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REPORT ON THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-2009THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

BUNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA

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Editorial Board:

08028 Barcelona

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Legal deposit number: B-xxxxxxxxxx15473-2010

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD FROM THE RECTOR 5

7

19

A UNIVERSITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATION 31

Academic courses offeredAdditional academic opportunities

A UNIVERSITY LEADER IN RESEARCH 45

A UNIVERSITY WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH 61

Academic offering

4

5

Dídac Ramírez

FOREWORD

1THE CENTURIES AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY

8

STRATEGIC VISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

tradition, its physical location right in the middle of Barcelona and the emblematic importance of its

The im

prove

men

t

The st

rength

enin

g

The m

oderniza

tion

and o

f its m

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emen

t pro

cedur

es an

d syste

ms

The development institution and a recruiter of talented professio-nals and promising students

The attainment

degree courses and doctoral programs

9

SUMMARY OF BASIC FIGURES

Departments 106

Documentation centres 3

Services

Library

UB centres 910

Associated centres 599

Courses offered: 76

Homologated courses in UB centres 67

Doctoral programs* 68

*

10

and schools1st and 2nd cycle 3rd cycle

Tota

l pro

fess

ors

1st-

and

2nd

-cy

cle

deg

ree

Inco

min

g

Tota

l

Deg

ree

hold

ers

Uni

vers

ity

mas

ter’s

deg

ree

1

-ve

rsity

mas

ter’s

2

3

Do

cto

ral 4

Do

cto

ral t

hese

s

(220

7-20

08)

TOTAL UB 71 11,720 48,985 6,811 115 3,788 8,642 3,419 4,853

Biology 3 498 284 11 415 145 430 86 333

3 328 294 5 142 24 195 50 243

Dentistry 1 118 625 102 1 15 150 111 7 199

Economics and Business 9 11 280 659 181 22 572

Education 4 828 513 6 159 150 152 29 205

Fine Arts 1 405 268 5 204 162 188 9 174

4 874 434 8 503 158 327 45 247

Geology 2 97 555 59 3 37 55 76 10 101

8 993 4 128 464 229 7 341

Library and Information Science 2 138 692 119 2 58 19 24 3 66

2 181 742 82 2 18 0 42 7 109

Medicine 1 248 205 6 334 852 434 125 597

Nursing 2 488 296 1 79 812 24 0 301

3 541 296 8 280 104 378 54 332

15 707 361 8 309 122 163 15 304

1 239 994 111 6 135 47 144 10 67

2 195 943 122 11 236 0 152 29 216

1 604 354 8 304 431 110 17 232

7 720 6 152 19 59 11 214

women % - -

536

11

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009

Incoming students

First- and second-cycle students

960

685

756 740 790

Non-curricular practicum students

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009

Doctors 536 531 503

Students by study area

Humanities19%

Education sciences13%

Social sciences37%

18%

and engineering13%

12

Teaching improvement and innovation 2008-2009

50

30

43

2008-2009 women %

Institute of Hispanic Studies

Catalan courses

Summer courses

Institute of Education Sciences

Courses for Senior Citizens

20 40 60 80

Ratio men/women

1st and 2nd-cycle students

Incoming-1st and 2nd-cycle students

13

2007 2008

76,643 90,258

Infrastructure

UB agreements

FBG agreements

Research activity 2008

972

229

639

31

533

2008

50

80

2008

475

Research and technology transfer at the UB

14

403,285

403,285

357

215 Curre

nt co

st

5010

0%

15

% women

Total TRS 4,853

541

40

325

LOU-contracted professors 1

175

204

Temporary lecturers 52

Full-time temporary lecturers 31

Assistant lecturers 147

260

*

Teaching and research staff (TRS)

% women

Total AdSS 2,294

Administrative and service staff (AdSS)

TRS

AdSS

Women Men

Women Men

16

· Faculty of Economics and Business· Faculty of Fine Arts· Faculty of Biology

· Faculty of Geology

· Hospital Clínic of Barcelona

Faculty of Library and Information Science

· Faculty of Dentistry

Sant Jordi Hall of Residence

17

· Faculty of Education

· Institute of Education Sciences

and Tourism

2A UNIVERSITY FOCUSED

20

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

«Between the UB and me there’s always been a relationship of give

1st and 2ndcycle students

Graduates 3rd cycle Doctorstenured lecturers professors

Women

Men

21

SERVICES FOR THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

principle of social responsibility

created unitResponsibility

and its Gender

on

22

INSTITUTIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Honorary Doctorates

Doctors’ Senate

23

International Cooperation 2008

Cross of Sant Jordi 2009-

Manel Esteller, -

-

Historical Studies Mary Nash,

Ciril Rozman,

Montse Tafalla,

Emili Giralt

Francisco Casavella

Ricard SalvaSantiago

Olivella

MoisèsBroggi

Roser Rahola

24

Ciril Rozman Miquel Canals

25

offered guided tours to

Virtual Museum

22nd Concert Cycle

by

concert entitled Oxymoron

26

lassicsin the Garden Science-Fiction Film CycleThem!

