The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) will organise the third edition of the Summer School on Degrowth and Environmental Justice from 4 to 15 July. The school will gather 30 high-level international researchers.
Campus Ítaca will take place from 27 June to 14 July, an activity bringing the university closer to secondary school students. This year, 388 students from 77 different centres participate in the programme.
Starting on 4 July, the UAB and the Johan Cruyff Institute, in collaboration with Globalsportsjobs, will offer a massive open online course (MOOC) on sport sponsorship which will include the participation of Pep Guardiola.
The newspaper El Mundo recently published a special edition on master's degree programmes in which 6 of the UAB's master's degrees were listed amongst the top five in their specialisation.
This academic year, the UAB will be offering fifteen minors, itineraries which allow students to acquire knowledge in an area different from their bachelor's degree by taking subjects from another degree.
The social-educational programme Campus Ítaca will begin its 13th edition on 27 June. This year, the UAB will welcome more participants from a greater number of centres, with a total of 388 girls and boys.
The Solidarity Fund campaign is launched to encourage UAB students to tick the Autonomous Solidarity Foundation box in their UAB registration form and make a €15 donation. The Solidarity Fund sponsors several cooperation and education projects promoted by members of the university community.
On 20 June the Faculty of Law played host to the welcoming session for students participating in this year's International Summer Term programme at the UAB.
The auditorium of the Rectorat building was filled to full capacity in the investiture of Margarita Arboix as the new rector of the UAB. Among other issues, Dr Arboix, in her first speech as rector, asked for an end to the economic cutbacks and demanded that undergraduate and postgraduate credits have the same price. According to her, "there must be dialogue and participation" among all members of the university community.