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SUMMARY

Foreword from the Rector

I. The Academic Year 2007-2008 at the UB • Annual report 2007-2008 • Governing bodies • Main structures of the UB • The UB in figures • The year in pictures

II. Teaching and Student Services • Academic courses offered • Students and teaching staff: summary of data • Teaching improvement and innovation • Student services • Student Council Permanent Committee and Committee for Economic Affairs

III. Research and Technology/Knowledge Transfer • Strategic research plan and other activities • Groups, projects and financial resources for research and technology/knowledge transfer • Human resources for research: scholarship-holders, doctors and theses • Research foundations and institutes o Barcelona Science Park Foundation (PCB) o August Pi i Sunyer Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBAPS) o Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) o Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB) o Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICC) o Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN 2UB) o Water Research Institute o Research Institute of Applied Economics (IREA) o Nutrition and Food Safety Research Institute (INSA) o Inter-University Institute of the Ancient Near East (IPOA) o University of Barcelona Institute of Mathematics (IMUB) • Research and ethics

IV. International Work • International institutional work • Participation in international academic exchange programs • Overall summary tables for student exchanges, TRS exchanges and international programs • Additional activities supporting international exchange

V. Learning and Research Support Services • The Learning and Research Resources Centre (CRAI): Library Services • The Institute of Education Sciences (ICE) • The Language Services (SL) • The UB Scientific and Technical Services (SCT) • The Animal Experimentation Units (UEA) • Radiological protection • The Patents Centre • Health, Safety and the Environment

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VI. University and Business • The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation Innovation Centre (FBG) • The Agency for Assessing and Marketing Research Results (AVCRI) • Business training • The Feina UB program

VII. University and Society • Institutional activities • Cultural activities • Sporting activities • Media activities • UB corporate image campaigns • Publishing • Antics UB (alumni association) • The UB Solidarity Foundation • The Vives University Network

VIII. Annual Financial Report • Financial agreements • UB Group aggregate accounts for the 2007 financial year • University of Barcelona accounts for the 2007 financial year • Staff costs for the 2007 financial year • Budget for the 2008 financial year

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Foreword from the Rector

As I reflect on the academic year 2007-2008, two fundamental activities stand out. The first is the preparation of our new undergraduate degree programs and the second concerns my appointment as acting rector and the electoral process that has been instigated to select the next rector of the University of Barcelona.

We are now entering the final stage in the preparation of the new undergraduate degrees. At the close of the academic year, the first forty of these degrees stand approved and await final validation. Together with the official master’s degrees, the new undergraduate degrees will occupy a central place in the educational offering provided by our University. With the full support of the Senate, we are taking these steps forward with assurance, maintaining an open dialogue and encouraging participation. Rejecting the use of violence in any situation, our aim remains to ensure the peaceful resolution of all issues, conflicts and protests that may arise.

On 22 April 2008, our rector Màrius Rubiralta was named as the new Secretary of State for Universities. From that time, I have occupied the post of acting rector of the University of Barcelona and the team surrounding me has continued to ensure the normal operation of the institution and its current initiatives and policies. The upcoming academic year will bring the opportunity to select a new rector of the University under the election procedure set out in our Statutes. The entire community of the University will have an opportunity to play an active role in the process, and the debate and participation that take place will only serve to make our institution stronger.

In addition, we have marked the seventy-fifth anniversary this year of the Statutes of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, renewing and reaffirming the values of the University of Barcelona as a public university in service to the country.

In this Annual Report, you will find the principal results of the University’s efforts in education, research and knowledge transfer during the academic year 2007-2008. The work has been tireless and far-reaching, undertaken with seriousness, rigour, perseverance, quality, prudence and responsibility. The responsibility is shared and generously exercised by all the members of our community wherever they work or contribute. It is the sum total of their hard work and dedication that strengthens us and makes the UB a robust, cohesive institution ready to confront the missions to which it is called from both within and beyond our University. As the EUA’s Institutional Assessment Committee said in its evaluation of the UB, the University of Barcelona has enormous potential, creativity and critical mass and we can grasp the future in our own hands if we boldly exercise our autonomy. There is no doubt that the great source of our strength lies there, in the highly dedicated men and women that make up our University.

Josep Samitier Acting Rector

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THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2007-2008 AT THE UB

— Annual report 2007-2008 — Governing bodies — Main structures of the UB — The UB in figures — The year in pictures

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I. THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2007-2008 AT THE UB

Annual report 2007-2008

The work undertaken during the academic year 2007-2008 by the main governing bodies of the UB has been intense and conducted in many areas of university activity, as will become apparent throughout this Annual Report. The introductory text below broadly sets out the main lines and aspects of greatest importance in this work.

Governing bodies

During the academic year 2007-2008, the University Senate met twice. The first meeting, held on 11 December 2007, was devoted to consideration of a letter sent to members by the rector concerning the financial situation of the University of Barcelona. The matter was discussed thoroughly and a declaration of institutional commitment was approved unanimously by all members in attendance. The declaration set out a defence of the University of Barcelona as a public university and called upon the public administration to adopt an approach to funding that is fairer and more balanced. In the meeting, approval was also given to the annual reports of the rector and the university ombuds officer.

The Senate met again on 30 May 2008 in extraordinary session, convened at the request of more than one-sixth of Senate members. In the meeting, the acting rector submitted a report on the actions taken since the December meeting, making special mention of the situation arising from the appointment of Dr. Rubiralta as the new Secretary of State for Universities and the naming of Dr. Samitier as acting rector. At the behest of the rector, the Senate approved, by ample majority, three motions based on the initial proposals made by Senate members. The first motion established the commitment of the University of Barcelona and its governing bodies to the peaceful resolution of any issue, conflict or protest that should arise at the University, and affirmed their rejection of the use of violent methods of any kind. In response to the request that the Senate issue a statement on how the European Higher Education Area is to be applied within the Catalan universities, the Senate adopted a resolution to open a dialogue involving all the agents of the university community in the country in order to determine the best course of action to take in adapting to the European Higher Education Area. The Senate also decided to make public the difficult economic situation of the Catalan universities and their growing dependence on private capital. Lastly, the Senate adopted a resolution with respect to the defendants in the photograph burning case, calling for an immediate stay of proceedings against Senate member Enric Stern, and the other fifteen individuals charged with libel against the crown. The resolution also supported repeal of the crimes of libel against the crown and insult to the flag and called for respect to be given to the Catalan language in all areas of the judicial system.

The Governing Council—the University’s collegiate governing body—held seven meetings and one extraordinary session during the academic year 2007-08. The extraordinary meeting was convened as a result of the appointment of then rector Dr. Rubiralta as Secretary of State. In response to the news, the pertinent provisions of the University’s Statutes for the naming of an acting rector were put into effect and agreement was reached to postpone the election of a new rector until the Governing Council was to meet in the first half of September 2008.

In the remaining ordinary sessions, the Governing Council exercised its duties in the following areas: organization of courses and teaching, research, human and financial resources and drafting budgets. While the Governing Council agreed an extension to the previous budget on 17 December 2007, the budget for the 2008 financial year was approved in the meeting of 15 May 2008 and sent to the Board of Trustees for its final approval.

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In the area of courses and teaching, the Governing Council approved the proposed new master’s degrees for the 2008-2009 academic year on 8 October 2007. On 18 February 2008, new guidelines for the UB’s undergraduate course offerings received approval, including a map of qualifications, a degree framework and a curricula design template. On 14 July 2008, the first forty protocols for new undergraduate degrees received approval to proceed to verification. Passage of a document on generic competences took place on 10 April 2008 and approval of a document on blended education was reached on 15 May 2008. Also, a new assessment manual was approved on 21 November 2007, and the Governing Council appointed members to the Education Assessment Committee of the University of Barcelona (CADUB) on 10 April 2008.

Among other actions of note, the Governing Council approved participation of the University of Barcelona in the foundation of the Energy Research Institute of Catalonia, the BioPol project in l’Hospitalet, the Institute of Climate Sciences, and the Permanent Observatory of Maritime History and Culture. The Governing Council also agreed the creation of new or overhauled research structures for the University itself, namely the UB Biodiversity Research Institute, the Observatory on Libraries, Books and Reading at the University of Barcelona, and the Observatory on Digital Education, which addresses how digital education should operate.

With respect to academic staff, the usual announcements of faculty openings took place. Notably, the Faculty Working Time Agreement received approval on 21 November 2007. As a new way of understanding the time devoted by faculty to their work, it incorporates not only teaching hours, but also all the other tasks performed by faculty members, especially in the area of research and knowledge transfer. In the case of administrative and services staff, key decisions were taken on the restructuring of secretary’s offices and other alterations, the creation of new jobs and how to manage natural job wastage. Positions to be offered for administrative and services staff received approval for the year 2008, and the month of April 2008 also saw the first steps taken in the negotiations on the list of positions designated for administrative and services staff.

However, one of the most significant actions in the human resources area was the adoption on 17 December 2007 of a plan on gender equality for men and women at the University of Barcelona. The plan was approved in response to a commitment made by all the rectors of the Catalan universities as part of the Inter-University Council of Catalonia. The implementation of the plan on gender equality will take place in two phases. The first phase is to gather data and indicators disaggregated by gender in order to ascertain a clear picture of the current situation at the University of Barcelona. Once analysis of the data has been completed, the second phase will involve the formulation of measures to promote genuine equality and heighten sensitivity to the issue within the university community.

In the area of organization, a key decision was approved on 17 December 2007 to restructure the departments within the Faculty of Medicine. It entailed the creation of a new Department of Anatomical Pathology, Pharmacology and Microbiology and the disappearance of the Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology. On 17 July 2008, approval was also given to the creation of a new Department of Social Work and Social Services in light of the growing interest in the area. However, the most far-reaching action in the organizational area lay in the agreement to merge the University School of Business Studies and the Faculty of Economic and Business Studies, creating a new Faculty of Economics and Business. The process received the support of the Governing Council on 21 November 2007 and it reached its culmination in the approval of the new integrated faculty in the Governing Council’s meeting of 15 May 2008. Subsequently, in August 2008, the Catalan Department of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise gave its approval to the new Faculty of Economics and Business.

The UB Group

The University of Barcelona Group is a group of entities with legal autonomy over their capital. They have been created by the University of Barcelona or the University has a majority shareholding in them. The entities include the Barcelona Science Park Foundation, the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation, the Foundation of the Institute for LifeLong Learning IL3-UB, the Josep Finestres Foundation, the UB Solidarity Foundation, UB Cultural and Scientific Innovation and UB Virtual. Other members of the Group include the Agustí Pedro Pons, Montcelimar, Amigó Cuyàs, and Guasch Coranty Patrimonial Foundations. 2007-08 / 8

One of the key projects carried out during the prior academic year (2006-07) was the reorganization of the member bodies of the UB Group, in the course of which several institutions were restructured in order to give a clearer definition to their functions, and the respective governing boards were opened up to a broader selection of leading figures in Catalan society. The process reached completion in the 2007-2008 academic year with the creation of two new foundations with specific and unique areas of focus, the UB foundation for student housing Fundació Hàbitat and the Alumni Foundation. The Fundació Hàbitat is responsible for management of all activities related to university accommodation, such as the student halls of residence. Its purpose will be to combine more timely management with due supervision by the governing bodies of the University. The aim of the Alumni Foundation is to promote and encourage alumni involvement and serve as a link between the alumni and the activities of the University.

UB Campus Organization Plan

During the academic year 2007-2008, the development of the campuses and buildings of the UB was the object of ongoing progress. Work continued on the program of future projects incorporated into the long-term investment plan for the period 2007-2013. Of especial interest was the new push given to the development of the Diagonal Campus Gateway to Knowledge, the most vigorous knowledge centre in southern Europe. The agreement signed with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the Barcelona City Council last July stands as a clear example of how the universities can contribute to the urban transformation of Barcelona.

In addition to the projects under the long-term investment plan, another major event saw the opening of the Helix Building at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). Providing over 6,500 sq m of new facilities, the Helix Building is home to more than thirty public research groups and centres and private businesses. It is also home to the new PCB-Santander Bioincubator, formed by more than ten technology spin-offs, largely from the University of Barcelona, which focus their work in emerging areas of the life sciences (e.g., biomedicine, biotechnology, chemistry, nanotechnology and pharmacology).

Other Highlights of the Year

Innumerable events, many of broad importance to society at large, have taken place at the University this year. Two of particular note were coupled with exhibitions held in the vestibule of the Historic Building. The first of them paid tribute to the former rector Antoni Badia i Margarit, with an exhibition on the democratic transition at the University. The other honoured the artist and former dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts Joan Hernández Pijuan, and was conducted in conjunction with an exhibition on his career as a university lecturer and as one of the leading exponents of Catalan contemporary art.

The University served as host to two additional events of far-reaching social importance. One, held last March, was the spring conference of the European University Association, involving rectors and representatives from over 400 European universities. The other was the presentation of The White Paper on the Catalan University , prepared by the Catalan Association of Public Universities. The launch event was presided over by the president of the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Spanish minister for science and innovation.

In connection with the consideration given to the model and future of universities at the two events above, the University of Barcelona also completed its working document on the UB Strategic Plan Horizon 2020. The working document, which was the responsibility of Rector Rubiralta and the UB’s Board of Trustees, was drafted between July 2006 and December 2007, with the input of various working groups. Agreed by the rector and the Board of Trustees in February 2008, the working document then entered a period of consultation. The aim was to encourage the widest possible participation of the university community, continuing the debate and using the contributions to enhance the text.

In addition, the working document coincided with the presentation of the report on the UB submitted by the outside Institutional Assessment Committee appointed by the European University Association. Based on analysis and evaluation of the University’s strengths and weaknesses, the report of the committee highlighted the enormous potential of the UB to confront the challenges of the future. 2007-08 / 9

Governing Bodies

Executive council Rector Mgfc. Màrius Rubiralta Alcañiz (until 21 April 2008) Mgfc. Josep Samitier Martí (as of 22 April 2008)

Vice-Rector of Academic Staff Dr. Victòria Girona Brumós

Vice-Rector of Teaching Policy Dr. Artur Parcerisa Aran

Vice-Rector of Academic Policy and European Convergence Dr. Rosa M. Nonell Torres

Vice-Rector of Student Affairs (until 28 January 2008) Dr. Antoni Vallès Segalés (until 28 January 2008)

Vice-Rector of Institutional Relations, Communication and Language Policy (until 31 December 2007) Dr. Jordi Matas Dalmases (until 31 December 2007)

Vice-Rector of Student Affairs and Language Policy (as of 1 January 2008) Dr. Jordi Matas Dalmases (as of 1 January 2008)

Vice-Rector of International Policy and Mobility Dr. Mar Campins Eritja

Vice-Rector of Innovation and International Research Programs Dr. Josep Samitier Martí (until 21 April 2008)

Vice-Rector of Research Dr. Marçal Pastor Anglada

Vice-Rector of Scientific Policy Dr. Carme Muñoz Lahoz

Secretary General Dr. Xavier Pons Ràfols

Manager Miquel Espinosa Sáenz

Assistant Vice-rectors Assistant Vice-Rector of Teaching Policy for Training, Innovation and Teaching Valuation Dr. Jordi Ortín Rull

Assistant Vice-Rector of Teaching Policy for Information and Communication Systems Dr. Ernest Abadal Falgueras

Assistant Vice-Rector of Academic Policy and European Convergence for Academic Planning and Development Dr. Gaspar Coll Rosell

Assistant Vice-Rector of Academic Policy and European Convergence for Coordination of Master's Programs Dr. Montserrat Busquets Abió

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Assistant Vice-Rector of Student Affairs for Admissions and Student Relations (until 28 January 2008) Esperanza Ballesteros Pérez (until 28 January 2008)

Assistant Vice-Rector of International Policy and Mobility for Development Cooperation Dr. José María Gutiérrez González

Assistant Vice-Rector of Research for Scientific Infrastructure Dr. Montserrat Corominas Guiu

Assistant Vice-Rector of Scientific Policy for Doctoral Studies and Training of Research Staff Dr. M. Lluïsa Pérez Garcia

Delegates to the Rector Delegate to the Rector for Cultural Activities and Heritage Dr. Salvador Claramunt Rodríguez

Delegate to the Rector for Safety, Health and the Environment Dr. Daniel Sainz Garcia

Delegate to the Rector for the Development of the Diagonal Campus – Gateway to Knowledge Project Dr. Miquel Salicrú Pagés

Delegate to the Rector for the Development of the BioPol Project for Biomedical Research in the Future l’Hospitalet Health Science Park Dr. Isidre Ferrer Abizanda

Delegate to the Rector for the Preparation of the University of Barcelona Economic-Financial Viability Plan Dr. Núria Bosch Roca (as of 27 October 2007)

President of the Board of Trustees Joaquim Coello Brufau

Ombuds Officer Dr. Antoni Mirambell Abancó

Assistant Ombuds Officer Dr. Lluís Caballol I Angelats

Governing Council Permanent members Màrius Rubiralta Alcañiz, Rector (until 21 April 2008) Josep Samitier Martí (as of 22 April 2008) Xavier Pons Ràfols, General Secretary Miquel Espinosa Sáenz, Manager

Members appointed by the Rector Josefina Cairol Gay Mar Campins Eritja Jordi Domingo Feliubadaló Xavier Fàbrega Falgueras Victòria Girona Brumós Salvador Lafuente Barceló Jordi Matas Dalmases Miquel Martínez Martín Joan M. Malapeira Gas Carme Muñoz Lahoz Rosa M. Nonell Torres Artur Parcerisa Aran 2007-08 / 11

Marçal Pastor Anglada Margarita Rodríguez Coria Josep Samitier Martí (until 21 April 2008) Antoni Vallés Segalés (until 28 January 2008)

Members appointed by the Senate Albert Balfagon Hernández (until 6 June 2008) Sebastià Bonet Espriu Francesc Cardellach López Gaspar Coll Rosell Alexandre Figueras Gámez (until 6 June 2008) Joaquim Framis Amatller (until 6 June 2008) Joan Elias Garcia Néstor Luis Hladun Simón Oriol Font Güell (until 6 June 2008) Misericordia García Hernández V. Evelio Lantigua Jorge Lloberas Cavero César Marín Madrazo Lluís Monerris Pes (until 6 June 2008) M. Luisa Pérez Garcia Ester Rasero Rodríguez (until 6 June 2008) Núria Rajadell Puiggròs M. Cristina Sanz López Jordi Suriñach Caralt Max Turull Rubinat José M. Escartin Esteban (as of 7 May 2008) Albert Fajula Cara (as of 7 May 2008) Abel Llibre Barreda (as of 7 May 2008) Sergi Riera Sau (as of 7 May 2008) Sergi Rubió Piñol (as of 7 May 2008) Albert Traver i Garriga (as of 7 May 2008)

Members of the Board of Trustees Joaquim Coello Brufau Joan Corominas Guerín Ramon Plandiura Vilacis

Other members Faculty Deans and Centre Directors Antonio Alegre Escolano Miguel Ángel Aparicio Pérez José Barbosa Torralbo Leonardo Berini Aytés M. Teresa Blanch Malet Montserrat Camps Gaset F. Javier Casado Merediz Miquel Àngel Cuevas Diarte Antoni Díez Noguera M. Teresa Estrach Panella Joan Mateo Andrés Joaquim M. Ortega Aramburu Joan Àngel Padró Cárdenas Margarita Peya Gascons M. Ángeles del Rincón Martínez Jordi Rafael Sales Coderch M. Esther Subirà Lobera Gemma Tribó Traveria

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Cristóbal Urbano Salido Manel Viader Junyent

Heads of Departments and University Research Institutes Pere Amorós Martí Santiago Bueno Salinas (until 28 January 2008) Miquel Esteban Cortada (until 4 March 2008) César Picado Vallés Adolfo Sotelo Vázquez (until 11 June 2008) Norbert Bilbeny García (as of 1 July 2008) Dídac Ramírez Sarrió (as of 1 April 2008) Ernest Fontich Julià (as of 9 April 2008)

Complaints Commitee Pilar Bayer Isant Vicenç Benedito Antolí Josep Carreras Barnes Jordi Domingo Feliubadaló Claudi Mans Teixidó Ricardo Panero Gutiérrez Jesús Tusón Valls

Advisory Council Màrius Rubiralta Alcañiz Santiago Álvarez Reverter Pilar Bayer Isant José Manuel Bermudo Ávila Josep Carreras Barnes Jordi Capo Giol Antón Costas Comesaña Domènec Corbella Boada Antoni Díez Noguera Jordi Domingo Feliubadaló Joan Domènec Ros Aragonés Maria Forns Santacana Josep Fullola Pericot Montserrat Jufresa Muñoz Miquel Martínez Martín M. Jesús Montoro Chiner Joaquim Muns Albuixech Eduard Salvador Solé Mercè Tatjer Mir Antonio Zorzano Olarte Xavier Pons Ràfols

Senate of Faculty Deans and Centre Directors The Senate is composed of the faculty deans and directors of university schools and is presided over by the rector.

Board of Trustees President Joaquim Coello Brufau

Public Representatives Appointed by the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia Carme Ballbé Mallol (until 10 June 2008) Francesc Boada Pallerés (as of 10 June 2008) Joan Corominas Guerín Joaquim Coello Brufau 2007-08 / 13

Appointed by the Parliament of Catalonia Rosa Maria Carrasco Azemar Josep M. Loza Xuriach (pending appointment to the DOGC) Francesc Raventós Torres (until 28 April 2008)

Representing business organizations (pending appointment)

In representation of trade unions Ramon Plandiura Vilacis

Representing Barcelona City Council Joaquim de Nadal Caparà

Representing UB alumni Rafael Foguet Ambrós

Representatives of the UB Governing Council Permanent members Màrius Rubiralta Alcañiz, Rector (until 21 April 2008) Josep Samitier Martí, Rector (as of 22 April 2008) Xavier Pons Ràfols, General Secretary Miquel Espinosa Sáenz, Manager

Representing academic and research staff Victòria Girona Brumòs

Representing administrative and services staff César Marín Madrazo

Representing UB students Albert Balfagón Hernández (until 15 May 2008) Albert Traver Garriga (as of 15 May 2008)

Secretary and Director of the Technical Cabinet Jordi Camós Grau

Deans of Faculties and Directors of University Schools Faculty of Fine Arts M. Teresa Blanch Malet (until 17 July 2008) Salvador García Fortes (as of 18 July 2008)

Faculty of Library Science and Documentation Cristóbal Urbano Salido

Faculty of Biology Francisco Javier Casado Merediz

Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences Antonio Alegre Escolano

Faculty of Law Miquel Àngel Aparicio Pérez (until 4 March 2008) Enoch Alberti Rovira (as of 5 March 2008)

University School of Business Studies M. Esther Subirà Lobera

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Faculty of Philology Montserrat Camps Gaset (until 11 June 2008) Adolfo Sotelo Vázquez (as of 11 June 2008)

Faculty of Philosophy Jordi Rafael Sales Coderch

Faculty of Physics Joan Ángel Padró Cárdenas

Faculty of Teacher Training Gemma Tribó Traveria (until 15 April 2008) Alberto Batalla Flores (as of 16 April 2008)

Faculty of Geography and History M. Ángeles del Rincón Martínez

Faculty of Geology Miquel Àngel Cuevas Diarte

University School of Nursing Margarida Peya Gascons (until 28 January 2008) Rosalia Pedreny Oriol (as of 29 January 2008)

Faculty of Mathematics Joaquim Ortega Aramburu

Faculty of Medicine M. Teresa Estrach Panella

Faculty of Dentistry Leonardo Berini Aytes

Faculty of Education Joan Mateo Andrés

Faculty of Psychology Manel Viader Junyent

Faculty of Chemistry Fidel José Barbosa Torralba (until 15 April 2008) Pere Lluís Cabot Julià (as of 16 April 2008)

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Main structures of the UB

Faculties and University Schools 1. Faculty of Biology 2. Faculty of Chemistry 3. Faculty of Dentistry 4. Faculty of Economics and Business* 5. Faculty of Education 6. Faculty of Fine Arts 7. Faculty of Geography and History 8. Faculty of Geology 9. Faculty of Law 10. Faculty of Library Science and Documentation 11. Faculty of Mathematics 12. Faculty of Medicine 13. University School of Nursing 14. Faculty of Pharmacy 15. Faculty of Philology 16. Faculty of Philosophy 17. Faculty of Physics 18. Faculty of Psychology 19. Faculty of Teacher Training

* Faculty created by integrating the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences with the University School of Business Studies according to Order IUE/364/2008 of 21 July 2008.

Affiliated Centres 1. Catalan Centre for Advanced Studies in Cinema and Audiovisual Media 2. Catalan National Institute of Physical Education 3. Centre for Advanced Studies in Public Relations 4. Sant Joan de Déu University School of Nursing 5. University School of Hotel Management and Tourism-CETT

Departments 1. Accounting 2. Administrative Law and Procedural Law 3. Algebra and Geometry 4. Analytical Chemistry 5. Animal Biology 6. Applied Mathematics and Analysis 7. Applied Physics and Optics 8. Astronomy and Meteorology 9. Basic Psychology 10. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Biology) 11. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Pharmacy) 12. Catalan Philology 13. Cell Biology 14. Cell Biology and Pathology 15. Chemical Engineering 16. Civil Law 17. Clinical Sciences 18. Constitutional Law and Political Science 19. Contemporary History 20. Criminal Law and Criminal Science 21. Crystallography, Mineralogy and Mineral Deposits 22. Cultural Anthropology and the History of America and Africa 23. Design and Image 24. Developmental and Educational Psychology 25. Drawing 2007-08 / 16

26. Ecology 27. Econometrics, Statistics and Spanish Economy 28. Economic History and Institutions 29. Economic Policy and World Economic Structure 30. Economic Theory 31. Economics and Business Organization 32. Electronics 33. English and German 34. Financial and Tax Law 35. Fundamental Care and Medical-Surgical Nursing 36. Fundamental Physics 37. General Linguistics 38. Genetics 39. Geochemistry, Petrology and Geological Prospecting 40. Geodynamics and Geophysics 41. Greek 42. History of Art 43. History of Law, Roman Law, State Ecclesiastical Law 44. History of Philosophy, Aesthetics and Cultural Philosophy 45. Human Geography 46. Inorganic Chemistry 47. International Law and Economics 48. Latin 49. Library Science and Documentation 50. Logic, History and the Philosophy of Science 51. Materials Sciences and Metallurgical Engineering 52. Mathematics for Economics, Finance and Actuarial Sciences 53. Medicine 54. Medieval History, Paleography and Diplomatics 55. Mercantile Law, Labour Law and Social Security Law 56. Methodology of the Behavioural Sciences 57. Methods of Research and Diagnosis in Education 58. Microbiology 59. Microbiology and Parasitology in Health 60. Modern History 61. Natural Products, Plant Biology and Edaphology 62. Nutrition and Bromatology 63. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics and Radiology and Anatomy 64. Odonto-Stomatology 65. Organic Chemistry 66. Painting 67. Pathological Anatomy, Pharmacology and Microbiology (new department created on 17 December 2007) 68. Pathology and Experimental Therapy 69. Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment 70. Pharmacology and Therapeutic Chemistry 71. Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology 72. Physical Chemistry 73. Physical Geography and Regional Geographical Analysis 74. Physicochemistry 75. Physiological Sciences I 76. Physiological Sciences II 77. Physiology (Biology) 78. Physiology (Pharmacy) 79. Plant Biology 80. Podiatry 81. Political Economy and the Public Treasury 82. Prehistory, Ancient History and Archeology 83. Probability, Logic and Statistics 84. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology 2007-08 / 17

85. Public Health 86. Public Health, Mental Health and Perinatal Nursing 87. Romance Languages 88. Sculpture 89. Semitic Languages 90. Social Psychology 91. Social Work and Social Services (new department created on 14 July 2008) 92. Sociological Theory, Philosophy of Law and Methodology of the Social Sciences 93. Sociology and Organizational Analysis 94. Spanish 95. Statistics 96. Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Marine Geosciences 97. Structure and Constituents of Matter 98. Surgery and Surgical Specializations 99. Teacher Training: Educational Organization 100. Teacher Training: Experimental Sciences and Mathematics 101. Teacher Training: Language and Literature 102. Teacher Training: Musical and Corporal Expression 103. Teacher Training: Social Sciences 104. Teacher Training: Visual and Plastic Arts 105. Theoretical and Practical Philosophy 106. Theory and History of Education

UB research institutes and associated research institutes 1. Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB) 2. Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICC) 3. Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN 2UB) 4. Nutrition and Food Safety Research Institute (INSA) 5. Research Institute of Applied Economics (IREA) 6. University of Barcelona Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB) 7. University of Barcelona Biodiversity Research Institute 8. Water Research Institute 9. Geomodels Research Institute (approved by the Governing Council on 15 September 2008)

Research institutes in which the UB participates 1. August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) 2. Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB) 3. Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) 4. Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) 5. Centre of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona (CMRB) 6. Geomodels Research Centre 7. Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) 8. Institute of Biomedical Research (IRB) 9. Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC)

University research institutes 1. University of Barcelona Institute of Mathematics (IMUB) 2. University Institute of Ancient Middle East Studies

Inter-university institutes 1. Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI) 2. Inter-University Institute of Women’s Studies and Gender Research

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Research centres 1. Institute of Public Law 2. POLIS Research Centre for Environmental Intervention: Art and Society 3. Primate Research Centre 4. Research Centre for 3D Geological Modelling 5. Research Centre for Applied Meteorology and Global Change 6. Research Centre for Biodiversity of Terrestrial Mammals 7. Research Centre for Citizenship and Civil Society Studies 8. Research Centre for Drug Development 9. Research Centre for Fiscal Federalism and Regional Economics 10. Research Centre for Welfare Economics 11. Research Centre for Women's Studies - DUODA 12. Special Centre of Research in Theories and Practices for Overcoming Inequalities

Other research centres 1. Centre for International Relations and Development Studies (CIDOB) 2. Centre for Mountain Research 3. Institute of Childhood and the Urban World (CIIMU)

Research observatories 1. Observatory of the Antoni de Capmany Study Centre of Economics and Economic History 2. Observatory of the Australian Studies Centre 3. Bioethics and Law Observatory 4. Observatory on Digital Education 5. Observatory on Libraries, Books and Reading at the University of Barcelona 6. Observatory on the Penal System and Human Rights 7. Observatory on Tibet and Central Asia 8. Observatory of the University Centre of Sociolinguistics and Communication (CUSC)

Documentation centres 1. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research 2. Documentation Centre of the Centre for International Historical Studies (CEHI) 3. Ramon Llull Documentation Centre

The UB in figures 2007-2008

Structure Research and technology/knowledge transfer Centres (faculties and university schools) 19 Research income (in thousands of euros): 76,643 Affiliated centres 5 Research projects* 31,484 Departments 106 FBG research project contracts 14,729 UB research institutes 9 Infrastructure support 2,164 Research institutes with UB participation 2 Other grants 18,047 University research institutes 9 UB agreements 8,267 Inter-University institutes 2 FBG-managed agreements 1,952 Research centres 15 Research activity: Observatories 8 Scientific publications** 3,139 Documentation centres 3 Doctoral theses submitted 536 TRS working on R&D projects 59% Research grantholders 979 Academic courses offered Established research groups recognized by the Generalitat 229 Areas of teaching: Coordinated thematic networks 70 Homologated areas 71 Active research projects 647 UB-specific areas 5 Patent applications filed 28 Areas offered at affiliated centres 5 Barcelona Science Park: Official master's programs 88 Size of facilities (sq m) 32,000 Doctoral programs* 82 Resident companies 45 Doctoral programs with official "Quality Award" 41 Resident research groups 70 Postgraduate programs 297 Scientific and Technical Services: University extension programs 54 Internal users (principal investigators) 478 Continuing education courses (IL3) 527 External income (in thousands of euros) 1,900

* Sixty-six doctoral programs adapted to the EHEA Total value of scientific equipment (in thousands of euros) 37,200 * Includes UB, IDIBAPS and IDIBELL **Listed by the ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Students % dones New undergraduate students 11,347 62.1 Total undergraduate students 49,213 62.9 Budget 2008 (in thousands of euros) Full-time equivalent students (FTEs) 36,334 63.3 Income: 390,950 Students enrolled in official master's programs 2,394 65.1 Public funding (chap. 4 and 7) 83.0% Doctoral students 1,858 55.9 Self-funding (chap. 3, 5 and 6) 17.0% Postgraduate students 8,163 74.2 Expenditure: 390,950 Continuing education students (IL3) 31,416 74.0 Current expenditure (chap. 1, 2 and 4) 83.9% University extension students 1,164 62.0 Capital expenditure (chap. 6) 9.0% Students at affiliated centres 3,528 64.2 Other expenditure (chap. 3, 7, 8 and 9) 7.1% First-cycle diploma-holders 2,322 73.9 Graduates 4,489 66.4 UB total area (sq m) Doctoral degrees awarded 531 Total built area 578,783 Visiting exchange students* 1,923 Usable teaching space* 246,440

UB students studying abroad* 740 * Includes classrooms, computer rooms, teaching laboratories, departments and libraries. Students on non-curricular work placements 1,910 Other students: School of Modern Languages 4,489 Hispanic Studies 2,550 Services The Language Services 2,644 UB library Summer courses (Els Juliols UB ) 2,950 Books 1,566,429 Institute of Education Sciences 14,787 Periodicals 45,292 Courses for older adults 4,500 Materials available on loan 652,892 * Under exchange programs UB sports facilities users 6,681 Places in halls of residence Teaching improvement and innovation UB centres 910 Tutorial Action Plan (PAT): Affiliated centres 1,000 Areas of teaching with PAT 32 Faculties and university schools involved 14 Tutors 897 Teaching innovation: Consolidated teaching innovation groups 46 Teaching innovation groups 31 Funded teaching innovation groups 41 TRS taking part in ICE training courses (%) 48.0

Teaching and research staff (TRS) Total TRS 4,715 TRS with permanent contracts 2,601 TRS women (%) 43% TRS FTEs 3,758

Administrative and services staff (AdSS) Total AdSS 2,177 AdSS civil servants 1,003 AdSS non-civil servants 1,174 AdSS women (%) 65% AdSS/TRS ratio 0.46

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The Year in Pictures

1. On 3 October, the inauguration of the new academic year was celebrated in the Paranimf. Pilar Bayer gave the opening address, which was entitled “Teaching Mathematics, Learning Mathematics: Variations on a Theme of Felix Klein”. 2. In November, the microbiologist Roland Benz and the Hebraist Eduard Feliu were given honorary doctorates by the UB. 3. A conference on the Statute of Autonomy for Catalonia was hosted by the UB’s Faculty of Law in November. Attending the conference opening were Elena Salgado, Spanish Minister of Public Administration, and Montserrat Tura, Catalan Minister of Justice. 4. In December, the UB honoured Antoni Maria Badia Margarit, the first rector of the University of Barcelona in the democratic era, in an event held in the Paranimf. 5. The Catalan chef Ferran Adrià was awarded an honorary doctorate by the UB in December. 6. December saw the official opening ceremony of the Helix Building at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). The space, providing an area of over 6,500 sq m, is also home to the PCB-Santander Bioincubator. 7. In January, the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB) hosted a conference in the Historic Building, addressing new frontiers in global health. 8. The UB’s Faculty of Medicine celebrated the completion of renovations to its facade and courtyard in January. 9. US professor Louis J. Ignarro, 1998 Nobel laureate in Medicine, gave the Santiago Ramón y Cajal 2008 lecture in February in the Faculty of Medicine. 10. Students and faculty at the College of Cinema and Audiovisual Media of Catalonia (ESCAC) were the recipients of prestigious Goya Awards this year. 11. In early February, the rector received the working paper on the UB Strategic Plan Horizon 2020 in a meeting held in the Puig Salellas Conference Room in the Historic Building. 12. Carles Lalueza Fox, professor in the Department of Animal Biology in the Faculty of Biology, and Jordi Llovet, professor of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, received the City of Barcelona Prize 2007 at the Palau de la Música Catalana. 13. The European University Association (EUA) held their spring conference at the UB on 27-29 March. More than 300 representatives attended from European universities and national rectors’ conferences. 14. Graça Machel, chair of the GAVI Fund Board, the funding body of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), and winner of the 1998 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the UB in April. 15. At the end of April, Josep Samitier i Martí was formally named acting rector, succeeding Màrius Rubiralta, who had been named Secretary of State for Universities. 16. Once again this year, the University of Barcelona and UB Group institutions showcased their educational offering at Estudia , the education fair, and at Futura , where master’s degrees and postgraduate studies are highlighted. 17. A documentary exhibition and an event honouring the life and work of artist and UB lecturer Joan Hernández Pijuan were held in May. 18. The UB awarded an honorary doctorate to Elaine Jaffe, who is an expert in pathology and hematology- oncology and serves as director of the Laboratory of Pathology in the National Cancer Institute of the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. 19. The inaugural symposium of the University of Barcelona Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB), held in May, enjoyed the participation of John E. Walker, 1997 Nobel laureate in Chemistry. 20. May at the UB saw the opening of a new Student Support Service Office, located in the Adolf Florensa Building on the Diagonal Campus Gateway to Knowledge. 21. In June, the UB’s Faculty of Medicine hosted an event celebrating the newly expanded Neurological Tissue Bank, an initiative jointly pursued by the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and the UB through the Electron Microscopy Unit of its Scientific and Technical Services (SCT) Department. 22. As part of the 21st Concert Cycle at the UB, the Historic Building was the site of an outdoor performance of the opera El giravolt de maig by Eduard Toldrà. The June event was put on by the Liceu Conservatory’s youth company, Jove Companyia d'Òpera del Conservatori del Liceu . 23. ACUP launched its book on the future of the University of Catalonia, entitled The White Paper on the Catalan University: Strategies and Projects. The event, held in the UB’s Paranimf, was presided over by the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, José Montilla. Also among the dignitaries present was Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation, Cristina Garmendia. 24. The UB, the UPC and Barcelona City Council signed an agreement to strengthen the Gateway to Knowledge made up of the two universities’ north and south Diagonal campuses. 1 2 3

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TEACHING AND STUDENT SERVICES

— Academic courses offered — Student and teaching staff: summary of data — Teaching improvement and innovation — Student services — Student Council Permanent Committee and Committee for Economic Affairs

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II. TEACHING AND STUDENT SERVICES

Academic courses offered

Undergraduate courses During the academic year 2007-2008, the UB received 14,404 first-choice applications for 11,177 places, putting the demand ratio for places at 1.28. The highest number of applications were received in Medicine (1,588 applications), Psychology (935), Business Administration and Management (659), Business Sciences (654) and Childhood Education (619).