PaprikaHorrorsCronenberg and

Poetry Day and celebrated a to the Sardana

Bill Viola

Classes for Senior Citizens (AUGG

UB Sports Centre

27

*

28

STUDENT SERVICES

Using

enables cAssociations Fair

Room

Information and

Fem via program

special welcome programs for incoming

technical assistancespecialized

29

Feina UB offers UB students and

-

Porta22-

Antics UB

closely to society at large and foster ties to recent graduates

-

3A UNIVERSITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATION

Academic courses offeredAdditional academic opportunities

32

ACADEMIC COURSES OFFERED

degree courses

undergraduate degree and diploma courses

master’s degree courses -

Areaenrolled

New

engineering771

Education sciences

TOTAL 48,985 11,720 7,051

33

Area

719

408 255

engineering848 604

692

Education sciences 369 224

TOTAL 3,905 2,597

A UNIVERSITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATION

34

academic year 2009-2010

postgraduatecourses offering master’s degree courses

grants in general mobility

General and mobility call*

First and second cycles 5,647

646

Education sciences

377

445

TOTAL 6,469

* Includes anticipated calls

35

Areadiploma

Master’s degree

179 310 181

452 671 185

61 163 229

734 188

Education sciences 103 85 407

ICE 60 - -

IL3 210

TOTAL 4,030 4,612 1,400

A UNIVERSITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATION

36

department collaboration grantscollaboration grants

mobility Senecamobility programs

SICUE national mobility program

stays

*

Area Incoming

51 100

29 69

engineering17 35

28 46

Education sciences 21 42

7 21

TOTAL 153 313

Grants awarded

General and mobility

Anticipated call 956

168

Mobility grants program for Seneca students

87

552

Grants awarded

DRAC program 73

Mobility program 527

68

115

37

A total of 28 mobility grants

ERASMUS Mundus 4

Bilateral agreements 112

California-Illinois

23043493838

019

537

1

197

1

CINDA program 2

Coimbra Group 4

Grants

MAEC-AECID 107

Carolina Foundation 8

TOTAL 1,748

of grants

Fundamental and Applied Ecology 1 800

23

History and Culture of Food 3

Biomedical Engineering 1

TOTAL 28 33,240

A UNIVERSITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATION

38

mission

on quality in education and

stood at 113 UB-

Face-to-face

Blended 473 878

Distance

TOTAL 21,148 89,965 9,844

39

German: 335

Japanese: 96Italian: 154

Arabic: 13

A UNIVERSITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATION

40

Institute of Hispanic Studies

UB Language

41

-

-

-

-

-

*

Institute of Hispanic Studies

Catalan Courses

summer program called Els Juliols

offered

nternational

A UNIVERSITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATION

42

Teaching Improvement and Innova-tion Program

-

teachinginnovation projects

innovation-

-

-

Data for CRAI – Libraries

Total

Databases 328 8

Reserves

Services

Library users

Loans

Inter-library loans

requests issued

Installations

Computer terminals for public use 774

31

94

43

--

-

-

Training activitiesenrolled

social and community learning

Standardization of Catalan 199

170

TOTAL 14,088

ICE activities

A UNIVERSITY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATION

4A UNIVERSITY LEADERIN RESEARCH

46

RESEARCH

-

-

-

-

47

A UNIVERSITY LEADER IN RESEARCH

48

of 229 consolidated

signed agreements-

-

-

-

Projects

383

Infrastructure 49

Funding

TOTAL 432 44,493,667

Income from research activity

20020

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

49

Infrastructure

UB agreements

FBG agreements

TOTAL 90,258

-

-

A UNIVERSITY LEADER IN RESEARCH

50

In

-

-

-

technology platforms

-

--

other research projects-

-

new contracts -

51

sessions in order to continue in its effort to foster formulas

A UNIVERSITY LEADER IN RESEARCH

52

research

private companies

-

53

Staff 140

Surface area 2

244

Users 1,207

475

TECHNOLOGY AND

Patent Centre

A UNIVERSITY LEADER IN RESEARCH

54

is responsible for promoting and managing

Transfer projects

-

-

AVCRI assessment activity-2008

Projects

UB funding 3

10

3

Identify Assess Value

*

Life Cycle of a Transfer Project

39

21

13

Industrial and intellectual property registered 5

27

Licence agreements 5

AVCRI transfer activity – 2008

55

providing advice to more

Technology Transfer Area

-

fairsand conferences -

A UNIVERSITY LEADER IN RESEARCH

56

FBG contracts and agreements

601

34

Collaboration agreements 240

50

