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International Conference Centre

The Centre offers a comprehensive service for the organisation of conferences and seminars, especially addressed to companies and institutions in the region of Tarragona related to research, teaching and knowledge transfer.

The URV is in the top 501-600 universities in the world

The URV is in the top 501-600 universities in the world

According to the Times Higher Education (THE) and Shanghai (ARWU) rankings, the URV is among the top 600 universities in the world. This position confirms the URV’s excellence and international competitiveness.

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“I aim to enable ways for the personalized medicine to be used for diseases related to nutrition”

17/01/2020 Interview

Bryan Percy Saldivar, international fellow at the Faculty of Chemistry, aims to create a predictive model capable of suggesting the most suitable diet for patients given their health condition, that would reduce clinical screening time and cost

The Martí i Franquès programme announces 31 predoctoral new contracts

13/12/2019

Candidates for the Trainee Predoctoral Research Contracts have until 9 January 2020 to present their applications

The URV participates in the UN Climate Change Conference COP25

04/12/2019

The URV presented its progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Aurora Network project for measuring scientific contributions to social challenges, research on governance and environmental law, and a sustainable desalination project

The challenge of climate change in Southern Catalonia

02/12/2019 Opinion

climate change can still offer opportunities, for instance, exploiting new farming methods or marketing extended tourist seasons

URV students promote the Chinese Corner for cultural exchange

28/11/2019

Local participants can learn about Chinese culture and phrases in Chinese for daily use through conversation with Chinese students

URV has ten disciplines ranked among the best in the world according to Times Higher Education 2020

26/11/2019

This ranking weighs the results of 13 indicators corresponding to the areas of teaching; research, citations, internationalisation and transfer

Scientists discover the origin of a microbial infection with lethal effects

21/11/2019

URV researchers are taking part in this research work that is paving the way to finding effective treatments that can counteract the virulence of necrotizing fasciitis caused by a bacterium in water

Jordi Salas-Salvadó, one of the most highy cited researchers in the world

19/11/2019

The professor and director of the URV’s Unit of Human Nutrition is on the list of most influential scientists in the world thanks to the impact of his research, according to the list “Highly Cited Researchers 2019”

Presentation of a molecular strategy that would prevent the formation of tumours

14/11/2019

The research, led by CNIO and in which URV researchers participate, has found that the FASN enzyme is crucial for one of the essential processes by which a normal cell becomes cancerous. Blocking this enzyme in an animal model slows the onset of tumours and extends their survival

Russian universities visit the URV to establish collaboration in academic programmes

12/11/2019

URV students will be able to participate in summer schools in Russian universities and to undertake joint assignments in different subjects with Russian students

An algorithm can predict how drugs will interact in 85 types of cancer

06/11/2019

This mathematical model, developed by URV researchers, has a success rate of 75%

Simulation games promote development of most in-demand career skills

04/11/2019

Researchers at the URV and UOC have evaluated the impact of these games on the learning processes of students enrolled on bachelor’s and master's degree programmes, observing that, in addition to increasing student’s levels of motivation, these simulators also deliver improvements in terms of the learning process and skills acquired

Rovira i Virgili’s INSERLAB programme wins Aurora Diversity and Equality award

31/10/2019

Their one-year course focuses on improving the autonomy and educational level of the intellectually disabled student

Africa has come knocking on your door

15/10/2019 Opinion

Ethiopia’s young prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, is the new and, as from now, eternal winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2019, for his leading role in the peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

The importance of being Goodenough

14/10/2019 Opinion

The contribution made by Goodenough, Whittingham and Yoshino, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is the discovery, 30 years ago now, that adding a lithium electrode enormously improves the performance of rechargeable batteries without significantly increasing production costs

Discovering the universe

11/10/2019 Opinion

The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded twice to three leading scientists pioneers in the field of exoplanets.

Oxygen (O2), at the centre of the Nobel Prize stage

09/10/2019 Opinion

The studies carried out by the prize-winners William G. Kaelin, Gregg L. Semenza and Peter J. Ratcliffe describe the mechanisms of one of life’s most essential adaptive processes

More than a hundred URV students and staff participate in the fifth Canoeing trip on the Ebro River

07/10/2019

One third of the participants were international students from countries including the Netherlands, Portugal, France and China

The URV welcomes international students

03/10/2019

More than 300 students have come to the University this year through mobility programmes

The URV takes the training programme for the professionalization of doctoral thesis supervisors to Peru and Colombia

02/10/2019

The programme aims to improve research results by improving the relationship between researchers and doctoral students

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