The UB undergraduate degree in Training in Organizations, which was offered by the Faculty of Education, was removed from the list of available programs. In addition, the diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, which had been offered by the affiliated Advanced Centre for Nutrition and Dietetics (CESNID), was integrated into the Faculty of Pharmacy. Similarly, the University School of Nursing of Santa Madrona was integrated into the University School of Nursing, increasing the number of places offered in the area. The total number of degrees offered by the UB, including affiliated centres, rose to 76 in the academic year 2007-2008. At undergraduate level, both the total number of students and the year’s intake of new students fell slightly with respect to the previous year, showing decreases of 2.7% and 4.0%, respectively.

New Area Total students % women % women students Arts and Humanities 9,168 63.5 2,155 63.9 Education 6,561 81.6 2,008 80.9 Experimental Sciences and 6,424 50.0 1,301 46.0 Engineering Health 8,461 78.5 1,895 77.0 Social Sciences 18,599 53.3 3,988 49.8 Total 49,213 62.9 11,347 62.1

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The University of Barcelona continued to offer two joint degrees in Law with the University of Puerto Rico and the New Southeastern University in the United States. Eight UB students carried out periods of study at these institutions and the UB, in turn, received eleven visiting students from them.

Official EHEA master's degrees

During the academic year 2007-2008, 47 new official master’s degrees adapted to the requirements of the European Higher Education Area were on offer, bringing the total number to 88. The degree Animal Biodiversity and the degree Biodiversity: Evolution and Conservation were integrated to create a single degree entitled Biodiversity. A total of 2,394 students were enrolled in master’s degree programs, including 104 in Biomedicine and 100 in Neurosciences.

Total Area % women students Arts and Humanities 651 66.8 Education 165 78.8 Experimental Sciences and 703 51.2 Engineering Health 707 75.4 Social Sciences 168 60.1 TOTAL 2,394 65.1

Foreign students numbered 665; the master’s degrees with the highest percentage of foreign students were Psychology of Work, Organizations and Human Resources (83.3%), History and Culture of Food (69.2%), and Urban Design: Art, City and Society (59.5%). The students principally came from Latin America and Italy. During the academic year, proposals were put forward for new master’s degree programs. Approval was granted to 28, bringing the total number envisaged for the academic year 2008-2009 to 115.

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Official EHEA master’s degrees approved for the academic year 2008-2009 1 Advanced and Applied Studies in Catalan Language and Literature 2 Advanced Public Management 3 Business Law 4 Citizenship and Human Rights: Ethics and Politics 5 Citizenship and Values Education 6 Conservation and Restoration Project Management: Collection and Heritage Ensembles 7 Creation and Management of New Technology-Based Firms 8 Criminology and Sociology of Criminal Law 9 Economic History 10 Environmental Management and Restoration 11 Financing and Management of Regional and Local Government 12 Food and Drug Quality Assurance 13 Food Safety 14 Industrial Pharmacy 15 Psychogerontology 16 Quality in Analytical Laboratories 17 Research in Clinical Medicine 18 Research in Liver Diseases 19 Research in Odontological Science 20 Research in Teaching, Teacher Training and Educational Assessment 21 The School Library and the Promotion of Reading 22 Social and Educational Action 23 Sport Business Management 24 Statistics and Operational Research 25 Teaching and Learning in Digital Environments 26 Typography: Discipline and Uses 27 Visual Arts and Education: a Constructionist Approach 28 Youth and Society

With respect to official postgraduate programs run jointly with other institutions through the EU’s Erasmus Mundus program, the UB continued to offer the European Master on Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology, in coordination with the University of Valencia and with the participation of René Descartes University (France), the University of Bologna (Italy), and the University of Coïmbra (Portugal). Under the program, six UB students studied abroad and eight foreign students attended the UB. In addition, the master’s degree Quality in Analytical Laboratories was declared an Erasmus Mundus master’s degree by the European Commission. Lastly, the 115 official master’s degrees offered by the UB were the subject of an advertising campaign initiated to increase awareness. The aim was to convey the diversity of the offering with advertisements placed in a variety of print media, including Metro News, ADN , Oxígeno , Revista Salir , L'Hiperbòlic , Medicampus , Club Màster , the magazines La Universitat and Món Empresarial , and a special edition of La Gaceta Universitaria . In addition, the campaign was extended to metro and bus, posters were put up in UB faculties and schools, and a broad range of generic and specific postcards were prepared for the master’s programs that requested them. 2007-08 / 26

Postgraduate and doctoral studies

University of Barcelona In parallel to the official master’s degree programs, postgraduate activities at the UB, pending full adaptation to the new European framework, comprised 36 doctoral programs under RD 778/1998 and 46 doctoral programs under RD 1393/2007. Of these, 41 received the quality award officially issued by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN). The enrolment of doctoral students in the first 36 programs stood at 1,613 and 245 were enrolled under the new European regulations of 2007. With respect to postgraduate programs, the offering consisted of 126 postgraduate courses attended by 3,092 students, 171 master’s programs with 5,071 students, and 54 university extension programs with 1,164 students. A total of 11,185 students pursued postgraduate and doctoral studies. The large number of foreign students enrolled in the UB’s postgraduate and doctoral programs is notable and reflects the growing international appeal of the programs. The total number of foreign students stood at 2,267 (20.3% of the total), with 520 in doctoral studies and 1,747 in postgraduate programs.

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In addition, two doctoral programs were offered jointly with foreign universities: Business Studies (with the University of Guadalajara) and Research in Design (with the Technical Metropolitan University of Chile).Lastly, the offering of UB degree programs abroad, which may delivered face-to-face or in blended or distance learning modes, included twelve master’s degrees, postgraduate and university extension programs provided jointly with foreign universities, and three master’s degrees taught entirely in other countries.

University of Barcelona Institute for Lifelong Learning - IL3 In the second quarter of 2007, the IL3 was formally constituted as the University of Barcelona Institute for Lifelong Learning (IL3-UB). The mission of the IL3 is to serve as the UB’s vehicle to provide people and organizations with lifelong educational opportunities, both professionally and personally. The institute offers a flexible, up-to-date, tailored program of education that may take the form of face-to- face, distance or blended learning. The education on offer includes open courses and company courses. During the academic year 2007- 2008, the open courses on offer included 112 master’s degree programs, 90 postgraduate courses and 325 short-study programs. In order to rationalize the offering, the number of open courses was reduced, although new programs in the health area were added, along with bridging courses. The blended learning option also increased in importance, leading to its treatment as a separate category from face-to-face and distance learning options. 2007-08 / 27

A total of 31,416 students enrolled in open and company courses. The number in open courses stood at 20,376, while 11,040 took company courses. Breaking down the students in open courses, 1,989 pursued master’s degrees, 1,559 were in postgraduate courses and 16,828 took short-study courses. Notably, the short-study courses experienced an increase in enrolment of nearly 4,000 students compared to last year. This was largely due to the success of bridging courses, which allow students to obtain free-elective credits, and in the CLIP-ICE courses, which are teacher training courses provided to active teaching staff.

Open courses: students, hours and courses offered

Courses

Master's Postgraduate Short Mode of delivery Students Hours degrees courses courses Total Face-to-face 2,289 41,913 63 24 28 115 Blended 350 5,709 6 8 10 24 Distance 17,737 48,110 43 58 287 388 TOTAL 20,376 95,732 112 90 325 527

In the case of company training, the provision of consultancy services, needs assessment and tailored and standard products have brought an increase in the number of students. The rise is attributable both to new projects with high numbers of students and to the continuing loyalty of past clients.

Students in company training

Mode of delivery Students Face-to-face 2,235 Blended 660 Distance 8,145 TOTAL 11,040

Academic staff numbers stood at 2,427, including 14 academic coordinators, 219 course directors, 1,786 faculty members from outside the UB, and 408 from within UB. The staff draws on both academics and subject-matter experts in order to achieve a balanced approach that is both academic and professional in nature.

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Other academic opportunities

Modern Languages The University School of Modern Languages (EIM) provided tuition to 4,489 students. By groups, UB students comprised 3,423 of them; 234 were former UB students; 64 came from outside the UB; 60 were administrative and services staff; and 708 were teaching and research staff. The total size of the teaching staff giving courses was 74 (51% were women). A total of 2,213 level tests were given: 2,022 in English, 99 in French, 42 in German, 30 in Italian, 7 in Japanese, 6 in Chinese, 3 in Russian, 3 in Swedish and 1 in Arabic.

Distribution of students and teaching staff by language

Students Teaching Standard Intensive Specific TOTAL staff courses courses courses Amazic 1 9 - - 9 Arabic 3 43 - 8 51 Chinese 3 91 - - 91 Danish 1 - - 7 7 Dutch 1 - - 27 27 English 41 1,782 126 1,128 3,036 French 7 302 66 32 400 German 7 318 24 50 392 Greek 1 - - 9 9 Italian 2 97 - 117 214 Japanese 2 91 - 8 99 Portuguese 1 - - 34 34 Romance languages 1 - - 16 16 Russian 1 10 - - 10 Swedish 2 - - 94 94 TOTAL 74 2,743 216 1,530 4,489

The EIM also offers an External Language Service (SEI), which provides in-house language tuition to professionals according to their specific requirements.

Hispanic Studies During this academic year, the EIM offered the 56th edition of the Course in Hispanic Studies, Language and Culture for Foreigners, which ran from 12 September 2007 to 15 May 2008. The course attracted participation from 45 teachers and 811 students from 47 countries. Students focusing solely on Spanish Language can sit a final exam to obtain an official certificate of language proficiency. Hispanic Studies provided language tuition to visiting Erasmus students through three courses in instrumental Spanish language, which were attended by a total of 453 students. In addition, 13 intensive courses were offered during the academic year, with a total enrolment of 575 students. Lastly, the following special courses were provided: Business Spanish (57 students), Conversational Spanish (133 students), Written Spanish (71 students), and Spoken Spanish for Everyday Situations (119 students). Preparation for the Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE, Cervantes Institute) was offered, with 331 candidates attending, and 56 students took the exam at the end of the academic year.

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Students enrolled in Hispanic Studies courses

Hispanic studies, Spanish language and culture for foreign students 811 Erasmus program 453 Intensive courses 575 Special courses 380 - Business Spanish 57 - Conversational Spanish 133 - Written Spanish 71 - Spoken Spanish for Everyday Situations 119 Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) 331 TOTAL 2,550

To advertise the courses, a total of 10,000 marketing postcards, of two varieties, were distributed through cinemas, theatres, cafes and restaurants in the city of Barcelona.

Catalan Instruction in the Catalan language was provided in 164 courses with an enrolment of 2,652 students, which represents a slight decrease from the prior year. Catalan language classes and level tests were offered to UB teaching staff, in connection with public teaching positions requiring Catalan proficiency.

Catalan language classes Courses 164 Hours 7,500 Enrolled students 2,652 Basic level 1,878 Advanced level 687 Specific courses 87 Students 2,433 TRS 193 AdSS—UB Group 26

Self-access language learning centres continued to offer support in a wide range of languages. A selection of multimedia resources were developed for Chinese to enhance the recognition and written execution of Chinese characters, competence in Chinese grammar, vocabulary, phonetics, oral comprehension, written comprehension, and oral and written expression, in addition to providing resources of cultural interest. All the materials are organized by level, ranging from beginner and elementary learners to intermediate and advanced students, and they are aimed at enabling learners to improve their competence in Chinese broadly, to pose questions and dispel doubts in the course of studying, and to pursue a variety of learning activities and exercises. Lastly, preparation for a new multilingual language centre began in the area of the health sciences, based on the common ground that exists between Romance languages. The effort followed a similar initiative undertaken in the prior year for students in the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences. New university conversation guides were also published in paper form for two additional language combinations: Japanese-Catalan and Chinese-Catalan. A Catalan edition of The Count of Monte Cristo (accompanied by CD-ROM) was added to the collection of books supporting Catalan language learning Català Fàcil , published jointly with Eumo Editorial. The online university bulletin Paraules.cat , which is based on the RodaMots/Cada dia un mot initiative, was produced so that interested individuals could learn a new Catalan word each day. Two types of marketing postcards were devised to advertise the services provided. A total of 10,000 postcards were printed on the subject of the resources of the group for Catalan Language Promotion at the university, while 5,000 postcards promoted the Conversation Exchange Service.

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Summer courses During the summer of 2008, the UB offered and took part in a variety of courses, such as Els Juliols , the Women’s Summer University of Cornellà (UED) and the International University of Menorca, Illa del Rei (UIMIR). An advertising campaign sought to generate interest in the summer courses through a wide range of media, and 95,000 marketing postcards were printed, principally for distribution in universities, cinemas, libraries, civic centres and restaurants. • Els Juliols The 12th annual program of summer courses known as Els Juliols was held from 30 June to 25 July 2007. Enrolment stood at 2,950 students, including 1,963 women and 987 men. The 43 courses on offer were broken down into subject areas as follows: fourteen in arts and humanities, ten in science, nature and the environment, six in communication, new technologies and the information society, four in personal resources and growth, nine in health, and eleven in society and politics.

Els Juliols summer courses by area

Society and politics Health 21% 17%

Personal resources and growth 8% Arts and humanities 26% Communication, new technologies and the information Science, nature and society the environment 11% 17%

A number of summer courses were taught outside the municipal area of Barcelona—in Alella, Viladecans, Badalona, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Vilafranca del Penedès, Mollet del Vallès, Berga and Prat de Llobregat—or in other institutions, such as the Barcelona School of Hotel and Tourism Management (CETT-UB), CosmoCaixa and the National Art Gallery of Catalonia (MNAC). For the third consecutive year, the Els Juliols program featured a series of evening concerts, entitled Els Vespres d’Els Juliols . The six short concerts, which were free to the public, took place in the Ferran i Soldevilla gardens of the Historic Building. Performances were given by Tarannà, Sanjosex, Youkalis, A contra blues, Manel and Las Migas. • Els Juliols Linguae This year also marked the first edition of Els Juliols Linguae , held between 30 June and 4 July 2008. The program included three courses taught entirely in Spanish and the aim was to reach members of the Spanish-speaking public in Catalonia and from elsewhere in Spain or Latin America. Student enrolment was 43, with 35 women and 8 men. The focus of the courses in the program was the city of Barcelona. • Els Juliols Sènior Another facet of Els Juliols this year was the first edition of Els Juliols Sènior , held on 7-18 July and aimed at people of 60 years of age or older. The academic program addressed topics of special interest to the age group involved. The approach was rigorous but engaging and considered humanistic and cultural matters as well as offering practical information on health and personal well- being. A total of 173 students (133 women and 40 men) participated. • Women’s Summer University of Cornellà The first Women’s Summer University (UED) was held on 14-18 July 2008 at Cornellà de Llobregat, organized by the Women’s Information and Resource Centre (CIRD) of the Cornellà City Hall and the UB’s Office of Institutional Projects—Els Juliols . The aim of the UED was to offer alternative instruction in the area of gender equality, providing the latest knowledge on the subject, enabling the exchange of information and opinions relating to gender and analysing contemporary issues from the standpoint of gender. A total of 139 students (138 women and one man) took part in the four courses offered. 2007-08 / 31

• International University of Menorca, Illa del Rei (UIMIR) The 13th edition of the International University of Menorca, Illa del Rei (UIMIR) , the summer course program of the University of Menorca, in which the UB participates, took place on 1-5 September, 2008. A total of 131 students (97 women and 34 men) took part in the series of ten courses.

Open Opera The 6th edition of the Open Opera season was held during the academic year 2007-2008. The program, which is organized by the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the UB, leads to the award of three free-elective credits. A total of 175 students (138 women and 37 men) took part in 2007-2008. Each year the program includes a series of talks and operatic performances. This year, the talks were given in the Aula Magna of the Faculties of Philosophy and of Geography and History and addressed Aida , by Giuseppe Verdi; La Cenerentola , by Gioacchino Rossini; Elektra , by Richard Strauss; Tannhaüser , by Richard Wagner; Tamerlano , by George Frideric Handel, and Death in Venice , by Benjamin Britten.

Classical music for non-music lovers The second edition of “Classical music for non-music lovers”, a university extension program organized by the University of Barcelona and the Symphonic Orchestra of the Vallès, was held between 13 February and 30 April 2007. Participants numbered 76 (44 women and 32 men). Of these, 29 enrolled as university extension students without credit and 47 enrolled as university extension students to obtain the four UB free-elective credits corresponding to the course.

Students and teaching staff: summary of data

Undergraduate students

Full -time students New students Total students (FTEs) Graduates % Total % women Total % women Total % women Total women University diplomas 3,630 66.9 13,390 66.9 10,141 67.0 2,322 73.9 Bachelor's degrees 6,439 60.5 31,703 62.2 23,711 62.7 3,751 67.4 2nd-cycle degrees 1,024 65.8 2,930 66.6 1,744 65.1 572 70.3 Engineering degrees 254 20.5 1,190 27.6 738 27.8 166 30.1 TOTAL 11,347 62.1 49,213 62.9 36,334 63.3 6,811 69.0

Graduates 2007-08 Second-cycle bachelor's Bachelor's degrees 8% degrees 55% Engineering degrees 3%

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New students Total students FTEs Graduates % Total % women Total % women Total women Total % women TOTAL 11,347 62.1 49,213 62.9 36,334.4 63.3 6,811 69.0 Faculty of Biology 435 65.7 2,199 66.8 1,529.5 67.1 284 74.6 Biochemistry 34 76.5 133 67.7 61.9 70.0 41 70.7 Biology 320 67.2 1,720 67.8 1,217.1 68.5 205 75.1 Environmental Sciences 81 55.6 346 61.6 250.5 59.5 38 76.3 University School of Business Studies 846 43.3 4,133 50.0 2,887.5 49.1 532 58.6 Business Sciences 846 43.3 4,067 49.7 2,863.3 49.0 500 58.0 Business Studies (old curriculum) ------3 67 International Business (UB-specific) - - 66 66.7 24.2 63.6 29 69.0 Faculty of Chemistry 387 47.3 1,897 53.8 1,172.3 54.2 294 56.8 Chemical Engineering 75 26.7 413 38.5 240.1 38.9 60 46.7 Chemistry 268 55.6 1,348 60.2 853.5 60.3 209 61.2 Materials Engineering 44 31.8 136 36.0 78.7 34.2 25 44.0 Faculty of Dentistry 114 71.1 628 73.7 552.5 74.4 102 68.6 Dentistry 114 71.1 628 73.7 552.5 74.4 102 68.6 Faculty of Economic and Business 1,422 46.7 7,139 48.3 5,357.0 48.3 666 55.0 Sciences Business Administration and 720 50.1 3,761 52.0 2,756.4 53.0 318 58.2 Management Economic and Business Sciences (UB------3 100 specific) Economics 372 32.8 2,098 38.8 1,665.8 38.1 163 44.8 Financial and Actuarial Sciences 25 32.0 108 40.7 60.9 36.9 26 50.0 Market Research and Techniques 58 63.8 182 61.0 115.8 64.2 50 66.0 Real Estate and Construction Studies 18 33.3 106 37.7 84.5 38.5 19 57.9 (UB-specific) Sociology 181 54.7 682 55.1 521.2 54.8 60 56.7 Statistics 29 58.6 132 47.0 107.9 46.6 19 52.6 Taxes and Accounting (UB-specific) 19 73.7 70 65.7 44.5 64.7 8 50.0 Faculty of Education 850 86.9 2,900 86.3 2,182.9 86.3 513 87.9 Education 269 81.8 1,098 87.2 840.4 87.7 161 87.6 Educational Psychology 137 95.6 245 93.9 130.8 93.9 43 95.3 Social Education 178 87.1 608 83.7 484.5 83.3 125 87.2 Social Education (UB-specific) - - 28 78.6 7.7 79.2 5 80.0 Social Work 266 87.6 895 85.4 710.1 85.5 175 86.9 Training in Organizations (UB-specific) - - 26 76.9 9.5 72.0 4 100.0 Faculty of Fine Arts 401 69.3 1,914 69.9 1,409.4 70.6 268 70.5 Fine Arts 401 69.3 1,914 69.9 1,409.4 70.6 268 70.5

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New students Total students FTEs Graduates % Total % women Total % women Total women Total % women Faculty of Geography and History 827 60.9 3,515 58.0 2,289.2 56.4 434 58.1 Archaeology (UB-specific) - - 3 66.7 0.2 100.0 1 0.0 Geography 96 37.5 358 34.6 249.8 35.0 60 41.7 Geography and History (old curriculum) ------4 100 History 337 49.0 1,612 43.9 1,139.6 43.0 185 43.8 History of Art 222 81.5 986 81.3 644.4 81.7 101 80.2 Social and Cultural Anthropology 172 70.9 556 72.3 255.2 73.0 83 73.5 Faculty of Geology 90 35.6 572 41.4 424.2 41.4 59 45.8 Geological Engineering 38 28.9 219 33.8 159.9 34.3 26 34.6 Geology 52 40.4 353 46.2 264.3 45.7 33 54.5 Faculty of Law 1,720 55.7 7,327 60.0 5,459.3 59.7 993 63.6 Criminology 121 58.7 299 58.5 231.8 59.5 57 59.6 Criminology and Criminal Policy (old 176 51.7 569 50.3 514.7 49.3 84 46.4 curriculum) Labour Relations 322 63.4 1,404 68.7 1,019.5 67.7 258 70.9 Labour Sciences 75 62.7 184 70.1 123.5 69.6 41 85.4 Law 683 56.2 3,878 59.7 2,783.5 60.4 444 61.7 Political and Administration Sciences 120 39.2 328 47.3 253.5 45.5 31 71.0 Private Investigation 142 49.3 335 47.2 283.7 48.2 35 42.9 Public and Private Security (UB-specific) - - 1 100.0 0.1 100.0 1 100.0 Public Management and Administration 81 54.3 329 63.8 248.9 63.7 42 69.0 Faculty of Library Science and 203 68.0 757 73.8 458.7 71.7 119 79.8 Documentation Documentation 70 65.7 242 74.0 142.8 71.0 54 75.9 Library Science and Documentation 133 69.2 515 73.8 315.8 72.0 65 83.1 Faculty of Mathematics 169 24.9 769 29.9 506.7 30.5 82 28.0 Computer Systems 86 7.0 358 11.2 234.6 10.9 38 5.3 Mathematics 83 43.4 411 46.2 272.1 47.4 44 47.7 Faculty of Medicine 270 68.1 1,494 73.8 1,368.7 74.4 205 82.0 Medicine 270 68.1 1,494 73.8 1,368.7 74.4 205 82.0 University School of Nursing 469 79.1 1,483 81.5 1,193.0 81.6 296 86.1 Nursing 399 81.5 1,251 83.5 1,016.4 83.3 249 89.2 Podiatry 70 65.7 232 70.7 176.6 72.0 47 70.2 Faculty of Pharmacy 466 78.5 2,301 78.3 2,000.2 78.1 296 81.4 Food Science and Technology 42 92.9 143 84.6 91.7 87.5 40 77.5 Human Nutrition and Dietetics 79 83.5 79 83.5 66.9 83.3 - - Pharmacy 345 75.7 2,079 77.6 1,841.5 77.4 256 82.0

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New students Total students FTEs Graduates % Total % women Total % women Total women Total % women Faculty of Philology 680 71.5 2,742 72.9 1,850.2 73.1 361 75.3 Arabic 28 60.7 102 69.6 74.1 71.2 6 83.3 Catalan 73 76.7 326 74.5 227.1 74.6 39 76.9 Classics 48 66.7 158 64.6 122.2 64.2 12 66.7 English 188 74.5 757 77.7 545.1 78.6 101 78.2 French 21 76.2 94 81.9 54.4 81.8 10 80.0 Galician 0 0.0 3 33.3 1.8 0.0 1 0.0 German 33 72.7 124 73.4 72.9 71.6 11 81.8 Hebrew Studies 13 61.5 33 54.5 18.5 47.6 2 0.0 Italian 13 69.2 58 75.9 31.5 73.0 5 80.0 Linguistics 20 70.0 87 66.7 35.4 64.7 19 63.2 Literary Theory and Comparative 65 56.9 184 60.3 104.6 58.7 40 57.5 Literature Portuguese 2 100.0 6 83.3 3.3 87.9 1 100.0 Romance Languages 17 70.6 68 72.1 45.9 70.4 6 83.3 Slavonic Studies 17 64.7 70 65.7 50.2 68.9 8 75.0 Spanish 142 76.1 672 73.8 463.3 73.6 97 81.4 Philology (old curriculum) ------3 100 Faculty of Philosophy 247 44.5 997 44.9 690.2 44.0 111 43.2 Philosophy 247 44.5 997 44.9 690.2 44.0 111 43.2 Faculty of Physics 220 25.5 987 26.1 729.0 27.1 122 31.1 Electronic Engineering 11 9.1 64 10.9 24.2 19.0 17 0.0 Physics 209 26.3 923 27.2 704.8 27.4 105 36.2 Faculty of Psychology 576 79.5 2,555 81.0 1,980.5 81.2 354 86.2 Psychology 576 79.5 2,555 81.0 1,980.5 81.2 354 86.2 Faculty of Teacher Training 955 78.2 2,904 79.0 2,293.5 79.5 720 80.0 Audiovisual Communication 83 56.6 172 55.2 113.9 56.3 56 57.1 Teacher Training in Child Education 138 97.1 448 96.7 373.2 96.9 122 96.7 Teacher Training in Foreign Language 151 82.8 459 84.5 344.2 84.6 82 81.7 Learning Teacher Training in Musical Education 133 75.2 423 73.0 327.3 73.9 85 71.8 Teacher Training in Physical Education 153 49.7 450 47.3 376.4 47.0 115 52.2 Teacher Training in Primary Education 151 89.4 480 87.3 385.5 87.7 120 85.0 Teacher Training in Special Needs 146 89.0 472 92.8 373.1 93.4 139 97.1 Education Teacher Training in Basic General ------1 100 Education (old curriculum)

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Students enrolled in official EHEA master's degrees

School/Faculty Total % women TOTAL 2,394 65.1 Biology 345 63.5 Advanced Microbiology 34 70.6 Aquaculture 18 44.4 Biodiversity 52 61.5 Developmental Biology and Genetics 29 65.5 Fundamental and Applied Ecology 21 66.7 Human Biology 14 64.3 Immunology 29 58.6 Marine Sciences: Oceanography and Marine Environmental Management 47 68.1 Neurosciences 100 64.0 Plant Biology in Mediterranean Conditions 1 0.0 Chemistry 84 54.8 Advanced Chemistry 74 56.8 Environmental Engineering 10 40.0 Economic and Business Sciences 141 61.0 Cultural Management 61 77.0 Economics 13 23.1 Internationalization 21 71.4 Research in Business, Finance and Insurance 23 34.8 Sociological Research 23 56.5 Fine Arts 89 73.0 Artistic Productions and Research 47 68.1 Urban Design: Art, City, Society 42 78.6 Geography and History 317 65.0 Advanced Studies in Art History 51 72.5 Anthropology and Ethnography 35 77.1 Archaeology 27 44.4 The History and Culture of Food 13 92.3 History Studies 30 53.3 Management of Cultural Heritage 72 83.3 Territorial Planning and Environmental Management 89 47.2 Geology 30 53.3 Geology 17 64.7 Geophysics 13 38.5 Law 27 55.6 Water: Interdisciplinary Analysis and Sustainable Management 27 55.6 Library Science and Documentation 42 66.7 Management of Digital Contents 42 66.7 Mathematics 28 28.6 Advanced and Professional Mathematics 23 30.4 Artificial Intelligence 5 20.0 Medicine 204 65.7 Biomedicine 104 74.0 Critical and Emergency Care 77 59.7 Respiratory Medicine 23 47.8 Nursing 78 89.7 Leadership and Management in Nursing 78 89.7

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School/Faculty Total % women Pharmacy 196 79.1 Drug Research. Development and Control 33 78.8 Food Research, Development and Innovation 19 100.0 Molecular Biotechnology 58 62.1 Nutrition and Metabolism 62 96.8 Pharmaceutical Care 24 58.3 Philology 160 78.8 Ancient Culture and Language 2 50.0 Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition in Multilingual Contexts 12 83.3 Construction and Representation of Cultural Identity 51 68.6 Expert in Spanish as a Foreign Language in Professional Environments 28 82.1 Lexis and Communication 6 83.3 Medieval Cultures 12 50.0 Women, Gender and Citizenship 49 93.9 Philosophy 85 44.7 Cognitive Science and Language 38 44.7 Contemporary Thought 19 36.8 History of Science: Science, History and Society 8 37.5 Philosophy and Classical Studies 14 71.4 Pure and Applied Logic 6 16.7 Physics 216 32.9 Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology 32 28.1 Biomedical Engineering 55 45.5 Biophysics 29 44.8 Computational and Applied Physics 7 14.3 Electronic Engineering 12 8.3 Meteorology 31 29.0 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 37 27.0 Physical Engineering 13 23.1 Psychology 229 76.0 Clinical Health Psychology 38 84.2 Educational Psychology (Inter-University Master) 54 81.5 Primatology 25 64.0 Psychology of Work. Organizations and Human Resources 30 73.3 Psychosocial Intervention 82 73.2 Teacher Training 123 82.9 The Deaf Community: Education and Sign Language 19 89.5 Motor Activity and Education 24 62.5 Research in Education in Science, Mathematics, Social Sciences and Heritage Sciences 11 81.8 Research in Language and Literature Teaching 14 92.9 Teacher Training in Catalan for Adults 14 92.9 The Training of Teachers of Spanish as a Foreign Language 41 85.4

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Postgraduate students

Doctorate Postgraduate courses % Master's University % School/Faculty Total Postgraduate Women Degree extension Women Biology 135 58.5 36 117 97 56.8 Chemistry 78 55.1 67 24 51.6 Dentistry 145 58.6 48 114 9 66.7 Economic and Business Sciences 73 30.1 135 557 72 56.3 Education 92 58.7 78 30 - 89.8 Fine Arts 105 67.6 47 85 3 88.9 Geography and History 158 55.7 1 257 25 65.4 Geology 18 50.0 17 3 39 57.6 ICE - - 137 - - 82.5 IL3 - - 1,739 1,945 300 77.4 Law 211 46.4 243 284 114 52.7 Library Science and Documentation 20 60.0 - - 221 85.1 Medicine 261 57.1 88 615 29 68.2 Nursing - - 256 496 - 84.2 Pharmacy 53 71.7 65 87 - 78.9 Philology 114 67.5 66 15 170 76.9 Philosophy 65 44.6 - 72 - 69.4 Psychology 30 76.7 136 292 48 75.2 Teacher Training 55 61.8 - 35 13 68.8 Doctoral students under RD 245 52.2 - - - - 1393/2007 Total 1,858 55.9 3,092 5,071 1,164 72.7

Students and teaching staff in affiliated institutes and schools

Students Teaching staff

% % % Graduates % % Total New FTEs Total women women women 2007-08 women women Total 3,120 61.1 776 61.9 2,514 60 587 71.6 222 33.8

Cinema and Audiovisual Media (endorsed by the 335 31 87 33.3 330 30.7 80 46 39 12.8 UB) (Centre for Advanced Studies in Cinema and Audiovisuals—ESCAC) Nursing (Sant Joan de Déu University School of 436 89.4 142 88.7 388 90.2 97 90.7 16 93.8 Nursing)

Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (National 877 33 196 35.7 715 33.1 126 42.9 56 14.3 Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia— INEFC) Publicity and Public Relations (Centre for 590 77.8 134 75.4 473 78.9 143 86 61 39.3 Advanced Studies in Public Relations)

Tourism (University School of Hotel and Tourism 882 75.4 217 71 608 73.6 141 78.7 50 46 Management—CETT)

Integrated into the UB as of 2007-2008* 418 87.1

Nursing (University School of Nursing, Santa 180 84.4 Madrona)

Human Nutrition and Dietetics (Centre for 238 89.1 Advanced Studies in Nutrition and Dietetics)

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Teaching staff by school/faculty and category*

School/Faculty Total % UP USP TUL TUSL SL JL TL TPL TPML TrL Ot Women Biology 319 40.8 50 0 127 8 30 10 2 49 0 4 39 Business Studies 131 31.3 4 21 14 66 0 0 0 21 0 1 4 Chemistry 244 35.7 61 0 100 1 13 8 1 33 0 18 9 Dentistry 198 40.4 14 0 31 0 1 0 0 132 18 2 0 Economic and 430 38.1 51 4 144 45 5 10 13 127 1 17 13 Business Sciences Education 203 63.5 18 0 54 14 0 11 24 64 0 6 12 Fine Arts 168 46.4 18 0 72 1 0 14 10 46 0 6 1 Geography and 237 40.1 50 0 108 8 18 12 3 26 0 0 12 History Geology 94 27.7 17 0 48 0 7 2 3 11 0 1 5 Institute of 9 66.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Education Sciences Law 339 35.7 52 1 117 26 2 16 1 109 0 11 4 Library Science and 67 59.7 0 0 5 18 2 4 3 32 0 3 0 Documentation Mathematics 105 29.5 20 0 42 5 1 6 3 13 0 11 4 Medicine 596 23.8 55 0 120 6 25 9 5 68 285 8 15 Nursing 257 80.2 0 3 0 77 0 0 4 74 97 0 2 Pharmacy 327 57.2 36 0 129 2 14 10 6 81 25 5 19 Philology 288 59.0 41 0 123 3 11 32 5 44 0 11 18 Philosophy 64 18.8 12 0 32 1 1 2 0 5 0 4 7 Physics 208 17.3 37 0 78 1 21 7 0 23 0 7 34 Psychology 220 50.5 18 0 88 5 4 12 3 60 8 11 11 Teacher Training 211 61.6 7 15 40 82 0 3 9 41 0 5 9 Total UB 4,715 42.9 561 44 1,472 369 155 168 95 1,059 434 131 227 % Women 42.9 - 19.6 54.5 41.2 57.2 42.6 58.9 71.6 46.4 41.2 59.5 39.6 TRS Full-Time 3,758.4 - 548.6 43.0 1,437.1 365.9 151.8 168.0 95.0 673.0 162.8 32.8 80.5 Equivalents (FTEs)

* UP: full university professor; USP: full university school professor; TUL: tenured university lecturer; TUSL: tenured university school lecturer; SL: senior lecturer; JL: junior lecturer; TL: temporary lecturer; TPL: temporary part-time lecturer; TPML: temporary part-time medical lecturer; TrL: trainee lecturer; Ot: other teaching staff (emeritus professors, visiting lecturers, and substitute lecturers).

