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30-03-2026
Admission and access to the PhD programme in Society and Culture
Application period: from 7 April to 21 May 2026.
Research
26-03-2026
Javier Martín Vide, coautor d’un estudi a Nature Climate Change que situa Espanya al capdavant dels refugis climàtics
L’estudi subratlla que la calor extrema és ja el risc ambiental més letal a escala global.
Awards and Grants
24-03-2026
Call for 140 Collaboration Grants at the University of Barcelona. SPRING 2026
Application period: from 25 March to 30 April 2026.
Institutional
23-03-2026
Elena Perelló Sender, premi Rosalind Franklin al millor TFM amb perspectiva de gènere de la UB
El reconeixement s’ha lliurat durant l’acte central del 8 de març.
Secretary’s Office
13-03-2026
Erasmus+ ICM and Erasmus Traineeships 2026–2027 Calls Now Open
All details and requirements can be found on the UB Mobility Portal.
Institutional
12-03-2026
High participation in the local phase of the 17th UB Geography Olympiad, with 13 schools and 86 students
The three finalist students will advance to the national phase, which will take place on April 17 and 18 in León.
Institutional
05-03-2026
Join us for Friday singing: the Faculty Choir is looking for new voices
Rehearsals take place every Friday, from 14:00 to 15:30, in Room 216.
Institutional
04-03-2026
How Do You Get to the UB? Mobility Survey (2026)
Among all participants who complete the survey, three bicycles and ten UB thermos bottles will be raffled.
04-03-2026
Statement from the University of Barcelona regarding the armed conflict in Iran and the Middle East
Statement from the University of Barcelona
Institutional
04-03-2026
The UB commemorates International Women’s Day with a range of activities
“Knowledge that transforms”
Research
26-02-2026
The UB launches a digital portal to document the public memory of the Third Carlist War
The project, led by Professor David Cao, identifies and maps monuments, place names and commemorations from 1874 to 1939 linked to the conflict.
Awards and Grants
24-02-2026
A collaboration scholarship with the Vice-Dean's Office for Teaching Quality and Innovation has been announced
Consult the seuUB
Research
19-02-2026
Unprecedented increase in ice melt in Greenland due to climate change
A study published in ‘Nature Communications’ shows that water resulting from ice melting has increased six-fold in recent decades.
Research
16-02-2026
(Tr)african(t)s, a pioneering project to review the colonial heritage of Catalan museums
Led by the UB Solidarity Foundation and the Research Group on Exclusion and Social Control (GRECS).
Research
04-02-2026
La Dra. Mirèia Guil Egea guanya el XXIX Premi 2025 del Claustre de Doctors de la Universitat de Barcelona
Researcher in the Doctoral Program in Society and Culture: History, Anthropology, Art and Heritage.
Secretary’s Office
03-02-2026
Oberta la convocatòria de Mobilitat SICUE per al curs 2026-2027
Termini per presentar la sol·licitud: Del 30 de gener al 13 de febrer de 2026.
Research
03-02-2026
Pyrenae begins a new digital stage with the publication of volume 57.1 (2026)
After 60 years of paper production, the magazine is now published exclusively in digital format.
Secretary’s Office
02-02-2026
The first pre-registration period for the Faculty's Master's Degrees is open
Application open until April 20, 2026
Institutional
28-01-2026
The Faculty of Geography and History takes part in the second edition of Little Glimpses, with seven participating researchers
Iniciativa impulsada per la UCC+I amb motiu del Dia Internacional de la Dona i la Nena en la Ciència.
Research
26-01-2026
Publicat un nou número de la revista (Con)textos
La revista del El Departament d’Antropologia Social aborda la (in)seguretat alimentària.
Research
22-01-2026
Study reveals social networks spanning thousands of square kilometres during the Upper Palaeolithic period
The study is based on the archaeo-petrological and geochemical analysis of knapped stone tools from the Solutrean period recovered at the Peña Capón site (Muriel, Tamajón, Guadalajara).
