Autonomous University of Barcelona

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
TypePublic University
Established6 June 1968
Budget€321.5 million (2019)[1]
RectorFrancisco Javier Lafuente
Administrative staff
3,660
Students43,175
Address
Campus UAB Bellaterra, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès
,
Cerdanyola del Vallès
,
Catalonia, Spain
CampusUrban
Colours   
Pantone 355 C & Process black[2]
AffiliationsVives Network
ECIU
EUA
CRUE
Venice International University
Websitewww.uab.cat Edit this at Wikidata
University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[3]301-400 (2023)
CWTS World[4]247 (2022)
QS World[5]149 (2024)
THE World[6]183 (2023)
USNWR Global[7]143 (2023)
The UAB Columns, monument of the university.

The Autonomous University of Barcelona (Catalan: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; IPA: [uniβəɾsiˈtat əwˈtɔnumə ðə βəɾsəˈlonə]; UAB) is a public university mostly located in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain.

As of 2012, the university consists of 57 departments in the experimental, life, social and human sciences, spread among 13 faculties/schools. All these centers together award a total of 85 qualifications in the form of first degrees, diplomas, and engineering degrees. Moreover, almost 80 doctoral programs, and more than 80 other postgraduate programs are offered. UAB has more than 40,000 students and more than 3,600 academic and research staff. UAB is a pioneering institution in terms of fostering research. There are many research institutes in the campus, as well as other research centers, technical support services, and service-providing laboratories, and the ALBA (synchrotron) located in the Barcelona Synchrotron Park is very close to UAB.

UAB is the best university in Spain according to the 2023 QS World University Rankings,[8] which ranked the university 178th overall in the world. Its subject rankings were: 27th in Veterinary Science, 72nd in Education & Training, 73rd in Linguistics, 78th in Sociology and 88th in Economics & Econometrics.[9] The UAB is also a degree-awarding body of the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI).

  1. ^ Pressupost [Budget] (in Catalan), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019, archived from the original on 6 Jun 2023
  2. ^ Identitat corporativa - website of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
  3. ^ "ShanghaiRanking-Univiersities". www.shanghairanking.com.
  4. ^ "CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019". Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  5. ^ "QS World University Rankings - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona". Top Universities. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  6. ^ "World University Rankings - Autonomous University of Barcelona". THE World University Rankings. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  7. ^ "Best Global Universities - Autonomous University of Barcelona". U.S. News Education (USNWR). Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  8. ^ "QS World University Rankings". Topuniversities. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  9. ^ "UAB Ranking by Subject QS". Topuniversities. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2022-02-16.