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Teaching improvement and innovation

Institutional teaching policy project (2006-2009) As part of the institutional teaching policy project, work was carried out in the following action areas during the academic year 2007-2008: • Tutorial action . In order to take forward the document “Information, orientation and student support: tutorial action at the University of Barcelona”, working sessions were held with the tutorial action plan (PAT) coordinators and, in coordination with ICE, a new area of the Virtual Campus was implemented to support and enable exchange among tutors. In addition, new coordination activities got underway to link the staff responsible for tutorial action plans in each teaching area to the new Student Support Services Office in order to improve the support given to students in their studies. • Teaching policy directly related to the process of convergence with the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). With ICE support, the project participated in the committees developing the new undergraduate degrees. Approval was given to the following documents: Common Generic Competences for the UB , addressing the design of the new degree programs and the related decisions taken in other areas of the University; Blended Teaching at the University of Barcelona , which establishes the conceptual framework for blended teaching in UB-homologated courses; and the Academic and Teaching Glossary of the University of Barcelona , a resource to facilitate communication on academic and teaching topics. • Methodology, teaching materials, assessment, and teaching innovation. The new internal regulations on student assessment and grading took effect and the use of continuous assessment was extended across all courses offered at the University. In addition, the new curriculum guidelines were adopted in general use and support was given to a variety of faculties and schools. Work continued on the previous year’s teaching innovation groups with a public call for new members, so that stable working groups could be created. • Teaching assessment and recognition of quality. On 21 November 2007, the Governing Council gave their approval to the university teaching assessment manual, which subsequently received certification from the Agency for Quality Assurance in the Catalan University System (AQU). With the establishment of the Teaching Assessment Committee at the UB (CADUB), new assessments were begun. • Teaching support. The teaching support web page was further developed to provide resources and support for the teaching process at the UB. Work in this area included enhancement of the Virtual Campus, the digital depository and the Office for Knowledge Dissemination. • Training, advice and information-exchange forums for academic staff. Various activities were pursued, including the new edition of the postgraduate program providing teacher training to new teaching staff. Two new workshops were held to enable the exchange of information on teaching innovation with respect to the Virtual Campus, and two additional workshops addressed the subject of innovation in work placement programs. 2007-08 / 40

• Communication in the area of teaching policy. Representatives from the Offices of the Vice-Rector for Teaching Policy visited nineteen University schools and faculties during the year. The visits provided an opportunity to discuss broad UB teaching priorities and the individual characteristics, needs and priorities of each school or faculty. In addition, the teaching staff and all administrative and services staff directly related to teaching activities were sent the documentation relating to teaching matters approved by the UB. Lastly, contracts for teaching staff for the academic year 2007-2008 were prepared and signed by each faculty or school and the vice-rectors responsible for academic and teaching affairs, and the financial data were incorporated into the annual accounting process.

Teaching evaluation During the academic year 2007-2008, an opinion poll was conducted to compile the views of 5,484 groups of students on the quality of teaching at the University. A total of 124,000 surveys were completed, representing a participation rate of 41.6%. Across the two semesters, 5,074 reports were produced for 3,626 members of teaching staff and for 2,399 course units. The institutional teaching quality survey was conducted to gather information on teaching practice in participating areas of the experimental and clinical sciences (i.e., experimental sciences and engineering, and health). Survey participation results are set out below:

Teaching staff Course Groups Surveys Reports evaluated units Practical laboratory teaching 169 3,200 159 137 70 Practical teaching in clinical 133 1,200 126 123 28 environment

Finally, the fifth official teaching activity assessment was carried out during the academic year, making use of the new assessment manual approved by the Governing Council on 21 November 2007.

Teaching innovation Grants were made for projects on innovation as listed below: • Teaching innovation projects (PID). The 2007 grants totalled €97,080 euros. Of the 58 applications submitted, 41 received funding. The application process for 2008 grants was opened at the beginning of July. Applications were restricted to proposals focused on the organization and development of new undergraduate degrees employing the team teaching approach, or on teaching innovation projects of especial significance. • Special initiatives . The final review of proposals for special initiatives was completed by the Vice- Rector for Teaching Policy and funds were allocated to two areas: organization of conferences on university teaching and production of audiovisual materials. • Teaching improvement project proposals, for funds provided to Catalan universities by the Generalitat of Catalonia. The initiative, which is offered annually by the Generalitat , resulted in the award of 25 grants to teaching staff at the UB, from a total of 48 applications (52.1%). These figures represent a strong improvement on the previous year, during which 32 of 71 applications (45.1%) were successful. The following initiatives were carried out in the area of innovation groups: • Accreditation of consolidated teaching innovation groups . This program was addressed to consolidated groups seeking to renew their accreditation, and groups which had previously held accreditation for a period greater than 18 months. The number of consolidated UB research groups held steady at 46. • Official recognition of teaching innovation groups . During the academic year 2007-2008, two groups were awarded official recognition for the first time, and five renewed their accreditation. The total number increased to 31. • Grants for consolidated teaching innovation groups : grants were awarded for attendance and organization of conferences related to teaching and for work related to teaching publications. Finally, the UB continued its efforts to disseminate and exchange information on teaching improvement and innovation as a means of extending good teaching practices across the whole University. Two meetings took place to discuss teaching innovation. The first addressed the Virtual Campus and involved the leaders of the UB’s consolidated teaching innovation groups (GIDC) and the second addressed work placement and was open to all UB teaching staff.

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Virtual Campus After completion of the pilot phase, the UB implemented its Virtual Campus in September 2007 to enhance the quality of teaching at the University. This is a key resource to facilitate aspects such as continuous assessment, the use of innovative teaching tools and resources and the creation of virtual communities. The Virtual Campus uses Moodle and is connected to a broad range of other UB online systems (e.g., databases on students and teaching staff, courses and curriculum details). In the first year of operation, 2,437 courses were offered, with the participation of 2,329 teaching staff and 38,590 students. The courses with highest enrolment were in Business Sciences, Law, and Business Administration and Management. Training on use of the Virtual Campus was given to 1,272 teaching staff, and tailored courses were offered in a variety of faculties and schools. The number of basic courses reached fifteen, while four workshops were additionally given in more advanced usage of the tools. Four texts were prepared to support use of the Virtual Campus. They include two quick guides for teaching staff and students, a guide on the methodology of the Virtual Campus, and a text on the Virtual Campus as a new learning environment. Lastly, on 18 February, the Governing Council gave its approval to a document promoting the free dissemination of knowledge.

Student services

Information and student guidance The Student Support Services Office (SAE) was created this year to provide personalized attention to all UB students, future students, graduates and members of the alumni organization Antics UB . The SAE offers information, orientation, guidance and advice, support and assistance to students during the course of their studies and in the job placement process. The aim is also to strengthen the sense of belonging felt by students and to ensure that students and graduates broadly understand the policies of the UB. The SAE also provides support to teaching staff who are tutorial action plan coordinators. In order to bring the service closer to students, the intention is to add further SAE outlets on the various UB campuses in addition to the current office located on the Diagonal campus.

Information and orientation for future and new students During the academic year 2007-2008, student information and orientation activities included education fairs, orientation days and presentations at secondary schools and UB faculties. In the case of education fairs, the UB attended the fairs at Valls, the French and German Schools, Viladecans and Sant Boi de Llobregat. Materials were also sent to the education fair at Montcada i Reixac and at Manresa. For the Saló Estudia , the UB had five stands, one for each teaching area, and they received nearly 20,000 visitors. In addition to promotional videos on the University, advertising inserts with a Barcelona metro map were created to publicize the list of undergraduate degrees at the UB and the official master’s degrees approved for the academic year 2008-2009. More than twenty lecturers from different teaching areas took part in the orientation seminars organized by the local councils of Sabadell, Badalona and Prat de Llobregat and by the area council of Garraf. In April, the series of open-door Portes Obertes events attracted 2,117 students from various secondary schools, who enrolled in the events through the new website of the Espai UB-Secundària . The events offered prospective students the opportunity to learn more about the degrees and diplomas available at the University of Barcelona and to seek guidance on the transition from upper secondary school to university. 2007-08 / 42

A number of additional activities were offered both inside and outside the University of Barcelona to provide upper secondary-school students with an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the University. One series of activities involved the presentation of Internet research tools (Alehoop) that can be used by upper secondary-school students to complete the research project they must carry out in their last year of school study. Coordinated by the Faculty of Library Science and Documentation, the series drew 1,245 students from 26 secondary schools and colleges. In addition, UB professionals visited fifteen secondary schools and colleges to offer students information and specific orientation concerning one or more subject areas. The third annual prize competition in promotion of university education was held. The topic was “Why Go to University?” and 52 papers were submitted by students in upper secondary school or advanced training courses. The winning submission was published in the UB magazine La Revista in advance of the Saló Estudia . In addition, an exhibition exploring facts and opinions about cannabis was held in all the faculties and schools of the UB. Elsewhere, various UB faculties and services designed specific initiatives for the dissemination of information on the courses they offer: - The Faculty of Chemistry organized a practical laboratory program for upper secondary-school students, which attracted 1,429 participants from different schools and centres. - The Faculty of Physics organized a program of laboratory experiments and demonstrations in which 477 students took part; a particle physics workshop for students in their last year of upper secondary school; the first summer physics campus, Physis 2008 , which 152 students attended; and physics for students in their last year of lower secondary school, involving five laboratory activities to complete in the Faculty of Physics during the academic year. - The Faculty of Geology organized eleven geology field trips, a discussion forum for secondary- school teachers to exchange their ideas on the influence of climate on changes in sea level, and workshops on geology, attended by 100 students, which offered them an insight into key aspects of the subject. - The Faculty of Mathematics organized activities involving research projects, workshop-based talks and Matefest-Infofest. - The Faculty of Biology organized a course on biochemistry as a profession. - The Faculty of Library Science and Documentation organized a practical workshop on Alehoop, the website that makes a wide range of resources available to students. A series of practical sessions focused on using the portal to complete the research projects students do in their last year of upper secondary school. A total of 66 workshops were held and 2,175 students took part. - The Department of Podology organized an activity on foot health, attended by 17 students.

As part of the UB’s welcome program for new students, a new leaflet was designed to give specific orientation information on integration into the University community. It also offered information on a number of activities organized especially for new students, such as the special adaptation courses offered to assist in new students’ transition to the discipline they have chosen. In October, a family welcome day was also held for students and their family members in the case of those students obtaining a place at the UB through pre-enrolment. 2007-08 / 43

A variety of materials were produced to provide information on the UB’s educational offering and available services: • Five booklets were printed for Saló Estudia , giving information on the educational offering by area of knowledge. The total number printed was 33,000. A total of 5,000 copies of a booklet on postgraduate courses offered by the UB Group were printed for Saló Futura . • A special edition of the UB’s magazine La Revista addressed concerns of secondary-school students, including texts focused on successfully handling the university admissions process. A total of 12,000 copies were printed. • A total of 12,000 leaflets were sent to secondary schools in Catalonia with information on the Portes Obertes events. • More than 16,000 bags were distributed to visitors to the UB stand at Saló Estudia 2007. • A poster promoting university education outlined the various orientation activities directed at secondary-school students. • A leaflet on all the information sessions and special adaptation courses available to new students was printed as part of the welcome program. A total of 10,000 copies were produced. • A total of 10,000 marketing postcards provided information on the family welcome day, Physis 2008 , the orientation workshops of the Podology and Geology Departments, and the Alehoop website session.

Tutorial action plan The tutorial program is defined by and implemented through the Student Support Services Office (SAE), the Tutorial Action Plan (PAT) for each degree course, and the ICE’s Tutorial Action Training and Support Service. Tutorials at the UB cover a set of activities that include the provision of information, guidance and support to students throughout their university education. The effort is differentiated from the personal attention expected of teachers within individual course units, to help students achieve the outlined objectives.

Tutorial Action Plans 2007 -2008 Degree courses with PAT 32 Faculties and schools involved 14 Tutors 897

MónUB, the student portal The student portal MónUB gives students access to a variety of online services, including electronic mail, self-registration, the ability to consult their academic record and to apply for recognition of previous studies, pre-inscription for free-elective credit courses, and an entire array of information and services designed for students. This year, the average number of monthly visits was 715,826, which represents nine visits a month for each UB student. During the academic year, the number of systems available through MónUB reached sixteen, with the Virtual Campus a notable addition.

Info-estudiants , the student information service Info-estudiants is a service that responds to queries on admission to the University of Barcelona and the educational offering and services it provides. During the academic year 2007-2008, the total number of queries answered by electronic mail stood at 7,893 and telephone queries numbered 5,812. Information Office for Official EHEA Master’s Degrees This year, the Information Office for Official EHEA Master’s Degrees consolidated its role in the coordination and provision of information on the master’s degrees and postgraduate programs offered by the UB. The office handles requests for information in person, by phone and by email, with the number of requests rising sharply this year compared to the previous year, reaching 11,408 in total. In addition, the office manages the UB’s web pages on the official master’s degrees, providing centralized information on questions of a general nature and updating the frequently asked questions (FAQs) pages on the new university degrees designed in the context of the European Higher Education Area. The initial web page provides links to individual pages on each master’s degree and enables students to go online to complete administrative procedures such as pre-enrolment and registration.

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Careers Services The program Feina UB offers services and resources for job placement and career guidance to students and UB graduates. Four main areas of activity were pursued in the academic year 2007- 2008: - Feina UB offered assistance in linking businesses with students and graduates through a new online system that manages job listings and applications. All faculties have access to the system, which enables students and graduates to pursue advertised job listings that best suit their qualifications. In the case of work placements, the system assists in the preparation of work placement agreements with companies. - Career orientation days were organized, providing workshops on generic competences and professional guidance interviews. A total of 1,049 individuals attended and the Department of Podology took part this year for the first time. The workshops on generic competences and skills included a variety of courses on subjects such as teamworking, effective communication in the workplace, job effectiveness and managing work-related stress. The aim was to complement the technical training of a university degree and promote successful job placement, given the growing importance placed by companies on personal competences. Career orientation days were advertised with thirteen marketing postcards, one for each host faculty or school. A total of 5,000 copies were produced, and informational posters were printed as well. Notably, the first event on finding work abroad was a great success, involving more than 80 students, who expressed interest in obtaining work placements or jobs abroad. Professional guidance interviews attracted 72 individuals from various UB disciplines. - A third area was employment fairs organized jointly with companies , which were held at UB faculties and schools. At the fairs, students and graduates could speak directly with companies and institutions and gain a better understanding of their career opportunities and the economic sectors involved. More than 150 companies took part in the employment fairs organized throughout the academic year. - Lastly, the first UB employment forum Fòrum d'Ocupació UB was organized during the academic year 2007-2008. The forum, which enjoyed the participation of all UB faculties and schools, offered a virtual space and a face-to-face space to students and graduates, so that they could gain access to tools and resources intended to help them take their first steps into the labour market. It offered training information, guidance and job placement assistance.

Students carrying out extra-curricular placements School/Faculty Students Biology 250 Business Studies 116 Chemistry 183 Dentistry - Economic and Business Sciences 310 Education 18 Fine Arts 45 Geography and History 55 Geology 50 Law 479 Library Science and Documentation 163 Mathematics 24 Medicine 24 Nursing - Pharmacy 36 Philology 29 Philosophy 4 Physics 24 Psychology 90 Teacher Training 10 TOTAL 1,910

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Student services and programs

Scholarships and grants Funding requests were addressed for general grants, mobility grants, and grants for new students. Applications were received from undergraduates and students enrolled in official master’s degrees, UB faculties and schools and affiliated institutions. A total of 7,143 applications for general grants were received during the academic year (6,032 from undergraduate students, 327 from students pursuing official master’s degrees and 574 from students in affiliated centres). The total number of grants awarded was 4,665 (4,114 for undergraduates, 179 for students in official master’s degree programs and 372 for students in affiliated centres). Requests for mobility grants were received from 1,152 students (987 from undergraduate students, 67 from students pursuing official master’s degrees and 98 from students in affiliated centres), and a total of 725 grants were awarded (595 for undergraduates, 67 for students in official master’s programs and 63 for students in affiliated centres). Grants for new students attracted 792 applications (751 from UB faculties and schools and 41 from affiliated centres) and all applications were approved by the ministerial body responsible. The combined value of scholarships and grants awarded was €13,841,558, which can be broken down as follows; €4,576,568 for exemption from enrolment fees; €2,124,645 for general mobility grants; and €1,268,281 for special mobility grants. The remaining €5,872,064 was allocated to the purchase of books, transport costs, accommodation, and additional amounts for general scholarships.

Scholarships awarded General Mobility New Students Undergraduate courses 4,114 595 751 Arts and Humanities 738 196 116 Education 926 58 137 Experimental Sciences and Engineering 455 65 118 Health 990 185 198 Social Sciences 1,005 91 182 Official EHEA master's degrees 179 67 -- Affiliated centres 372 63 41 Total 4,665 725 792 % successful applications 65.3 62.9 100

In addition, 165 Ministry of Education and Science (MEC) collaboration grants were awarded, totalling €420,750.

Area No. Grants Amount ( €) Arts and Humanities 48 122,400 Education 10 25,500 Experimental Sciences and Engineering 64 163,200 Health 38 96,900 Social Sciences 5 12,750 TOTAL 165 420,750 2007-08 / 46

Mobility grants went to 91 UB students as part of the national Seneca program, totalling €404,700. Additionally, mobility funding was provided to 505 students for study within the European Union and 22 students for placement elsewhere in the world. Specific exchange grants were awarded to 70 students. During the academic year, the UB also awarded 560 collaboration grants for work in university services and departments. A total of 3,782 applications were received and grants totalling €2,159,365 were distributed. Under the DRAC initiative organized by the Joan Lluís Vives Institute, the number of grant awards reached 48. Sixteen went to students in the DRAC-Advanced Training program, six were awarded as part of the DRAC-TRS program, fourteen came under the DRAC-Summer program and twelve under the DRAC-Winter program. Finally, 75 study grants were awarded for the Els Juliols UB summer courses. Summary table for 2007-2008 Scholarships awarded Nº Amount ( €) General 4,665 Mobility 725 13,841,558 New Students 792 Collaboration with departments 165 420,750 Seneca mobility scholarship program 91 404,700 Collaboration with the UB 560 2,159,365

Grants awarded Nº DRAC program 48 Mobility program 527 Specific exchange programs 70 Els Juliols UB summer courses 75

Specific student programs The UB continued to contribute most of the students taking part in the intergenerational solidarity program Viure i conviure . Feedback was highly satisfactory from all parties involved. During the academic year, 77 applications were received and 47 successful pairings were organized: 28 from the previous academic year and 19 new pairings. The program Fem via is designed to promote equal opportunities and the integration of students with disabilities into the academic life of the UB. During the academic year 2007-2008, 230 students received personalized attention, technical assistance, and personal support from a team of 65 students. The University also carried out studies to determine access improvements and set up a specialized careers service to provide a wider range of employment opportunities to this group in the student community. In the latter case, an agreement was signed with the Adecco Foundation to develop programs and services for students with disabilities to facilitate successful job placement.

Temporary periods of study at the UB In the framework of the SICUE national student mobility plan, 46 Spanish universities signed bilateral agreements and a total of 2,429 study placements were offered. The UB received 257 visiting students from other institutions and 187 UB students carried out part of their studies at universities throughout Spain. The University of Barcelona ranked second in the list of Spanish universities for funding and total placements offered under national exchange plans.

Distribution of students in the SICUE national mobility program

UB Visiting Area students students Arts and Humanities 69 88 Education 37 38 Experimental Sciences and Engineering 35 43 Health 22 43 Social Sciences 18 40 Affiliated Centres 7 5 TOTAL 187 25 7 2007-08 / 47

SICUE students

300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2003-04 2004-05 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-08

UB students Visiting students

During the academic year 2007-2008, 1,923 visiting students carried out periods of study at the UB as part of international exchange programs: 1,814 through international exchange programs and 109 through international exchange grants.

(For more information on mobility programs, consult Chapter IV “International Activity”.)

Exchange programs Students

Socrates-Erasmus 1,156 Erasmus Mundus 8 Bilateral agreements 102 Specific US programs 265 - Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA) 49 - California, Irvine 55 - Dartmouth College 49 - Knox College 17 - Barcelona Center for International Studies (BCIS) 1 - Council of International Education Exchanges (CIEE) 34 - University of Pennsylvania 20 - Consortium for Advanced Studies in Barcelona (CASB) 40 Individual applications 275 Coïmbra Group 8 Scholarships ALBAN 29 MAEC-AECID 62 Carolina Foundation-AECID 18

Total 1,923

IL3 student services During the academic year, the Institute for Lifelong Learning-IL3 consolidated its IL3Aula+ , which consists of a series of talks, workshops, organized visits and various social activities related to the areas of knowledge covered by IL3 programs . The ten events in the series attracted 271 participants. The third edition of the IL3 Business Meeting again offered a space for learning, debate, exchange and personal and professional growth, with the participation of 537 individuals and numerous presentations by companies. Lastly, the IL3’s Job Bank drew on the involvement of 357 companies, who submitted their employment opportunities, and a total of 241 agreements on educational cooperation were signed.

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Student Council Permanent Committee and Committee for Economic Affairs

The Student Council (CA) is made up of ninety students who form part of the UB Senate. The seven members of the Student Council Permanent Committee (CP) and the seven members of the Committee for Economic Affairs (CAE) are chosen from this group. The Student Council met on several occasions during the academic year to discuss and resolve specific issues that arose. The Council made additional amendments to the student organization regulations (ROE) in response to changes in the types of students enrolled at the UB and the demands of the European Higher Education Area. In addition, alterations to the regulations governing election to the Student Council reached conclusion and received the approval of the UB Senate. The UB Student Council continued to take a close interest in the preparation and agreement of the University budget, the content of the Horizon 2020 strategic plan, the future plans for catering facilities on the different UB sites, and a number of other key issues. Finally, the Council continued to represent the general interests of the student community from all schools and faculties in the UB Senate. On 10 April 2008, elections took place to select student representatives to the Senate, the management committees of each faculty and school, and the departmental advisory councils. The number of candidates was slightly higher than in the 2006 elections. Candidates for the Senate numbered 59, while 43 candidates stood for the management committees of UB faculties and schools and 65 for the departmental advisory councils. The percentage of students taking part in the elections remained low, although participation was slightly higher than last year with regard to the election of Senate representatives (7.2% compared to 7% in 2006), doctoral student representatives (2.6% compared to 1.2% in 2006), and representatives to the management committees (7.7% compared to 6.6% in 2006). The number of vacancies remaining in the various bodies after the election, however, was very low.

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RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY/KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

— Strategic research plan and other activities — Groups, projects and financial resources for research and technology/knowledge transfer — Human resources for research: scholarship- holders, doctors and theses — Research foundations and institutes — Research and ethics

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III. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY/KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

Strategic research plan and other activities

New research institutes have been created as part of the Strategic Research Plan 2005-2008 to promote a cross-disciplinary approach to research and coordinate the work of the various research groups at the UB. In the academic year 2007-2008, the UB had eight research institutes adapted to the new regulations established on 21 March 2006, two university institutes, twelve research centres, eight observatories and three documentation centres. The University also collaborated with other institutions in twelve other centres and institutes and two inter-university centres.

Other initiatives Program for the promotion of increased research activity 2008 In response to the agreement between the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science and the Generalitat of Catalonia to intensify work under the Programa 13 research initiative, the UB initiated a program to promote key research activities within the university. The intention of the program is to give UB faculty members involved in research the opportunity to focus their efforts more fully on research for a period of three years. Under the program, eighteen faculty members received grants.

Funding for research initiatives in humanities and social sciences Under a plan to promote research in the humanities and social sciences at the University of Barcelona, the vice-rector for scientific policy invited applications to establish research groups in new areas and give support to innovative, cross-disciplinary research initiatives. A total of 36 applications were submitted, with the final decisions to be made shortly.

Funding for new scientific and technology equipment A special call for funding applications was initiated in 2008 to assist in the replacement of obsolete equipment in University departments and specialized units providing support to UB faculties and schools. The grants, which supplement ordinary funding for new equipment, were aimed at safeguarding and raising the scientific and technological competitiveness of the research groups on a national and international level, providing the greatest number of groups or individual researchers with adequate funding for equipment. Submissions came from 37 applicants, with the final decisions to be made shortly.

Groups, projects and financial resources for research and technology/ knowledge transfer

Research groups Under the 4th Research and Innovation Plan for Catalonia (2005-2008), the total number of research groups controlled by the University of Barcelona consists of 229 consolidated research groups, fourteen new groups and ten independent groups, in addition to 20 research groups managed by the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) and two managed by the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL). The University of Barcelona also coordinates 70 thematic networks, which link different Catalan research groups working in similar areas.

(See CD Annex: “Consolidated research groups” and “Thematic networks”)

According to information compiled in the international databases of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), the scientific production of the University of Barcelona totals 3,139 published articles: 2,797 figure in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI), 286 in the al Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and 56 in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI).

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Research projects and funding Total income derived from research activities for 2007 was €43,399,530. The “Projects” section encompasses grants for research groups, and the considerable increase in the total value of grants awarded is largely due to the extra funding received from the Juan de la Cierva and Ramón y Cajal programs for the recruitment of new researchers, as well as to the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science program for the recruitment of research support specialists and the Beatriu de Pinós pro of the Generalitat . The table below shows the distribution of income by faculty or school in the categories of projects and special research activities, infrastructure projects, and national research grant programs, and it also breaks down the number of programs to

Pr ojects and special Infrastructure Grants research activities* School/Faculty Income ( €) Nº Income ( €) Nº Income ( €) Biology 7,435,606 62 212,963 8 3,525,645 Business Studies - - - - 58,482 Chemistry 2,677,039 29 1,144,721 8 1,645,821 Dentistry - - 62,227 2 180,416 Economic and Business Sciences 334,275 12 61,044 5 521,282 Education 61,100 7 20,890 2 327,528 Fine Arts 61,800 3 17,115 2 177,952 Geography and History 357,500 9 40,177 3 1,374,023 Geology 1,640,068 12 44,446 3 596,623 Law 108,500 3 - - 529,167 Library Science and Documentation 12,054 1 - - 7,931 Mathematics 337,900 6 - - 325,043 Medicine 1,005,203 9 95,261 3 859,249 Nursing 18,000 1 - - 4,800 Pharmacy 3,023,887 28 120,362 6 1,200,925 Philology 309,900 13 54,407 3 487,598 Philosophy 69,700 5 19,354 2 418,014 Physics 4,543,140 49 223,780 5 2,593,748 Psychology 680,421 11 32,901 1 641,235 Teacher Training 151,600 3 14,459 3 282,780 Institutional research - - - - 2,288,860 Total 22,827,693 263 2,164,107 56 18,047,120 * Does not include projects managed by IDIBAPS and IDIBELL .

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Research income 2007 Competitive funding

Experimental Sciences and Engineering 63% Health Sciences 18%

Education 2%

Institutional 5% Arts and Social Sciences Humanities 4% 8%

The following table shows the history of funding received over the past five years:

Projects and special Infrastructure Grants Total Year research activities

2003 14,280,209 530,576 4,352,186 19,162,971 2004 13,066,716 3,248,407 3,669,582 19,984,705 2005 24,186,045 2,002,295 1,162,256 27,350,596 2006 21,636,937 1,818,744 6,739,056 30,194,737 2007 22,827,692 2,164,107 18,047,119 43,038,918

Research income 2003-2007 Competitive funding

40.000 30.000 20.000

Thousands 10.000 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Projects and special research activities Infrastructure Grants

University of Barcelona agreements with institutions, universities and companies During 2007, the UB signed a total of 1,064 agreements. Of them, 212 were connected to research activities, representing income of €8,266,750.

IDIBAPS & IDIBELL competitive funding The August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) and the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) obtained €7,494,385 and €801,169, respectively, in competitive funding for research projects.

7th European Union Framework Program Under the 7th EU Framework Program, the UB signed agreements to participate in ten EU research programs in 2007, which secured total funding of €360.611. (The figure is provisional while some projects await final decisions.) The respective programs and number of projects are shown in the table below.

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Projects undertaken as part of the 7 th EU Framework Program Program No. Projects

COOPERATION. HEALTH. Health 1 COOPERATION. ICT. Information and Communication Technologies 5 COOPERATION. SSH. Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities 3 PEOPLE. PEOPLE Program - Marie Curie Actions 1 TOTAL 10

Summary of income for research and technology/knowledge transfer for 2007 Project type €

Research projects* 31,484 Research projects - FBG contracts** 14,729 Infrastructure 2,164 Other funding 18,047 UB agreements 8,267 FBG agreements** 1,952

TOTAL UB GROUP 76,643

* Includes UB, IDIBAPS and IDIBELL . ** See chapter VI: "University and Business: Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG) Innovation Centre"

Human resources for research activities: scholarship-holders, doctoral students and theses

During 2007, a total of 6,143 employees from different fields and with different responsibilities took part in the various research activities carried out at the University of Barcelona. This figure appears in the 2007 R&D activity statistics compiled by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) and includes UB teaching and research staff (hereafter, TRS), research and specialist staff at the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation, research grantholders, UB administrative and services staff (hereafter, AdSS) and contracted research support staff including researchers, research technicians or specialists, and research assistants. The work of the 4,513 researchers (3,180.3 full-time equivalents) received support from 612 technicians and 1,018 auxiliary research staff (455 and 449 full-time equivalents, respectively). Women accounted for 51.3% of total staff and 46.6% of researchers. The research staff included TRS, FBG researchers and postgraduate research grantholders. The technical and auxiliary staff consisted of AdSS, FBG staff and contracted research support workers. With respect to research support contracts, 92 received funding from the UB as part of the Technicians Program and the remaining 250 were funded by individual research projects. Research grantholders received grants from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (MEC) and the Generalitat , and postgraduate grants were awarded by the UB.

Staff involved in R&D activities: 2007

Postgraduate ICREA Contracted Role TRS AdSS FBG research and TOTAL Staff grantholders CIBER Researchers 3,227 - 192 1,079 15 - 4,513 Technicians - 432 37 - - 143 612 Assistants - 785 34 - - 199 1,018

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Postgraduate grants During 2007, the postgraduate grants awarded by the Ministry of Education and Science (MEC), the Generalitat (GC) and the University of Barcelona (UB) were distributed as follows:

Grants for visiting Scholarships students Amount** Nº* Nº Amount (€) (€) University teacher training scholarships (MEC) -FPU- 245 3,461,546 74 233,258 University research training scholarships (MEC) -FPI- 256 3,100,888 61 319,669 University research training scholarships (GC) -FI- 241 3,026,825 - - Research and teacher training scholarships (UB) -BRD- 215 2,317,246 59 156,222 Research training scholarships (UB-endorsed program)*** 22 240,986 1 3,722 TOTAL 979 12,147,489 195 712,871

* Includes renewals of existing scholarships. ** Does not include the total cost of enrolment (€87,095.74, €124,995.75 and €180,305.94, respectively, for MEC and GC scholarships, and €68,152.19 for UB scholarships). *** Includes scholarships awarded as part of the official UB Program, honours, non-honours and ADQUA scholarships.

Distribution of scholarships by research area Grants for visiting Scholarships students MEC MEC GC Research UB -endorsed FPU (FPU) (FPU) (FI) and teaching programs Total and UB TOTAL (UB) FPI Education 3 3 10 16 - 32 2 5 7 Sciences Experimental 125 178 89 108 12 512 82 25 107 Sciences Health Sciences 54 40 47 36 5 182 21 10 31 Humanities 45 25 75 31 3 179 21 12 33 Social Sciences 18 10 20 24 2 74 9 8 17

TOTAL 245 256 241 215 22 979 135 60 195

Doctoral students and doctoral theses presented During the academic year 2007-2008, 536 doctoral theses were defended, 70 of which were for European doctorates. In total, the university processed 531 applications for doctoral qualifications, 52 of which received the title “European Doctor”.

Doctoral theses defended Health Education Sciences Sciences 37,9% 8,0%

Humanities 14,7%

Social Experimental Sciences Sciences 5,4% 34,0%

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The theses were distributed among UB faculties as follows:

School/Faculty Total Women Men Biology 86 52 34 Chemistry 50 26 24 Dentistry 7 5 2 Economic and Business Sciences 22 11 11 Education 29 22 7 Fine Arts 9 6 3 Geography and History 45 19 26 Geology 10 3 7 Law 7 4 3 Library Science and Documentation 3 1 2 Mathematics 7 3 4 Medicine 125 74 51 Pharmacy 54 33 21 Philology 15 9 6 Philosophy 10 2 8 Physics 29 8 21 Psychology 17 11 6 Teacher Training 11 6 5 Total 536 295 241

Consult CD Annex for the list of doctoral theses defended.

Research foundations and institutes

Barcelona Science Park Foundation (PCB) The most noteworthy activities at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) during 2007 can be grouped into three areas: construction and renovation, research, and innovation. Funding for activities undertaken at the PCB drew on financial agreements reached for the period 2007-2010 with a variety of bodies and institutions. Operations received subsidies from the Ministry of Education and Science (MEC) totalling €500,000. FEDER capital subsidies came from MEC and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Enterprise (DIUE) of the Generalitat , totalling €365,000. The financial institution Caixa Catalunya donated €1.2 million, and MEC provided a zero-interest loan of €6,182,000 for capital spending on construction and equipment costs. DIUE also provided €2,718,000 for operational costs.

Consult CD Annex for the list of organizations located in the PCB.

Construction and renovation During 2007, the PCB constructed new buildings and renovated existing space for laboratories and offices. The additional space represents an increase of approximately 22% in the Park’s total area and the number of people using the facilities. The primary construction and renovation projects for the year included: - Expanded laboratory space in the newly opened Helix Building. The completion of work on the Helix Building added a ground floor and three further floors of laboratories and shared services. Covering a total of 6,538 sq m, the new building houses thirty public research groups and centres as well as business offices. - Renovation of the Administration Building, which became available in 2006 when the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of Geography and History moved to the Raval neighbourhood in Barcelona. The renovation prepared the building to serve as headquarters for the main research institutes located in the Park, as well as for businesses there. 2007-08 / 56

- Construction work continued under Phase II of the PCB project. The Barcelona Science Park is set to expand gradually through 2011, reaching a total area of 90,000 sq m in the block enclosed by the streets Josep Samitier, Baldiri Reixac and Dr. Marañón, with the inclusion of the Helix Building opposite. Phase II encompasses all the construction and renovation work required to achieve this goal, including expansion of the current Modular Building (second phase of the Modular Building), renovations to the existing B and C towers which formed part of the former Faculties of Geography and History and of Philosophy, and the construction of new buildings to fulfil a variety of purposes. - Renovations to the Modular Building. Despite full occupation of the Modular Building, work in 2007 included renovation, expansion and other changes, increasing the total area by 18%. All the groups working in the PCB chemistry pole were brought together and two new laboratory modules were added, one for the Lilly-PCB joint unit and the other for the Drug Discovery Platform. Renovations to the Animal Research Centre doubled the available capacity to house animals and added new facilities for research in aquatic species. - Renovation to the UB’s Humanities Library. A section of the second floor was renovated to receive the Institute of Andorran Studies and the Gaudí Chair, which is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and which had been previously housed in the Güell Pavilions of the University of Barcelona. Renovation work was also carried out on storage areas belonging to the Barcelona Science Park and other entities located at the PCB. - Construction and urban development at the south Diagonal Campus. Starting in November, an Espai Movistar marquee begins a two-year period of residence in the square Plaça de la Berrerida. The aim is to offer to the university community and residents of the nearby les Corts neighborhood an ongoing program of activities that are intended to have a cultural, technological, informational or leisure value. Parking facilities for the university community also underwent improvements. - Project plan for the Torribera Campus. The Torribera property, which lies in Santa Coloma de Gramenet and is owned by the provincial government of Barcelona, will also contain facilities for business research units focusing on nutrition. During 2007, the Park commissioned a project plan for renovations to the Torribera convent building, which will be adapted for research units.

