The interlacing of more than 1,000 360º images allows users to view eight kilometres of a virtual tour around the faculties, green areas, public transport, services and artistic heritage of the university.
The UAB stands out once again in a ranking on the 50 most popular degrees in Spain according to El Mundo: the university improves its results and is now second in the ranking, surpassed only by the Complutense University of Madrid.
The provisional results give the victory to Margarita Arboix, who was elected Rector of the UAB in the elections held on 19 May. Margarita Arboix, professor of Pharmacology, received 60.56% of votes; and Antonio Méndez, professor of Theoretical Physics, 39.44%.
All UAB centres will be closed during the period 23 December 2015 to 6 January 2016. Some services, however, will still be operating.
The UAB has launched a website on intellectual property and open access, in support of teaching, learning and research activities at the university.
The official opening of the 2015–2016 academic year at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona will take place at noon on 29 September, in the auditorium (Sala d'Actes) of the Rectorat building. María Josefa Yzuel, emeritus professor in the Department of Physics, will give the opening lecture entitled "The science of light and light-based technologies".
All on-campus centres of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona will be closed from 3 to 21 August. Some services, however, will be available.
The Ranking Web of Repositories conducted by the CSIC Cybermetrics Lab, positions the UAB Digital Repository of Documents as the leading repository among Spanish universities.
The auditorium of the UAB Faculty of Philosophy and Arts held a conference by Christian Felber, writer and lecturer at the University of Vienna and creator of the concept “economy for the common good”, on 24 November.