Autonomous University of Barcelona Rankings and Quick Facts
Also known as University Autonoma Barcelona
| Ranking - Times 400 (UK) | 258 |
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| University world Ranking - Jiaotong 500 (China) | 305 to 402 |
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| University world Ranking - Newsweek 100 (USA) | N/A |
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| European (Jiaotong) ranking of | 124 to 172 |
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Autonomous University Barcelona Facts |
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) | 28,285 |
5,085 |
33,670 |
| Faculty / Staff | 2,910 |
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| Established | 1968 |
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| Number of foreign students | 5,870 |
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| Affiliations | EUA, CRUE |
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Autonomous University of Barcelona Information
Autonomous University of Barcelona, or Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), is a public university situated in Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1968, it is headed by its rector, Ana Ripoll Aracil and is one of the most distinguished universities in Spain when it comes to Sciences. Many of the university's departments were included in the rankings of the QS World University Rankings in 2010.
The university was founded on June 6, 1968 due to a legislative decree which called for the creation of another university in Barcelona as the country struggled to rehabilitate itself after the effects of the Civil War. Due to another decree passed just a few days after the university was established, UAB's academic offerings were divided into four faculties: Medicine, Science, Economical Sciences and Letters. The university acquired the land for its current location in 1969, and in a few years time, most of the university's faculties and schools were transferred to the new location. During this time, the university also opened more professional schools and faculties, and in the years following its settlement on its new and permanent location, the university underwent several modifications with its faculties and schools.
At present, the university has 12 faculties and 1 school, namely the Faculties of Biosciences, Communication Studies, Economics and Business Studies, Education, Law, Medicine, Philosophy and Arts, Political Science and Sociology, Psychology, Science, Translation and Interpreting, and Veterinary Medicine, plus its School of Engineering. The university encourages its students to broaden their studies and offer minors in their faculties of Education, Science, Translation and Interpreting, an Philosophy and Arts in order to supplement a student's knowledge in their chosen major.
The university has 80 PhD offerings in fields like Engineering, Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and Experimental Sciences. It also offers Official Master's degrees in specializations like Biosciences, Business and Economics, Communication and Journalism, Education, Engineering and Technology, History, Philosophy and Art, Medicine and Philosophy among others.
UAB also has several distance learning offerings for undergraduates in Geography, Statistics, Electronics Engineering and Speech Therapy. It also has a UAB Language Service, which offers training and lessons in learning other languages, with help from institutions like the Centre for Independent Language Learning and Catalan Language Department.
Autonomous University of Barcelona Address
The university is located at CARRETERA BELLATERRA, S/N 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Espanya.