Activities
15:00
Let’s get active at the UAB: Bodypump session
Description:
Get active, have fun and meet other students whilst enjoying an energetic sports session.
Date: Wednesday 9, September2026 - 15:00h
Thursday, September 10, 2026
15:00
Welcome Days. Become a UABer. International lunch.
Description:
Bring along a traditional dish from your home country, share the flavours of your culture and discover the culinary traditions of students from all over the world.
Organised by the Erasmus Student Network.
Date: Thursday 10, September2026 - 15:00h
Friday, September 11, 2026
12:00
ECIU webinar on challenge-based learning
Description:
The ECIU, the UAB’s European alliance, is organising a webinar to showcase the evolution of challenge-based learning over the past seven years. The session will address the potential of this educational model, which fosters collaboration among universities, students, and external entities to tackle real-world challenges.
Participants will include Susanne Conze, head of the Higher Education Unit at the European Commission, and Timothy James Marshall, researcher specialising in challenge-based learning at the ECIU and the University of Stavanger, Norway. Experiences from the European university alliances CHARM-EU, EU-CONEXUS, EuroTeQ, and EUGLOH will also be presented, alongside perspectives from students and collaborating organisations.
For more information and to register to attend please visit: ECIU platform
Place: Online session
Date: Friday 11, September2026 - 12:00h
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
15:45
Institutional presentation of the PDUCUAB Participation Process
Description:
Institutional presentation event for the participatory process regarding the Urban Master Plan for the UAB university campus (PDUCUAB).
The event is organised by the Government of Catalonia, the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and the Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council.
More information:
Place: Faculty of Educational Sciences (sala de graus)
Date: Wednesday 16, September2026 - 15:45h
End date: Wednesday 16, September2026 - 17:30h
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
16:00
'Veus', informative conferences at the UAB
Description:
Veus UAB is a platform for disseminating research in Catalan, aimed at promoting the language in a sphere where it remains marginalised and at sharing knowledge generated at the UAB. It consists of eight-minute talks addressed to the general public—and particularly to secondary school students—designed to showcase science as a driver of change. Those interested can attend the talks as a member of the audience; they will be recorded on video and broadcast online, and will subsequently be uploaded to the website and the UAB's official YouTube channel. They will also be available at the website 3Cat.cat.
Place: Theatre Hall, Belleterra Campus, UAB
Date: Wednesday 23, September2026 - 16:00h
Organiser: UAB
Friday, October 2, 2026
12:30
The UAB inaugurates the 2026/27 academic year for the Catalan university system.
Description:
American linguist Mary Ann Newman will deliver the inaugural lecture for the 2026/27 academic year at the institutional event organised by the UAB on 2 October. It will take place at 12:30 p.m. in the Rectorat’s conference hall. The ceremony will kick off the UAB’s thematic year dedicated to Catalan culture and will also serve as the official opening of the academic year for the entire Catalan university system. The event will be presided over by UAB Rector Javier Lafuente and President of the Government of Catalonia, Salvador Illa. The event will be streamed live on the UAB's YouTube channel.
Date: Friday 2, October2026 - 12:30h