Research activities • Technology Springboards Technology springboards (PT) form the basis of the Barcelona Science Park’s extensive research capabilities. The technology springboards are research units formed by highly specialized staff and equipped with leading-edge technology. They are principally responsible for providing scientific services to support research, develop new methodologies and participate in research projects. The PCB’s technology springboards are the Combinatorial Chemistry Platform (UQC-PCB), Nanotechnology Platform, Proteomics Platform, Transcriptomics Platform, Experimental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Platform (UTOX-PCB), Polymorphism and Calorimetry Platform, Automated Crystallography Platform, the Animal Research Centre (SEA-PCB) and lastly the Drug Discovery Platform, which was added in 2008. During the year, the technology springboards continued to expand the technology and research services offered by the PCB and participated in numerous research projects of their own and in collaboration with other groups. In June 2007, the ChemBioBank started operations. Developed by the Barcelona Science Park, the University of Santiago de Compostela and Pompeu Fabra University, the ChemBioBank has the aim of creating a library of chemical compounds from the results of experimental and virtual screening. • Scientific support services With the opening of the Helix Building and substantial new laboratory space there, the Park experienced a growth in the scientific support services available to users. Core Scientific Services (SCC-PCB) grew nearly 30% in size, increasing from 700 sq m in the Modular Building to a total of 1,050 sq m in its new home. In addition, the Radioactivity Unit (IR-PCB) adapted and equipped a new laboratory to work with radioactive isotopes and a counting room was renovated in the annex to the Helix Building. 2007-08 / 57

• PCB research groups The Centre for Research in Theoretical Chemistry (CeRQT) has three groups which continued work in their basic lines of research: quantum simulation of biological processes (group leader, Dr. Carme Rovira); quantum mechanical calculation of thermal rate constants for organic reactions and heterogeneous catalysis (group leader, Dr. Fermín Huarte); and theoretical and in silico modelling of biological systems (group leader, Dr. Javier Budeta). The Climate Research Laboratory (LRC) pursued projects in its three established lines of research: climate variation, the impact of climate on other natural systems, and the effect of human activity such as carbon emissions. In addition, two new lines of research were added in 2007: historical climatology and the analysis of complexity in a context of global change. The Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group (GRNC) pushed forward its main lines of research: the processes involved in speech perception and production, recognition of the mother tongue and identification of cues in speech that allow discrimination between languages. The group’s research on bilingualism and processes of attention achieved notable results and received considerable notice in the media.

Innovation activities: PCB-Santander Bioincubator The PCB-Santander Bioincubator was created by the Barcelona Science Park, the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation and the Santander Group as a development space for the creation of new biotech companies. The aim is to facilitate innovation and competitiveness in the global context. Companies in the bioincubator have access to scientific and technological infrastructure at the PCB and they receive consultancy to assist in managing their companies successfully through the initial stage. In 2007, the bioincubator prepared operating regulations covering its governance, operations and service offering. The regulations also established conditions for company admission and continued participation. Companies were selected for the period 2007-2010 and eleven new biotech spin-offs joined to form the second generation of companies in the incubator. In addition, the first generation of incubator companies (2002-2006) graduated from the bioincubator, which was supported by CIDEM at that time.

PCB-Santander Bioincubator: spin-offs for the period 2007-2010

Spin-off companies Sector

Agrasys Development of new functional foods and biofuels Aromics Applied research using “omic” sciences (e.g. proteomics and genomics) in the identification and preclinical and clinical evaluation of new drugs Barnagen Molecular diagnostics of hereditary genetic diseases Biocontrol Technologies Research, development and production of microorganisms for application as biological control agents Bioingenium Development and production of bioproducts for the pharmaceutical and veterinary industries Genmedica Development of new therapies for metabolic syndrome Infinitec Design of new (peptide) molecules for use in cosmetic products Intelligent Pharma Applied computational services for use in biomedical research Neuroscience Technologies Drug screening and research for the treatment of neuropathic pain Omnia Molecular Development of enzyme inhibitors for use as antibiotics and development of new strategies for the identification of active compounds UBAN Development of methodologies and equipment to determine cellular viability in the analysis of biological samples

Contracts and agreements During 2007, the PCB provided research services to the biotech platforms and other service areas, and research contracts were signed or extended with the following companies: Pharma Mar, Lilly, Genmedica Therapeutics, Ferrer International, Ocnosis-Pharma and Amma Gerogestion. In addition, a research contract was signed during the year with the Andorran Ministry of Tourism and the Environment. The PCB also took a shareholding in the venture-capital firm Innova 31 with the aim of promoting new technology companies with temporary infusions of capital. 2007-08 / 58

Through their SCA program l’Obra Social , the savings bank Caixa Catalunya signed a sponsorship contract with the Barcelona Science Park. The PCB signed twelve collaboration agreements with a variety of organizations such as the Department of Health, Caixa Catalunya’s l’Obra Social , the Ministry of Education and Science, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital Research Institute, the CSIC’s Institute of Molecular Biology, the Municipal Institute of Education of Barcelona, the University of Vic and the University of Barcelona. The PCB also signed addenda to long-term agreements reached in previous years. In the area of research projects, grant applications were again submitted to public institutions and private entities during 2007 and a total of 23 new projects received funding: three from the EU, eight from Spanish government bodies (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Science, and the Ministry of Tourism and Trade), one from AGAUR of the Generalitat , and the remaining eleven from private companies or other bodies. Lastly, the management of long-term research projects continued under the care of researchers from the PCB or other research institutes located at the PCB, such as the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) and the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC).

Dissemination of scientific activity The PCB pursued innovative communication channels to disseminate current scientific research, contribute to a growing awareness of science among the public, and promote science as a career, particularly in the life sciences. Efforts during 2007 included a series of events offering a look at the role of research in society today entitled Recerca en societat . Also, seminars offered a focus on current research and companies working at the PCB, and outside guests of potential interest to PCB researchers were invited to present their work. The program Recerca en societat featured a set of practical workshops open to the public; a nanotechnology exhibition, “EXPONANO, Smaller than small: a discussion on Nanotechnology”; a new event for older primary-school pupils; a series of scientific debates on science at the PCB; participation in the science fair organized by the Barcelona Institute of Culture as part of Science Year 2007; the 5th edition of the research fair Recerca en directe at the Pedrera; the 3rd edition of Recerca a secundària , which is a community education project aimed at secondary-school students; an exhibition of drawings entitled “The eye of nature: Jordi Sabater Pi”, displaying drawings made by UB professor Sabater Pi during his time in Africa; participation in the 12th science week organized in Catalonia; and the 6th summer work-placement program at the PCB for students in the final two years of their undergraduate degrees.

August Pi i Sunyer Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBAPS) The fundamental aim of the August Pi i Sunyer Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBAPS), which was founded by the Generalitat , the University of Barcelona, the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and the CSIC Institute of Biomedical Research, is to facilitate the integration of proven, high-quality research with high-level basic research so that scientific advances in the prevention and treatment of the most common health complaints on a national level can be transferred more quickly and efficiently from the laboratory to society at large. During 2007, IDIBAPS opened a new laboratory for virtual research, providing space for 34 researchers to work on clinical and experimental data analysis. Sharing the same space are the management offices of the Clinical Research Unit of the National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), the technical offices of the CIBER team working on diabetes and associated metabolic diseases, and the Bioinformatics Platform. At the end of 2007, work was completed on the IDIBAPS research laboratories for ICREA and Ramón y Cajal researchers employed on stable contracts. The new space was also prepared for the IDIBAPS Biobank Platform. IDIBAPS took an involvement in a number of research support projects during the year. The institute provided annual funding, renewable for periods of up to four years, to twelve pre-doctoral grantholders, granted year-long sabbaticals to two IDIBAPS researchers, and awarded a number of new contracts to technical research and nursing support staff. IDIBAPS researchers published a total of 670 original articles in 2007 with a total impact factor of 3,052.289 punts (according to SCI 2006), which represents an average impact factor of 4.56 points per article. Finally, the institute held nine conferences chaired by various experts from European and American institutes.

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Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) The Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) is formed by the University Hospital of Bellvitge (HUB), the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO). Its fundamental aims are to identify and promote its principal research areas; to encourage coordination between basic, clinical and epidemiological research and health services in order to promote translational research; to stimulate collaboration between IDIBELL researchers and research groups and other institutions and organizations; and to manage the research resources of the various institutions and disseminate any scientific developments to the wider public. Since its inception, the institute has received a total of €50 million in funding for researchers at the Bellvitge Campus through research proposals submitted for public funding on the national and European levels and through agreements or partnerships with private industry. In 2007, the institute was responsible for managing 320 active research projects supported through competitive public funding. IDIBELL staff included 363 researchers, 126 research grantholders and 142 support staff. In total, the institute produced 382 indexed publications in 2007, with a total impact factor of 1,505 and an average impact factor of 3.94. The productivity of the various areas, measured according to impact factor, is set out below:

Area 1. Cancer and human molecular genetics 790 Area 2. Neurosciences 218 Area 3. Infectious pathology and transplants 271 Area 4. Growth factors, hormones and diabetes 87 Area 5. Chronic inflammatory and degenerative diseases 172

IDIBELL participated in the international student exchange program and organized a number of research courses and seminars.

Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB) The creation of the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB) received approval from the Governing Council on 3 October 2006 and began work in the academic year 2007-2008. The governing bodies were formed, with Dr. Francesc Villarroya elected director and Dr. Florenci Serras chosen to be secretary. In addition, the IBUB web page was developed as a tool for the institute’s internal and external communications. IBUB’s first year featured the IBUB research conference, which sought to provide the initial tools for scientific communication and planning within the institute. Taking part were 30 speakers, representatives of the IBUB research groups, and nearly 100 researchers, who are members of the institute. The institute presented its program of activities for 2007-2008 as well. In addition, IBUB hosted its Inaugural International Symposium with the theme “Novel Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research in the Twenty-first Century”. Internationally renowned scientists took part. The acting rector Josep Samitier presided over the event. Also participating were John E. Walker, 1997 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, and distinguished researchers such as Ginés Morata, 2007 Prince of Asturias prize-winner in Scientific and Technological Research; Ernst Hafen, of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland; Maria Blasco, of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO); Hannelore Daniel, of the Institute of Nutritional Sciences of Munich, Germany; and Jan Balzarini, of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Notably, Dr. Eva Estébanez Perpiñá joined the institute during the year as a Ramón y Cajal researcher. Dr. Estébanez has a long international career in research at the Max Planck Institute and the University of California, San Francisco. In addition, three IBUB pre-doctoral fellowships were awarded for the completion of doctoral theses in interdisciplinary research projects in the field of biomedicine. The projects selected by IBUB focused on basic research into bioactive molecules with potential therapeutic applications in human diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, morbid obesity, AIDS and cancer). Lastly, with respect to dissemination and social impact, the institute contributed to the journal Omnis Cèl·lula , produced by the Catalan Biology Society, and offered orientation sessions on careers in research for graduates in biology, biochemistry, pharmacy and chemistry.

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICC) The Institute of Cosmos Sciences was formally created by the University of Barcelona in 2006, elected members to its governing bodies in the spring of 2007, and began work during the academic year 2007-2008. The institute aims to promote and conduct space and cosmos research in the areas of nuclear and particle physics. The institute’s fifty researchers come from the departments of Astronomy and Meteorology, Structure and Constituents of Matter, Fundamental Physics and Applied Mathematics. The Executive Council approved a strategic plan identifying seven scientific projects in diverse disciplines (e.g., space studies and observational astrophysics), which represent the institute’s serious commitment to targeted, highly valuable areas of research considered of prime importance in strategic planning at the European level. The projects included participation in the CTA Project and design of next-generation Cherenkov telescopes to detect very high-energy gamma-rays; design and construction of VIM electronics for the ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission; and the strengthening of IT structures supporting strategic lines of research. Other areas of commitment were the research and development of detectors for the future International Linear Collider, in the field of particle physics; stronger collaboration between the nuclear physics group and the FAIR program at the GSI in Darmstadt, Germany, particularly in the area of nuclear astrophysics; and increased activity in the lines of research pursued in theoretical and observational astrophysics, in light of Spain’s new membership in the ESO initiative, the Great Canary Telescope (GTC), the EU’s VLT and the ALMA consortium involving the EU, the US and Japan. During the academic year 2007-2008, the institute took steps forward in most of the above projects, solidifying collaboration among groups from different departments and obtaining outside funding for the initiatives that fall within the EU framework. A total of sixteen active projects received funding for R&D under Spain’s national R+D+I plan and four projects received EU funding. Researchers at the institute belong to six research groups consolidated by the Generalitat and the institute also pursued numerous special projects and exchange programs. The institute’s Astrophysics and Space Science Section collaborated in the Institute for Space Sciences of Catalonia (IEEC), hiring a post-doctoral technical manager for the Observatory at Montsec. The Nuclear and Particle Physics and Gravitation Section began to benefit from participation in the Consolider program of the Spanish National Centre for Particle, Astroparticle and Nuclear Physics (CPAN). A new Consolider proposal received an excellent evaluation and the first phase is to be coordinated by an ICC investigator. As part of its strategic program, the ICC focused effort on two additional aspects of importance: developing a closer relationship with CSIC and securing new space, both in the short-term (already achieved in the Physics and Chemistry building) and in the long-term. The institute completed preparation of a professional web page that describes its activities, including sections to disseminate scientific information and enable the public to consult ICC publications. The register of papers produced, which became operational on 1 January 2008, reported 31 preliminary publications in the area of astronomy and astrophysics, thirteen in nuclear physics, three in experimental particle physics, and 25 in particle physics and theoretical gravitation. Between 1 January and 30 June 2008, two doctoral papers were defended and the ICC gave support to two conferences. Two successful lecture series, with good levels of participation, were initiated during the academic year 2007-2008. One of them, a series of ICC debates, had the aim of broadening awareness of the institute’s activities. Lastly, the ICC supported and participated in the organization and teaching of the master’s program in Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology, and in the preparation of a new master’s program in synchrotron radiation and particle accelerators geared towards the ongoing ALBA synchrotron project, as part of the UB’s commitment to enable participation in critical scientific and infrastructure projects.

Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN 2UB) Since its approval on 9 May 2006, the institute has encompassed the work of 34 member groups, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research. During the academic year 2007-2008, IN 2UB continued its series of interdisciplinary seminars, with a total of 22 for the year. In addition, IN 2UB organized the course Nanotechnologies in Biomedicine as part of the summer program Els Juliols, attracting roughly 70 students, and took part in the round table “What can Nanosciences do for Health?” at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF). The scientific activity of the Institute is divided into six main research areas: 2007-08 / 61

• Modelling and simulating systems and properties of matter at the nanoscale Researchers used various techniques in computational physics and chemistry to study a wide range of problems related to nanoscopic systems. Key publications were: “There is much more behind ‘hot’ and ‘cold’” by J.M. Rubi, published in Scientific American ; and “Influence of anisotropy on structural nanoscale textures” by P. Lloveras, T. Castan, M. Porta, A. Planes and A. Saxena, published in Physical Review Letters , 100, 165707 (2008). • Nanobiotechnology Innovative developments in the area focused on techniques and devices for diagnosis and treatment in nanomedicine, including atomic force microscopy, optical tweezers, dielectrophoresis, micro/nano- patterning and micro/nano-fluidics. Research using the techniques was carried out on the biological properties of molecules and individual cells. Studies were conducted on the interaction of cells with their environment and collective cell behaviour, and researchers developed nanotechnology applications to improve the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. In addition, large number of IN 2UB members took part in the NanobioEurope conference, held in Barcelona on 9-13 June 2008. Finally, the three groups working in this area of research also collaborated with the Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine group of the Spanish Ministry of Health's Network of Biomedical Research Centres (CIBER). • Nanopharmacology Researchers worked on the design and physico-chemical and structural characterization of nanostructured systems for the controlled release of anti-inflammatory drugs to increase their therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of eye and skin diseases. The incorporation and release of drugs was also carried out in meso/macroporous materials. Both development and characterization of lipid nanoparticles using high-pressure methods were carried out for eye and skin applications, and magnetic liposome nanoparticles were developed and characterized for therapeutic use in neoplastic processes and as diagnostic systems. Researchers produced libraries of peptides that have an antiproliferative effect in human neoplastic cells. A corneal chamber model was developed and validated for use in the study of the transcorneal permeation of drugs. Research also continued in the areas of bioavailability, toxicity and therapeutic efficacy and an experimental model in mice was devised to study the biodistribution of magnetic nanoparticles in ferrous oxide. • Nanomagnetism, nanoelectronics and nanophotonics In the field of nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices, a patent was obtained for a new modulating device which is made out of silicon nanocrystals and can digitally encode light. Work also began on a project to integrate photonic functions in chips, together with CMOS electronic technology. In addition, the first steps taken in producing a silicon laser led to the manufacture of light-emitting diodes in the visible and infrared ranges. As part of the EU’s Multiflexioxides program, the gate dimensions were optimized in transparent thin film transistors and devices were created with gates of very high mobility, using gallium-doped and tin-doped zinc oxides. In the field of nanomagnetism, work proceeded on molecular magnets based on polynuclear complexes containing both d-block elements and lanthanides. The aim of the work is to increase anisotropic exchange interactions. With respect to magnetic nanostructured systems, research addressed the response of magnetic materials and nanostructured superconductors to microwave radiation, and investigated the application of high-intensity rotary magnetic fields. A study was also completed to determine the morphological and structural characterization of magnetic tunnel junctions for monolithic functional devices. In addition, researchers prepared various colloidal systems of magnetic particles with enhanced properties for use in biomedical applications and they studied the pinning of magnetic domain walls and its effect on magnetic resistance in multiple layers with exchange bias contained by nanostructures that have been formed by ordered nanohole arrays nanomanufactured using the FIB method. • Nanostructured materials Work in this area of research focused on the development and applications of new nanomaterials in the fields of homogeneous catalysis, colloidal systems, electrodeposition, self-coupling systems, thin layers and nanostructured systems. Publications of note included: - "Bottleneck effect" in two-dimensional microfluidics . - Preparation of optically pure P-stereogenic trivalent phosphorus compounds . - Synthesis of New Functionalized Polymers and Their Use as Stabilizers of Pd, Pt, and Rh Nanoparticles: Preliminary Catalytic Studies . 2007-08 / 62

- Carbon nanotubes grown by asymmetric bipolar pulsed-DC PECVD . - Enhanced magnetism in electrodeposited-based CoNi composites containing a high percentage of micron hard-magnetic particles . - Vertically aligned carbon nanotube-based electrodes: Fabrication, characterization and prospects . • Nanoenergy: production, storage and the environment The most significant research in this area examined the synthesis of nanostructured materials and their applications in intermediate-temperature solid-oxide fuel cells. A cooperative laboratory was set up to meet research requirements and a number of modelling methods were introduced. During the same period, work continued on the synthesis of new nanometric structures, i.e. nanoparticles, nanofilms and mesoscopic materials, to harness solar energy with organic/inorganic photovoltaic cells or through the direct production of hydrogen. Emphasis was placed on modifying the physical and chemical properties of the surfaces of these nanostructures, particularly for applications as catalytic additives. Lastly, researchers have used tin oxide nanowire to develop a nanowire-based high- sensitivity gas sensor. Research activity in the area resulted in more than 300 indexed publications in scientific journals during the year 2007. In addition, the eleven research groups of the l’IN2UB form part of the consortium of institutions responsible for the project "Nanotechnologies in Biomedicine" (NANOBIOMED) in the Consolider Ingenio 2010 program of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. The project examines the applications of nanoparticles in biomedicine with a particular focus on the local supply of drugs, on enhancing the contrast of MRI images, and on new biosensor designs for in vitro diagnosis devices.

Water Research Institute Created in 2005 out of the former Observatory on Water Resources of the University of Barcelona, the institute marked its third year with a continuing increase in efforts to facilitate and strengthen interdisciplinary research and teaching in every aspect of water resources and their interactions. Elections chose a new director and management committee, which had been serving on a temporary basis. By filling its highest governing positions, the institute consolidated its organizational and functional structure, increasing its ability to seek external partnerships and funding more effectively, take strategic and operational decisions and bolster its activity broadly. Meetings at an institutional level were held with different actors to raise awareness of the institute’s aims and activities. The Water Research Institute brings together research groups from various branches of knowledge related to the subject: Biology, Economic Sciences, Law, Geography and History, Geology, Pharmacy and Chemistry. The groups are characterized by large and diverse scientific production and they maintain a significant presence in important national and international forums and networks. Researchers at the institute continued work on specific, interdisciplinary projects during the year. Notable among them are the projects begun in the previous year as part of the Ingenio initiative and the research conducted at the Monastery of Poblet, which integrates disciplines such as geological surveying, waste water studies, and historical landscape studies of the region. Research efforts in the area continued to benefit from collaboration of public and private institutions. The institute established collaboration agreements with departments and bodies of the Generalitat , with other institutes on the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin America which have similar objectives and course offerings of their own or through affiliations, and with municipal authorities, such as Prat de Llobregat City Hall, with which an agreement was signed to begin offering courses in the Els Juliols summer program in 2008. In order to meet its object of fostering new researchers as outlined in the Statute of the University of Barcelona, the Water Research Institute provided funding for the first time to trainee research staff so that they could pursue research stays and attend conferences. In the area of teaching, the year saw the second edition of the official master’s degree program “Water: Cross-disciplinary analysis and sustainable management", adapted to the European Higher Education Area. The program attracted students from a number of different countries and visiting professors included Dr. Gideon Oron of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Dr. Alicia Fernández Cirelli of the University of Buenos Aires; Dr. Gaetano Ranieri of the University of Cagliari; and Dr. Giorgio Cassiani of the University of Padua. Preparations are now underway for an online master’s program to be offered in conjunction with the IL3.

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Research Institute of Applied Economics (IREA) During the academic year 2007-2008, working groups at the institute obtained public grants for six research projects and took part in three European projects. During the same period, the IREA signed 20 collaboration agreements and contracts with public bodies and private companies. Of particular importance was the first annual IREA conference, held on 16 June 2008 in the Casa Llotja de Mar. The event, which was open to the press and to the academic and business communities, was attended by Miquel Valls, president of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce; Josep Huguet, minister for Universities; and the acting rector of the University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier. During the year, the institute held a number of workshops during which resident researchers and collaborating researchers from other universities gave presentations on their current projects. In addition, a series of research seminars totalling 22 in number were offered by the three IREA research groups. The institute also organized a number of national and international conferences and meetings in the area of applied economics, including on the international level the 1st International Workshop on Local Government Reform: Privatization and Public-Private Cooperation and the 4th Seminar on Government Restructuring: Privatization, Regulation and Competition. On the national level, the institute organized the Conference on Public Sector Reform: Privatization, Regulation and Competition. As part of its 7th Framework Program, the European Commission approved a proposal from the AQR- IREA Group and work began on 1 February 2008 work. The project, entitled “Intangible Assets and Regional Economic Growth (IAREG)”, examines the relationships between knowledge, innovation and regional growth. One of the research groups belonging to the institute is also a member of a European network of institutions in 22 countries (ACCIÓ COST, A-17 Social Sciences and Humanities), called “Small and Medium Enterprises, Economic Development and Regional Convergence in Europe”. Additionally, the AQR-IREA Group is part of the IGIER-Bocconi Network (European Forecasting Network), which includes eight leading research centres, and the NEURUS Network, made up of European and American universities. The three groups belonging to the IREA also form part of the NETREG Network, which is made up of eleven leading European universities and research centres and is responsible for carrying out the European Commission’s IAREG study mentioned above. The AQR- IREA Group is currently working on the project “Study on the diffusion of Innovation in the Internal Market” for the European Commission (Call for Tender ECFIN/E/2007/020). The three IREA research groups also belong to the Reference Network in Applied Economics (XREA)), joining other research groups from the UB, UAB and URV. Lastly, researchers at the institute received a number of awards in recognition of their research. Dr. Enrique López Bazo, professor in the Department of Econometrics, Statistics and the Spanish Economy and coordinator of the AQR-IREA Group, was awarded the RSAI’s Martin Beckmann Prize for the best article on regional science published in 2006. The article appeared in the journal Papers in Regional Science . Dr. Miguel Ángel Santolino Prieto of the RISC-IREA Group received the 9th Ferran Armengol i Tubau Prize, which is offered every two years by the Catalan Economics Society in the area of insurance and risk coverage, for his doctoral thesis on the use of econometric methods for the qualitative and quantitative valuation of bodily injury in car insurance.

Nutrition and Food Safety Research Institute (INSA) The UB Nutrition and Food Safety Research Institute (INSA) was established in 2005 to meet the growing demand in society for research, training and services in sectors related to the agrifood industry. The INSA is made up of 22 research groups from the faculties of Pharmacy, Biology, Chemistry, and Geography and History at the UB. Of them, eighteen are consolidated research groups or are run directly by the Generalitat . The institute employs expert researchers in a number of different areas of nutrition, food analysis and control, food safety, and the social and economic repercussions of food. One of the main aims of the institute is to assess and promote research knowledge transfer and the dissemination of research results among national and European authorities and more broadly to the public. As such, the INSA, together with the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation hired a university-business project promoter to enhance its work in the area. 2007-08 / 64

The institute also aims to provide learning opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in various scientific and technical areas related to their areas of study. The INSA is responsible for the development of an official EHEA master’s program in Food Safety, the first edition of which will be offered for the academic year 2008-2009 in collaboration with the UAB and the Catalan Food Safety Agency.

Inter-University Institute of the Ancient Near East (IPOA) During the academic year 2007-2008, the UB offered the third year of the new 2005-2008 master's program in Assyriology, including new course units in Akkadian and Sumerian language and culture. The University also offered university extension courses for two levels of Amharic, one of the official languages of Ethiopia, and two courses in Sanskrit. The institute offered the second year in the two- year doctoral program in Languages, History and Cultures of the Ancient Orient: Assyriology, Indo- Iranistics, Semitics and Egyptology. Two projects were presented in October 2008 for the Diploma in Advanced Studies (DEA). Publications for the year included volume 24 of the journal Aula Orientalis Supplementa , for the year 2006, and a series of papers written by IPOA members, including Adelina Millet, Lluís Feliu Mateu, Jordi Vidal, Joaquín Sanmartín Ascaso and Gregorio del Olmo Lete. The research activities of the IPOA included four publically-funded projects directed by members of the institute: "Aramaic-Syrian and Arabic manuscripts from the Maronite Library in Aleppo (Syria) and from the George and Matilde Salem Foundation of Aleppo (Syria): Cataloguing and study”; “Contribution of the Syrian documentary corpus from the Bronze Age to Paleolinguistics and Mesosemitic linguistics: The lexicon”; “Study of the phonological and semantic congruence of Semitic extended binary radicals”; and “The UB’s archeological mission in Syria”. All four projects were scheduled to reach conclusion by the end of 2008. Three IPOA research programs received favorable assessments and funding from the Ministry of Science and Innovation and recognition from the Generalitat as consolidated research groups. Between June and August 2008, the IPOA began its third season of excavations at the Amarna site in the Syrian Arab Republic, under the direction of Drs. Carmen Valdés Pereiro and Adelina Millet Albà. Other members of the institute continued to participate in international projects: Dr. Carmen Valdés Pereiro took part in the UCLA project at the Tell Mozan site in Syria, and Dr. Adelina Millet worked as an epigraphist on the project at the Chagar Bazar site in Syria, jointly undertaken with the University of Liege (Belgium) and the Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées (Syria).

University of Barcelona Institute of Mathematics (IMUB) The IMUB coordinates and supports mathematics research at the University of Barcelona. During the academic year 2007-2008, the institute received 70 visiting lecturers from other institutions. The IMUB organized the following scientific activities during the academic year 2007-2008: the Advanced Course on Long-Time Integrations (50 researchers), the Advanced School on Specific Algebraic Manipulators (38 researchers), the Fall School in Holomorphic Dynamics (25 researchers), a workshop called “Moduli Spaces of Vector Bundles: Algebro-Geometric Aspects” (50 researchers), Dynamical Systems and Topology (95 researchers), the Advanced Course on Taylor Methods and Computer-Assisted Proofs-CAP08 (33 researchers), Homotopy Theory and Higher Categories (34 researchers), the semester on moduli spaces and the working meeting of the Consolider management committee. In addition, the IMUB organized the following debates: “Why Eisenstein Discovered the Eisenstein Criterion and Why Schoenemann Discovered It First”, with the participation of David Cox (Amherst College); “Support varieties: visualizing modules”, with Luchezar L. Avramov (University of Nebraska- Lincoln); “Duality in Mathematics and Physics”, with Sir Michael Atiyah (University of Edinburgh); “Can Biology lead to New Theorems?”, with Bernd Sturmfels (University of California at Berkeley); “Cantor and Sierpinski, Julia and Fatou: Crazy Topology meets Complex Dynamics”, with Robert Devaney (Boston University); “Riemannian holonomy and algebraic geometry”, with Arnaud Beauville (University of Nice); “Pluri-subharmonicity and applications in almost complex structures”, with Jean- Pierre Rosay (University of Wisconsin); “Self-Avoiding Walks”, with Gordon Slade (University of British Columbia), and “Estereología y análisis de imagen: de la matemática a las aplicaciones”, with Ximo Gual (Jaume I University of Castellón). The institute continued to publish the journal Collectanea Mathematica three times year. The journal size is roughly 350 pages.

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Research and ethics

In 2007, the Ethics Committee for Clinical Research (CEIC) approved 142 clinical research proposals. The Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments (CEEA) ran a training course for research staff required to handle research animals. Successful participants obtained accreditation from the Generalitat to work with laboratory animals. A total of 202 students took part in the three courses scheduled during the academic year 2007-2008. In addition, four applications for official accreditation were submitted by research and laboratory staff on the basis of proven experience in the area. The CEEA held eleven plenary meetings to assess research and teaching procedures involving the use of laboratory animals and reviewed 104 new procedures: 102 for research and two for teaching purposes. The committee also approved the continuing use of seventeen procedures accepted in previous years. The CEEA also granted 142 certificates to research projects involving the use of research animals, verifying that the projects meet current regulations in the area. The UB Bioethics Committee (CBUB) prepared and evaluated the bioethics sections of the compulsory reports compiled for all research projects managed by the UB. In addition, the CBUB will also assess research projects created at the Barcelona Science Park. The UB Bioethics Committee added new members from university areas with previously insufficient representation on the committee. The new members were the lecturers Mariño in Pharmacy, Serra in Psychology, and Sánchez Urrutia in Constitutional Law. The lecturer Encarna Roca from the Faculty of Law decided to resign from the committee during the year. In addition, the CBUB managed the web page of the Network of Spanish University Ethics Committees and organized the 4th Meeting of University Research Ethics Committees in November 2008. Further work in the area of research and ethics was carried out by the UB Observatory on Bioethics and Law, which is based in the Barcelona Science Park ( http://www.pcb.ub.es/bioeticaidret ).

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INTERNATIONAL WORK

— International institutional work — Participation in international academic exchange programs — Overall summary tables for student exchanges, TRS exchanges and international programs — Additional activities supporting international exchange

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IV. INTERNATIONAL WORK

International institutional work

During the academic year 2007-2008, the UB pursued a variety of initiatives to promote the international presence of the University. The UB takes part in a wide range of exchange programs and its extensive participation serves not only to maintain the UB’s position as a leading European and international university in the area, but also to strengthen its capacity to attract teaching staff, researchers and students from foreign universities. With these aims in mind, the UB continued to apply its policy on the international mobility of students in current undergraduate and engineering programs, new master’s programs, and doctoral programs. Exchange programs offered places to visiting international students, in conjunction with the vice- rectors’ offices which, in the academic year described by this Report, were the Office of the Vice- Rector of International Policy and Mobility and the Office of the Vice-Rector of Student Affairs; these also provided funding to assist UB students in covering the cost of exchange periods at foreign universities, with the involvement of the Office of the Vice-Rector of International Policy and the Bancaja Foundation program for international grants. In addition, the UB signed a collaboration agreement with CRUE and Santander Bank on 25 March 2008, establishing a new Santander-CRUE grant program for Ibero-American exchanges. The UB worked to promote the participation of its teaching and research staff (TRS) in international education and exchange projects organized by national and international bodies. The University reorganized the procedures to obtain mobility grants by external TRS; consolidated efforts in the area of international development activities, newly incorporating the Erasmus exchange program for teaching staff; continued to pursue new development cooperation projects; and established a system for visiting international teaching and research staff in order to ensure effective access to UB services. On the European level, the UB continued to adapt to the creation of the European Higher Education Area and worked to promote international mobility among its student community and teaching and research staff, particularly under the Erasmus program. The University also increased its participation in international networks. The UB placed a high priority on developing a coordinated strategy to strengthen its collaboration and cooperation relationships with Central and South American universities, building on the UB’s historic ties with the region. For instance, the UB joined the CINDA Latin-American network for inter-university development during the year. In addition, the UB continued to promote initiatives to extend existing relationships with universities and research institutes and higher education centres in Asia. On 2 June 2008, the University signed an agreement with the UAB, Asia House, and the Chinese government to open the Confucius Institute in Barcelona. Efforts were also made to strengthen specific cooperation relationships with academic institutions in the Maghreb countries and Sub-Saharan Africa through the development of various academic cooperation programs. Lastly, existing agreements with a number of academic institutions in the United States, Canada and Australia gave rise to an increase in joint initiatives.

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Participation in international academic exchange programs

Under international student exchange programs, students from the University of Barcelona enrolled in courses with a combined credit weighting of 34,003, for which the value of funding was €267,558.87. Visiting students spending periods of study at the UB during the academic year 2007-2008 enrolled in courses with a combined weighting of 36,968.75 credits, at a total value of €449,099.16. Financial assistance was available to UB students participating in any type of exchange program. The funding comes through a joint financial assistance program offered by the Offices of the Vice-Rector of International Policy and Mobility and the Vice-Rector of Student Affairs, in conjunction with the Bancaja Foundation and AGAUR. In addition, the UB produced promotional literature to increase student awareness and provide information on international student exchange programs, outlining the opportunities for students to study or pursue work placements abroad.

Europe (European Union)

Lifelong Learning Programme: Erasmus Program The lifelong learning program promotes a range of activities designed to increase academic exchanges, language learning and innovation in the field of education. It provides such opportunities to students and teaching and research staff (TRS) under the UB’s Erasmus University Charter for the period 2007-2013, which addresses student academic exchanges, TRS exchanges, and exchanges for the training of teaching staff and administrative and service staff.

• Student exchange programs The University of Barcelona maintained bilateral agreements with 436 universities in the European Union and other countries involved in the Erasmus program (i.e., Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey). A total of 637 students from the UB spent temporary periods of study at different European universities under the Erasmus program and 608 of them received financial assistance. This reflects the general decline in exchange placements experienced in the majority of Spanish universities during the academic year 2007-2008. As a result, the Office of the Vice-Rector of International Policy and Mobility (VPIM) introduced a series of new measures to revitalize this area of university activity, including: - Guaranteed Erasmus grants of 158 euros per month for the duration of placements, with 70% given at the start of the placement and the remaining 30% when the placement is completed. - A program of supplementary grants of 200 euros offered to undergraduate students, provided in conjunction with the Office of the Vice-Rector of Students Affairs (VE). - The Bancaja international grants program, provided with funding support from the Bancaja Foundation, offering supplementary grants of 300 euros to UB students. - Subsidies for courses at the UB School of Modern Languages (EIM) in the language of the prospective host university, representing total financial assistance of €45,739.18. - Direct provision of supplementary grants from public and private organizations, including the availability of supplementary grants of 200 euros a month through the AGAUR grant agency of the Generalitat of Catalonia; the European Commission’s supplementary grant of 225 euros for intensive language preparation courses (EILC) in host countries before beginning a placement at the host university; and assistance targeted specifically to encourage the participation of physically handicapped students with special needs in exchange programs.

