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The UAB opens its doors to future students from 31 January to 2 February
Once again, the UAB is organising its Open Days to make its academic programmes known to future students, who will be able to download information on scholarships and aids, international mobility and internships in companies.
Women in Data Science Conference at the UAB
The UAB will be the only retransmission point in Catalonia of the Women in Data Science conference, celebrated at Stanford University and simultaneously at 25 other locations around the globe on 3 February.
The UAB expands its offer to cover four new MOOCs
This year, the UAB will offer new Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC), available on Coursera, the world's leading platform for online courses. The four new courses focus on persuasion, finances, sustainability and heritage of the Valley of the Kings.
The UAB ranks second in Spain in high impact publications according to FECYT
In the past report "Indicadors Bibliomètrics de l’Activitat Científica Espanyola 2005-2014" by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology, the UAB was listed as the second university in Spain after the UB in number of cited publications.
UAB students receive five medals at the international University Physics Competition
Students from the degree in Physics recently won two of the three gold medals and three silver medals of the total of 34 medals awarded in the competition. A total of 197 teams from around the world participated.
New research points to potential treatment for memory loss activating a protein dysregulated in dementia
Researchers at the Institut de Neurociències describe a protein responsible for associative memory which is disrupted in patients suffering from Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Treatment plants reduce contamination around Barcelona's coastline
The study, published in Science of the Total Environment, shows that contamination of heavy metals experienced a very important growth between the 1930s and 1980s, and a drastic descent in levels in the 1990s.
Admissions now open for UAB's master's degrees and graduate diplomas
UAB has opened the admissions period for its 2017/18 official and specific master's degrees and graduate diplomas. Over a hundred programmes are available, covering all academic areas. Find in our website the full list of master's degrees and graduate diplomas for the 2017/18 academic year and apply for admission!