“I believe that the degree I’m going to study will allow me to have a positive impact on society”
From left to right, Aleix, Jan, Aina and Berta.
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In the 2025-2026 academic year, Berta García, the student with the highest marks in the university entrance exams (PAU) in Barcelona, will begin her degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Barcelona. And Aina Arqué, with the highest marks in Lleida, will come to study Biochemistry. Also joining the UB will be Aleix Gutiérrez, who has the highest entrance exam score (based on his high school grades and PAU results) and will study Mathematics and Computer Engineering, and Jan Pérez, who has an excellent entrance exam score (over 13 points out of 14) and will study Catalan Philology.
From left to right, Aleix, Jan, Aina and Berta.
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Academic
30/07/2025
In the 2025-2026 academic year, Berta García, the student with the highest marks in the university entrance exams (PAU) in Barcelona, will begin her degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Barcelona. And Aina Arqué, with the highest marks in Lleida, will come to study Biochemistry. Also joining the UB will be Aleix Gutiérrez, who has the highest entrance exam score (based on his high school grades and PAU results) and will study Mathematics and Computer Engineering, and Jan Pérez, who has an excellent entrance exam score (over 13 points out of 14) and will study Catalan Philology.
All four had grades high enough to freely choose the course and institution they wanted, they now explain that being well-informed beforehand helped them to make their decision: they had searched for information online, attended orientation sessions and open days at the faculties, visited the Education Fair and even spoke to university students. The four explain why they chose the UB and what their expectations for the future are.
Aleix, who until now lived in the Canary Islands, explains that he researched online and saw that the UB is “one of the best universities.” “I took advantage of the fact that I have family living here and made up my mind,” he says. For her part, Berta explains that, of all the universities she read about, the UB is the one with the most experience in the Biomedical Engineering degree. “It also has EUR-ACE certification, a type of European quality seal that recognizes good engineering programmes,” she points out. Finally, Aina says she chose to study Biochemistry after hearing a talk given by a student on this degree programme at her secondary school: “I really identified with her career path and how she explained her experience.” Once she had decided on the degree, she chose the UB “because of its prestige” and because her sister is studying at this university “and is very satisfied, both with the academic level and the university atmosphere.”
Aleix, who until now lived in the Canary Islands, explains that he researched online and saw that the UB is “one of the best universities.” “I took advantage of the fact that I have family living here and made up my mind,” he says. For her part, Berta explains that, of all the universities she read about, the UB is the one with the most experience in the Biomedical Engineering degree. “It also has EUR-ACE certification, a type of European quality seal that recognizes good engineering programmes,” she points out. Finally, Aina says she chose to study Biochemistry after hearing a talk given by a student on this degree programme at her secondary school: “I really identified with her career path and how she explained her experience.” Once she had decided on the degree, she chose the UB “because of its prestige” and because her sister is studying at this university “and is very satisfied, both with the academic level and the university atmosphere.”
Social commitment
Jan’s interest in Catalan philology arose from the research he did in high school on the use of Catalan among young people. “We need to work on raising awareness, especially through education on sociolinguistics and linguistic sustainability, as is done with climate change,” he says. He hopes that his studies at the UB will help him fulfil his social commitment to the Catalan language. “Language brings together history, literature, society, character, territory, people... and letting it die is killing that legacy and that memory,” he notes.
The other three students have different expectations for their university studies. Aleix says he has always been drawn to research, though it is still too early to decide on a specific path. Berta explains that she is interested in the design of medical devices, artificial organs and new applications of AI and programming in medicine, but that she cannot decide on a specific field for now. “What I do know is that I am very interested in the international field and would like to work abroad,” she says. She concludes: “I believe that the degree I’m going to study will allow me to have a positive impact on society”.
Jan’s interest in Catalan philology arose from the research he did in high school on the use of Catalan among young people. “We need to work on raising awareness, especially through education on sociolinguistics and linguistic sustainability, as is done with climate change,” he says. He hopes that his studies at the UB will help him fulfil his social commitment to the Catalan language. “Language brings together history, literature, society, character, territory, people... and letting it die is killing that legacy and that memory,” he notes.
The other three students have different expectations for their university studies. Aleix says he has always been drawn to research, though it is still too early to decide on a specific path. Berta explains that she is interested in the design of medical devices, artificial organs and new applications of AI and programming in medicine, but that she cannot decide on a specific field for now. “What I do know is that I am very interested in the international field and would like to work abroad,” she says. She concludes: “I believe that the degree I’m going to study will allow me to have a positive impact on society”.