the UB will study the validity of the current cosmological model 05/11/2025

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From left to right, Tania Quesada-López, Francesc Villarroya, Albert Blasco-Roset, Marta Giralt, Alberto Mestres-Arenas, Joan Villarroya, Aleix Gavaldà-Navarro and Rubén Cereijo.

Researchers decipher mechanism that prevents the loss of brown adipose tissue activity during ageing 05/11/2025

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On the left, an artist’s impression of a globular cluster near its birth, hosting extremely massive stars with powerful stellar winds that enrich the cluster with elements processed at extremely high temperatures. On the right, an ancient globular cluster as we observe it today: surviving low-mass stars retain traces of the winds from those extremely massive stars, which have since collapsed into intermediate-mass black holes. Credits: Fabian Bodensteiner; background: image of the Milky Way globular cluster Omega Centauri, captured with the WFI camera at ESO’s La Silla Observatory.

Extremely massive stars forged the oldest star clusters in the universe 04/11/2025

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Roger Ayala and Adam El Messaoudi.

WardUs, an app designed by UB students to improve public safety 03/11/2025

News | Institutional

The Rector and the Catalan Minister, at the ceremony.

The Rector takes part in the commemoration of the centenary of the city of L’Hospitalet 31/10/2025

News | Institutional

From left to right: Mireia Borrajo, Aïda Palou, Alejandro Barrallo-Gimeno and Jordi Llorens.

Researchers identify genetic mechanisms involved in a disorder that affects balance cells in the ear 30/10/2025

News | Research

The international conference Democracy4All brings together academia and business to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on democracy 28/10/2025

News | Academic | Innovation | Technology

Above, from left to right, Pilar Montanyà-Vallugera, José Luis Torbado-Gardeazábal, Inés Montoya-Novoa and Montse Abella-Monleón. Below, from left to right, Alba Jiménez-Panizo, Pablo Fuentes-Prior, Eva Estébanez-Perpiñá and Andrea Alegre-Martí.

Researchers decipher a mechanism that determines the complexity of the glucocorticoid receptor 27/10/2025

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Image from <i>La Centuria Gastone Sozzi</i>. Álvaro López (ed.). Rome: AICVAS, 1984. 32 p.

A conference analyses the personal journeys of International Brigade members in the Spanish Civil War 24/10/2025

News | Academic

Ecologist Yadvinder Malhi participates in the new edition of the Ramon Margalef Forum at the Faculty of Biology 24/10/2025

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Front of the residence.

Inauguration of the new Maria Oliveras Hall of Residence, a key facility for the UB Bellvitge Campus 24/10/2025

News | Institutional

The UB Conservation Biology Group offers a new opportunity for the those interested in the world of nature to discover the biodiversity of these birds adapted to nocturnal life in forests.

Join citizen science and collaborate in the nocturnal raptor census 23/10/2025

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Above, from left to right, Pablo Añón, Pedro Sobral, Ana Ortiz, Malena Manzi, Marta Cascante, Josep J. Centelles, Pedro de Atauri, Francesc Mas, Hengxin Huang, Sergio Madurga and Silvia Marin. Below, from left to right, Miriam Tarrado-Castellarnau, Carlota Shi Mitjana, David López-Blanco, Alejandro Tapia, Sergi Pujol and Núria Aleixandre.

Two-drug combination could improve colorectal cancer therapy 22/10/2025

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The Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences is hosting a conference on outstanding advances and future challenges in research into psychedelic-assisted therapies, compounds stigmatized as dangerous recreational drugs.

Psychedelic drugs: from the laboratory to therapeutic applications 21/10/2025

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UB Governing Council: Tuesday 21 October 20/10/2025

News | Institutional

UB research group OpenSystems receives the CHARM-EU Open Science Recognition Award 17/10/2025

News | Success story | International

The University of Barcelona is ranked 82nd in the world in the BGU ranking 15/10/2025

News | Rankings

The study is led by Professor Daniel Tornero and researcher Alba Ortega , from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro).

New advances to boost regeneration and plasticity of brain neurons 14/10/2025

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Claudia García-Minguillán.

Unpublished manuscript of an epic poem about Columbus’ voyages, discovered in Montserrat 14/10/2025

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The University of Barcelona counts 157 researchers among the most influential in the world 13/10/2025

News | Rankings

The sequencing of the genomes of a spider from the mainland (<i>Dysdera catalonica</i>, left) and one from the Canary Islands (<i>Dysdera tilosensis</i>, right) opens a new perspective for understanding how genome size evolves in similar species, an enigma that has baffled the scientific community for years. Credit: . Fotografies: Marc Domènech and Pedro Oromí

Deciphering the mechanisms of genome size evolution 13/10/2025

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“Sense Títol 2025”: the exhibition of the best works of the latest graduating class of the Faculty of Fine Arts 10/10/2025

News | Culture | Academic | Innovation

Signing of the agreement launching Fraunhofer CAT.

The Barcelona Science Park - UB to host the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s headquarters in Barcelona 10/10/2025

News | Research | Institutional | Technology

UB Editions launches a collection on Palestinian literature 10/10/2025

News | Culture | International | Solidarity

The University of Barcelona climbs the rankings and maintains its national leadership in the World University Rankings 09/10/2025

News | Rankings

Poster of the conference.

A conference at the UB examines the role of memory in the protection of civil rights and democratic values 08/10/2025

News | Culture | Solidarity

UB study shows that varieties selected under optimal conditions maintain high yields even in adverse situations, such as drought or high temperatures.

Study identifies the best breeding strategy for more productive wheat varieties 08/10/2025

News | Research

The rector of the UB calls for a new Catalan law on universities during the inauguration of the academic year 07/10/2025

News | Institutional

Elisenda Calvet is a professor of Public International Law at the University of Barcelona’s Faculty of Law.

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal judges this week the situation of women in Afghanistan with the participation of UB Professor Elisenda Calvet 07/10/2025

News | Divulgation | Solidarity

Palestinian art exhibited at the UB’s Arts Courtyard 06/10/2025

News | Culture | Divulgation | Solidarity

The team has improved the capabilities of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), a type of artificial intelligence that incorporates physical laws into the learning process.

ICCUB researchers develop new AI techniques to solve complex equations in physics 02/10/2025

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A study reviews the classification and functions of all known groups of plant hormones in the plant world, which are key molecules in plant life and have diverse applications in agriculture and plant biotechnology.

How do plant hormones facilitate plant survival in extreme environments? 01/10/2025

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The University of Barcelona opens the academic year of the university system as part of its 575th anniversary 30/09/2025

News | Institutional

Above, from left to right, Juan Carlos Laguna, Patricia Ramírez and Roger Bentanachs. Below, from left to right, Marta Alegret and Núria Roglans.

Combination of two drugs that fight cardiovascular risk could also help treat the most common liver disease 30/09/2025

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Sergi Basco, professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the UB.

Skilled and low-wage employees most vulnerable to globalization 29/09/2025

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