Pompeu Fabra University was founded in 1990 by the Catalan government with the aim of creating a public university oriented towards academic excellence and contributing to the country’s development. To achieve this goal, over the last 35 years, UPF has carried out all of its activities in accordance with strict quality criteria, creating a model of urban university closely linked to the city of Barcelona. As a university, we have been selective in incorporating areas of knowledge in order to focus primarily on research and training related to the various dimensions of the human being, including the biological, communicative, and social dimensions.
Our moderate size has emerged as one of our strengths, allowing us to maintain an ideal scale for fostering a cohesive university community in which both academic units and the various administrative units and services feel they belong to the same institution and share the same values. Additionally, over the years, UPF has proved capable of harnessing the opportunities offered by public-private partnerships and competitive calls to tirelessly champion the public interest and public goods.
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