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Foundation: 1450

Mission: The University of Barcelona is a public law institution committed to the environment, whose mission is to provide the (quality) public service of higher education, mainly through study, teaching, research and effective management of knowledge transfer. Article 3 of the UB's Statute: 3.1 The University of Barcelona is responsible, within its sphere of competence, for the provision of public service in higher education, through teaching, study and research. 3.2 The fundamental objectives of the University of Barcelona are (a) the creation, transmission and dissemination of scientific, technical and professional culture and knowledge, and preparation for professional practice (b) the promotion of critical thinking and the culture of freedom and pluralism, and the transmission of civic and social values characteristic of a democratic society, c) the enrichment of Catalonia's intellectual, cultural and scientific heritage, its economic development and social welfare, (d) the dissemination of knowledge and culture through university extension, the provision of services to the university community and society, and lifelong learning. The mission of this Master Plan is to work to make the University of Barcelona the university of choice for studying and working in the areas of teaching, research and relations with the socio-economic environment.

Vision: The University of Barcelona must be a university that includes comprehensive, continuous and critical education of the highest level, and advanced and efficient research. FAREM program: It must be a public university, excellent, urban, modern, open and responsible, the first academic and scientific reference in the country, which trusts and is aware that the groups that make up the university are a key factor in fulfilling its social service mission. We must follow a scientific-humanistic university model that combines scientific excellence and improvement, responsible management of public resources, participation in social initiatives, recognition of individuals and a critical spirit that helps to improve the social environment.

History: www.ub.edu

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3rd
Overall percentile
2nd
Research percentile
32nd
Innovation percentile
2nd
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldWestern EuropeEU-27IBEROAMERICAOECDSpain
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +208th65th55th17th147th11th
Arts and Humanities +41st16th9th4th38th3rd
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 278th72nd54th6th205th5th
Business, Management and Accounting 398th156th99th23rd286th10th
Chemistry 612th182nd137th34th416th30th
Computer Science 470th134th100th18th305th14th
Dentistry 159th62nd49th19th109th8th
Earth and Planetary Sciences +279th76th58th9th145th4th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 183rd62nd36th5th117th3rd
Energy 852nd218th178th43rd484th32nd
Engineering +635th167th126th28th400th23rd
Environmental Science 382nd88th71st26th192nd20th
Mathematics 872nd273rd224th39th560th27th
Medicine +166th44th35th6th134th5th
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 233rd55th46th9th146th6th
Physics and Astronomy 457th129th99th13th305th12th
Psychology 74th22nd15th3rd71st2nd
Social Sciences +99th29th17th6th75th3rd
Veterinary 458th119th110th71st297th24th

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

Where is the institution located?

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