1. Quality, innovation and internationalization
January 2019

2. A young university
UPF is a public, international and research-intensive university. Founded in 1990, it has quickly earned a place for itself among the best universities in Europe

3. A quality university
International Campus of Excellence awarded by the Ministry of Education (2010)
Ranking Times Higher Education:
1st Spanish university (position 135 worldwide and 58 in Europe) (2019) 
11th highest ranked university in the world among those under 50 (2018)
U-Ranking (BBVA Foundation & Ivie, 2018):
1st Spanish university since 2013
Outstanding research:
+46 million and participation in 77 projects of the European programme (H2020) in the term
European Research Council: 1st Spanish university and among the top 20 in Europe

4. Facts & Figures
Undergraduate studies: 10,364 students in 27 programmes (UPF Group: 15,555 students in 48 programmes) 
Official Master's studies: 1,173 students in 33 programmes (UPF Group: 3,263 students in 58 programmes)
Doctoral studies: 1,168 students in 9 programmes
Number of teaching and research staff: 592 FTE (Number of permanent professors: 308)
Number of administrative and service staff: 678
2018 Budget: 140,1 M€
Main facilities: 3 campuses and 2 scientific research parks

5. with three campuses at the heart of Barcelona
An urban university,
with three campuses at the heart of Barcelona
Communication
Engineering & ICT
Translation and Language Sciences
Poblenou Campus
Economics & Business
Humanities
Political & Social Science
Law
Ciutadella
Campus
Health & Life Sciences
Mar
Campus

6. International vocation
The UPF model
Quality teaching
Outstanding research
International vocation

7. Learning Architecture
Quality teaching: the Edvolution project
EDvolution, the new education model designed by UPF, revolves around six key topics and the following sub-topics
UPF Identity
Cross-competencies
Role of the Teacher
Teaching hours
Teaching assessment
Professional development
Teacher training
Student Support
Tutoring and mentoring
University admission
Landing and takeoff
University and Industry
Learning Architecture
Student passport
Ppen pogrammes
Internationalisation
Multidisciplinarity and programme transversality
Project-based work
Spaces and Resources
Physical learning spaces
Virtual spaces
Collaborative environments
Resource and service-oriented spaces
Teaching Formats
Face-to-face learning
Blended and e-learning
Learning methodologies
Project-based learning
Assessment

8. Access An own teaching model Results Quality teaching: some indicators
Two students apply for every UPF place available ( academic year)
16% of new students finished high school with honours ( academic year)
Access
New and innovative degrees: Open Bachelor's Degree Programme, Global Studies, Bioinformatics...
Highest rate of performance in the Spanish system: 89% ( academic year)
MOOCs: partnership with Coursera, FutureLearn, Miríada X, UcatX, Kadenze 
Internship agreements with companies ( academic year)
An own teaching model
Graduate employment rate: 90% (AQU Catalunya, 2017)
30% of UPF graduates found a job through the university (AQU Catalunya, 2017)
Satisfaction rate: 91% of UPF's graduates would choose the same university again (AQU Catalunya, 2017)
Results

9. Outstanding research: success in competitive funding
Highest competitiveness in EU:
1st. Spanish university in grants funded by the European Research Council
7PM results: + 75M€ (this is the 10% of all the funding obtained by Spanish universities with only the 1% of the total system’s teaching staff)
H2020 (first data):
+46M€ (data by 2017)

10. Scientific production: Quality and international impact
Outstanding research: some indicators
1st Spanish university in percentage of articles published in the most influential scholarly journals of the world (Leiden, 2018)
1st Spanish university in percentage of papers produced in collaboration with national institutions (Leiden, 2018)
2nd Spanish university in percentage of papers produced in collaboration with foreign institutions (Leiden, 2018)
Scientific production: Quality and international impact
70% of doctoral dissertations were written and defended in English ( academic year)
26 Industrial PhD projects funded by the regional government ( )
Eight out of nine PhD programmes have been awarded the Mention of Excellence by the Spanish ministry
Training capacity
UPFVentures
Innovation & knowledge transfer

11. International community
International vocation: some indicators
44% of master's and doctoral students are international ( academic year)
45% of UPF graduates have studied abroad ( academic year)
19% of UPF faculty is international (2016)
1st Spanish university in international outlook (Times Higher Education ranking, 2018)
1st Spanish university in the proportion of international faculty (QS ranking, 2018)
Agreements with 30 of the Top 50 universities in the world (Times Higher Education ranking, 2018)
International community
Barcelona International Summer School (BISS)
Center in Public Policy with Johns Hopkins Univ. (since 2013)
Strategic alliances: A4U, Europaeum, YERUN y CASA (with Ivy League)
Innovative projects

12. Internacional vocation: international agreements