Part of the fascination for Ancient Egypt is due to the attraction for its language and scripture, particularly to its hieroglyphics. UAB Egyptologist Josep Cervelló has written a book on the matter which fills a void in Egyptology in Spain.
The journal, with a design adapted to mobile devices, and with new contents on innovation and knowledge transfer, includes an ISSN reference and has been fused with the UABINNOVA journal.
Recently, the UAB and the Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya signed a collaboration agreement involving teaching and research activities. A joint postgraduate programme will be offered by the two centres.
As in previous years, the UAB stands out in the ranking of the 50 most sought after bachelor's degrees in Spain, conducted by the newspaper El Mundo, and comes in second place only behind the Complutense University of Madrid.
The UAB will offer three new MOOC (free, online, open courses) through the Coursera platform on object detection based on computer vision, psychological first aid and the philosophy of emotions.
The UAB Library Service website is now adapted and personalised to be available for smartphones. Now users can search the catalogue, reserve a book, enter the DDD and access the bibliographies easily and quickly from any phone.
On 9 and 16 May, two editions of this year's Family Day take place, in which future university students and their families can visit the campus, the different faculties and the Vila Universitària.
The ranking, which is annually published by the Times Higher Education (THE), classifies the top 100 universities from around the world which were founded maximum 50 years ago.