Universitat Pompeu Fabra
| Universitat Pompeu Fabra | |
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| Type | Public University |
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| Established | 1990 |
| Rector | Jaume Casals |
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Administrative staff
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592 professors (full time equivalent) & 670 administration staff |
| Students | Around 10.000 undergraduate and 4.000 postgraduate students |
| Address | Plaça de la Mercè, 10-12, 08002 Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
Pompeu Fabra University (Catalan: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, pronounced: [uniβərsiˈtat pumˈpɛw ˈfaβɾə]; UPF) is a public university in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1990, it is named after the Catalan philologist Pompeu Fabra. According to Times Higher Education it is one of the 7 fastest-rising young universities in the world. It is the only Spanish university among the top 200 best in the world according to the academic classification of THE universities.
It is the most efficient Spanish university and the most productive according to different national and international rankings. It ranks first in the national ranking of scientific productivity since 2009.
Its studies on Economics & Econometrics have been ranked among the top 50 worldwide.
In 2010, the university was awarded as Campus of International Excellence.
UPF offers its studies around three areas of knowledge: the social sciences and humanities, the health and life sciences, and the ICT and communication sciences.
Teaching is organized in seven colleges: Humanities, Health and Life Sciences, Economics, Political and Social Sciences, Communication, Law, Translation and Interpretation as well as one polytechnic school focused on engineering and ICT.
Research is organized in eight departments: Economics and Business, Law, Political and Social Sciences, Humanities, Experimental Sciences and Health, ICT, Communication and Translation & Language Sciences.
The University also has five affiliated centers (UPF Barcelona School of Management, International Trade Business School -ESCI-, Elisava School of Design, Tecnocampus and Mar University School of Nursing -ESIM) and partnerships in different inter-university postgraduate platforms such as the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals -IBEI- or the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics -Barcelona GSE-).
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