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Opening of the 2015–2016 academic year

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".

Welcome Days. Become a UABer

International Welcome Days now under way

All through the week of 14 to 19 September the International Welcome Days are taking place, a week of activities to welcome the Autònoma's international students. The aim is for these students to get to know the UAB campus, services and associations, and meet up with other international and local students.

UAB in 190th place in the QS Rankings

The UAB maintains its position among the best 200 universities in the world, according to the just-published QS World Rankings. This university is ranked 190th, despite the changes that QS has made to its methodology.

Alzinar de Collserola

Spain has close to seven billion trees

The figure comes from the National Forest Inventory, a Spanish Ministry of Agriculture project to quantify the country's forestry resources, with the involvement of the CREAF.