Total financial assistance and student recipient numbers (Data for July 2008) Amount per student ( €) No. Recipients Erasmus grants - VPIM €158/month 608 Supplementary Erasmus grants - MEC €100/month 608 Supplementary Erasmus grants - MEC (general grant €350/month 65 recipients) Supplementary Erasmus grants - EILC €225 17 Supplementary grants for physically handicapped students €2,000 1 Supplementary grants - VPIM and VE €200-1,100 526 Bancaja international grants program €300-500 242 Subsidies for EIM language courses - 217 AGAUR supplementary grant €200/month 289 2007-08 / 69

A total of 1,156 visiting Erasmus students spent periods of study at the UB during the academic year 2007-2008. In terms of geographical distribution, the number of German and Italian Erasmus students at the UB remained high, and an increase was observed in the number of students from Portugal, Italy and Eastern Europe (Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic). The number of students from other European countries remained steady or declined. The main destinations for UB students studying abroad were Italy, Germany and France. With respect to the distribution by faculty/school, the number of UB students in the Erasmus program from the Faculty of Physics and the Faculty of Teaching Training rose sharply. In percentage terms, participation rose by 117% and 68%, respectively, while the number of students fell by 50% in the University School of Business Studies and the Faculty of Mathematics.

Student participation in the Erasmus program

430 Arts and Humanities 146 370 Social Sciences 192 120 Exp. Sciences/Engineering 104 135 Health Sciences 108 45 Education 53 56 Affiliated centres 34

0 100 200 300 400 500

Visiting exchange students UB students

• TRS exchange programs During the academic year, 55 members of the UB’s teaching and research staff (TRS) spent a week teaching at other European universities, reflecting a 30% increase on the previous year. With respect to the distribution by faculty/school, the greatest participation came from the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of Fine Arts, with ten and eight individuals, respectively, while the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, and the Faculty of Geography and History had six participants each. The Faculty of Teacher Training, the Faculty of Mathematics and the Faculty of Psychology had four, three and three staff participating, respectively. Two took part from the three faculties Nursing, Education, and Chemistry, while only one participated from the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of Physics and from affiliated centres.

TRS participation in Erasmus program Distribution by country United Austria, 2 Romania, 1 Kingdom, 4 Belgium, 3 Bulgaria, 1 Portugal, 6 Finland, 2 Norway, 2 France, 3

The Netherlands, 6 Germany, 6

Italy, 19

• Training exchange program - pilot This year was marked by a weeklong pilot training exchange program for staff in the Office of Mobility and International Programs (OMPI).

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• Financial summary Total Erasmus funding increased by 30% this year to €2,052,650, thanks largely to the 54% increase in financial assistance from the Ministry of Education and Science. The distribution of funding appears below:

Amount (€) Funding from the National Agency for European Educational Programs: for student exchanges 717,655 for TRS exchanges 34,680 for training 2,040 for the organization of exchange programs 90,967 Supplementary contributions: Ministry of Science and Education – for student exchanges 681,750 AGAUR ( Generalitat of Catalonia) – for student exchanges 307,400 Bancaja Foundation – for student exchanges 79,000 UB - VE and VPIM – for student exchanges 120,000 UB - OMPI – for TRS 19,157 TOTAL FUNDING 2,052,650 Data from July 2008.

• Participation in educational programs Under its lifelong learning program, the UB took part in 21 educational programs: Comenius (3 programs), Erasmus (5), Leonardo da Vinci (9), Transversal Programme (1), Socrates (2) and e-Learning (1). The Socrates and e-learning programs are in the final stage of completion. The UB also participated in sixteen other European programs: Culture (1 program), Daphne (1), eContentplus (1, in the final stage of completion), Erasmus Mundus (3), EuropeAid (2), Jean Monnet (3), Intelligent Energy Europe (2), Interreg (1), INTI (1) and Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs program (1).

Erasmus Mundus program Six students who were enrolled in the master’s degree Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology (WOP-P) spent periods of study at foreign universities under Action 1 of the European Commission’s Erasmus Mundus program. Four of the students studied in France, while the other two studied in Italy. In addition, eight students from other European and non-EU countries studied part of their master’s course at the UB. Three each came from Portugal and Italy, while two came from France. During the academic year, the European Commission granted the category of Erasmus Mundus master’s degree to the program Quality in Analytical Laboratories. The UB also took part in Action 4 of the Erasmus Mundus program, participating in the project BALANCE - Bologna - A Long-term Approach and New Certification in Europe.

Coïmbra Group As one of the eighteen member universities of the Student European Network, the UB sent seven students abroad for periods of study at other universities in the Coïmbra Group during the academic year 2007-2008, while eight foreign students spent periods of study at the UB. In the area of TRS exchanges, the UB hosted one professor from Croatia as part of the Eastern Neighbouring Countries Hospitality Scheme and one professor from Colombia as part of the Scholarship Programme for Young Professors and Researchers from Latin America.

European bilateral agreements In Europe, the UB’s bilateral agreements promoting international student exchanges are limited to Swiss universities which are funded by the Swiss national government and have two features in common with the Erasmus program: exemption from academic fees and academically equivalent study areas available. This year, eleven UB students and fifteen Swiss students took part.

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Individual applications from European Union member states A total of 76 individual applications were received from students of European universities, which were addressed principally to the Faculties of Philology, Economic and Business Sciences, and Medicine. Applications were particularly numerous from students of German universities, thanks in part to the funding provided under the German exchange program Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD). No UB students submitted individual applications to other European universities.

Summary of UB exchange students in Europe: Distribution by host country . Country Erasmus Bilateral Coïmbra Group Erasmus Total agreements Mundus Austria 5 - 1 - 6 Belgium 32 - - - 32 Bulgaria 1 - - - 1 Czech Republic 6 - - - 6 Denmark 33 - - - 33 Estonia 1 - - - 1 Finland 24 - 1 - 25 France 79 - - 4 83 Germany 51 - 3 - 54 Greece 8 - - - 8 Hungry 1 - - - 1 Iceland 1 - - - 1 Ireland 9 - - - 9 Italy 156 - 2 2 160 Latvia 1 - - - 1 Lithuania 2 - - - 2 The Netherlands 66 - - - 66 Norway 16 - - - 16 Poland 16 - - - 16 Portugal 30 - - - 30 Romania 4 - - - 4 Sweden 40 - - - 40 Switzerland - 11 - - 11 United Kingdom 55 - - - 55 TOTAL 637 11 7 6 661

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Summary of visiting European students at the UB: Distribution by home country

Country Erasmus Bilateral Coïmbra Erasmus MAEC - Individual TOTAL agreements Group Mundus AECID* agreements Austria 21 - 1 - - 2 24 Belgium 57 - - - - 1 58 Bulgaria 1 - - - - - 1 Czech Republic 11 - - - - 1 12 Denmark 20 - 1 - - 1 22 Estonia 5 - - - - - 5 Finland 12 - 2 - - 1 15 France 158 - - 2 - 6 166 Germany 218 - 2 - - 31 251 Greece 24 - - - - - 24 Hungry 4 - - - - 2 6 Ireland 7 - - - - - 7 Iceland 2 - - - - - 2 Italy 322 - 1 3 - 7 333 Lithuania 5 - - - - - 5 The Netherlands 74 - - - - 6 80 Norway 7 - - - - - 7 Poland 36 - - - 1 8 45 Portugal 74 - - 3 - 3 80 Romania 19 - - - - - 19 Slovakia 1 - - - - - 1 Slovenia 4 - - - - - 4 Sweden 21 - - - - 3 24 Switzerland - 15 1 - - 2 18 Turkey 1 - - - - - 1 United Kingdom 52 - - - - 2 54 TOTAL 1,156 15 8 8 1 76 1,26 4 *Grants offered by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

Summary of UB exchange students in Europe: Distribution by school/faculty

Bilateral Coïmbra Erasmus School/Faculty Erasmus TOTAL agreements Group Mundus Biology 47 3 - - 50 Business Studies 10 - - - 10 Chemistry 37 - - - 37 Dentistry - - - - 0 Economic and Business Sciences 159 - 1 - 160 Education 13 - 1 - 14 Fine Arts 43 1 - - 44 Geography and History 39 - - - 39 Geology 4 - - - 4 Law 23 - 1 - 24 Library Science and Documentation 8 - - - 8 Mathematics 3 1 - - 4 Medicine 29 - - - 29 Nursing 8 - - - 8 Pharmacy 43 2 - - 45 Philology 48 1 2 - 51 Philosophy 16 - 2 - 18 Physics 13 1 - - 14 Psychology 28 2 - 6 36 Teacher Training 32 - - - 32 Affiliated Centres 34 - - - 34 TOTAL 637 11 7 6 661

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Summary of visiting European students at the UB: Distribution by school/faculty

Bilateral Coïmbra Erasmus MAEC - Individual School/Faculty Erasmus TOTAL agreements Group Mundus AECID* agreements Biology 53 - - - - - 53 Business Studies 62 - 2 - - 10 74 Chemistry 32 - - - - - 32 Dentistry 5 - - - - - 5 Economic and 199 1 2 - - 17 219 Business Sciences Education 17 - - - - - 17 Fine Arts 65 1 - - - 5 71 Geography and 110 2 1 - 1 1 115 History Geology 9 - - - - - 9 Law 109 1 - - - 7 117 Library Science and - 2 - - - - 2 Documentation Mathematics 15 - - - - - 15 Medicine 64 - - - - 11 75 Nursing 6 - - - - 2 8 Pharmacy 33 1 - - - 1 35 Philology 226 3 1 - - 20 250 Philosophy 29 1 1 - - - 31 Physics 11 1 - - - - 12 Psychology 27 2 1 8 - 1 39 Teacher Training 26 - - - - 1 27 Affiliated Centres 56 2 - - - - 58 TOTAL 1,156 15 8 8 1 76 1,264 *Grants offered by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

Central and Eastern Europe (non-European Union) • Student exchanges Six foreign students attended the UB for a period of study as a result of individual applications: Russia (4), Georgia (1) and Ukraine (1). As part of the MAEC-AECID program, three students attended the UB on exchange: Serbia (2) and Russia (1). No UB student attended a university in Central or Eastern Europe under the grant program. • TRS exchanges Under the UB’s funding program for international projects and TRS exchanges, financial assistance totalling 1,850 euros was awarded to the Russian project Common reference model for teaching Russian as a second language .

United States and Canada • Student exchange programs A total of twelve agreements were established with universities in the United States and Canada. Two of the agreements, reached with the University of Pennsylvania and York University, involved the UB as a whole. The other ten were specific agreements with seven UB schools and faculties, two of which concerned combined degrees offered in conjunction with US universities. In total, 21 students from the UB spent periods of study in the US and Canada: five studied in Canada and sixteen in the United States (eight as part of combined degree programs with the UB). The UB offered placements to 35 students from the two countries: 28 from the United States (eleven as part of combined degrees) and seven from Canada. The UB currently has Study Abroad agreements with the University of California, Irvine, the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, Knox College, Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA), the Barcelona Center for International Studies (BCIS), the Council on International Studies (CIEE), and the Advanced Studies in Barcelona joint program (CASB). In total, 265 students from the United States were offered placements at 2007-08 / 74

the UB under Study Abroad agreements. In addition, four UB students received financial assistance from the BCA program for periods of study in the United States. A total of eleven exchange students from universities in the United States attended the UB by individual application.

Summary of exchange students from US and Canada: Distribution by school/faculty

Bilateral Study Abroad Individual TOTAL agreements agreements School/Faculty abroad abroad abroad abroad Visiting Visiting Visiting Visiting students students students students UB students UB students UB students UB students Biology 2 1 - 1 - - 2 2 Economic and - 9 4 13 - 2 4 24 Business Sciences Fine Arts 6 1 - - - - 6 1 Geography and History 1 - - 88 - 1 1 89 Law 8 13 - - - 1 8 14 Mathematics - - - 2 - - - 2 Pharmacy - 3 - - - - - 3 Philology - 4 - 156 - 7 - 167 Psychology - - - 5 - - - 5 Affiliated Centres 4 4 - - - - 4 4 TOTAL 21 35 4 265 - 11 25 311

Exchange students from the US and Canada

Bilateral Individual agreements applications 11,3% 3,5%

Study Abroad programs 85,2%

• TRS exchanges Under the UB’s funding program for international projects and TRS exchanges, financial assistance totalling 2,082 euros was awarded to two projects linked with two US institutions: “Postgraduate Course: Philosophy and Literature” and “Sculptural Interventions in Rotundas”.

Latin America • Student exchange programs In total, fifteen bilateral agreements were signed with Latin American countries. Ten were general agreements with the UB, while the remaining accords involved nine specific UB schools or faculties. A total of 28 UB students carried out periods of study at Latin American universities, while the UB welcomed 40 exchange students from the region. Mexico is both the primary destination of UB students in the region and the main source of visiting students. A total of 29 students from Latin American universities carried out periods of study at the UB through the ALBAN grant program. 2007-08 / 75

A total of 179 students from Latin American universities carried out periods of study at the UB by individual application. The exchange students principally came from Brazil and Mexico. Sixteen UB exchange students studied at Latin American universities by individual application. During the academic year 2007-2008, a total of 44 of exchange students from Latin American universities carried out periods of study at the UB with the assistance of grants awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MAEC-AECID). Of these, 37 received new grants, while seven received grant renewals. Eighteen exchange students from Latin American universities received Carolina Foundation-AECID grants to study at the UB. Two benefited from new grants, while sixteen received grant renewals.

Summary of UB exchange students in Latin America: Distribution by host country

Bilateral Individual Country TOTAL agreements agreements Exchange students from Latin America Bilateral Argentina 2 4 6 MAEC-AECID agreements Bolivia - 4 4 14,2% Brazil 3 - 3 12,9% Chile - - - ALBAN Colombia 2 - 2 9,4% Cuba - 3 3 Carolina Dominican Rep. - - - Foundation Ecuador - - 0 5,8% Guatemala - - - Individual Honduras - - - applications Mexico 13 5 18 57,7% Nicaragua - - - Panama - - - Paraguay - - - Peru 2 - 2 Uruguay - - - Venezuela 6 - 6 TOTAL 28 16 44

Summary of visiting Latin American students at the UB: Distribution by home country

Bilateral Individual Carolina MAEC - Country ALBAN TOTAL agreements applications Foundation AECID* Argentina 5 3 9 2 5 24 Bolivia - - - - 4 4 Brazil 10 5 60 - 5 80 Chile 7 4 5 1 6 23 Colombia 4 7 24 5 2 42 Cuba - 3 - - 3 6 Dominican Rep. - - - - 1 1 Ecuador - - - - 1 1 Guatemala - - - - 2 2 Honduras - - - - 1 1 Mexico 12 4 72 10 5 103 Nicaragua - 1 - - 2 3 Panama - - - - 2 2 Paraguay - 1 - - - 1 Peru 1 1 6 - 3 11 Uruguay - - 2 - 2 4 Venezuela 1 - 1 - - 2 TOTAL 40 29 179 18 44 310 *Grants offered by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. 2007-08 / 76

• TRS exchange programs Bilateral agreements for TRS exchanges benefited nine UB lecturers and ten foreign lecturers with financial assistance. Of these, one visiting lecturer benefited from the Coïmbra Group’s Scholarship Programme for Young Professors and Researchers from Latin America . Five UB lecturers and five visiting lecturers benefited from the UB’s agreement with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and four UB lecturers and four visiting lecturers benefited from the agreement with the University of Havana, in Cuba. During the academic year 2007-2008, 61 teaching and research staff from universities in Latin America spent periods at the UB through funding provided by the Inter-University Cooperation Program with Latin America (PCII). Funding was awarded to 26 projects (fourteen research projects, five teaching projects, five complementary activities and two integrated activities), with the AECID providing total funds of €545,480. The distribution of funding was: €285,950 for joint research projects, €105,730 for joint teaching projects, €38,200 for complementary activities and €115,600 for integrated activities. Under the Hispano-Brazilian Inter-University Cooperation Program (MEC), five projects received funding of €40,655: €16,000 for joint projects and €24,655 for workshops. In addition, UB funding for international projects and TRS exchanges was granted to nine projects at a total of €16,350. Ten members of the UB teaching and research staff spent periods of time in Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, while three lecturers came to the UB from Uruguay. Under the funding provided in 2008 to international projects promoting development cooperation, the Office of the Vice-Rector of International Policy and Mobility awarded six grants totalling €37,035. The distribution by country was: Bolivia (2), Colombia (1), El Salvador (1) and Nicaragua (2). In 2007, the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation of the Generalitat did not offer funding. In 2008, however, eight project applications were submitted for financial assistance and now await final decision.

Summary of TRS exchanges with Latin America: Distribution by country

Bilateral PCII program Funding for international TOTAL agreements (2007) projects and TRS exchanges (2008) Country TRS TRS TRS TRS Visiting Visiting Visiting Visiting UB TRS UB TRS UB TRS

Argentina - - 24 2 - 2 24 Bolivia - - 6 - - - 6 Brazil - - 4 - - - 4 Chile - - 16 - - - 16 Colombia - 1 - - - - 1 Costa Rica - - 3 2 - 2 3 Cuba 4 4 - - - 4 4 Dominican Rep. - - 1 - - - 1 Ecuador - - - 1 - 1 - Mexico 5 5 4 1 - 6 9 Nicaragua - - 3 - - - 3 Peru - - - 4 - 4 - Uruguay - - - - 3 - 3 TOTAL 9 10 61 10 3 19 74

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The Maghreb, Arab Countries, Mediterranean Area and Sub-Saharan Africa • Student exchange programs One student from Egypt applied individually to carry out a period of study at the UB. A total of 14 students conducted periods of study at the UB from institutions in the Maghreb, Arab countries, the Mediterranean area, and Sub-Saharan Africa, as part of the general grant program of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MAEC-AECID). Seven of the students received new grants, while the other seven received grant renewals.

Summary of visiting students from the Maghreb, Arab countries, Mediterranean area and Sub- Saharan Africa: Distribution by home country

Country Individual MAEC -AECID MAEC -AECID Total applications New grants Renewals Algeria - - 1 1 Angola - - 1 1 Egypt 1 - - 1 Morocco - 5 1 6 Mozambique - - 1 1 Palestinian Territories - 1 - 1 Syria - - 1 1 Tunisia - 1 2 3 TOTAL 1 7 7 15

• TRS exchange programs As part of the inter-university cooperation program with Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco (MAEC-AECID funding, PCI-Mediterranean program), funding totalling €103,486 was secured for seven research projects with universities in Morocco; funding totalling €25,500 was awarded to projects at four Tunisian universities; and grants totalling €20,000 went to two projects at Egyptian universities. In addition, UB funding for international projects and TRS exchanges was awarded to one project with Lebanon, at €1,708. Grants for international development cooperation projects, which are awarded by the Office of the Vice-Rector of International Policy and Mobility, went to three projects with Algeria, Morocco and Senegal, for a total of €22,965.

Asia and Oceania • Student exchange programs A total of seven bilateral agreements were signed with universities in Asia and Oceania, involving ten UB students and twelve foreign students. The UB also received applications from individual students in Australia and South Korea. No UB students studied abroad in Asia and Oceania during the year.

Summary of student exchanges with Asia and Oceania: Distribution by country

Bilateral agreements Individual TOTAL Country agreements UB students abroad Visiting students Visiting students UB students abroad Visiting students

Australia 5 7 1 5 8 China 3 4 - 3 4 Japan 2 1 - 2 1 South Korea - - 1 - 1 TOTAL 10 12 2 10 14

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• TRS exchange programs In 2008, UB funding for international projects and TRS exchanges was awarded to two projects, involving China and Japan, totalling €3,600.

Other programs organized by the MEC and the Department of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise (DIUE) The Ministry of Education and Science and the Department of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise also ran the following exchange programs: - “Visiting periods spent by university teaching staff and researchers of the CSIC and OPIS at foreign and Spanish universities, included in the Salvador de Madariaga Program as part of the national program of mobility grants for Spanish and foreign university teaching staff and researchers”. Twelve grants were awarded for 2007. - “Postdoctoral study periods in Spain for young foreign doctoral students, as part of the national program of mobility grants for Spanish and foreign university teaching staff and researchers”. Eleven grants were given for 2007. - “Visiting periods spent by foreign lecturers and researchers at Spanish universities as part of a sabbatical year, within the national program of mobility grants for Spanish and foreign university teaching staff and researchers”. Seven grants were awarded for 2007. - “Research grant program for visiting lecturers and researchers in Catalonia”. Five grants were awarded in 2007. - “Post-doctoral grants under the Beatriu de Pinós program”. Eight grants were awarded in 2007. - “Program for research periods outside Catalonia”. Nine researchers took part in 2007.

Overall summary tables for student exchanges, TRS exchanges and international programs

Student exchanges

Program Students and and SA* (EU) USA Latin MED, M, AC, TOTAL Europe Europe Canada Eastern Central/ Oceania America Asia and (non-EU)

Erasmus UB 637 - - - - - 637 Visiting 1,156 - - - - - 1,156 Erasmus Mundus UB 6 - - - - - 6 Visiting 8 - - - - - 8 Coïmbra Group UB 7 - - - - - 7 Visiting 8 - - - - - 8 Bilateral agreements UB 11 - 21 28 - 10 70 Visiting 15 - 35 40 - 12 102 Individual UB - - - 16 - - 16 applications Visiting 76 6 11 179 1 2 275 Study Abroad UB - - 4 - - - 4 Visiting - - 265 - - - 265 ALBAN Visiting - - - 29 - - 29 MAEC-AECID Visiting 1 3 - 44 14 - 62 Carolina Foundation Visiting - - - 18 - - 18 TOTAL UB 661 - 25 44 - 10 740 TOTAL VISITING 1,263 9 311 310 15 16 1,923 STUDENTS * The Maghreb, Arab countries, Mediterranean area and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Student exchanges

UB Visiting Program students students abroad Erasmus 637 1,156 Erasmus Mundus 6 8 Coïmbra Group 7 8 Bilateral agreements 70 102 Individual agreements 16 275 Study Abroad programs 4 265 ALBAN - 29 MAEC-AECID - 62 Carolina Foundation-AECID - 18 TOTAL 740 1,923

TRS exchanges: Distribution by programs

UB staff Visiting staff Erasmus 55 - Coïmbra Group - 2 Bilateral agreements (Latin America) 9 10 PCII program (Latin America) - 61 Grants for international projects and 10 3 TRS exchanges (Latin American) Other MEC and DIUE (programs 21 31 TOTAL 95 107

Summary of international projects (non-European Union) involving UB teaching and research staff

PCI Latin America Hispano-Brazilian International projects International projects for /PCI Inter-University and TRS exchanges development cooperation Mediterranean Cooperation Program Region/Country No. Amount projects (€) No. Amount No. Amount No. Amount projects projects (€) projects (€) (€) Asia 2 3,600 ------Latin America 9 16,350 6 37,035 26 545,480 5 40,655 Maghreb 1 1,708 3 22,965 13 148,986 - - Russia 1 1,850 ------USA 2 2,082 ------TOTAL 15 25,590 9 60,000 39 694,466 5 40,655

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Additional activities supporting international exchange

Development cooperation The academic year 2007-2008 was critical in driving forward the work of the UB Solidarity Foundation in the area of development cooperation. The preparation of the UB Platform promoting a culture of peace neared conclusion. In addition, the goal of development cooperation took concrete form through research and action in four main areas: third-world development, the construction of a culture of peace, the protection and defence of human rights, and the promotion of dialogue among cultures. Many UB organizations play a key role in development cooperation, including research groups, departments and institutes, and the bodies listed below:

UB Organizations NGOs with ties to the UB • Fundació Món 3 (helping the Third • Solidarity Foundation World) • Institute for Lifelong Learning • Education without Borders • Bosch i Gimpera Foundation • Teachers in Solidarity • Education Students and Teachers for International Cooperation • Catalan Association of Professionals for Cooperation

UB Observatories Chairs • Observatory on International Health • UNESCO Chair for the Environment • Solidarity Observatory and Sustainable Development • Observatory on Tibet and Central Asia • UNESCO Chair in Women’s Studies, • Observatory on Water Resources Development and Culture • Observatory on the Penal System and • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics Human Rights • José M. Valverde Chair • Observatory of Globalization • Observatory on Intercultural Trends

(See Chapter VII: “UB Solidarity Foundation”.)

Administrative support for study and residency permit applications In total, 1,402 study permit applications were processed for students and relatives (i.e., partners and children under 18 years of age) from outside the European Union: 72% of the students were from Latin America, 11% were from Asia and Oceania, and 8.2% were from the US and Canada. The number of students seeking renewed residence permits was far greater than the number of students requiring residence permits for the first time. Renewals numbered 884 (63% of the total) and new applications numbered 518 (37% of the total). The majority of the permits were for students at postgraduate level: 38.7% pursued master’s degrees, while 27.9% pursued doctoral courses. In addition, 5.8% of the applications were made on behalf of relatives. The distribution by school and faculty showed a higher proportion of students taking courses in economic sciences (12.1% in the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, and 1.1% in the University School of Business Studies), followed by courses in Philology (8.8%).

Welcome program for visiting teaching and research staff During the academic year 2007-2008, UB cards were issued to 143 visiting teaching and research staff. The cards gave them access to the wide range of services provided by the University. Three quarters of the visiting academic staff came from countries in Latin America.

Institute for Lifelong Learning (IL3) The institute carried out a range of activities with universities and other organizations around the world during the academic year 2007-2008. Notably, the IL3 joined the European Distance and E-learning Network (Eden) during the year and attended the Eden Annual Conference in Lisbon. Relationships were maintained with important international organizations such as the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and the European Universities Continuing Education Network (EUCEN). The IL3 is also a member of the Spanish Association for the UN World Pact (ASEPAM). 2007-08 / 81

During the year, IL3 took part in international educational programs such as Lifelong Learning, in which the institute coordinated the project entitled CARER (Content Materials to Raise Employability and Reinforce Skills of Carers), and the FUSEMBA project, developing an international MBA in funeral services. The institute also participated in programs of the Directorate General for Health and Consumer Affairs of the European Commission, acting as coordinator of the ETPOD project (European Training Program on Organ Donation) and as a sponsor and coordinator of a project developing an international master’s degree in consumer affairs. The IL3 also agreed new projects of an international nature with a variety of institutions, such as the Advanced School of Public Administration in Colombia, the Secretary of Education of the Dominican Republic, the Universities of Palermo and Agrigento in Italy, the Centre for Economic Research and Teaching in Mexico, the Portuguese entity Alquimia da Cor Produções Digitais Lda in Porto, and the Bolhispania project in Bolivia.

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LEARNING AND RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES

— The Learning and Research Resources Centre (CRAI): Library Services — The Institute of Education Sciences (ICE) — The Language Services — The UB Scientific and Technical Services (SCT) — The Animal Experimentation Units (UEA) — Radiological protection — The Patents Centre — Health, Safety and the Environment

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V. LEARNING AND RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES

The Learning and Research Resources Centre (CRAI): Library Services

During 2007, the Learning and Research Resources Centre (CRAI) worked actively to fulfil its strategic plan. The centre developed the teaching support portal, the University of Barcelona’s Digital Collection, the Office for Knowledge Dissemination, and the UB’s institutional portal to the Cervantes Virtual Library. In addition, the centre compiled user satisfaction questionnaires and weblogs were created for several UB libraries. The teaching support portal is a single point of contact which provides access to UB resources and services related to teaching, independent of the area or service involved. As a result, it enables information to be shared across separate, unrelated disciplines. The open, free dissemination of knowledge to the public is one of the lines of activity pursued in all institutions of higher learning. At CRAI, two initiatives support this goal: the creation of the UB’s Digital Collection, which contains all of the academic publications related to the teaching, research and institutional work of teaching staff and other members of the UB university community, and the Office for Knowledge Dissemination, which ensures open access and provides advice and consulting on the online dissemination of material. The UB also contributed to the content and dissemination of other external digital collections. In this regard, Catalan Journals in Open Access (RACO) provided information to the editors of UB scientific journals about its activities and published six new journals. The Memòria Digital de Catalunya (MDC) published a collection of concert programs of the choral society Coral Sant Jordi , with documents from the Oriol Martorell collection, and the Recercat collection published five new documents from various UB departments and research groups. In addition, the doctoral thesis network TDX added 260 new UB theses to its resources. The UB also received financial assistance from the Consortium of Academic Libraries of Catalonia (CBUC) to transfer journals in paper format into digital format, facilitate their inclusion in the RACO digital collection, and assist in making doctoral theses available online through the TDX database. In the area of research support, the SFX software became fully operational, representing another step forward in the University’s efforts to integrate all UB electronic information resources and enable their effective use. On 13 December 2007, the UB officially launched its own institutional portal to the Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library. The aim of the portal is to provide a single point of access to the UB’s extensive bibliographical resources. Emphasis is placed on resources that have a special or unique value or that have little or no presence in other virtual libraries. The initiative, which is a key part of the UB’s effort to share and preserve its rich bibliographical heritage, draws on resources held principally in the Reserve Collection, but it also includes resources from other UB libraries with collections of rare or antiquarian books, such as the Faculties of Law and Medicine. The portal will provide users with digital reproductions of a selection of original works. With respect to the location of libraries, the Social Work Library moved into the Mundet Campus Library and was replaced in its former building by the Labor Relations Library. Also, CRAI took possession of the library and reserves of the former Advanced Centre for Nutrition and Dietetics (CESNID), located on the Torribera Campus in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, following the integration of CESNID into the Faculty of Pharmacy. The Pharmacy Library managed the acquisition of the library resources and services necessary to meet the needs of library users after integration. Maintenance work focused on improvements to electrical and lighting systems, fire-detection devices and safety measures, such as a new system of video surveillance. The improvements were made to various parts of the Arts Library in the Historic Building, including the meeting rooms the Sala Torres Amat , the Sala de la Torre del Rellotge , the Sala Pifarrer and the reserve collection stacks. In addition, four rooms were repainted according to the original colors of Elies Rogent’s design scheme. CRAI provides laptop computers with wireless internet connection on loan to library users. The service, which was started last year, is now available in a total of ten CRAI libraries and offers 61 laptops on loan. The centre implemented a new virtual space for the university community with training on how to use information resources (ATRI). The space aims to develop skills in the use of information and a more thoughtful approach to effectively using CRAI resources and services, providing the foundation for ongoing learning. 2007-08 / 84

The centre collaborated with CBUC to judge the entries submitted in a competition to change the library management system (Millennium). The company Innovative won the competition and installation of the new system produced notable improvements. As part of the GEPA program to ensure adequate space for future access to library resources, the centre established the criteria for the transfer of low-use resources currently stored in Cervera to new facilities currently under preparation in Lleida for all the Catalan public universities. The UB reviewed the 2006 evaluation and found that several UB groups had not expressed opinions in the survey. During 2007, therefore, questionnaires addressed administrative and services staff as well as teaching and research staff and students. All three groups expressed a high level of satisfaction with respect to the resources and services provided and in terms of the personal attention and professionalism of library staff. New online blogs in the Arts Library, Pharmacy Library, Law Library and Bellvitge Library began to serve as new channels for user collaboration and communication. The blogs attracted a high level of participation and they were the subject of a Web 2.0 workshop during the ELAG Conference held in Barcelona.

Summary table for 2007

Reserves Total Acquisitions in 2007 Facilities Books (1) 1,566,429 38,590 Total area (sq m) 37,898 Periodicals (1) 45,292 10,255 Reading rooms 6,356 (2) Databases 252 22 Computers for public use 678 Other materials 90,080 2,627 Photocopy machines 32 (1) Includes paper and online formats, purchased or donated. Microform readers/printers 75

(2) Includes laptop computers.

Services Library users 5,435,579 Loans 652,892 Inter-library loans (UB document request service) - requests issued 8,984 - requests received 23,520 Catalogue queries received 2,632,766 Online periodical queries received 450,947

Acquisitions by library 2007 7.500

6.163 5.714

5.000

3.291 3.185

2.219 2.578 2.260 2.500 2.326 1.594 1.634 1.594 1.600

908 733 605 552 647 681 205 101 0

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The Institute of Education Sciences (ICE)

The academic year saw the continuation of the ICE’s work in a wide range of areas, with special attention placed on the provision of existing and new training and support options to university teaching and research staff through. The ICE provided advice and guidance on teacher planning for the new degrees developed as part of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). In addition, the institute contributed to strengthening the work of the Council for the Coordination of Teaching Training in UB faculties and schools. As part of a program agreed with the Department of Education, the institute continued assisting in training plans in 22 educational areas, offering advice and guidance for the training of pre-school, primary and secondary-school teachers and vocational educators. The number of activities increased in the areas of teacher training and work groups addressing innovation in teaching. The ICE also continued to train new teachers (i.e., interim teachers in provisional employment in pre-school, primary and secondary-school state education who have not yet secured tenure of their position) on behalf of the Department of Education, and organized training for new university teaching staff. The year saw a rise in the number of online courses organized by agreement with the Institute for Lifelong Learning (IL3) of the University of Barcelona. The institute also continued its focus on research, including new REDICE-08 funding for projects on teaching and continued training support and guidance to teachers conducting research on work leaves granted approval by the Department of Education. The ICE provided training to 14,787 people during the academic year 2007-2008, broken down as follows:

Number of Training activities participants Training of pre-school, primary and secondary-school teachers, vocational educators, and social and community educators 7,595 Conferences, seminars, workshops 2,177 Other activities 5,418 Preliminary training of secondary-school teachers (CAP) 2,466 Training of university teaching staff 4,074 Standardization of Catalan 381 Postgraduate and master’s programs 271

Total 14,787

Continuing education of pre-school, primary and secondary-school teachers and vocational educators At the request of the Department of Education, the institute carried out activities in the following two areas: - Preparatory training of interim teachers in pre-school, primary and secondary-school education, attended by 1,424 interim teachers, and training for teacher trainers and tutors who deliver the course or assist new teachers in schools. - Advice, guidance and operational planning on continuing education in the context of 22 area training plans (sixteen in the province of Barcelona and four in the city of Barcelona). The ICE conducted training activities for staff responsible for educational programs, creating and coordinating working groups on innovation; organizing workshops, round tables and lectures; and proposing education research projects focusing on training targeted at each educational level or at staff providing professional training. The ICE collaborates with institutions such as the art museums the MACBA and the MNAC, the Maritime Museum and the IL3 to provide training activities. The current number of programs is 19, with a total of 6,891 teachers enrolled in 324 activities.

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Preliminary training of secondary-school teachers (CAP) Preliminary training of secondary-school teachers focuses on developing the skills required for professional practice in this area of education, with courses leading to the award of the official certification C ertificat d'Aptitud Pedagògica (CAP). Courses leading to the CAP were offered in seventeen subject areas and the institute continued to offer guided programs in educational psychology, intended to offer preliminary training to prospective educational psychologists. Attendance in the courses reached 2,466 (an increase of 37% with respect to the previous academic year), supported by 250 lecturers and 682 tutors. By subject area, the highest numbers of students enrolled in Social Sciences, Geography and History (450), Natural Sciences (276), Visual and Plastic Education (242), and Physical Education (232).

CAP attendance by subject area

Vocational Training Visual and Plastic Education Spanish Language and Literature Soc. Scis, Geography, History Physics/Chemistry Physical Education Philosophy Natural Sciences Music Mathematics German French English Educational Psychology Economics Classics Catalan Language and Literature

0 100 200 300 400

Standardization of Catalan The ICE provided training in Catalan language and culture for teachers in order to reinforce the process of language standardization at all levels of non-university education. Enrolment in the courses organized this year stood at 381 students, with the collaboration of 23 teachers.

Joint program with IL3 This program, which was developed jointly with the IL3, provides online and blended teacher training in the form of postgraduate courses for professionals in education and related areas. With respect to the ongoing training of teachers at pre-school, primary and secondary-school levels, the CLIP-ICE program offered 34 on-line training courses, representing an increase of three over last year. As some courses were held more than once, the total number of actual courses taught reached 48, with a total enrolment of 1,425 students, exceeding last year by 631. The results for the academic year 2007- 2008 showed a rise of 9.7% in the number of courses and an increase of 78.5% in enrolment.

Training of university teachers The institute organized a variety of training activities, which attracted 4,055 participants across 160 activities, representing a 1.2% increase over the previous year.