TOTAL 925 36,668

--

-

-

-ting and managing contracts and agreements -

-

Cost of projects

57

THIRD-CYCLE STUDIES

doctoral programs

A UNIVERSITY LEADER IN RESEARCH

58

-

been replaced by online publication as a result of a collabora-

-

applications for doctoral

-

Scholarships Grants for visiting

1 2

- 281 68 353

- 242 62 378

- 221 - -

- 210 50 139

-

3

12 101 - -

TOTAL 966 12,026 180 870

38%

and engineering32%

Social sciences

6%

Education sciences 11%

13%

1

2

3

Doctoral theses defended 2008-2009

59

mobility grants for students in doctoral pro-

-

-

and engineering52%

19%

Education sciences 4%

20%

Social sciences

7%

A UNIVERSITY LEADER IN RESEARCH

5A UNIVERSITY WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH

Academic offering

62

-

-

-

international policy

also intended to bring about more cross-fertilization among UB

-

63

ACADEMIC OFFERING

double degrees

- Erasmus Mundus

A UNIVERSITY WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH

64

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITY

-

-

-

-

international student mobility -

-

-

-

65

TRS mobility

-

European arena

In

-

A UNIVERSITY WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH

66

-

EUROPE (EUROPEAN UNION)

--

Student mobility

-

-

-

recipient numbers:

recipients

Organism for European Educational 654

Erasmus MEC complementary grants 654

Erasmus MEC complementary 65

Courses supplementary grant225 € 17

-

Vice-Rector for Students and

200 € 526

300 € 242

- 268

67

Visiting studentsUB students

A UNIVERSITY WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH

Fine

Art

s

Lib

rary

and

Info

rmat

ion

Sci

ence

Bio

logy

Eco

nom

ist

and

Bus

ines

s y s

Tra

inin

g

Geo

logy

Nur

sing

s

50

100

150

200

250

300

Med

icin

e

Den

tistr

y

Ed

ucat

ion y

Affi

liate

d c

entr

es

68

-

Financial summary

69

Coimbra Group

for language training

for practicals

for student mobility

for TRS mobility

for training

for mobility organization

TOTAL FINANCING 2,343,527

--

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE (NON-EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERS)

Student mobility

UNITED STATES AND CANADA

Student mobility

-

*

A UNIVERSITY WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH

70

-

TRS mobility

-

and History: 71

Medicine: 1

Fine Arts: 5

Economics and Business: 9

71

LATIN AMERICA

Student mobility

-

TRS mobility

-

A UNIVERSITY WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH

Arg

entin

a

Bra

sil

Col

omb

ia

Cos

ta R

ica

Cub

a

Ecu

ador

Gua

tem

ala

Nic

arag

ua

1020

3040

5060

Vene

zuel

a

7080

9010

0

23

4

61

28

4

10

1 2 1

87

12

Uru

guay

10 9 11

29

72

-

THE MAGHREB, ARAB COUNTRIES, MEDITERRANEAN AREA AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Student mobility

TRS mobility

-

-

ASIA AND OCEANIA

Student mobility

--

73

TRS mobility

-

Program Visiting

ERASMUS 664

ERASMUS Mundus 6 -

12 4

14 -

Coimbra Group 4 4

Bilateral agreements 88 112

12 197

- 230

CINDA program - 2

- 1

MAEC-AECID - 107

Carolina-AECID Foundation - 18

TOTAL 790 1,748

A UNIVERSITY WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH

74

geographic area 2008-2009

Program Central and

(non UE)

USA and Canada

LatinAmerica

M, AC, MED, SSA*

Asia and Oceania

TOTAL

ERASMUS UB 664 - - - - - 664

International - - - - -

ERASMUS Mundus UB 6 - - - - - 6

UB - - - 2 - - 2

International - - - 4 - - 4

UB 14 - - - - - 14

Coimbra Group UB 4 - - - - - 4

International 4 - - - - - 4

Bilateral agreements UB 7 - 34 34 - 13 88

International 15 - 30 60 - 7 112

International 1 - - - - - 1

CINDA program International - - - 2 - - 2

UB 5 - 3 4 - - 12

International 64 - 3 126 - 4 197

International - - 230 - - - 230

MAEC-AECID International - 1 - 83 20 3 107

Carolina Foundation International - - - 8 - - 8

TOTAL

UB 700 - 37 40 - 13 790

International 1,167 1 259 283 20 14 1,748

75

TRS UB AdSS UB International TRS International AdSS

ERASMUS program 55 10 - 1

Coimbra Group - - 1 -

9 - 7 -

115 - 118 -

54 - 51 -

23 - 8 -

TOTAL 256 10 185 1

USA and Canada

LatinAmerica

M, AC, MED, SSA*

Asia and Oceania of grants awarded

3 14 2 2 21

- 6 3 - 9

- 30 15 - 45

- 4 - - 4

- 3 1 1 5

3 57 21 3 84

A UNIVERSITY WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH

76

INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY

77

A UNIVERSITY WITH INTERNATIONAL REACH