Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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I have been accepted to the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona, Spain, for my junior year, as an exchange student, working towards her master's degree in International Business and Spanish at the University of Edinburgh. Universitat Pompeu Fabra is a public, international and research-intensive university that ranks 10th in the 2020 Times Higher Education Young University Ranking and the 1st of the Spanish Universities in the QS World University ranking 50 under 50 (position 28 worldwide and 7th in Europe).
Pompeu Fabra University (Catalan: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, UPF, pronounced [uniβəɾsiˈtat pumˈpɛw ˈfaβɾə]; Spanish: Universidad Pompeu Fabra) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. In 2021, it was ranked the best university in Spain and 10th best young university in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, as well as best university by the U-Ranking of Spanish Universities. The university was created by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia in 1990, and was named after the linguist Pompeu Fabra, an expert on the Catalan language.
UPF is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Spain and it is one of the seven young universities that progress most rapidly worldwide. It is the most efficient Spanish university and the most productive according to national and international rankings. It has occupied the first place in the national ranking of scientific productivity since 2009. In recent years, the university has begun to excel in some international rankings, especially in the studies of economics, political science and law.
The studies in the field of Economics at UPF have been ranked among the top 50 worldwide, occupying the 20th place in Economics and Econometrics in the QS World University Rankings by subject in 2016 and 40th place in Economics & Business in the Times Higher Education Rankings. The university's Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences is the first and only faculty in Spain (public or private and for any discipline) to be awarded the Certificate for Quality in Internationalization granted by a consortium of 14 European accreditation agencies. UPF was designated as an "International Excellence Campus" by the Spanish Ministry of Education in 2010.