Number of Number of Activity types activities participants Preparatory training : Postgraduate diploma in university 1 32 teaching Continuing education 62 1,651 Jointly organized activities 52 1,560 Accredited activities 45 812 Total 160 4,055 2007-08 / 87

Training attended by UB teaching staff

Jointly organied Accredited activities activities 38% 20%

Preparatory training 1% Continuing education 41%

Of the many activities carried out during the year, the following merit particular mention: • The Council for the Coordination of Training Centres participated actively in 52 training activities to improve teaching quality, jointly organized with UB faculties and schools. • The Permanent Seminar on the Training of Teaching Staff at the University of Barcelona involves 15 members who are specialists in the area of training and assessment in higher education and university learning. Members met in two working sessions during the year: the first coordinated by Dr. Teresa Mauri on the subject “Continuous Assessment of Student Learning” and the second focusing on review of work completed to data and analysis of future opportunities. • Preliminary training of new university teachers. The postgraduate course "Introduction to University Teaching" was held, with 32 participants taking part. The training format was blended and involved experienced teaching professionals as tutors. • Continuing education. Two blocks of 59 activities addressed training for tutors, teaching plans, methodology, learning assessment, professional development and occupational health. Training activities were structured in short formats (e.g., workshops, seminars, working sessions). In addition, three new activities, which were offered outside the teaching period, received a positive reaction from participants. • Tutorials. A variety of activities addressed the UB’s tutorial action plans (PATs), including the creation of a Moodle space for all UB tutors and another Moodle space for the tutorial coordinators in each discipline or faculty/school. • Joint activities. A total of 52 joint activities were organized at the request of departments or groups of teaching staff from individual schools and faculties and ratified by the respective training coordinators. • Accredited activities. With the approval of the respective training coordinators in each school or faculty, a total of 45 organized training activities received accreditation from UB schools and faculties and UB teaching staff. • Master in University Academic Policy. On completion of the second edition of the Master in University Academic Policy, diplomas were awarded to the teaching staff that successfully completed the course and the third edition was approved. • Transition from secondary to university education. At the request of the Vice-Rector of Student Affairs, a proposal was made to introduce a series of new initiatives and to continue existing activities that facilitate the transition from secondary to university education, securing the position of the University of Barcelona as a benchmark for quality among secondary teachers. During the academic year, working groups addressed the transition from secondary to university education, creating fourteen joint lines of work in addition to training. A training session was provided to teaching staff working with the former Student Support Services Unit (UAE)—which is now the Student Support Services Office (SAE). • 5th International Congress on University Teaching and Innovation (CIDUI). The conference took place in Lleida on 2-4 July, with 800 participants and 432 papers presented. This year, 144 UB professors attended and they presented 78 papers. 2007-08 / 88

• Spanish Network for University Teaching (REDU). The ICE, which is an institutional member of the network, took part in seminars and assemblies held by REDU in Seville and Lleida. • Publications. The UB published three additional titles in the collection Educación Universitaria and two new issues in the collection Quaderns de Docència Universitària .

Training of adult educators and social and community workers The UB collaborated in two initiatives on education outside the classroom for young children, adolescents and adults: the Barcelona city-wide education project PEC and the 4th Conference on Education and Environment, which took place in la Seu d’Urgell on 22-24 May. Other initiatives were carried out with the Department of Education of the Barcelona provincial council, the Department of Education, the Office of the General Secretary for Sport, the Municipal Education Institute of the Barcelona City Hall, the Catalan Service-Learning Promotion Centre (APS) at the Bofill Foundation, the Theatre Institute, the Catalan foundation Fundació Catalana de l'Esplai , and the Metropolitan Transport Authority of Barcelona. The working group on local educational policies, which is coordinated by Dr. Amelia Díaz, completed its work during the year and delivered its final reports on municipalities and education. The working group on adult education (2006-2007) submitted a document setting out its conclusions on basic training for adults, and the joint working committee of the ICE and the Department of Education of the Barcelona provincial council produced a report on planning continuing education programs targeted at local-government officials with responsibility for education.

Innovation in training This area focuses on the training and professional development of teacher trainers themselves. The following actions were carried out during the academic year 2007-2008:
Planning and implementation of an integrated program addressing the professional training of teacher trainers. The program is modular, flexible and adapted to the specific needs of teacher trainers. The approach is based on the training model devised by the ICE in collaboration with teacher trainers in Baix Llobregat, organized by the Training Section 0-18.
Planning and running of the first edition of the postgraduate program in Training Management, attended by 30 directors from Integrated Educational Services of Catalonia (SEI) at the request of the Department of Teacher Training and Development.
Research. The ICE finished the research project investigating the characteristics of teacher trainers and defining a competency map and relevant training and development model. In addition, the results were validated at the University of the Balearic Islands.
Dissemination. The institute organized the 1st International Conference on New Trends in Continuing Teacher Education in Barcelona on 5-7 September. More than 600 participants attended from sixteen countries and nearly all the autonomous regions of Spain. Over 300 presentations were made on topics such as the theory of complexity and the impact of the knowledge society on continuing education for teachers; new trends in planning, assessment, organization and management of training; and new trends in teacher training and the practice of training.

Research • The ICE's research program in university teaching (REDICE) aims to support the creation of research teams and networks to generate and disseminate inter-disciplinary knowledge on teaching in higher education. • The Research Consulting Service (SAR) responded to 60 requests for advice in methodological areas and provided assistance to REDICE research groups and to primary and secondary-school teachers. SAR also designed a series of tailored courses for delivery in September 2008. • Training courses in research. The institute conducted a needs assessment for UB teaching staff in the area of research methodology, and eleven courses were offered as part of their continuing education plan. • Issues 9 and 10 of the electronic bulletin La Recerca, on research activities, were published during the year and a new online journal underwent preparation for the academic year 2008-2009. • As part of the REDICE-06 program, 22 research teams on university teaching were selected in 2006. After presenting annual progress reports for approval in 2007, the teams continued work during the academic year 2007-2008. The delivery of final articles on the results of the teams’ research is now awaited. • In June 2008, a conference for REDICE-06 teams took place. The teams met to exchange 2007-08 / 89

research, make an assessment of REDICE-06 efforts, and provide information in preparation for the REDICE-08 program. The opening talk was given by Dr. Carlos Lozares and addressed the subject of social network analysis. • The new REDICE-08 program offers funding to two categories of research teams: the first category is limited to project teams that have not received funding in previous REDICE programs and the second category is limited to coordinated projects pursued by two or more teams led by a group that was selected in a previous REDICE program. REDICE grants are compatible with the funding offered by the UB Vice-Rector of Teaching Policy to projects in teaching innovation (PID 2008). • The research teams created in the academic years 2004-2005 and 2006-2007 continued their research on the creation of new learning activities; ethics courses in the department of Philosophy; pharmaceutical and primary health care; performance levels and abandonment rates of first-year students in the Faculty of Geology; and follow-up of Biochemistry graduates after leaving UB. • Two consolidated research groups attached to the ICE continued their efforts: the Research Group for the Study of Linguistic Repertoire (GRERLI), led by Professor Joan Perera, and the Environment and Materials for Learning Group, led by Professor Begoña Gros. The institute also participated in nine other research projects.

Other activities Three education prizes were awarded this year. The 17th Pau Vila Prize, given in collaboration with the Foundation of the Catalan Culture Congress, was awarded to an ecological study on the Manlleu section of the river Ter, submitted by Albert Santasusagna Riu. The 3rd Jesús Garanto Alós Prize, given jointly with the UB Department of Methods of Research and Diagnostics in Education (MIDE), went to the Gaspar Hauser special education school and its education network in Palma. Lastly, the 3rd Francesc Xavier Gil i Quesada Prize was awarded to Marta Jiménez Albiol for her paper on photography and knowledge in a workshop fostering social cohesion. In addition to the two courses aimed specifically at university teaching staff, the institute offered seven postgraduate and master’s courses, attended by a total of 217 students. The offering included the online master’s degree Democracy and Values Education in Latin America, the inter-university master’s degree Medical Education, and the following postgraduate courses: Multilingual Education; Tutorship and its Practice; Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Diagnosis and Intervention; and Advanced Study of Early Preschool Education. New editions of all master’s and postgraduate courses were proposed for the academic year 2007-2008, and sixteen activities including workshops and conferences took place, attracting 2,177 participants.

Publications - Three new titles were published in the UB collection Educación Universitaria on topics in university education: De la biblioteca al centro de recursos para el aprendizaje y la investigación, by M. Area, F. Hernández and J. M. Sancho; La enseñanza de resolución de problemas de física en la universidad, by J. Guisasola, M. Ceberio, J. M. Alamudí and J. L. Zubimendi; and La enseñanza universitaria centrada en el aprendizaje de estrategias útiles para el profesorado, by L. Prito, A. Blancio, P. Morales and J. C. Torre. - Issues 10 and 11 of the UB collection Quaderns de Docència Universitària on university teaching were published during this academic year. Issue 10 was entitled Aplicació de la carpeta d'aprenentatge a la universitat, coordinated by N. Giné, and issue 11 was entitled Les Webquest, una metodologia d'aprenentatge cooperatiu, basada en l'accés, el maneig i l'ús d'informació de la Xarxa, by J. Quintana and E. Higueras. - Two titles were published in the collection Cuadernos de Educación (ICE/Horsori): Músicas del mundo, una propuesta intercultural de educación musical, by Natàlia Nadal Pedrero, and Materiales literarios en el aprendizaje de lengua extranjera, by Antonio Mendoza Fillola. - One title joined the UB collection Cuadernos de Formación del Profesorado de Educación Secundaria, on teacher training in secondary education: Cinco hilos para tirar de la motivación y el esfuerzo, by J. Escaño and M. Gil de la Serna. - Enseñanza de las Ciencias Sociales. Revista de Investigación. The seventh edition of the journal on teaching in the social sciences was published, which is available on the ICE website. - Journal: Temps d'Educació. Issues 32, 33 and 34 were published with monographs on Economia de l'educació; Cos, identitat i diversitat cultural; and Llegir críticament, al llarg del currículum. 2007-08 / 90

- Other publications: in collaboration with the Department of Methods of Research and Diagnostics, one title was published: Miquel Meler i Muntané: Vocación y Pedagogía. Los orígenes de la pedagogía terapéutica en España, coordinated by C. Buisán and I. Echebarria.

The Language Services

During the academic year 2007-2008, the UB Language Services updated their web page and prepared versions in Spanish and English. In addition, the Language Services signed a contract with the Generalitat to produce a collection of university conversation guides, or phrase books. The aim is to provide a guide to all new students to the Catalan university system and guides are now available in Amazic, Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish. The Language Services also took part in the sixteenth meeting of university language services departments entitled “Communication and Language Services”, held at the Valencian university Universitat Politècnica de València , and participated in various meetings on inter-university language policy hosted by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya , Pompeu Fabra University and Rovira Virgili University. The Language Advisory Service and Terminology area is responsible for the language quality of documents (referred to below as correction), and for the translation of texts, principally involving Catalan, Spanish and English, the provision of advice on language and terminology, the design of documents with standard structures, the preparation of lexicons and terminological dictionaries, and the design and communication of UB language criteria and the university’s house style. During the academic year 2007-2008, the area responded to 4,531 requests for correction or translation, representing 29,196 corrected pages (70.28% originally written in Catalan, 1.46% in Spanish and 28.26% in English) and 12,112 translated pages (22.56% translated into Catalan, 24.07% into Spanish and 53.38% into English). Language Services also responded to 1,945 requests for language and terminology assistance. In addition, the web site CUB, which manages UB guidelines for language use and offers a quick and efficient way to search over 1,800 abbreviations and nearly 1,200 rules or guidelines for language use (97 drafted during 2007-2008), received 16,908 visits during the year, at an average rate of 7.66 pages a visit, representing a total 129,515 pages visited in total. The Language Services organized a variety of practical and informational sessions to enhance the language quality of texts produced by staff at the UB, and support documents were also produced for new working sessions in the future. Strenuous efforts also continued on a wide range of broad correction and translation projects with other areas of the University, such as a multilingual institutional web page, news, periodicals and portals for internal communication for the University’s administrative office Communication; translation of academic records, course units and web pages for official master’s degrees for the UB’s Planning and Academic Services; master’s and postgraduate programs for the UB’s Postgraduate Agency; and nomenclature and GR@D teaching plans for the UB office Organization and Quality. During the academic year 2007-2008, other Language Services projects to enhance the language quality of UB users included tailored training sessions and a tailored dictionary for Word to improve the effective use of pc tools to improve language quality; language correction assistance (ESLUB); and rules or guidelines for language use for new document formats, e.g. for teaching plans, new degrees and the naming of course units. In addition, the Language Services purchased the LISA QA software program, which uses statistical methods to assess the quality of a text. The unit contributed to continuing education courses for administrative and services staff on online resources for drafting administrative documents and automated translation; a Language Services training course on the Catalan language in the context of information and communication technology; a university extension course organized by the Department of Catalan at the Faculty of Philology, offering guidelines for the correction and supervision of oral and written texts; and tailored individual sessions on specific issues or to provide information on the array of support resources available to improve language quality, e.g. to the Rector’s Office Support Unit. The minutes of the 5th CILAJ meeting on the subject of non-sexist language were published: Confonem gènere i sexe? Llenguatge no sexista: fenomen, límit i aplicació . 2007-08 / 91

With respect to terminology, the Language Services published a dictionary of fine arts vocabulary Vocabulari de belles arts , containing 979 Catalan terms and their Spanish and English equivalents. Other publications included a dictionary on natural risks containing 334 Catalan terms, definitions and their Spanish and English equivalents, produced as part of the online collection Diccionaris Electrònics ; a materials dictionary Diccionari de materials , which is in final revision and contains 1,022 Catalan terms, definitions and their Spanish and English equivalents; a chemical engineering dictionary Vocabulari d'enginyeria químicaI, which is under revision and contains 1,275 Catalan terms, definitions and their Spanish and English equivalents; and the second edition of the dictionaries for economics, accounting and business studies ( Vocabulari d'economia , Vocabulari de comptabilitat and Vocabulari d'empresa ), which appeared online in their first edition and are now updated and expanded, with a total of 2,791 Catalan terms and their Spanish and English equivalents. Work has also begun on the second edition of the dictionary on Galenic pharmacy, which contains 300 Catalan terms and their Spanish and English equivalents, a food sciences dictionary Vocabulari de ciències dels aliments , containing 515 Catalan terms and their Spanish and English equivalents, and a dictionary for nutrition and dietetics Vocabulari de nutrició i dietètica , containing 415 Catalan terms and their Spanish and English equivalents. In conjunction with the University of Valencia, work proceeded on the joint publication of a law dictionary Vocabulari de dret , containing roughly 5,500 Catalan terms and their Spanish equivalents. Lastly, work also proceeded on the preparation of a dictionary on research management, produced jointly with the Language Services units of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, at the request of the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR). Language Services launched a new online system to manage language and terminology requests. Called Sens Dubte , the system facilitates the receipt of requests, their response and the interrogation of previous requests. Since its implementation in September 2007, the system has managed nearly 500 requests. The unit also created two multi-search engines, one for language questions and another for terminology. The aim is to enable users to interrogate hundreds of online resources through a single window. In the area of Catalan Language Promotion and Sociolinguistics, under the resolution reached by the Committee on Language Policy on 24 February 2006, Language Services worked with UB subject areas to put clear information in the student guide concerning the language in which seminar groups in the various courses are conducted. The aim of the effort is to provide students with this information prior to enrolment in seminar groups. During the year, the Network on Catalan Language Promotion defined its work processes and activities to operate in a more organized manner in future. The network’s annual funding program offered ten grants in the area of Catalan language promotion to foster collaboration with the faculties’ and schools’ committees on Catalan language promotion. One of the priorities of grant-winners was to enhance the dissemination of language materials and resources in the twenty UB faculties and schools in conjunction with the work of the SL offices with users. The network organized the annual festival on the promotion of the Catalan language. Targeted at UB students, the festival Primavera de la Llengua offered Arrelats prizes in the categories of short narrative and poetry. In addition, issues 11 and 12 of the periodical Enxarxa't were published. The network took part in the program to welcome visiting students, prepared and updated information and materials, responded to requests on language use and resources, participated in informational sessions on the sociolinguistic reality of UB faculties and schools for visiting students and students enrolled in the master’s programs, managed the Conversation Exchange Service between Catalan students and newly-arrived students, and organized a series of entertaining cultural activities for newly-arrived students as part of the Gimcana program, including workshops, tours, parties and outings. A total of 605 students signed up with the SL’s Conversation Exchange Service this year: 464 UB students and 141 visiting students. The total number of students who were able to participate in the service’s language tandems reached 159 and the languages involved in exchanges with Catalan- speaking students were Arabic, Basque, Chinese, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. As a member of the inter-university group promoting use of the Catalan language, the unit worked activity to coordinate activities with the other Catalan universities, creating a website to do so. In addition, a research project was designed to examine the language habits, attitudes and identities of students attending Catalan universities. The research will be conducted during the academic year 2008-2009. 2007-08 / 92

The UB Scientific and Technical Services (SCT)

The Scientific and Technical Services of the University of Barcelona (SCT) provides research support for projects conducted by UB research groups, research groups affiliated to other public institutions, and private firms seeking to collaborate with the University in the development of R&D projects. Currently, SCT occupies over 6,000 sq m of space distributed across the three UB campuses. SCT units are mainly located in buildings specifically designated for research activity, innovation and technology transfer, including facilities within faculties of the UB. SCT units specialize in the areas of nuclear magnetic resonance, advanced microscopy and related techniques, mass spectrometry, specialized support techniques for the life sciences, and elemental and molecular chemical analyses. In 2007, SCT worked with more than 1,000 users, including 242 private firms, 329 research groups affiliated to public institutions other than the UB, and 478 UB research groups from 57 different departments in twelve UB faculties. Looking at 2007 SCT users in detail, private firms accounted for 26%, including Catalan companies and companies from elsewhere in Spain or Europe. The total of 242 private firms noted above reflected 282 different users and small and medium-sized firms accounted for 80% of them. The headquarters of 212 are located in Catalonia. The principal users of the SCT as a technology solutions provider are, by sector, pharmaceutical, chemical, agrifood, electronics and metallurgy, environmental, and analytical and technical services in healthcare. Of the 329 researchers affiliated with other public institutions, 54 were from Catalan public institutions (i.e., other universities, research centres or institutes, technology centres and local or regional government research bodies), and 40 institutions were located in other parts of Spain, including universities, research centres and institutes, 21 different CSIC centres (only nine of which are located in Catalonia) and government research bodies. Total income from SCT services provided during the 2007 financial year was €2.85 million, which represents an increase of 10% on the previous year. The following graph shows the distribution of activity, although income distribution is not reflected in the graph because fees vary by user.

SCT activity by user type 2007 Non-UB public institutions 20%

UB users 65%

Private sector 15%

During 2007, SCT units increased the number of value-added collaborations with research groups, assisting in projects that went beyond standard analyses. In total, 14 different SCT units worked on 37 projects for 27 different clients. Providing value-added solutions to clients included newly developed methodologies and protocols, optimization studies, enhanced manufacturing and analysis methods, characterization of polymorphs in active pharmaceutical ingredients, validations of methods, the study of accidents caused by the loss of temperature control, and various other individual projects. Notably, the work carried out in SCT laboratories tends to require the participation of multiple units in order to respond to user requests, reflecting the capability of the service to respond to multidisciplinary projects by drawing on the wide range of complementary techniques on offer from SCT.

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The diagram below shows the trends in total and external SCT income earned from the provision of services over the past five years:

Trends in SCT income 2003-2007 3.000 2.500 2.000 1.500 1.000 500 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total income External income

During 2007, the most frequently requested techniques were elemental analysis, genomic analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry and polymorphism detection by x-ray diffraction. The least requested techniques either involved newly emerging technologies, which will probably require two or three years to gain in usage, or concerned units that do not provide services to internal or external researchers, which would earn income, but rather give internal support to the other SCT units, as is the case with the Quality Assurance Unit and the Image Treatment and IT Support Unit.

Summary of main characteristics of SCT 2007 Staff 135 Value of scientific equipment €37.2m Surface area 6,000 sq m External companies 242 Users* 1,089 Internal users (principal researchers) 478 Total income €2.85m External income €1.90m * Includes internal and external users from public institutions and private firms.

Clients SCT users included 478 principal researchers from 57 UB departments in twelve faculties. The twenty departments which most used SCT services belong to the areas of geology, biology, chemistry, pharmacy, materials science and physics, archaeology, painting, public health, psychiatry and psychobiology, medieval history, and basic and social psychology. The distribution by department is a good indicator that the research support service provided by SCT is of value to a wide cross-section of the scientific community with diverse and complementary interests and not limited only to departments in the experimental sciences. SCT work carried out for users affiliated with public institutions other than the University of Barcelona involved requests from 329 research groups at 94 public institutions. Basically, the distribution of the income is: 91% from requests by researchers at Catalan institutions and the remaining 9% from entities in the rest of Spain. An analysis of the income from Catalan institutions shows that 65% resulted from work for research institutes and centres, 15% came from researchers at the seven Catalan universities excluding the University of Barcelona, 14% concerned work for researchers conducting projects for private non- profit foundations, and 5% involved departments of the Generalitat , the provincial government of Barcelona, the Catalan agency responsible for waste management, and various local governments. The distribution of income from public researchers outside Catalonia includes 68% from universities (20 different Spanish universities as well as universities in France, Portugal, India and Mexico) and 13% from work carried out for government bodies including the regional government of Cantabria, the government of Menorca, the provincial government of Valencia and four Spanish local governments). 2007-08 / 94

The techniques offered by SCT that were most frequently requested by users affiliated with public institutions other than the University of Barcelona involved genomic analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance, confocal microscopy and elemental analysis. During 2007, a total of 242 firms requested analysis and studies from the UB’s Scientific and Technical Services. The distribution of firms included 214 Catalan companies, 172 of which had been clients in 2006, 132 small and medium-sized companies and 40 large companies (i.e., with more than 250 employees). Repeat business from private firms using SCT was nearly 70% over the period 2003- 2007. The distribution of SCT income by sector is shown in the graph below:

SCT income from private sector 2007 Others Metallurgy 13% 2% Scientific and technical research 7%

Technical Pharmaceutical healthcare services 53% 11%

Organic and inorganic chemistry 14%

Small and medium-sized companies in Catalonia and the rest of Spain accounted for 74% of total SCT income from private firms. The techniques requested by private companies are markedly different from the requests of public researchers. Private firms most frequently request elemental analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance and polymorphism detection using x-ray diffraction.

Quality, communication, training Scientific and Technical Services was awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certification for its quality management system in 2005. Having achieved ISO recognition, SCT became a pioneering provider in Spain of general research support services affiliated to a public university. ISO certification covers not only the support activities done for public and private research but also the provision of analytical and technical services. Since certification in 2005, SCT has achieved satisfactory results in its ISO audits. In February 2008, ISO certification was renewed for three more years, including not only the units and laboratories certified in 2005, but also five additional laboratories added to SCT since 2006. The social commitment of SCT to the Catalan and Spanish economies was recognized by the Department of Industry and Energy of the Generalitat in 2001, when SCT became an active member in the CIDEM network of centres giving support to technological innovation. SCT has continued as an active member since that date. In addition, SCT was awarded the Narcís Monturiol Medal for scientific and technological excellence by the Generalitat. The laboratories are also recognized in the Catalonia’s register of approved agrifood laboratories. Lastly, the SCT’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Unit is listed by the Spanish government as an outstanding scientific and technological facility. SCT shares the commitment of the University of Barcelona to the transfer of knowledge and technology generated within the university to productive sectors in the economy. As a member of the CIDEM IT network, SCT has, since 2000, tasked a specific unit to promote the transfer of technology and knowledge generated in SCT units. SCT’s proactive promotion of technology and knowledge transfer is aimed not only at current users but also at potential users in related scientific and productive sectors. The SCT’s Promotion Unit has enhanced work rates in the units, positively influencing both qualitative and quantitative indicators. Total income from SCT scientific and technological support services, for example, has risen over the past five financial years by annual rates of 10-15%. In 2007, total SCT income for the year was 10% higher than in 2006 and analytical work undertaken for private companies was 32% higher than in 2006. 2007-08 / 95

In 2007, SCT consolidated a monthly series of internal seminars which were begun in 2006 to inform technicians and users of the newest services offered by the various units of the SCT. Feedback from seminar participants was very positive in 2007. During 2007, 89 SCT technicians took part in a total of 67 training activities. Chief among them were monographic courses on techniques, conference attendance, and seminars on methodology. Members of the technical staff featured as co-authors in 40 scientific articles. In addition, 22 training courses were organized, drawing a combined attendance of 317 people. The ISO 9001:2000 certification process and CIDEM IT Network accreditation require a user satisfaction assessment to be carried out regularly. Over the past five years, the survey has been sent to a total of 243 users at 209 different private companies, fifteen of which are based outside of Catalonia. The response rate has been 45.3% and the overall level of satisfaction for private users is 8.4 on a scale of 1 to 10. During 2007, SCT underwent an independent audit conducted by ten external clients who contract UB scientific and technical services. The results were satisfactory in all cases. Infrastructure improvement efforts included the opening of new laboratory space for mass spectrometry in the Faculty of Chemistry. Acquisition of four large pieces of equipment proceeded with MEC funding obtained in 2006-2007. The funding, aimed at supplementing sizeable purchases and assisting science parks, exceeded €3.2m in total. In addition, sixteen new pieces of lab apparatus were made available to users at the SCT units located on the Diagonal and Casanova campuses. The new equipment included transmission electron microscopes operating at 200 KV, cryotherm units operating at 120 and 200 KV, and a multi-photon confocal microscope. Other purchases included new cryoprobes coupled to NMR units operating 600 and 800 MHz, two new cytometers and a particle separator. Lastly, a new cell culture laboratory opened in the SCT’s Biology Unit on the Bellvitge campus. In the area of promotion activities abroad, the SCT took part in the research fair at the European Biotechnology Congress and in the Innovation Forum. As in previous year, four SCT units took part in seven inter-laboratory trials during 2007 under a collaboration agreement in which different centres work together to evaluate their own analytical skills and reliability . Lastly, fifteen general visits were made in 2007 by researchers working at a variety of national and international universities and private companies. Of especial importance were the visits of researchers working on European projects in which UB researchers participate.

The Animal Experimentation Units (UEA)

During the academic year 2007-2008, the Bellvitge, Biology, Pharmacy, Medicine-Casanova, Psychology and Sant Joan de Déu UEAs continued to develop their basic lines of research and experimentation. In addition to collaborations on teaching practices, 202 members of the UB’s research staff took part in the sixth edition of the training course for researchers required to handle animals for experimentation. The course, which is run by the Department of the Environment of the Generalitat of Catalonia, awards official accreditation to successful participants. The directors of the UEAs also attended specific courses on the housing and care of laboratory animals under the 2007-08 Training Plan. The table below shows the income generated in 2007 from services provided by the UB Animal Experimentation Units (UEA):

User Segments Total Animal Experimentation Unit (UEA) UB UB Group Public Private income Bellvitge 17,326 44,495 6,670 44,948 113,439 Biology 20,923 534 0 0 21,457 Medicine 15,844 71,092 0 0 86,936 Pharmacy 55,417 15,733 550 1,430 73,130 Psychology 17,318 4,023 0 0 21,342 Sant Joan de Déu School of Nursing 3,224 6,137 0 0 9,360 Total 130,052 142,015 7,220 46,378 325,664

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The year also saw initial work on the implementation of a bioinformation management project for the Animal Experimentation Units, which was awarded to the company NorayBio in 2006. Finally, work continued on extensions to the Medicine and Pharmacy animal housing units.

Radiological protection

In light of the increasing importance of training and information in the area of safety, particularly in the area of radiological protection, the thirteenth edition of the course for supervisors of radioactive facilities was held in 2007: the course addresses supervision of laboratories with uninsulated radiation sources and it is homologated by the Council for Nuclear Security. Training also continued to be offered to new users in each radioactive facility. A course was offered to UB staff on risk prevention in biology and chemistry laboratories, and a new training course, aimed at technical staff in external companies, was designed and delivered on radiological protection from x-ray equipment used in the inspection of packages. In addition, a new controlled access system was installed in the radioactive facility at the Faculty of Biology and a substantial upgrade was carried out on the system used to manage waste materials with radioactive content in the radioactive facility in the Faculty of Pharmacy. In addition, authorization was received from the Catalan directorate for energy and mines to modify the radioactive facility on Bellvitge Campus, bringing it into line with new user requirements and giving permission for a new work room within the animal housing facilities on the campus. Checking and monitoring tasks continued, including the verification of measures for radiological protection in activities involving use of x-ray equipment in the dissection rooms of the Bellvitge and Casanova campuses. Lastly, the UB participated in the recent conference of the Spanish Society for Radiological Protection (SEPR), contributing a study evaluating the use of electron autoradiography equipment in biomedical research in the various research centres of the UB Group.

The Patents Centre

The Patents Centre continued its educational and training activities in the area of intellectual and industrial property, efforts which have made it the leading centre of its kind in Spain. As a result, it has become a focal point for Spanish specialists to come and share experiences and knowledge and discuss practical issues. For example, more than six hundred patents experts enrolled in the workshop on new patent laws held as part of the program Els dilluns de patent , and numerous foreign companies specializing in intellectual and industrial patents attended. This year marked the creation of the new Technical Patents Section of the Chemists Association of Catalonia, with the director of the UB’s Patents Centre serving as president. In connection with the establishment of the new section, staff at the Patents Centre offered a course on chemical patents to the association, which was such a success that the course will be repeated in the coming year. The Patents Centre continued to work with the Agency for Assessing and Marketing Research Results (AVCRI) and played a key role in the evaluation of 42 proposals received from UB researchers, 27 of which led to creation of a project team. The centre also prepared and sent thirteen institutional applications for Spanish patents and thirteen applications for international patents (PCT). The Patents Library, which is run by CIDEM and FBG, continues to provide a research service to companies on patentability and possible patent infringements. The centre responded to nearly 2,500 technical or legal questions from the public (i.e., individuals, companies or academics) free of charge, and worked actively with the media to raise awareness of intellectual and industrial property issues.

(See Chapter VI: “University and Business: Agency for Assessing and Marketing Research Results (AVCRI)”).

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Educational activities The Patents Centre was chosen for the Madrid and Barcelona pilot project on training trainers in IP4INNO, which is sponsored by the European Union on the subject of intellectual and industrial property. During the academic year, training sessions were offered in a dozen Spanish universities and research centres, including the Barcelona Science Park, Hospital Clinic and Bellvitge Hospital, as part of the collaboration agreement signed two years ago between the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM) and the University of Barcelona for the joint organization of information, dissemination and training sessions in the field of industrial property. Two new editions of the course on patents and utility models were conducted this year in Madrid and Barcelona, covering subjects such as patentability, patent applications, infringements, legal issues, transfer and documentation. The first year of the fourth edition of the practical course leading to the European Qualification Examination (EQE) of the European Patent Office took place. The course is the only one of its kind offered in Spain. In addition, the centre organized the course Obtaining and Enforcing Patent Rights in Asian Countries: Japan, China, India, South Korea, etc., led by Dr. Philip Grubb and attended by fifteen participants from Barcelona and Madrid. The Patents Centre was involved in teaching modules on documentation and patenting in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering courses. The centre took part in the Legal Regulations course in the new master’s degree in Food Research, Development and Innovation offered by the Faculty of Pharmacy and also participated in the master’s degrees in Biomedicine and in Molecular Biology offered by the Faculty of Biology. Lastly, the centre contributed to the course Biotechnology in the Development of New Drugs, organized by the IL3. The centre also collaborated in courses carried out by other universities and institutions such as the master’s degree in Intellectual Property and the Information Society run by the ESADE business school, the Magister Lucentinus course at the University of Alicante, the undergraduate degree course in Biotechnology at the University of Vic, the master’s degree in Medical Biotechnology at Pompeu Fabra University, the master’s degree in Drug Research and Development at the University of Navarra, the master’s degree in Intellectual Property run jointly by the José Pons Foundation and EOI business school in Madrid, and the course on industrial property and business competitiveness at the Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander. In addition, courses were offered at the University of Lleida, the Sarrià Institute of Chemistry, the Catalan Biology Society, the Royal National Academy of Pharmacy and the Aragon Institute of Technology. Lastly, the centre provided a course on the legal aspects of biotechnology for the Spanish company Institute for International Research. Courses in documentation and patents were provided for employees of companies such as Laboratorios Normon and Grünenthal. As representatives of the Chemical Abstracts Service and the Scientific and Technical Information Network (STN), staff of the centre provided courses on Scifinder to companies such as Laboratorios Almirall, Repsol-YPF, Isdin, Uquifa, Lilly, Calaf Nuances, Oficina Ponti and Iberhospitex, and to universities such as the University of Lleida, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Universities of Zaragoza, Navarra, Las Palmas, Seville, Jaén, Málaga, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Cádiz and Almeria, and the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville. Finally, the Patents Centre attended various conferences and seminars such as the AIPPI conference, and took part in a number of activities organized by ACC1Ó of the Generalitat and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM), including the Innovation Forum and the Entrepreneurship Day hosted by Barcelona Activa.

Health, Safety and the Environment

Work Safety In the area of emergency response, drills were carried out in the Faculty of Geology and the University School of Business Studies during 2007. A study was carried out on the infrastructure and investment required in the Faculty of Medicine in Casanova prior to preparing an emergency plan. In addition, the UB collaborated with the provincial government of Barcelona in the drafting of an evacuation plan for the maternity ward located in the Pavelló Rosa. The UB developed a project to increase the visibility of fire-extinguishing equipment and emergency routes in various buildings of the UB, including the Historic Building, the Ilerdense building of the Faculty of Law, and the Faculty of Economic and Business Studies. A similar project was implemented 2007-08 / 98

in the Faculty of Labor Relations. The UB also installed a fire-detection and alarm system in the Pavelló Rosa. In the area of safety, the UB conducted an audit jointly with an external company on the extent to which the classrooms and the Margalef building of the Faculty of Biology are in compliance with current fire regulations. A report was produced on priority actions to take in response to the audit’s findings. An audit on biosafety cabinets and laminar flow benches, which was begun in 2006, reached completion in 2007. The audit produced a full inventory and conducted a review of 191 modules. Of these, 19 units did not pass inspection and actions were proposed for them to obtain validation. Lastly, an audit of gas cabinets was in preparation at the end of the year. In the area of risk assessment and action plans, the implementation of corrective measures proceeded in a number of faculties, including Chemistry, Physics, Pharmacy, Biology, Medicine (Bellvitge) and Business Studies. The UB acquired safety cupboards for the storage of flammable, corrosive and toxic materials. Ventilation was installed in 60 safety cupboards delivered in 2006. Safety ropes and anchorage points were installed in a number of buildings, and perimeter barricades were positioned on several roofs to eliminate the risk of falls. A number of other risk prevention initiatives were carried out during the academic year. Technical staff gave a series of talks to staff and students regarding the safety conditions of different work areas, including the subjects of adequate ergonomic conditions, electromagnetic radiation, adequate exits, chemical and biological contaminants, ventilation, heating, noise levels, safe work procedures and management of dangerous waste. Other work included the preparation of reports on biosafety required by public institutions as part of the process of awarding research projects, the coordination of prevention activities with subcontracted companies (Agefred, Espais Verds del Vallès, Telsa, Aramark, etc.), and the preparation of reports on bringing work spaces, laboratories and other areas into line with current regulations. The University Medical Service carried out the following work during the academic year 2007-2008:

UB Staff Postgraduate Undergraduate External Total students and students companies grant-holders Medical check-ups 661 114 3 0 778 Consultations and reports 636 62 172 72 942 Accidents 47 22 81 28 178 Total 1,344 198 256 100 1,898

Medical service users External companies 5%

Undergraduate UB staff students 71% 14%

Postgraduate students and grant-holders 10%

Medical check-ups were carried out mainly by the Medical Service Centres at Pedralbes and the Mundet Campus. Another medical service provider was the Preventive Medicine Centre. As required by law, the University prepared an official accident report, which records occupational accidents resulting in medical leave during 2007. The results showed that the ratio of accidents to employees increased with respect to 2006. The rise is basically is due to the number of accidents suffered while travelling to or from work. On the other hand, the total number accidents occurring in the workplace declined. 2007-08 / 99

Training courses for UB staff were held on the subject of occupational risk prevention (i.e., safety, hygiene, first aid, ergonomics). Training courses were also provided to undergraduates and to postgraduates who need to use UB laboratories. A series of fire safety courses were given in buildings in which an emergency plan has been implemented. As required by the Work Inspectorate, training with respect to current occupational risk prevention legislation was initiated with three groups of workers. The UB continued its work as the coordinator of the Prevention Culture work group, which is part of the CRUE task force on Environmental Quality and Sustainable Development. The work group has a variety of defined lines of work which it continued to push forward in 2007, including indicators for prevention, the contracting of prevention services, and safety procedures.