Institutional
13-01-2026
La consellera Núria Montserrat visita l’exposició sobre Alfredo Papo al CRAI
La consellera visita la mostra després de la constitució del Consorci Porta Diagonal.
Institutional
09-01-2026
La Universitat de Barcelona celebra 575 anys d’història amb un cicle de conferències
Un recorregut per cinc segles d’història universitària.
Institutional
08-01-2026
Obert el termini per participar en el 19è Concurs Carpeta UB
Until 2 March 2026, students at the University of Barcelona can submit design proposals for next academic year’s folder
Institutional
08-01-2026
The Faculty celebrates its Christmas 2025 event
Academic awards, tributes, and music at the traditional holiday gathering in the Aula Magna.
Awards and Grants
18-12-2025
Convocatòria de la beca Language Scholar Program per al curs 2026-2027 al Reed College (EUA)
Destinada a Estudiants interessats a passar un any acadèmic al Reed College (EUA).
Institutional
16-12-2025
La UB engega una campanya de captació de fons per ajudar a la població de Gaza
Campanya de captació de fons per reforçar l’ajuda humanitària a Gaza.
Institutional
16-12-2025
Susana Narotzky, nova membre del Consell Científic del Consell Europeu de Recerca (ERC)
La catedràtica d'Antropologia Social s'incorpora a l'òrgan que defineix l'estratègia científica de l'ERC.
Research
05-12-2025
The ERC Visual Trust project presents the report "Visual literacy and adolescence"
Project led by Dr. Roger Canals
Research
05-12-2025
Researchers find the oldest mule in western Europe
The animal studied was documented in 1986, during the excavation of part of the Hort d'en Grimau site, in Castellví de la Marca.
Awards and Grants
04-12-2025
Beques de col·laboració amb la Facultat. Desembre 2025
Consulta el termini de sol·licituds.
27-11-2025
An overwhelming majority approves the Statute that opens up a new way of understanding the university
L'Estatut ha rebut 156 vots favorables, 6 en contra i 6 en blanc.
Awards and Grants
26-11-2025
La Dra. Sílvia Bofill, professora d’Antropologia Social, guanya la Beca Grífols en Bioètica 2025
Premi a una recerca pionera sobre l’impacte de la cura en mares cuidadores
Institutional
25-11-2025
Message from the Faculty Equality Committee on the occasion of 25N
25N against gender-based violence at the university
Research
25-11-2025
Dr. Josep Bonsoms takes part in COP30 to warn about the accelerated loss of the cryosphere
Bonsoms is a researcher and postdoctoral lecturer in the Department of Geography.
Institutional
19-11-2025
López, nova professor; Armesto, Lo Cascio i Tèbar nous professors titulats
L'acte va tenir lloc, dimarts 18 de novembre, a l'Edifici Històric.
14-11-2025
Carla Cordero, estudiant del Grau en Geografia i Canvi Global guanya el VI Premi de Pòsters UB de Sostenibilitat i Drets Humans
El jurat també ha concedit cinc mencions especials, entre les quals destaquen dues propostes més, del grau.
Awards and Grants
14-11-2025
Beques de col·laboració amb la Facultat. Novembre 2025
Consulta el termini de sol·licituds.
Research
13-11-2025
Albert Santasusagna, recipient of the Pasqual Maragall Legacy Award 2025 for his research on water governance in Catalonia
The award will be presented within the framework of the Annual Conference of the Catalunya Europa Foundation.
Awards and Grants
13-11-2025
Finalitza el termini de presentació de treballs als premis Clara Campoamor i Rosalind Franklin
S'han rebut rebut 7 TFG i 9 TFM.
Awards and Grants
06-11-2025
Premis Elena Maseras i Ribera per a la recerca sobre la Universitat de Barcelona
Presentació de sol·licituds, fins al 30 de gener de 2026.
Institutional
04-11-2025
Successful completion of the second edition of the Erasmus+ BIP course Mediterranean Studies, 13th–18th centuries
An international learning experience connecting European students with Mediterranean history.
Agenda All the activities
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