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Núria Oliver, holder of a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), delivered the inaugural lecture marking the start of the 2026–2027 academic year at UIC, where she reflected on how to move towards socially sustainable artificial intelligence

The dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Esther Calbo, recently participated in Barcelona New Economy Week (BNEW), taking part in a roundtable discussion on the role of BIVA in connecting the Sant Cugat health and life sciences ecosystem

The new university hospital joins the Faculty’s network of healthcare institutions and will enable Nursing and Medicine students to undertake clinical placements at Hospital Sanitas CIMA and the medical centres within the Sanitas CIMA Campus this academic year

The University has signed a collaboration agreement with Mutua de Propietarios Foundation to promote accessibility in architecture. The initiative is led by accessibility expert and School of Architecture lecturer Enrique Rovira-Beleta.

The event also included the presentation of the Dr Miquel Cortada Awards for Scientific Excellence, which recognise the best bachelor’s and master’s degree final projects, as well as the fourth edition of the Career Forum, organised by the Alumni & Careers Department

With this award, the Government of Catalonia recognises the contribution of UIC and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences to advancing innovation and enhancing teaching, while identifying CISA as a benchmark initiative for the training of future healthcare professionals

The University looks ahead to its 30th anniversary with a commitment to driving innovation while maintaining a humanistic perspective in the face of rapid advances in artificial intelligence

UIC Barcelona has approved the use of the commercial name UIC School of Management as the new brand identity for communicating its Business Administration and Management programmes

Led by the University’s Department of Psychology and the Salud y Persona Foundation, the project draws on the experiences of people before and after retirement and concludes that adapting to retirement does not depend solely on the individual, but is also influenced by the resources available, opportunities for participation, social networks and organisational and institutional support

Núria Roca, vice-dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences, has published an academic study suggesting that the potential of TikTok was “underused” during the 2024 European Parliament election campaign and examining how politicians used the platform