Environment The UB implemented a management system for municipal waste in University buildings, following new procedures defined to improve selective waste collection. The table below shows the distribution and change in the number of standard and selective collection bins envisaged for the end of 2008:

STANDARD COLLECTION BINS SELECTIVE COLLECTION BINS Paper/ Plastic and Glass Paper/ Plastic and Glass cardboard metallic containers cardboard metallic containers containers containers Number of collection bins before 1,157 345 214 6 6 4 new management system Number of additional collection 324 377 38 23 23 15 bins Total number of collection bins 1,481 722 252 29 29 19 under new management system % increase 28.0 109.3 17.8 383.3 383.3 375.0

Although it is still too early to assess the results achieved from the implementation of the management system, preliminary estimations point to an improvement in the amount of waste collected selectively. Selective collection represented 37% of the total municipal waste generated at the UB in 2005, but it rose to 53% in 2007. Nevertheless, there remains an excessive amount of refuse generated at the UB:

kg/day 1998 2003 2005 2007 % variation (2005-2007)

Refuse 3,092 5,164 4,955 3,686 -25.61 Paper/cardboard 429 1,234 1,332 1,795 34.76 Plastic and metallic containers 0 92 102 461 351.96 Glass containers 64 84 84 508 504.76 Organic matter 0 1,432 1,432 1,425 -0.49 Total 3,585 8,005 7,904 7,876 -0.35

New management procedures were designed and implemented for collecting special laboratory waste in the laboratories of the Faculty of Geography and History. In addition, a study to minimize sanitary waste at the Faculty of Pharmacy reached conclusion after sampling collection bins, analysing the waste contained in them and proposing corrective measures. In the area of the mobility, the unit initiated a bike loan program for university students, in conjunction with the Bicycle Club of Catalonia (BACC). During 2007, preparatory activities addressed communication, logistics and planning matters, and delivery of the bicycles took place in February 2008. In addition, new bicycle parking facilities were installed and existing parking was expanded, increasing the number of spaces by 100 to a total of nearly 800. In the area of sustainable curricula, the unit collaborated in the supervision of two final degree projects in Environmental Sciences. One project addressed noise pollution in the Faculty of Biology and the other focused on minimizing waste in the offices of the Faculty of Pharmacy. The UB also continued its participation in the sustainability project conducted in the Teaching Laboratories Unit (ULD) of the Faculty of Pharmacy, delivering a module to teaching staff in the faculty on techniques for the incorporation of sustainability guidelines and good environmental practices in their teaching practice. 2007-08 / 100

In addition, a document was provided to the teaching staff in which instructions were provided to devise practical lab guides that better meet sustainability requirements. In the area of communication, information on the saving of energy and water was developed and included in the student portfolio. In collaboration with the environmental foundation Acció Natura , the UB repeated the awareness campaign on climate change, disseminating materials and offering live activities in the buildings. Content for a travelling exhibition was prepared and an online calculator for measuring ecological footprints was implemented under a collaboration agreement reached with the Barcelona City Hall. Finally, the unit took part in Science Week, conducting three talks on the university’s environmental management plan and ecological footprint at the Joaquima Pla i Farreras secondary school in Sant Cugat del Vallès. The unit continued to update the environmental information available on its website and distributed eco-advice leaflets to the university community. Collaboration was strengthened with the UB Group and external organizations in various areas of environmental information, such as an update on environmental research at the UB provided at the fair Ecocity 2007 (with the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation) and the environmental diagnosis methodology created in the context of the Agenda 21 program (with Pompeu Fabra University). 2007-08 / 101

UNIVERSITY AND BUSINESS

— The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation Innovation Centre (FBG) — The Agency for Assessing and Marketing Reserach Results (AVCRI) — Business training — The Feina UB program

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VI. UNIVERSITY AND BUSINESS

The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation Innovation Centre

Contracts and agreements During 2007, the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation (FBG) oversaw the management of 828 contracts and agreements with a total value of 27,079,739 euros. They were distributed as follows:

Program and European Collaboration Projects services projects agreements management School/Faculty Nº Amount (€) Nº Amount (€) Nº Amount (€) Nº Amount (€) Biology 107 3,233,159 3 229,072 37 322,757 1 76,675 Business Studies 3 34,138 3 819,351 2 54,431 2 62,683 Chemistry 95 3,245,222 1 46,532 19 185,983 4 441,505 Dentistry 1 600 ------Economic and Business Sciences 73 1,676,430 - - 21 235,592 5 713,976 Education 17 259,404 3 96,551 4 7,872 - - Fine Arts 17 258,661 - - 11 58,693 - - Geography and History 16 497,627 1 429,300 8 43,654 3 63,766 Geology 29 1,418,131 3 357,622 18 245,182 1 68,655 Law 29 486,018 1 63,180 17 76,838 4 171,855 Library Science and 5 74,152 - - 2 5,979 - - Documentation Mathematics - - - - 4 6,403 - - Medicine 11 61,918 - - 11 66,829 - - Nursing ------Pharmacy 71 1,936,806 - - 32 386,690 2 7,700 Philology 3 37,592 - - 1 848 1 500,000 Philosophy ------Physics 28 760,202 3 26,165 13 135,043 - - Psychology 12 258,773 - - 11 71,241 - - Teacher Training 18 530,891 4 430,646 2 48,293 - - Other/UB 5 70,933 - - - - 18 4,074,997 FBG 10 1,385,775 - - - - 2 220,750 TOTAL 550 16,226,432 22 2,498,419 213 1,952,326 43 6,402,561

Contracts and agreements managed by FBG Experimental Sciences and Engineering 39,9% Health Sciences 10,3%

Education 5,4%

Other UB 15,3% Social Sciences 16,2% Arts and FBG Humanities 5,9% 7,0%

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The total income from companies, government bodies and institutions and the European Union stood at 18,725,851 euros, representing 572 projects. It was distributed as follows:

Companies Government European Union TOTAL bodies and institutions School/Faculty Nº Amount (€) Nº Amount (€) Nº Amount (€) Nº Amount (€) Biology 51 1,973,775 56 1,259,384 3 229,072 110 3,462,231 Business Studies 1 720 2 33,418 3 819,351 6 853,489 Chemistry 79 2,887,038 16 358,184 1 46,532 96 3,291,754 Dentistry 1 600 - - - - 1 600 Economic and Business Sciences 17 349,770 56 1,326,660 - - 73 1,676,430 Education 1 3,800 16 255,604 3 96,551 20 355,955 Fine Arts 7 68,294 10 190,367 - - 17 258,661 Geography and History 1 25,415 15 472,212 1 429,300 17 926,927 Geology 17 1,028,982 12 389,150 3 357,622 32 1,775,753 Library Science and 1 67,219 4 6,933 - - 5 74,152 Documentation Law 1 15,000 28 471,018 1 63,180 30 549,198 Mathematics ------Medicine 9 48,626 2 13,291 - - 11 61,918 Nursing ------Pharmacy 59 1,697,449 12 239,356 - - 71 1,936,806 Philology 3 37,592 - - - - 3 37,592 Philosophy ------Physics 16 432,190 12 328,012 3 26,165 31 786,367 Psychology 4 68,716 8 190,057 - - 12 258,773 Teacher Training 6 230,239 12 300,652 4 430,646 22 961,537 Other/UB 2 5,900 3 65,033 - - 5 70,933 FBG - - 10 1,385,775 - - 10 1,385,775 TOTAL 276 8,941,327 274 7,285,105 22 2,498,419 572 18,724,851

Contracts and agreements by project source

Government bodies and European institutions Union 13% 39%

Companies 48%

Contracts with businesses were concentrated in the pharmaceutical and fine chemistry sectors, which accounted for 28.62% of projects and 30.59% of total income. Next in importance were the metal and electronics sector (11.59% of projects and 15.57% of total income) and the public services sector (11.96% of projects and 12.54% of total income). 2007-08 / 104

Activities of the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation The activities of the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation are carried out by the Business Centre, the Technology Transfer Area and other areas that foster business-university relationships.

The Business Centre The Business Centre is the operational unit of the FBG that has a mission to provide support for the projects of UB entrepreneurs (especially in the creation of new technology-based firms) and to promote the entrepreneurial spirit within the University. It represents the UB in the CIDEM Network of Technological Springboards. In cooperation with the UB Patent Centre and the Agency for Assessing and Marketing Research Results (AVCRI), the Innovation Centre is responsible for promoting the commercialisation of patents generated by UB research groups. ▪Business creation During 2007, the FBG’s Technology Springboard provided consultancy services to over eighteen new technology firms. Four of these firms were recipients of funding support through the Genesis program run by CIDEM (Centre for Innovation and Business Development). Six received concept capital and eight more won Neotec grants from the CDTI (Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology). In addition, thirty-nine UB patent license opportunities were the recipients of management assistance, both internationally at sector fairs and individually in negotiations with multinational client organizations. ▪Consultancy services for entrepreneurs During 2007, the Business Centre also provided consultancy services to assist in the creation of business and funding plans for entrepreneurs. The results are set out below:

New entrepreneurs introduced to Springboard 12 Projects participating in Springboard 18 Projects receiving Genesis funds 4 Projects receiving concept capital 6 Projects winning Neotec grants 8 Projects receiving other funding 4 Portfolio of active projects at the end of 2007 35 Businesses created in 2007 5

• Patent license activities In 2007, the Business Centre collaborated with the AVCRI on numerous UB patent license opportunities. Activities included: review and acceptance of new projects; commercial assessment prior to patent application and advice on project orientation; participation in AVCRI assessment teams in its role to commercialise patents; and assistance at fairs and brokerage events in order to commercialise the UB’s technology portfolio. The list of fairs attended is as follows: Biobusiness, Genera, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Meeting, Biofine, Medical Devices Innovation, Food Brokerage Event, BioEurope, European Wine and Sparkling Beverages Technologies Exchange and CIMATS 2007. Biobusiness and BioEurope represent the most significant events, resulting in meetings with a variety of businesses and multinationals in the pharmaceutical sector. The patent license activities conducted in 2007 are set out below:

Inventions detected: proactive and/or reactive 39 Inventions assessed and valued 39 Applications for national patents under the name of the UB 15 Applications for international patents under the name of the UB 11 Licensed or loaned technologies 1

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• Activities of the Innovation Relay Centre - IRC Catalonia In accordance with the agreement signed between CIDEM and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation for the contracting of support services for the IRC during the year 2007, 14 new technology offers (OT) and one technology request (DT) came out of the patent applications submitted by the UB. The IRC also provided innovation know-how to research groups in the form of technology offers (OT). The results from technology projects are broken down in the table below:

Technology Innovations Total

OT under patent protection 14 DT under patent protection 1 OT know-how to research groups 6 OT updated 1 OT discarded 2

Presentations outlining IRC services were made to UB research groups and private businesses in the course of twelve company visits. Interest in the technologies under management by the centre came from 56 possible clients, and three technology transfer agreements were signed. • PCB-Santander Bioincubator The FBG’s Business Centre participated jointly with the Barcelona Science Park in the creation of the PCB-Santander Bioincubator. During 2007, the internal operating rules were drafted and approved; the governing bodies of the Bioincubator were appointed (board and executive committee); and the initial meetings took place. A study determined the fees that should be charged to companies joining the Bioincubator, and the application process was formally opened. Applications from interested companies were reviewed and selections made. With the signing of contracts, the facilities were adapted to suit selected companies. The final list of companies taking laboratory space in the Bioincubator is: Agrasys, Omnia Molecular, Aromics, UBAN, Genmedica Therapeutics SL, Barnagen Molecular Services SL, Infinitec Activos, Biocontrol Technologies, Intelligent Pharma, Bioingenium, Neuroscience Technologies and Endor Technologies. •Management of the portfolio of affiliated companies The FBG monitors the work of spin-off companies affiliated to the UB through the company Cultura Innovadora i Científica UB (CIC). During 2007, CIC played an active role in negotiations with potential venture capital investors to increase the capital of two of the affiliated companies. The following companies are currently affiliated to the UB: OED, Thera, Enantia, Genmedica, Biocontrol Technologies, Neurotech Pharma and UBAN (joint account, concept capital model II). •Training and Promotion for Entrepreneurship The Centre’s training activities included: - Participation in the Professional Orientation Conference, giving the lecture “How to be an entrepreneur: support tools for business creation”. - Organization of the second UB Business Creation Workshop, in coordination with the recently created Entrepreneurship Chair of the UB, the Department of Economics and Business Organization, and the Job Bank of the Faculty of Economics. Through the UniBA network, the Centre also participated in the round table "How to obtain funding for a business idea”. - Participation in the course "Managing Research, Development and Innovation and Creating Businesses in Biomedicine and Biotechnology”. Lectures included: “Publication or patent? A real dilemma? How to protect R&D results: managing intellectual property”; “From lab table to market: paths and strategies to commercialise research results. Strategies and models for assessing patents”; and “Creating spin-offs: from idea to business plan. Financing a spin-off company: seed capital and venture capital". - Attendance at the Professional Orientation Fair organized by the UB Faculties of Physics and Chemistry, with the aim of promoting business creation as a potential career opportunity.

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The Technology Transfer Area The Technology Transfer Area is a vehicle for placing the research potential of the UB at the disposition of public and private companies and institutions and society at large. It aims to cater for the scientific and technological needs of these various partners and promote technological innovation and competitiveness. During 2007, the Technology Transfer Area worked proactively to promote university-business collaboration in the environmental, mechanical, construction, nautical, nutrition and materials sectors. The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation was also responsible for the management of five research networks for the Generalitat of Catalonia: the Reference Network on Food Technology (XaRTA); the Reference Network on Advanced Materials for Energy Research (XaRMAE); the Reference Network on Applied Economics (XREAP); the Reference Network on Economics and Public Policy (XREPP); and the Reference Network on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (XRQTC).

Technological Innovation Network (XIT) Ten UB groups take part in the Technological Innovation Support Centres Network: - CELLTEC UB: Dr. Manuel Reina - Cell Biology and In Vitro Toxicology. - CPT: Dr. Josep M. Guilemany - New Materials, Surface Treatments. - DIOPMA: Dr. Mercè Segarra - Materials and Metallurgy. - ELECTRODEP: Dr. Carles Muller - Materials, Electrochemistry. - SDM: Dr. Josep M. Suñé - Formulation and Development of Medicines. - SCT: Dr. Montserrat Baucells - UB Scientific and Technical Services. - CEMIC: Dr. J. Ramón Morante / Dr. Josep Samitier - Nanotechnologies and Bioengineering. - CEQAP: Dr. Santiago Esplugas - Chemical Engineering. - CERETOX: Dr. Miquel Borràs - Toxicology Research. - UQC: Dr. Míriam Royo - Combinatorial Chemistry. In the 2007 fiscal year, the income produced by the Technology Transfer Area exceeded 11 million euros, an increase of 7.12% over the 2006 financial year.

Technological Innovation Program for Small and Medium-sized Businesses During 2007, the Technology Transfer Area worked jointly with the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce to prepare and launch a new program for 2008 that aims to encourage technological innovation in small and medium-sized businesses. The overall aim of the program is to act as a catalyst in technological innovation in small and medium-sized businesses, contributing to their workforces with UB staff trained in technological innovation, including diploma holders and graduates, engineers, master’s degree holders, doctoral students and PhDs. In order to do so, the program engages the participation of the University’s web-based job bank Feina UB and takes part in professional orientation conferences. As a direct consequence of this pioneering program in Catalonia, the competitiveness of small and medium-sized business is expected to improve through a significant rise in the number of innovation projects pursued both nationally and internationally. The program provides UB graduates with the opportunity to gain valuable training in the management of innovation. It also includes an analysis of the innovation capacity of the ten participating companies, so that new research, development and innovation projects can be defined.

Promotion activities Workshops and seminars The FBG played a role in the following conferences, workshops and seminars: • Giving a paper at the third conference of university foundations and university/business foundations, entitled “The creation of knowledge-based businesses: the model of the University of Barcelona”. • Participating in three additional workshops on business creation and knowledge transfer: Experiences in the Creation of Spin-offs, with the paper “The creation of technology companies from within the university”; Research in Spanish Universities, sitting on the round table “New organizational models of knowledge transfer in Spain”; and a technical seminar on the new legal framework for creating spin-offs, presenting “The creation of technology companies from within the University of Barcelona”. • Presenting “Supporting the entrepreneur and creating biotech companies” as part of the organized afternoon seminar series of the Biologists Association of Catalonia. Participating in the research lectures held in the Faculty of Pharmacy, with the talk “Catalan system of technology transfer: 2007-08 / 107

technology consultants”. Giving a lecture at EUROBIO 2007, entitled “Models of university participation in spin-offs generated by affiliated staff”. Speaking at Galactica 2007: Platform for the Future, with the lecture “R+D+i: university and business”. • Organizing a conference on “The Lisbon strategy: innovation and social cohesion” and another, in conjunction with XaRTA, on nutrition and food safety. Organizing a workshop on hiring doctoral students and PhDs in businesses, hosted jointly with the Barcelona Science Park. Also co-organizing a conference on the University of Barcelona’s new materials offerings aimed at transformational industrial sectors, in conjunction with the Vallès Technology Park. • Organizing the International Technology Forum 2007, jointly with the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain. Acting as moderator for the session entitled “Presentation of projects” at the 6th Neotec Forum. Participating in the conference “The knowledge assessment process: IP, spin-off and technology transfer”, organized by the Pedro Nunes Institute Association for Innovation and R&D in Science and Technology, with the paper “IP Valuation”. • Taking part in the seminar “Transfer mechanisms: R&D contracts with companies. Licenses. The creation of technology companies from within universities”, held as part of the course “The professionalization of the university and the expansion of its socioeconomic base”. Collaborating in the organization of the course “Ready 4 Growth—Life Sciences Sector”, delivering the lecture “How to write an executive summary for the life sciences sector”.

Fairs and events The FBG took part in the following fairs: Ecocity, Maquitec, Construmat, and Saló Nàutic. As part of the Day of the Entrepreneur co-organized with Barcelona Activa, the FBG participated in various activities such as the module “How to protect innovation: patents and intellectual and industrial property” and the business consultancy area Espai Assessora’t , in which consultants from the Business Centre joined a table focusing on business creation.

Ongoing services As part of the technology consultancy project, fourteen UB research groups were contacted with the aim of uncovering opportunities to commercialize technologies through research contracts with businesses, patent licenses or the creation of businesses. In addition, 2007 marked the first year in which the Private Investors Network (UniBA Network) was fully operational. The aim of the network is to promote the concept of business angels, i.e. individuals or companies that provide newly-created companies with their business experience and their capital. The network is set to become a point of reference in the European context and act as catalyst for the regional economy. As part of the UB Board of Trustees’ awards, the Antoni Caparrós Prize for the best knowledge transfer project was also redefined in 2007 and a new prize category was added for the most innovative company. The prize will bear the name Senén Vilaró in recognition of Dr. Vilaró’s contributions as one of the UB’s earliest entrepreneurs. He created the spin-off Advancell, based on the know-how developed at the University. The Entrepreneurship Chair, which was created in February 2007 by the UB Governing Council through an agreement between the UB and Santander Bank, began activity with the coordination and management assistance of the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation. The aim of the chair, which is led by Dr. Jaume Valls and counts Dr. Xavier Triadó as its assistant director, is to promote and conduct research in the area of entrepreneurship and business creation and to foster an entrepreneurial culture within the UB. Lastly, the work placement program continued to be promoted in biotech companies that are recipients of FBG consultancy services within the PCB-Santander Bioincubator at the Barcelona Science Park, thanks to funding support from CIDEM. The initiative enjoys the participation of students in the final years of their studies at the ESADE Business School and UB students in the final years of their degree programs at the Faculty of Economics and the School of Business Studies.

Other activities The FBG represented the UB in the following institutions: member of the Permanent Committee of the OTRI Network; UB representative on the Executive Committee of the Catalan Knowledge Transfer Consortium (CTC); and member of the Assessment Committee of Invertec, a company created by the Generalitat of Catalonia to invest in new technology-based firms. The FBG worked with the Spanish 2007-08 / 108

Ministry of Education and Science to evaluate grant projects for offices transferring research results (OTRI). The FBG served as an evaluating member of the Beatriu de Pinós doctoral grants program for companies, coordinated by the Agency for Administration of University and Research Grants of the Generalitat of Catalonia (AGAUR), and as a technical judge for the seventh business ideas competition organized by CIDEM. The FBG sat on the Vicens Vives Advisory Council and collaborated in the LACE Foundation. In addition, FBG had a chair on the board of trustees of the PCB, IRB, and the CETT group of companies, and sat on the Management Council of the AVCRI and the Executive Council of the UB’s Entrepreneurship Chair.

The Agency for Assessing and Marketing Research Results (AVCRI)

The creation of the Agency for Assessing and Marketing Research Results (AVCRI) was approved by the Governing Council of the UB on 20 July 2005. The mission of the AVCRI is to optimize the dissemination of research results produced within the UB and its wider research community (organizations in the UB Group) and to ensure that international standards are met. It is responsible for identifying, protecting, assessing and marketing the intellectual and industrial property of the UB and organizations belonging to the UB Group, and it aims to increase recognition of the social value of the research carried out by the UB or the UB Group. Its specific objectives are to generate and market intellectual and industrial property among leading European universities in the area of knowledge and technology transfer; to generate income for the University for the benefit of the institution, its researchers and society in general, and to foster greater internal and external awareness of the importance of research to the University’s mission. The work of the AVCRI is divided into four main areas: organization, transfer, assessment and strategy. In the organizational area, AVCRI continued to provide a web portal created to provide researchers with useful information on the best practices to follow in the creation of intellectual property from the results of their research projects. The AVCRI also uses two IT solutions to improve its efficiency: Inteum, which is a transfer project management program used by six Catalan universities with financial support from the Catalan Knowledge Transfer Consortium (CTC), and an intranet called BSCW (Basic Support for Cooperative Work). In addition, standard working procedures have been created to shorten the time required for technology transfer. In the area of transfer activities, designed to protect the intellectual property created by UB researchers and market the results of their research, the AVCRI received 88 proposals for applied research projects, mainly from the Faculties of Medicine, Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, from which 61 project teams were created. The transfer projects led to 28 patent applications and 14 reached the PCT phase. Projects also received protection under confidentiality agreements and through use of the intellectual property register. In this respect, fourteen confidentiality agreements were signed in 2007 with companies interested in UB technologies and three led to technology transfer. In the area of assessment, the UB signed an agreement with Santander Bank which led to the first call for proposals for assessment projects. The aim of the initiative is to provide management and financial support to highly innovative research projects which have a strong commercial value so that they can be developed from the proof-of-concept phase to the creation of new products. A pioneer on the national level, the initiative will drive the transfer of results from six innovative research projects conducted by researchers from the UB or the UB Group. The projects were selected from 46 proposals submitted to the program. The initial round of awards totalled 1.2 million euros. Finally, the AVCRI further developed a strategic biobank management project called Biobancs UB , which involved the creation of a common methodological approach designed to increase quality and facilitate the common management of the various biobanks so that they can adapt to current standards and legislation, take independent decisions and strengthen existing and future relations. With the first phase completed, the second phase was set to begin in September 2008.

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Business Training

The Institute for Lifelong Learning (IL3) entered into a joint venture with the EAE Business School, owned by the Planeta Group, to offer a total of eight online master’s programs in a variety of business areas. In addition to the master’s programs, the postgraduate courses and shorter specializations will also be offered. The joint initiative underscores the benefits that can be gained from leveraging the strengths of a university-business relationship. The commercial impact of the offering will draw on the reach of the Planeta Group both in Spain and Latin America and on the rigor of the educational content provided by IL3. Training and consulting provided to businesses and government bodies, addressing their classroom and online needs, grew at an average annual rate of 16%. The ability to respond to the specific needs of clients and the willingness to enter into close partnerships with them have enabled IL3 to create a tailored training offering, innovatively developing already existing training and adding high value-added services, such as consulting and needs assessment. During the academic year 2007-2008, IL3 delivered a wide range of projects to meet the needs of all sectors of the economy. Some examples of client diversity are: the USOC trade union in Catalonia, the Guardia Civil, AGBAR, the financial institution Caixa Catalunya , Fundació Viure i Conviure , the Citizen Information System of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and the Barcelona City Council.

(See Chapter II: "Teaching and student services. Third cycle: doctoral and postgraduate programs. IL3”)

The Feina UB Program

(See Chapter II: "Teaching and student services. Student services. Job placement actions")

(For additional information on "University and Business", consult Chapter III: "Research and technology/knowledge transfer. Research foundations and institutes. Barcelona Science Park Foundation")

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UNIVERSITY AND SOCIETY

— Institutional activities — Cultural activities — Sporting activities — Media activities — UB corporate image campaigns — Publishing — Antics UB (alumni association) — The UB Solidarity Foundation — The Vives University Network

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VII. UNIVERSITY AND SOCIETY

Institutional activities

The academic year 2007-2008 was officially inaugurated on 3 October in the Paranimf, in the University's Historic Building. Dr. Pilar Bayer, Professor of Algebra at the University of Barcelona, gave the opening address, entitled “Teaching Mathematics, Learning Mathematics: Variations on a Theme of Felix Klein”. During the ceremony, the winners of the Extraordinary Prizes in undergraduate studies were honored. On 21 April, Josep Samitier i Martí was officially appointed as acting rector, succeeding Rector Màrius Rubiralta, who assumed the post of Secretary of State for Universities on 22 April. On 21 December, the University held a ceremony to honor administrative and services staff who had fulfilled 25 years of service to the UB.

Honorary doctorates Roland Benz and Eduard Feliu were awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa on 6 November 2007. Benz, a Professor of Biotechnology at Bavaria’s Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg, Germany, was recommended by the Faculty of Dentistry, with the sponsorship of Dr. Miquel Viñas of the Department of Microbiology. Feliu is a Hebraist who was recommended by the Faculty of Philology, with the sponsorship of Dr. Tessa Calders of the Department of Hebrew Studies. Restaurateur Ferran Adrià was invested as Doctor Honoris Causa on 17 December 2007, following a recommendation made by the Faculty of Chemistry. Adrià was sponsored by Dr. Claudi Mans, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Graça Machel , chair of the GAVI Fund Board and winner of the 1998 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa on 23 April 2008. Machel was sponsored by Professor Pedro L. Alonso of the Department of Public Health, who is head of the Tropical Medicine and International Health Service at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and director of the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB). Elaine Jaffe was invested as Doctor Honoris Causa on 19 May 2008. Jaffe is an expert in pathology and hematology-oncology and currently serves as director of the Laboratory of Pathology in the National Cancer Institute of the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. She was sponsored by Elías Campo, who is Professor of Anatomical Pathology in the Department of Anatomical Pathology, Pharmacology and Microbiology and clinical director of the Biomedical Diagnosis Centre at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona.

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The UB Doctoral Senate The annual work of the 890 members of the Senate included the 11th edition of the Doctoral Senate Thesis Prize, which was awarded to Dr. David Pineda Tomàs of the Department of Genetics, for this thesis on Isolation and functional characterization of the elements Pax6 and sineoculis as components of the genetic pathway involved in planarian (flatworm) eye regeneration. Successful students received their doctoral certificates during the prize ceremony, following the honorary doctorate bestowed on Dr. Elaine S. Jaffe, who sponsored the doctoral class of 2006. The Senate organized the academic round table "Food Today", coordinated by Jesús Contreras, Ramon Clotet and Abel Mariné and moderated by Toni Massanés.

Awards and distinctions - The 2008 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation went to the Manhiça Health Research Centre (CISM) in Mozambique directed by Pedro Alonso , who is a professor in the UB’s Department of Public Health and head of the Tropical Medicine and International Health Service at Barcelona’s Hospital Clinic-IDIBAPS. - University of Barcelona Rector Màrius Rubiralta was appointed by the Minister of Education and Science to the advisory board of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), at the behest of the Council of Universities. - Joaquim Muns , professor of International Economic Organization, was honored with the 12th annual King Juan Carlos Prize in Economics. - Carles Lalueza Fox , lecturer in the Department of Animal Biology, and Jordi Llovet , professor of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, received 2007 City of Barcelona Prizes. - The historian Víctor Hurtado Cuevas was awarded a 2007 City of Barcelona Prize for his book Els Mitjavila: Una família de mercaders a la Barcelona del s. XIV. - Several students and teachers at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Cinema and Audiovisuals in Catalonia (ESCAC), which is affiliated to the UB, were the recipients of prestigious Goya Awards this year from the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The film The Orphanage won Antonio Bayona the best new director award, Xavi Mas , Marc Orts and Oriol Tarragó the Goya for best sound, Josep Rosell the best art direction award, and Lluís Castells the prize for best special effects. In addition, Professor Javier Corcuera received the Goya for best documentary for his work Invisible and David Gallart won a Goya for best editing with the film REC . - Ramón Flecha , lecturer in the Department of Sociological Theory, Philosophy of Law and Methodology of Social Sciences, was invested as Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Timisoara in Romania . - Professor Santiago Mir , director of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Science, received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Alcalá, with the sponsorship of Diego Manuel Luzón, Professor of Criminal Law at that university. - UB professor Josep M. Bricall was named member of the Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC) in a ceremony presided over by IEC President Salvador Giner, the Minister of Economics and Finances of the Generalitat Antoni Castells, and the head of the IEC’s Philosophy and Social Sciences Section Josep González-Agàpito. Also attending the ceremony was the former president of the Generalitat Pasqual Maragall. - Emili Canalís , lecturer in the Department of Surgery and Surgical Specialties, was newly elected president of the Thoracic Surgery Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS). - Professor in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry Santiago Álvarez was named member of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC). - Teresa Ribalta , professor of Anatomical Pathology, was selected as a new member of the Executive Council of the European Society of Pathology (ESP). - Antoni M. Correig , professor in the Department of Astronomy and Meteorology, was named to the Barcelona Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (RACAB). - Professor in the Department of Art History Mireia Freixa i Serra was named member of the Sant Jordi Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts. - Lecturer in the Department of Human Geography Carles Carreras was named member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Barcelona. - The Catalan Society of Pharmacology elected as its new president Jordi Camarasa , professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic Chemistry, in recognition of his work on the neuropharmacology of amphetamine derivatives. - Marta Alegret and Anna Maria Canudas , lecturers in the Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy Unit, were honoured by the Spanish Society of Pharmacology at its annual meeting. 2007-08 / 113

- The 3rd edition of the UB Board of Trustees’ Awards, which recognize the best scientific research carried out for doctoral theses defended at the UB, were given to Ruth de Diego Balaguer , a researcher with the Laboratory of Neuropsychological Intervention in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Paris 12, Créteil (France), and to Manuel Alejandro Fernández Rojo , a researcher with the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland (Australia). - Lecturer in English Philology Brian Mott was honored by the Academy of Aragonese for his doctoral thesis on Chistabin, a variant of Aragonese found in the Vall de Xistau, for which he has also prepared an etymological dictionary. Also honored were Artur Quintana , Juan José Guillén , Nieus Luzía Dueso and Rosario Ustáriz for their research and promotion of the Aragonese language. - Antoni Cardesa , professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Pathology and senior consultant at Barcelona’s Hospital Clinic, received the Antoni Gimbernat Prize for excellence, given by the San Carlos Hospital Clinic of Madrid. - Professor Miquel Canals of the Department of Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Marine Geosciences, who also leads the Consolidated Marine Geosciences Research Group, received the King Jaume I Prize for Environmental Protection in recognition of his extensive study of the oceans from the perspective of global change. - The lecturers Gemma Vilà and Jordi Gavaldà of the Department of Sociological Theory, Philosophy of Law and Methodology for Social Sciences, were awarded the prize of the Spanish National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) in recognition of their teaching in the course Urban Sociology. - The collection of short stories Rumbo a las siete islas , by doctor, sportsman and diplomat Josep Antoni Pujante , won the third edition of the Eurostars Hotels Prize for Travel Narrative, which is organized by the Hotusa Group and promoted jointly with RBA Publishers and the UB. - Carmen and Gervasio Posadas won the 2007 Sent Soví Prize for food writing, awarded annually by the UB, the Freixenet Group and RBA Publishers, for their book El millor cuiner del món , a biography of the chef Ferran Adrià. - The work Winter , by Eva Figueras of the UB’s Department of Painting, won the 4th edition of the Josep Amat International Biennial drawing competition, organized by the City Hall of Sant Feliu de Guíxols. - Emili Boix-Fuster , professor in the Faculty of Philology, was awarded the 2008 Jaume Camp Prize in Sociolinguistics, bestowed by the Òmnium Cultural of Vallès Oriental, for the research paper Català o castellà als fills? La transmissió de la llengua en famílies bilingües a Barcelona . - The lecturer Anna Maria Canudas , of the Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy Unit, was recognized in the most recent Caixa of Sabadell Foundation Prizes for research of a social, economic or cultural nature. - Anna Martí i Castells , of the Department of Geodynamics and Geophysics, received the award for best doctoral thesis in pure or applied geophysics in the 13th edition of the J. García-Siñeriz Foundation Prizes. - Yago Hortal and Josep Domínguez , students in the Faculty of Fine Arts, won first and second prizes, respectively, in the 49th annual Young Painters Competition, created by the Sala Parés. - The first edition of the nature photography competition fotoNAT-UB 2007 , which was sponsored by the Animal Biodiversity Resource Centre (CRBA), awarded first prize in the zoology category to the lecturer Jacob González-Solís of the Department of Animal Biology and first prize in the nature category to Xavier Vicient , a Biology student. - The 2008 Water Prizes, awarded by the Catalan Association of the Friends of Water (ACAA), recognized Javier Martín-Vide , lecturer in the Department of Physical Geography and Regional Geographic Analysis, for his contributions and research in the area of climate change. - At the award ceremony of the Antoni Vilanova Prizes, first prize in poetry went to Oriol Prat Altamira and second prize went to Iván Legrán Bizarro . The winner in prose was Héctor Sánchez Minguillán and second prize in prose was awarded to Ester Jordana Lluch . - The 15th edition of the Carme Serrallonga Prize for the promotion of Catalan recognized the students Sara Porta Messeguer (at the UB’s Department of Spanish) and Raül Cortijo i Casado (at the Department of Technical Engineering in Public Works at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya ) for their project on Cerveses Moritz, SA . The winner in the organization category went to the brewery Cerveses Moritz, SA for its contribution to raising the international profile of Catalan in the business world. 2007-08 / 114

- The Catalan Association of Arts, Science and Philosophy Graduates and Doctors awarded the 26th Arnau de Vilanova Prize in Philosophy to Javier Fermín Gacharná , a doctoral student in History of Subjectivity in the UB’s Faculty of Philosophy, for his paper on Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason, entitled Incoherencias de los postulados de la razón práctica de Kant .

