UPF News and Views- October 5th

UPF ranks as the 156th best university in the world

UPF ranks as the 156th best university in the world and remains leader in Spain, according to Times Higher Education

In the World University Rankings 2022, UPF tops the list for Ibero-America and ranks 69^th in Europe. The University stands out for citations and also improves for internationalization.

UPF welcomes more than 700 international students

The return of physical mobility for the 2021-2022 academic year is undeniable. The number of students attending the University from around the world is virtually identical to those received before the coronavirus pandemic

Jan Eeckhout: "What we need are clear rules and separation between regulation and business"

Jan Eeckhout (Aalst, Belgium, 1970), ICREA research professor at the Department of Economics and Business, wanted to explain in plain English a series of macroeconomic dynamics harmful to consumers and most companies. The result is the recent publication of The Profit Paradox (Princeton University Press), a work in which he tells how the growth of the worldwide tidal wave of market power is choking employees across the globe and how a small group of large companies has obtained the majority of revenue derived from technological advances.

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More UPF news

Enlargement of the EUTOPIA European University to three new institutions

The Europaeum, a network to which UPF belongs, receives the prestigious Scaliger Medal

Barcelona has the world's first tiger mosquito prediction map

The evolution of mammals reveals 2,000 new genes key to longevity in humans

Nearly 3,000 graduates of the classes of 2020 and 2021 took part in the graduation ceremony, again in person

A new edition of Pompeulàndia with a fictional series for new UPF students

Fifteen years of grants for social engagement and development cooperation projects: UPF's spirit of commitment

Since it was first launched in 2007 in the context of UPF Solidària, the call has subsidized a total of 152 projects across four continents carried out in conjunction with around 70 third-sector organizations with ties to members of the UPF community. The projects are sponsored and co-funded by members of the various groups that make up the university community and are part of the University’s social engagement policy.

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