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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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Tourist cities: from benefits to threats

02/04/2020

Mass tourism has transformed the nature of many cities to the detriment of their inhabitants. A European project led by the URV is seeking solutions to prevent the social exclusion of the most vulnerable groups living in these destinations

Oldest ever human genetic evidence clarifies dispute over our ancestors

02/04/2020

Genetic material from an 800,000-year-old human fossil has been retrieved for the first time

The URV’s master’s courses move towards greater flexibility and online learning

30/03/2020

Half of the URV’s 55 university masters offered in 2020-21 will be taught online or combination of online and classroom-based learning (blended) or will allow students to decide if they want to study in the classroom or online. Pre-registration is now open on the University’s website

A total of 62 researchers from all over Spain demand total lockdown in an article in The Lancet

27/03/2020

The researcher from the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Àlex Arenas, is one of the signatories of the document alongside Oriol Mitjà

Coronavirus Covid-19 is the last warning: if we don’t make decisions, it will be the collapse of our species

23/03/2020 Opinion

This is not just a health crisis. It is a social and universal crisis

The city of Barcelona will have 600 deaths from coronavirus in less than two weeks

23/03/2020

This estimation has just been made using the mathematical model designed by URV researchers and Unizar if current mobility is maintained. Portugal, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay have already got in touch with the research group to request data on the spread of the virus in these countries

URV information on COVID-19

16/03/2020

All buildings and facilities are closed until further notice and teaching will continue at a distance, as far as possible (last update: 16/03/2020)

Resolution by the Rector to reduce the spread of COVID-19

15/03/2020

All URV buildings and facilities will be closed except for the essential basic services, mechanisms to ensure non-presential working and teaching are established, and the deadlines for internal URV regulations and procedures are suspended until further notice

First study on the draft of Gaudí’s chimneys in the Palau Güell

14/03/2020

In his design of the 20 chimneys that crown the rooftop of the Palau Güell, Gaudí combined ornamentation with smoke extraction. However, the results of combining these two functions were by no means optimal in all of them. URV researchers have examined not the decorative function of these chimneys but their draft

Apples are shown to help prevent cardiovascular diseases

13/03/2020

Researchers from the NFOC-Salut group at the URV have analysed the results of the latest studies carried out in the frame of the AppleCOR project, which examines the effect of consuming anthocyanin-rich apple flesh on reducing cholesterol

The University will cease classroom activity from March 13 to March 27 due to the coronavirus health alert

12/03/2020

Teaching will continue at a distance, as far as possible

The URV suspends all internships in the Catalan health system

10/03/2020

All other attended academic activities to continue as normal

Mar Gutiérrez-Colón has been appointed editor of The Eurocall Review

10/03/2020

The researcher has also joined the International Evaluation Committee of WordCall, the international association of teachers and researchers in the field of computer-assisted language learning

The first Collaborative Online International Learning experiences are starting this semester at the URV

05/03/2020

COIL is a learning methodology that links a class at one educational institution with another in a different country

The URV welcomes the second semester international students

02/03/2020

More than 150 students have come to the University this second semester through mobility programmes

A mathematical model predicts the risk of new cases of coronavirus in Spain

28/02/2020

Researchers at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Universidad de Zaragoza have developed the tool, which provides its results on a website that is updated daily

Universitat Rovira i Virgili researchers propose a model for more fairly dividing CO2 emissions quotas between countries

20/02/2020

It is an environmental distribution method that aims to prevent the more influential countries from conditioning the climate change negotiations

URV relaunches the competition “Explain your thesis in 4 minutes”

18/02/2020

Doctoral students are challenged to explain their research to the general public. The winner will go through to the final round to compete against representatives of other Catalan universities

URV students can do internships at universities in other countries

14/02/2020

The International Network of Universities (INU) has created an internships programme to facilitate work-based learning

“Going on an Erasmus visit is one way of making my life like those of other people”

11/02/2020 Interview

Alba Buendía is a student on the URV’s Bachelor’s Degree in English and has spinal muscular atrophy, a disease that leads to the loss of muscle mass. For this reason she has started a crowd funding campaign so that she can get the assistance she needs in order to complete her studies at York Saint John University (United Kingdom) Alba Buendía, student on the Bachelor’s Degree in English

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