Facultat de Biologia (Universitat de Barcelona)

Spain

Address: Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology

The Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona (UB) is a large and historic faculty offering comprehensive education and research in all areas of life sciences, including Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Environmental Sciences, and Genetics.

Domains taught:

Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Ecology and Sustainability, Food Science, Life Sciences, Marine Science, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Doctor, Master

Status:

Public

Partnerships:

Part of UB, with numerous international research collaborations and exchange programs (Erasmus+, etc.). Strong links with biomedical research institutes (e.g., IDIBAPS, IRB Barcelona), hospitals, and biotech companies in Barcelona.

Research:

Extensive research in molecular and cell biology, genetics, microbiology, neurosciences, plant biology, zoology, ecology, evolutionary biology, and biomedical applications.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

400

Current students***:

4000

Foreign students***:

10%

Cumulative former students***:

25000

Pros

Leading and comprehensive biology faculty in Spain, with a wide range of specializations and excellent research infrastructure. Strong international reputation.

Cons

Large faculty, potentially competitive and impersonal for some. Some facilities are historic, while others are modern.

Best For

Students seeking a comprehensive and research-intensive education in any field of biological sciences.

Most Similar Schools Locally

Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas sits close to this institution on food science, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it is slightly larger, at about 5,000 students against roughly 4,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales follows much the same lines as this university, with food science, bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics as common ground, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers agriculture as well.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering can consider Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and is far smaller, with about 700 students against roughly 4,000 here.
Think of Autonomous University of Barcelona when microbiology and genetics, chemistry and ecology and sustainability is the priority: it is far larger, with about 37,166 students against roughly 4,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering sits close to this institution on nanotechnologies and bioengineering; it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

The closest overseas parallel on bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering is Hannover Medical School, located in Germany; it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
On content, Karolinska Institute in Sweden and this university are close, as both teach bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering; it is larger, enrolling about 6,500 students against roughly 4,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria shares the bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences orientation of this institution, and it has almost the same size, at about 3,800 students, and is also a public institution.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden shares the food science, bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics orientation of this university, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers agriculture as well.
The closest overseas parallel on marine science, food science and bioinformatics is Wageningen University & Research, located in the Netherlands; it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.

**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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