Tributes • The UB paid tribute to Antoni Maria Badia i Margarit , the first rector of the University of Barcelona in the democratic era, in an event held on 13 December 2007 in the Paranimf. Presided over by Rector Màrius Rubiralta, the event was also attended by Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba and the Director General of Research for the Generalitat Ramon Moreno. • The hundredth anniversary of the birth of Professor Lluís Solé i Sabarís was marked by a celebration of the eminent Catalan geologist and geographer, director and co-author of the Geography of Catalonia , on 5 March 2008 in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Geology. • Professor Xavier Solans , past director of the Department of Crystallography, Mineralogy and Mineral Deposits and one of the most widely cited researchers in the area of chemistry, was honored on 11 April in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Geology. The event was opened by Miquel Àngel Cuevas, Dean of the Faculty of Geology, and attended by Professor Joaquim Solans of the Department of Crystallography, Mineralogy and Mineral Deposits and Juan Manuel García Ruiz, Research Professor of the Crystallography Research Laboratory of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Granada. • On 24 April, the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences hosted a commemorative event for Professor Lluís Argemí d'Abadal . Participating in the tribute were the Dean Antonio Alegre; past president of the Generalitat Pasqual Maragall; Ombusman Rafael Ribó; Luis Perdices, Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the Complutense University of Madrid; José Luis Cardoso, Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Economics at the Technical University of Lisbon; and Jordi Pascual and Ramón Sánchez Tabares, two professors in the Faculty of Economics. • On 14 May, a commemorative event took place in the Aula Magna of the Historic Building to honor the lecturer Esther Álvarez . The event was organized by the Department of English and German Philology. • On 20 May, the UB paid tribute to the artist and past dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts Joan Hernández Pijuan . Distinguished guests attending the event included the UB’s Acting Rector Josep Samitier; past president of the Generalitat Pasqual Maragall; former UB rector Josep M. Bricall; Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts Teresa Blanch; past Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts Pere Falcó; the Professor of Aesthetics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona Miquel Molins, and the artist Susana Solano. • On 18 June, the Faculty of Chemistry and the Department of Inorganic Chemistry held a tribute to Professor Joan M. Coronas , who served as the first director of the department from its creation in 1966 until his retirement in 1982. Speaking at the event were Joaquim Sales of the University of Barcelona and Jaume Casabó of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

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Cultural activities

21st Concert Cycle Fifteen concerts were staged as part of the 21st Concert Cycle, featuring established musicians of outstanding quality, exceptional young musicians, fine orchestras and choirs from a variety of European universities, and the UB’s own orchestra. The Christmas concerts featured the oratorio La nit de Nadal , composed by Joan Lamote de Grignon and performed by the UB orchestra and singers assembled from the UB’s various choirs. The Cycle came to a close with a traditional opera, El giravolt de maig , by Eduard Toldrà, which was performed with the support of the conservatory of Barcelona’s opera house, the Liceu . The opera, which was received enthusiastically by the public, featured fine performances at all its presentations.

Theatre The Catalan Association of Theatre Research and Experimentation (AIET) performed The True Friend , by Carlo Goldoni, in the gardens of the Faculties of Geography and History and of Philosophy, and also gave the debut performance of the play Cosa de dos , by Gloria Montero, which was staged in the Library of Catalonia. The association also participated in a dramatic reading of the work Viatge a qualsevol lloc , by the Mallorca-born playwright Joan Guasp. The prestigious US journal TDR ( The Drama Review , no. 194, New York University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology) published an interview given by José Triana to Ricard Salvat. In collaboration with the Barcelona Atheneum, the association organized a round table in tribute to Josep Palau i Fabre. Participating in the event were Jordi Coca, Ricard Salvat and Frederic-Pau Verrié. In addition, the association’s journal Assaig de Teatre published its issue 59, dedicated to Gloria Montero. Ricard Salvat, AIET president and emeritus professor at the University of Barcelona, gave the academic year’s opening address at the Faculty of Philosophy on the subject “How Theatre and Philosophy are Related”. Lastly, the AIET celebrated its second general assembly of members for the year 2007 on 19 July at its headquarters.

Activities for Older People The AUGG organized a series of university extension courses for a group of nearly 4,500 students between 60 and 98 years of age. The course offering was divided into eleven groups and seven of them were conducted wholly in UB facilities, attended by roughly 2,120 students. Notable this year were lectures given as part of the History Cycle, attended by 250 students, and seminars on history of art, history of music and Catalan literature.

Exhibitions • 8-24 October 2007: Imatges per la dignitat , curated by the photographer Miguel Ángel Invarato and sponsored by the UB Solidarity Foundation. • 14-18 November: IX Exposició de bolets (exhibition of fungi and lichens), organized by the Botany units of the Faculties of Pharmacy and Biology. • 20 November-11 December: exhibition of historical photographs taken at UB sports facilities, celebrating their fiftieth anniversary. • 3 December 2007-23 January 2008: El rectorat Badia i la transició a la Universitat de Barcelona, an exhibition sponsored by the Rector’s Office of the University of Barcelona in tribute to Dr. Antoni M. Badia i Margarit, UB Rector from 1978 to 1986. • 11-15 February: Cannabis: Com ho vius? offering an exhibition on cannabis use and addiction, sponsored by the UB’s Student Support Services Office. 2007-08 / 116

• 14-24 May: the exhibition Joan Hernández Pijuan: Art i docència , dedicated to the painter and past dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and coordinated by the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Fine Arts. • 14-25 July: Materiales zurdos , curated by the artist Eutiquio Estirado and organized for the XV World Congress of the International Society for Criminology. • 28-31 July: exhibition of sculptures prepared for the international conference Myth, History and Memory , organized by the Centre for Australian Studies. • The exhibition Les xifres del gènere a la Universitat de Barcelona examined gender issues at the UB. Sponsored by the UB’s Committee for Gender Equality, the exhibition began touring the faculties and schools of the University in May.

Guided tours During the academic year 2007-2008, the UB organized and conducted 65 tours of the Historic Building of the University. The aim of the tours, which were given to a variety of groups and organizations, was to showcase the historical and artistic heritage of the University. The UB hosted numerous tours for secondary-school students and their teachers in order to attract students to the UB. In addition, a new initiative was begun during the year to offer guided tours of the most representative spaces of the Historic Building to the families of new students in order to open up the institution and strengthen the ties between the public and the University. Similarly, the UB provided a large number of personalized tours to distinguished guests from the politic and cultural arenas visiting the University during the year.

Sporting activities

The sports teams of the University of Barcelona ended the 2007-2008 season ranked alongside the top universities in Spain. Their performances in the Catalan Championships and the National University Championships consolidated the UB's position as the leading university in Catalonia and one of the best universities in the whole of Spain. The Catalan Championships featured the participation of the twelve Catalan universities and attracted a total 2,835 athletes, including 882 women. The 463 students (295 men and 168 women) who represented the UB won 122 medals (almost a third of the total) in individual and team sports, including 51 gold medals. In addition, 28 UB students were chosen as the leading Catalan sportsmen and women in their respective sports. Chief among them were Ona Ràfols (Medicine/Orienteering) and Edu Bainad (Business Administration and Management/Padel tennis). The Sports Unit of the University of Barcelona worked with the various federations involved to organize the championships in fencing, winter sports, frontenis (a variant of real tennis), swimming, judo, karate, table tennis, padel tennis, women’s seven-a-side rugby and women’s handball. In the National University Championships, the UB was represented by 242 students, who won two more medals than in the previous year, reaching a total of 32. Among the most noteworthy were the gold medals in women's rugby, team and men’s padel tennis, team tennis, women’s taekwondo and women’s rock climbing, which placed the UB in sixth position in the national ranking. At the international level, the number one Catalan university frontenis pair took part in the Zabalki 2008 International University Tournament of Basque Pelota and hosted teams from the University of Rome. In addition, twelve UB students were selected to participate in the World University Championships, making the UB the most highly represented university in Spain. Six UB rugby players won the World University Rugby 7’s Championships in Cordoba in July, as representatives of Spanish university rugby. Finally, the UB continued its grants program for elite sportsmen and women, involving personalized tutorial plans that seek to reconcile high-level sporting commitments with university studies. During the year, 82 students and 44 UB teaching and research staff took part in the program and 73 grants were awarded. In addition to achieving strong sporting results on behalf of the University of Barcelona, the athletes passed 50% of the credits sought. During the academic year 2007-2008, improvements were made to the UB sports facilities, including the construction of three new paddleball courts and the installation of a new automatic watering system for the natural grass football pitch in the athletics stadium. The UB Sports Unit added a new sporting activity during the year. The new offering, UB Cycling, provides 22 stationary bicycles for cardiovascular training. 2007-08 / 117

Users of the UB sports facilities:

Users of the UB sports facilities Students pursuing free-elective credits 578 University competitions 2,651 Annual or short-term passholders 3,452 Total 6,681 Infant and children's activities 769 Day passholders 2,493 Note: Users are counted in one category only.

Media activities

The UB registered an average of 528 monthly mentions in the printed press during the academic year 2007-2008. The items receiving coverage included accords and working agreements signed with a wide range of institutions; the work carried out by researchers at the UB; prizes and awards; honorary doctorates; conferences and seminars held in a wide variety of disciplines, and the promotion of numerous cultural and sporting activities. A total of 520 items appeared in the news section of the UB website UBWeb , a large number of which were also featured in the Vilaweb Campus online newsletter produced by the Joan Lluís Vives Institute, as well as in the news section of Universia , a web portal for universities in Spain and Latin America. The UB’s quarterly magazine La Universitat , which is available in paper and digital versions, celebrated its tenth anniversary during the year with a fresh redesign. Quarterly print runs stood at 17,000 and the four cover stories featured the journalist Rosa Maria Calaf, the former UB Rector Josep M. Bricall, the Chief Prosecutor of Catalonia Teresa Compte, and film director Roser Aguilar. A special issue, prepared for Saló Estudia 2008 , was targeted at secondary-school students and a special issue in English was produced in conjunction with the spring conference of the European University Association (EUA), with a Spanish version of the EUA issue published in July. High priority was placed on ensuring the communication of scientific knowledge and research out in the community, actively promoting efforts through the appearance of UB experts in the national and international media. Of particular importance is the ongoing contribution made by UB teaching staff and researchers to science programs such as L’Observatori on RNE-R4, the Televisió de Catalunya programs El medi ambient (‘Environment’) and Quèquicom (‘Who/what/how’), as well as to RTVE’s Redes (‘Networks’) program. The UB’s Audiovisual Unit also produced television reports which were broadcast across Latin America through the Latin American Association for Educational Television (ATEI) to showcase the work being carried out at the UB. The UB also continued to publicize the SVAIS research campaign in Fram Strait in the Arctic Ocean, which is surveying natural climate change and mapping the ocean floor with funding from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.

UB corporate image campaigns

The UB actively promoted the activities and services of the University during the year, managing agreements with media outlets to ensure the appearance of the UB in the media. The UB also negotiated and managed exchange agreements with the free publications distributed in UB faculties and schools to regulate their provision in an orderly fashion. The UB’s agreements with media outlets include: – Daily newspapers: La Vanguardia and El Periódico de Catalunya ; – Free daily newspapers: Metro News and ADN ; – University publications: Gaceta Universitaria , Medicampus and L'Hiperbòlic ; – Publications for secondary-school students: Secundèria and Preuniversitaris ; – Other publications and supporting media: Món Empresarial , Club Màster , Revista Salir and IndoorMedia-PostalFree. 2007-08 / 118

Content was prepared for the UB’s magazine La Universitat to communicate the advantages of the UB card. Collaboration agreements were signed between the UB and the business community. Other activities addressed the alumni association Antics UB , the secondary schools, and the career service Feina UB . During the year, the UB oversaw the correct use of the UB brand in communications and in the media, managing licences given to companies to use the UB brand in marketing and communications. In the first quarter of 2008, the UB also launched a campaign that took the form of fifteen advertising inserts placed in various general print media, such as the La Vanguardia , Metro News , ADN , Oxígeno and Revista Salir and university publications like L'Hiperbòlic , in order to keep the public informed of the most notable achievements of the University in 2007. Lastly, the UB edited an institutional catalog in English to publicize the University and its activities and services internationally. The material included information on the institution broadly (entitled University of Barcelona ), as well as the UB’s teaching and research (entitled Teaching at the University of Barcelona and Research at the University of Barcelona , respectively). The materials offered a wide array of images showing the facilities and activities at the UB and a map of UB campuses, including all the faculties and schools located in the city of Barcelona and the greater metropolitan area.

Publishing

Publications from the UB's university press carry the official imprint Publications and Editions de la University of Barcelona. The works involved are educational, research-related or of an institutional nature. The web portal Les publicacions de la Universitat de Barcelona is a means of checking, consulting and referencing UB-published works, with an average of 3500 users per day making specific consultations. New UB publications and editions were made available from the Google Books search engine and all UB publications are available via this search engine. Google Books received an average of 1200 consultations of specific books and 10,000 consultations of individual pages. The publication of university textbooks in Catalan received the support of the AGAUR (the Catalan Agency for Administration of University and Research Grants and funding through its DILL program. 27 university textbook titles are now available in Catalan as a result. 2007-08 / 119

The UB provides institutional and editorial services as well as bringing out its own publications. In total, this represents almost 1.050 projects per year. This year there was a particular focus on institutional publications containing information about the UB. Almost two thousand direct customers are dealt with per year, representing bookshops, libraries and institutions across the world. The traditional distribution network encompasses all university reference bookshops in Spain and is served by the companies Arc de Berà, Firex-Arc, Pórtico, Celesa and Puvill. Readers in Latin American countries can obtain publications through local distributors. The UB was represented at three international book fairs in Colombia Argentina and Mexico this year, allowing it to establish contacts with booksellers, distributors and librarians in Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia. The UB press also took part in promotional and marketing activities at the Frankfurt, Valencia, Madrid and Granada book fairs, as well as the LIBER and Saló del Llibre book fairs in Barcelona.

Antics UB (alumni association)

During the academic year 2007-2008, Antics UB rose by 756 members, reaching a total of 3,708. Men accounted for 1,401 members and women accounted for 2,307 of the total. The most numerous age group represented was 31-40 years of age, totalling 36% of overall membership.

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During the first term, the alumni association held an event recognizing the longest-standing alumni for their loyalty. A total of 1,173 had been active members for longer than five years. The activities of Antics UB included a web portal, an online bulletin, the distribution of the UB magazine La Universitat , leaflet distribution, and a new vehicle for communication, which involves a service providing SMS updates on activities. The alumni association began to work with the organization Plataforma per la Llengua , jointly offering programs that promote the use of the Catalan Language, such as Voluntariat per la llengua and Vols parlar català? The aim of the effort is to contribute to the integration of immigrants by offering support in the use of Catalan. An agreement was also reached with the IL3 Alumni Association to provide its members with membership in the UB alumni association. Other activities of the alumni association included the design of an exhibition La nostra memòria d'un temps de silenci: 1950-1960 , which is scheduled for the coming academic year; the design of a new alumni leaflet, with 60,000 copies printed; the production of an advertising insert for the UB magazine La Universitat ; and 20,000 marketing postcards produced for distribution in UB faculties and schools and publicly through the Circuit Jove (e.g., in language schools, points of information for young people, and civic centres), Activos BCN (e.g., in cinemas, theatres, cafes and museums), and Província BCN (e.g., cinemas, bars and cafeterias). Finally, Antics UB held its general assembly in the Paranimf in the Historic Building in June. 2007-08 / 120

The UB Solidarity Foundation

The work of the UB Solidarity Foundation focuses on development cooperation, the construction of a culture of peace, the protection of human rights, and other concerns such as social marginalisation, social exclusion and immigration. In the area of development cooperation, the foundation provides advice and assessment services to various bodies, with special emphasis on cooperation at a local level. This year the foundation worked with government bodies such as the provincial government of Barcelona and the city halls of Barcelona, Manresa, Sant Just Desvern, Sabadell, l’Escala, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Rubí and Molins de Rei, as well as the district council of Alt Empordà. The foundation also carried out assessments for other universities, including the Technical University of Madrid and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , in addition to the University of Barcelona. Also in the area of development cooperation, the foundation took part in a number of specific projects involving the active participation of UB teaching and research staff. Examples include areas such as water management and improved effectiveness in local government in Morocco, rural development and the construction of peace in Colombia, the preservation of cultural heritage in Senegal, and land management planning in Nicaragua. During the year, the Solidarity Foundation continued work on a human rights research project in collaboration with the Centre for Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology in Oran, Algeria, under the Algeria-Universities cooperation program sponsored by the Vives Network of universities. The foundation also reached an agreement to conduct a similar project in 2009 with the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The foundation pursued an advertising campaign this year, entitled Solidaritat amb coneixement , to publicize the projects undertaken by the UB in pursuit of solidarity and international cooperation. The campaign featured the 90 projects conducted by the UB and UB Group organizations in the interest of international cooperation in countries in Central and South America and Africa. The Solidarity Observatory plays a fundamental role in the Solidarity Foundation’s work on behalf of peace and the protection of human rights. Active conflicts throughout the world are monitored at the observatory and tools are devised to enhance their understanding and analysis and to support peacemaking efforts. Work on the Paula program, which is focused on peace in the classroom, also continued this year with the provision of educational material from the Solidarity Observatory for use by teachers in the classroom. The Paula program, which created the Paula Portal of Education for Peace, was developed in collaboration with the UB Institute of Educational Sciences. During the academic year 2007-2008, the observatory also held the third edition of its research prize for secondary-school projects related to the topic of peace. The number of entries rose to 9,000, which was 50% higher than the previous year. UB’s Solidarity Foundation also continued its work with other universities, particularly within the structures set up by the Joan Lluís Vives Institute. It took part in the institute’s Cooperation and Solidarity Committee, which coordinates the universities’ activities in promotion of solidarity, and in the meetings of the Cooperation Committee of CRUE (Conference of Spanish University Rectors). The Solidarity Foundation is also part of the Catalan Federation of NGOs for the protection of human rights and takes part in its collaboration and exchange bodies. Finally, the foundation organized the second annual series of autumn activities on solidarity, including seminars, workshops, debates, exhibitions and films on topics related to solidarity and cooperation. The foundation organized the events, which were held across all the campuses of the UB during the months of October and November 2007, to raise awareness among the university community with respect to the issues at stake.

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The Vives University Network

The academic year 2007-2008 served to consolidate the institute’s strategic focus approved by the General Counsel of Rectors, which centres on inter-university collaboration, information and dissemination of knowledge, language unity, culture, academic development and international relations. A number of important initiatives were carried out during the academic year, including the implementation of the first phase of the Algeria-Universities cooperation program, which is designed to establish cooperation agreements with the fourteen institutions in the Western Universities Regional Conference (CRUO) of Algeria. The program received the backing of regional and national development cooperation agencies in Catalonia and Spain. The fundamental aim of the program is the integration and recognition of the higher education system of Algeria within the rest of the Mediterranean area. Other activities included the Joan Lluís Vives Prize for scientific communication, a series of university debates, doctoral and advanced training programs at Morella, the 4th Edition of the University Debating League, the 13th Introduction to University Theatre, the publication of two new university vocabulary guides for music education and Roman law, and the publication of a guide to summer courses at all participating universities. The institute also published a new journal: BUC. Universitat. Cultura. Llibres . The journal replaces the former NEU catalog and its wide-ranging aims include the promotion of new university publications; notification of the universities’ most noteworthy activities in the areas of cultural advancement, research and teaching; and analysis of the main social, cultural and scientific events of the day from a university standpoint or from the viewpoint of individual experts with knowledge in the area concerned. The network also participated in the 2007 Frankfurt Book Fair, which featured the Catalan culture as guest of honor. The network ran its own stand within the UB stand, offering a sample of the main publications available from publishers in the Catalan language. The network also took part in the academic program, joining various round-table discussions. 2007-08 / 122

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

— Financial agreements — UB Group aggregate accounts for the 2007 financial year — University of Barcelona accounts for the 2007 financial year — Staff costs for the 2007 financial year — Budget for the 2008 financial year

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VIII. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

Financial agreements

During the academic year 2007-2008 the University of Barcelona has continued the new collaboration agreements reached in the previous year with its financial partners: Caixa Catalunya, or "la Caixa", and Santander Bank. The total value of the agreements stands at €18,509,000. The agreements link the two financial institutions to the UB Group until the 2010-2011 academic year and ensure funding for the following initiatives: scientific and enterprise projects (promotion and development of a bioincubator based at the Barcelona Science Park, a pioneering nanobiomedicine program, a program for the valuation and marketing of research results, an annual predoctoral scholarship program, and master's degree and other postgraduate programs), the strengthening of corporate training and staff mobility, consolidation of the internationalization of the UB, collaboration in the creation of the Torribera Food and Nutrition Campus in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, and the general improvement of university assets. Notably, the vital task of updating the University of Barcelona’s property registry was also completed in the period. In addition, a number of steps were taken to develop the various campuses of the University, and agreements have been reached with the Barcelona City Council and other institutions to move forward in this area. The most significant are:

Humanities Campus In preparation for the EUA conference at the UB, the assembly hall the Paranimf underwent renovations and refurbishment in the first term of 2008. Improvements were made to the electrical system, the lighting, the computer equipment and the sound and audiovisual systems. Opportunity was also taken to enhance areas in the vicinity of the Paranimf, such as the anteroom leading to the seat that presides over the hall. In addition, a series of improvements were undertaken to give greater distinction to other areas of the Historic Building and to the Botanical Gardens.

Diagonal Campus Gateway to Knowledge In the summer of 2007, the Barcelona City Council gave final approval to the urban development plan aimed at improving the western sector of the south campus. The plan enabled the UB to expand with the addition of three new structures: an extension to the Faculty of Fine Arts, the new Faculty of Pharmacy, and the Scientific Infrastructure Centre for Research and Technological Innovation (CICRIT). On the UB’s initiative, an addendum to the agreement of 1999 was signed. The addendum adjusted the way in which the two universities (UB and UPC) divide their leases and it included a commitment by the city council to carry out the capital expenditure necessary for further development of the south Diagonal campus. The Barcelona City Council is set to begin urban development works in the street Martí i Franquès at the start of 2009. In addition, after negotiations with the Gaudí Chair at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya , the Gaudí Pavilions were fully returned to the UB in July 2008. The returned spaces include two buildings (a coach house/stables and a gatekeeper’s lodge) and the Garden of the Hesperides. The property, which is of great architectural value, awaits full-scale restoration. Among other uses, it will be made available for UB events. The new library of the Faculty of Biology was opened during the year. The new building, which adds 3,700 sq m of floor space, contains works in the areas of biology, biotechnology and environmental sciences.

Bellvitge Health Sciences Campus On 10 October 2006, the signing ceremony was held for a collaboration agreement involving the Department of Health, the Department of Education and Universities, and the Department of Labour and Industry for the Generalitat of Catalonia, the City Council of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, the Foundation of the Bioregion of Catalonia, and the University of Barcelona. The agreement addressed the development of the BioPol project in l’Hospitalet and the creation of the Health Science Park there. During 2007, the committee implementing the agreement made progress on the development of the Health Science Park in l’Hospitalet. A key objective was to establish an effective knowledge transfer process, bringing together university research groups and public research centres with business R&D 2007-08 / 124

departments and new biotechnology companies. In order to facilitate scientific work and business success in health science areas, such as biomedicine, biotechnology, neurosciences, dentistry and podology, researchers will eventually be added from IDIBELL, IBEC, CSIC and elsewhere. In the summer of 2008, construction work on the headquarters and laboratories proceeded next to the classroom building on the Bellvitge campus. The premises were expected to open in November.

Mundet Campus – University of Barcelona Renovations were completed on the Pavilion of the Republic, fulfilling an agreement reached between the Barcelona City Council, the Generalitat of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona. The work to date mainly affects the facade and flooring, renovation of structural elements, refurbishment of facilities, and installation of a heating and air conditioning system.

Torribera Food and Nutrition Campus During the academic year 2007-2008, public contracts were tendered and work began to renovate the three pavilions designated for campus use: Verdaguer, Gaudí and Marina. Financial support for renovation of the Verdaguer Pavilion was provided by the “la Caixa” Foundation (by express agreement). In the case of the Gaudí and Marina Pavilions, public funding allocated for science parks was obtained. The completion date for the work is set for the last quarter of 2009. Lastly, an application for permission to construct new buildings on the campus was proceeding through its early stages, with the close involvement of the Barcelona Provincial Government and the Santa Coloma City Council. The new buildings, providing approximately 40,000 sq m of floor area, respond to requirements for classroom and research space, a new technology area and knowledge transfer capacity.

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UB Group aggregate accounts for the 2007 financial year

Balance Sheet 2007

ASSETS 648,404,292.41

B) Fixed assets 479,974,614.14 I Start-up costs 0.00 II Intangible fixed assets 10,795,832.12 Software 4,344,723.80 Other intangible fixed assets 16,240,810.88 Concessions 2,702,093.72 Accumulated depreciation of intangible fixed assets -12,491,796.28 III Tangible fixed assets 440,502,741.12 Land and buildings 443,040,113.08 Technical installations and machinery 36,569,410.85 Equipment and furniture 86,854,430.58 Computer equipment 41,473,069.29 Other tangible assets 166,608,023.02 Accumulated depreciation of tangible assets -334,042,305.70 IV Long-term investments 28,676,040.90 Investments managed by other bodies 3,000,000.00 Permanent financial investments 25,310,942.72 Shares in partially-owned companies 16,951.19 Securities 348,146.99 Provisions 0.00 0.00 C) Intangible assets 19,976,096.53 D) Deferred costs 148,453,581.74 E) Working capital II Stocks 570,948.31 Stocks 902,382.33 Provisions for depreciation of stocks -331,434.02 III Debtors 105,687,641.91 Customers 19,794,596.32 Debtors 68,295,702.39 Other debtors 5,865,098.56 Public administrations 24,645,905.68 Provisions -12,913,661.04 IV Temporary investments 29,468,621.27 VI Liquid assets 9,978,955.07 VII Accruals 2,747,415.18

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LIABILITIES 648,404,292.41

A) Endowment funds and reserves 49,502,150.57 I Capital 104,759,721.19 Parent company 89,007,565.53 UB Group shell companies 11,141,163.14 UB Group foundations 4,610,992.52

II Reserves held by parent company

III Reserves held by foundations -21,644,933.37 V Reserves held by fully consolidated companies 8,736.78 VII Gains and losses attributable to parent company -33,781,984.23 1 Consolidated gains and losses -33,621,374.03 2 Gains and losses attributable to external partners 160,610.20 0.00 B) External partners 0.00 C) Consolidated losses 244,633,884.47 D) Deferred income 16,280,548.50 E) Provisions for risks and costs 140,956,789.03 F) Long-term creditors 197,030,919.84 G) Short-term creditors I Short-term creditors, Financial institutions 5,682,133.96 IV Current creditors 52,277,274.31 Suppliers 15,142,279.12

Creditors 37,134,995.19

V Other creditors 139,071,511.57 Other creditors 31,154,535.24 Public administrations 13,264,293.96

Accruals 94,652,682.37

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Profit and Loss Accounts 2007

COSTS

1 Depreciation of stocks 5,451.95 2 Consumables and other current costs 83,327,008.27 Purchases 1,526,514.12 Leases and royalties 4,737,094.51 Repairs and maintenance 12,331,393.91 Independent professional services 5,586,098.66 Transport 291,730.04 Insurance premiums 299,742.39 Bank services 61,567.83 Advertising. promotion and public relations 3,024,289.01 Supplies 10,722,706.83 Consumables and other supplies 2,127,681.94 Communications 2,223,263.11 Office material 4,040,424.10 companies 19,185,428.53 Expenses and transport costs 3,966,247.52 Transaction commissions 800,534.03 Transfers and capital grants 12,402,291.74 3 Staff costs 286,081,063.90 4 Depreciations and provisions 32,320,503.15 6 Other operating costs 40,638,994.26 I Operating profit Financial costs 4,930,931.96 II Net financial income III Surplus from ordinary activities Extraordinary costs 20,051,106.38 IV Extraordinary income VI Year-end consolidated results Results of external partners VII Year-end results of parent company

INCOME 1 Income from daily management 125,166,917.77 2 Increase in stocks 85,308.96 3 Current transfers and subsidies 262,226,759.62 4 Capital transfers passed to profit and loss 4,206,957.82 5 Other income from daily management 19,487,544.66 31,199,532.70 I Operating loss Financial income 4,630,954.90 II Net financial loss 299,977.06 III Deficit from ordinary activities 31,499,509.76 Extraordinary income 17,929,242.11 IV Extraordinary losses 2,121,864.27 VI Year-end consolidated results (loss) 33,621,374.03 Results of external partners (gain) -160,610.20 VII Year-end results of parent company (loss) 33,781,984.23 2007-08 / 128

University of Barcelona accounts for the 2007 financial year

Balance Sheet FY 2007 FY 2006 Variation ASSETS 443,749,751.64 453,977,937.09 -10,228,185.45 FIXED ASSETS 377,595,512.71 370,109,342.75 7,486,169.96 Intangible fixed assets 6,465,411.81 6,910,842.71 -445,430.90 Tangible fixed assets 365,288,705.87 356,993,717.31 8,294,988.56 Long-term investments 520,950.17 588,757.60 -67,807.43 Deferred costs 5,320,444.86 5,616,025.13 -295,580.27 WORKING CAPITAL 66,154,238.93 83,868,594.34 -17,714,35.41 Stocks 347,936.85 312,685.93 35,250.92 Debtors 59,284,940.33 75,329,202.84 -16,044,262.51 Treasury 4,283,873.74 6,131,722.60 -1,847,848.86 Accruals 2,237,488.01 2,094,982.97 142,505.04 LIABILITIES 443,749,751.64 453,977,937.09 -10,228,185.45 ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND RESERVES 51,721,842.26 87,848,612.85 -36,126,770.59 Capital 87,848,612.85 70,730,596.93 17,118,015.92 Year-end results -36,126,770.59 17,118,015.92 -53,244,786.51 CAPITAL GRANTS 206,327,156.07 206,211,689.46 115,466.61 PROVISIONS FOR RISKS AND COSTS 13,651,190.65 11,496,055.65 2,155,135.00 LONG-TERM CREDITORS 50,196,531.59 37,909,418.03 12,287,113.56 SHORT-TERM CREDITORS 121,853,031.07 110,512,161.10 11,340,869.97 Short-term debtors 3,984,927.85 6,053,197.01 -2,068,269.16 Creditors 39,328,922.32 42,014,560.78 -2,685,638.46 Accruals 78,539,180.90 62,444,403.31 16,094,777.59

Profit and Loss Accounts FY 2007 FY 2006 Variation COSTS 391,966,683.51 351,112,894.21 40,853,789.30 Variation of stocks 0.00 3,296.59 -3,296.59 Service costs 354,326,258.72 324,428,955.16 29,897,303.56 Staff expenditure 261,742,011.16 243,888,347.74 17,853,663.42 Depreciation charge 24,641,377.25 23,484,223.99 1,157,153.26 Variation of provisions 619,470.99 -6,405,482.31 7,024,953.30 External services 72,097,384.44 66,606,868.80 5,490,515.64 Taxes -5,469,772.31 -3,685,251.57 -1,784,520.74 Financial costs 695,787.19 540,248.51 155,538.68 Transfers and capital grants 17,937,223.84 18,894,962.73 -957,738.89 Extraordinary losses and costs 19,703,200.95 7,785,679.73 11,917,521.22

INCOME 355,839,912.92 368,230,910.13 -12,390,997.21 Sales and provision of services 1,028,095.25 741,167.47 286,927.78 Variation of stocks 72,368.96 140,929.59 -68,560.63 Income from daily management 73,752,387.34 67,262,340.23 6,490,047.11 Other income from daily management 10,152,926.79 13,081,205.70 -2,928,278.91 Transfers and capital grants 253,850,052.67 239,389,362.78 14,460,689.89 Extraordinary profits and income 16,984,081.91 47,615,904.36 -30,631,822.45 INCOME 355,839,912.92 368,230,910.13 -12,390,997.21 COSTS 391,966,683.51 351,112,894.21 40,853,789.30 YEAR-END RESULT -36,126,770.59 17,118,015.92 -53,244,786.51 2007-08 / 129

Expense budget (liabilities recognized) Chap. 1 Staff expenditure 257,594,027.46 Chap. 2 Goods and services 60,770,247.30 Chap. 3 Financial costs 312,047.00 Chap. 4 Current transfers 17,034,974.83 Chap. 6 Real capital expenditure 59,900,822.45 Chap. 7 Capital transfers 2,372,612.64 Chap. 8 Variation in financial assets 129,912.86 Chap. 9 Variation in financial liabilities 248,271.73 TOTAL 398,362,916.27

Income budget (assets recognized) Chap. 3 Fees and other income 87,346,139.19 Chap. 4 Current transfers 253,342,808.53 Chap. 5 Income from property 2,325,502.31 Chap. 7 Capital transfers 48,271,917.69 Chap. 8 Variation in financial assets 0.00 Chap. 9 Variation in financial liabilities 14,479,026.63 TOTAL 405,765,394.35

Year-end budget results Item Assets Liabilities TOTAL recognized recognized Non-financial transactions 343,014,450.03 335,711,296.59 7,303,153.44 Capital transactions 48,271,917.69 62,273,435.09 -14,001,517.40 Financial asset transactions 129,912.86 -129,912.86 Year -end budget results 391,286,367.72 398,114,644.54 -6,828,276.82 Net variation in financial liabilities 14,479,026.63 248,271.73 14,230,754.90 Year -end budget balance 7,402,478.08

Spent credit financed with treasury surplus 15,596,031.12

Positive adjustments for assets recognized during the financial year with respect to -66,489,528.11 affected spending Negative adjustments for liabilities recognized during the financial year with respect to 30,063,596.80 affected spending

Year -end financial surplus/deficit -13,427,422.11 Unaffected committed expenditure 7,061,497.43 Total year -end financial surplus/deficit -20,488,919.54

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Treasury surplus 1. (+) Outstanding assets 54,489,764.45 (+) current budget 50,815,261.28 (+) closed budgets 15,008,747.71 (+) non-budgetary transactions 1,275,179.98 (-) doubtful assets -10,794,163.75 (-) collections pending final application -1,815,260.77 2. ( -) Outstanding liabilities 32,662,955.32 (+) current budget 28,350,473.58 (+) closed budgets 472,249.44 (+) non-budgetary transactions 8,995,517.38 (+) payments pending final application -5,155,285.08 3. (+) Liquid assets 3,212,542.48 I. Affected treasury surplus 100,827,343.00 II. Unaffected treasury surplus -75,787,991.39 III. Total treasury surplus (1 - 2 + 3) = (I + II) 25,039,351.61

Staff costs for the 2007 financial year

Teaching and research staff 156,015,262.76 Administrative and services staff 80,215,986.93 Other costs 21,362,777.77 Chapter 1 costs 257,594,027.46

Teaching and research staff (TRS) Category Average Total expenditure cost Full university professors 68,302.81 36,296,112.61 Full university school professors 47,008.52 2,331,622.47 Tenured university lecturers 48,352.20 70,159,039.97 Tenured university school lecturers 40,896.17 13,332,150.17 Tenure-track lecturers 40,867.21 2,734,016.11 Senior lecturers 61,086.88 6,750,100.77 Junior lecturer 42,274.48 6,273,533.12 Temporary lecturers 34,163.94 2,671,620.03 Trainee lecturers 26,489.22 2,903,218.02 Contracted lecturers 12,223.43 11,699,041.12 Total 40,523.01 155,150,454.39 Emeritus professors 14,859.25 864,808.37 Total 40,138.74 156,015,262.76

Administrative and services staff (AdSS) Category Average cost Total expenditure Civil servants A 64,570.97 2,362,006.04 Civil servants B 43,990.73 8,376,713.87 Civil servants C 32,047.15 15,630,995.84 Civil servants D 26,332.10 1,699,982.08 Civil servants E 28,919.40 655,602.78 Civil servants, temporary 24,604.04 6,243,274.95 Non-civil servants I 53,649.46 8,843,040.72 Non-civil servants II 41,998.13 6,852,834.61 Non-civil servants III 35,477.14 8,343,158.67 Non-civil servants IV 30,055.23 5,149,363.07 Non-civil servants, temporary 29,366.50 14,984,258.54 Upper-level management 94,666.30 1,104,755.76 Total 34,710.36 80,215,986.93 2007-08 / 131

Other costs Category Total expenditure Academic posts 1,632,142.49 Research scholarships 6,068,706.10 UB research scholarships 1,078,415.12 Special categories 3,686,269.79 Postgraduate salaries 2,088,060.54 Special TRS salaries 2,045,869.77 Special AdSS salaries 278,214.00 Pension fund contributions 2,849,613.54 Other costs 1,635,486.42 Total 21,362,777.77

Budget for the 2008 financial year

Summary

Income Chap. 3 Taxes and other income 65,531,753.30 Chap. 4 Current transfers 273,752,829.34 Chap. 5 Income from property 1,071,967.84 Chap. 7 Capital transfers 50,593,598.12 Total income 390,950,148.60

Expenditure Chap. 1 Staff expenditure 259,990,691.24 Chap. 2 Goods and services 55,620,718.74 Chap. 3 Financial costs 345,000.00 Chap. 4 Current transfers 12,404,592.95 Chap. 6 Real capital expenditure 35,227,017.77 Chap. 7 Capital transfers 27,254,786.34 Chap. 9 Financial liabilities 107,341.56 Total expenditure 390,950,148.60