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Pompeu Fabra University

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Barcelona, Spain
=176th in World University Rankings 2025
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About Pompeu Fabra University

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Established in 1990, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) is a public university in Barcelona, Spain, the country’s Catalan capital. 

UPF is known for flexibility and dynamism. Studies at the university are increasingly customisable.

The university’s main strengths are its Social Sciences and Humanities, Health and Life Sciences and Communication and ICT.

UPF was commissioned by the Catalan Parliament to train young professionals and to improve Spain’s contributions to global research. 

The university is named for the linguist Pompeu Fabra, an expert on the Catalan language, credited with standardising this once-disused language and revising it, giving it the status it holds today. Catalan is the official language of UPF. Students wishing to learn Catalan tongue will have plenty of opportunity in Barcelona and around Pompeu Fabra.

Barcelona is a vibrant city and one of the top tourist spots in Europe, with its blue ocean, sandy beaches, museums, fashionable shops and Gaudi architecture. Gaudi’s masterpiece, the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, dominates the city’s northern skyline.

UPF has three campuses around the city. Social and Human Sciences are studied at Ciutadella, Health and Life Sciences at Mar and Communication and Information Technologies at Poblenou.

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Rankings

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World University Rankings 2025
20406080
Overall 60.1
Teaching 36
Research Environment 44.6
Research Quality 90
Industry 83.9
International Outlook 82.2
50525456586020162017201820192020202120222023202551.252.856.958.357.857.457.155.460.1

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Impact Rankings

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Impact Rankings 2024
88.188.188.188.188.1202088.1

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Impact Ranking positions 2020 to 2024
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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at Pompeu Fabra University

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
62 F : 38 M (1)
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International student percentage
17% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
22.3 (1)
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Student total
12662 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at Pompeu Fabra University

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Social Sciences101–125th

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Communication and Media Studies

Clinical and Health176–200th

  • Medicine and Dentistry

Law101–125th

  • Law

Business and Economics82nd

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting and Finance

Arts and Humanities101–125th

  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Art, Performing Art and Design

Engineering301–400th

  • General Engineering