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The ranking of the top Spanish campuses carried out annually by the Fundación Conocimiento y Desarrollo (CYD), which this year reaches its 13th edition, places the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) as the two top public universities in Spain.

The professor and vice-dean at Zhejiang University gave the conference “Digital Culture and Lifestyle Transformation” in front of professors, researchers and PhD students at the UAB, in a visit aimed at strengthening international academic and research relations.

Professor of Journalism Santiago Tejedor, Director of the Communication and Education Office and lecturer at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the latest edition of the UAB Teaching Excellence Awards, an institutional initiative that recognizes faculty members for their commitment to quality teaching, pedagogical innovation, and the continuous improvement of university teaching.

The Faculty of Communication Sciences mourns the passing of Lorenzo Vilches, emeritus professor and international reference in the field of audiovisual communication studies. His academic and research career, shaped by the analysis of television, semiotics, and digital narratives, leaves a profound mark on generations of students and communication professionals.

Raúl Pernias Viñas and Marc Usón Brugal, currently at Ogilvy Spain, have won the Young Lions Print national competition with an outdoor advertising campaign promoted by JCDecaux and SCOPEN.

The jury of the XXV Premis Connexió, organised by the Catalan Federation of Telecommunications Companies (FECEMINTE), has awarded the UAB’s Arxiu Sonor de Ràdio a Catalunya project in the category of Institutional Initiative. The award, presented on 19 May, acknowledges the creation of an innovative project with social impact that preserves and disseminates the radiophonic heritage of Catalonia through the cataloguing of audio fragments, openly available to users.

The exhibition, promoted by the Equality and Diversity Service, revisits the history of the LGBTIQ+ movement and highlights both the progress achieved and the challenges that remain.

Last Friday, May 8, the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the UAB hosted the IV Canal de Reporters Conference, promoted by the Department of Education and Vocational Training of the Generalitat de Catalunya with the simultaneous collaboration of eight Catalan universities.

The students of the degree in Journalism represent the UAB during this week in Wilhelmshaven thanks to the short-term Erasmus program (BIP)

The commitment to global justice and social transformation have been the central axes of the Final Degree Projects of Andrea Mendieta Sánchez and Núria Mir Dorn (Communication of Organizations) and Ada Solà Conesa (Journalism), awarded in the 9th edition of the Arcadi Oliveres Awards 2026.