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At URV, we have a clear goal: to make knowledge accessible to society as a whole. That's why we continuously offer programmes, activities and a wide range At the URV, we have the clear goal of making knowledge accessible to society as a whole. That's why we continuously offer programmes, activities and a wide range of initiatives to turn this goal into reality.

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Josep Roman-Juan receives the Juan Antonio Micó award for the best doctoral thesis on pain in clinical sciences

28/04/2025

The researcher at the URV's Chair in Paediatric Pain has also been awarded an IASP John J. Bonica International Fellowship in recognition of his work

Mark P. Jensen, world leader in chronic pain research, awarded Honorary Doctorate by the URV

21/02/2025

The investiture ceremony recognised his balance of science and empathy as part of his research into well-being, and the value of research collaborations, such as his long-standing partnership with the URV Chair in Paediatric Pain

The URV sees in the Chinese New Year

04/02/2025

Celebrating 30 years since the first group of Chinese students arrived at the university

The URV, among the top universities in Spain for business collaboration and technological impact

28/01/2025

According to data from the Fundación CyD Report, the URV is ranked second in terms of the number of its scientific papers cited in patents and third in the number of collaborations with companies

The UNESCO Housing Chair: ten years leading international research into the right to housing

20/12/2024

Over the past decade, the Chair has pioneered social and research initiatives that have had a significant impact on public policies and improved access to decent housing

One in ten permanent researchers at the URV is among the most influential in the world

28/10/2024

Stanford University updates its list of the world's most important researchers with 2023 data. The URV has second highest rate of influential researchers among its permanent teaching and research staff out of all the universities in Spain and Catalonia

Professor Sergio Nasarre will appear before the Urban Agenda and Housing Committee of the Spanish Parliament

22/10/2024

The founder of the UNESCO Chair in Housing has been asked to appear before the committee this Wednesday. He will do so alongside around twenty other experts proposed by parliamentary groups

Cultural Day kicks off language welcome activities at the URV

18/09/2024

The event forms part of the Welcome Days, the URV's programme for welcoming international students at the start of the academic year and introducing them to Catalan culture

The URV has opened a reference facility for biomedical and biotechnological research

19/07/2024

This unique infrastructure in Catalonia will enable the stages of experimental and clinical research to be optimised before finally being applied to people.

More than a hundred secondary school and baccalaureate students take part in a new edition of EstiURV

09/07/2024

Courses will be held on different URV campuses during the first half of July to encourage students to consider a career in research and the sciences.

Research by the URV transforms coffee grounds into bioplastics

09/07/2024

The resulting product will be used to manufacture parts for the coffee makers of the INCAPTO company, a collaborator in the project

The URV’s employment programme Inwork has shown the need for practical experience

13/06/2024

The programme is designed for people with intellectual disabilities and has put them in touch with the world of employment through real entrepreneurship projects

NT Sensors, from the URV to the five continents

02/04/2024

Now in its 15th year and with branches all over the world, this spin-off company, currently focuses on automatic instruments for measuring nitrate concentration

Chinese secondary-school students discover the south of Catalonia and the University with the URV’s Centre for Hispanic Studies

05/02/2024

Students from Wycombe Abbey International school

Technology developed to generate hydrogen from wastewater with solar radiation

17/01/2024

Using URV research findings, the HACDOS project has validated an experimental pilot plant and is now preparing an industrial-scale plant to consolidate a viable and profitable circular energy model

The European Parliament includes chronic pain in the report on mental health, key to improving how it is treated

10/01/2024

This change, the result of the insistence by Jordi Miró, director of the URV’s Chair for Paediatric Pain, should allow more comprehensive and interdisciplinary care for patients

Launch of the InWork-Inserlab training programme for people with special educational needs

28/11/2023

Presented to future students and companies on 30 November, the project aims to find employment for young people with intellectual disabilities, developmental disorders and ASD

The URV spin-off company Renalyse plans to industrialise its device for diagnosing chronic kidney disease

09/10/2023

The company, also known as CreatSens Health, has raised 1,000,000 euros through public and private investment

The URV and the Repsol Foundation create a chair in energy transition for systems of CO₂ capture and use

06/10/2023

The aim is to help society better understand the energy transition and the technologies needed to combat climate change

Thousands of people have taken part in the 6th edition of the European Researchers’ Night in the province of Tarragona

30/09/2023

A hundred activities have been organised by about 300 researchers from the URV and the four research institutes of the region. On Thursday the last activity, the micro-talks, will take place at the Xavier Amorós Library in Reus