Students
Activities, programs and initiatives in which the Department of Geography participates aimed at high school students.
The Department offers various courses and advice to do the research work each year: help is provided to determine the approach, work methodology, bibliography, resources and, in certain topics, access to the university infrastructure.
In the 2025–2026 academic year, the Department of Geography offers the following topics:
- Everyday and Emotional Geographies of Adolescent Boys and Girls – Anna Ortiz Guitart
- Land Use Changes and Future Challenges – Anna Badia Perpinyà
- Forest Fires: Causes, Impacts and Future Challenges – Anna Badia Perpinyà
More details can be found in the list of proposed topics for the 2025–2026 academic year.
On February 4 and 5, 2026, the Open Days were held at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Teachers Àngel Cebollada and Anna Ortiz have carried out a course entitled: “Urban bloggers: the life of the city” and which has brought together six students who have carried out a project in Badia del Vallès.
The Department of Geography in collaboration with the Argó program, organizes each course the day Geography in Action. It aims to enhance the interest of Geography in high school students. In 2017 the record was broken with the participation of 175 students.
On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 was held the Geography in Action Day of the 23/24 course, you can see the pictures of the different workshops that the students carried out.