Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Founded in 1990, UPF is a public university based in Barcelona that is highly competitive in research and aims to transform education to respond to future challenges.

In a context of major global challenges, UPF has undertaken an imperative commitment as a university institution: to help find solutions for the main challenges facing humanity and the planet, which are set out in the Planetary Wellbeing initiative. As a public university, UPF fulfils its commitment to tackling the major challenges of the 21st century by creating, transmitting and transferring new multidisciplinary knowledge to guide the implementation of discerning policies and inspiring leadership.

We are launching the Barcelona Program for Interdisciplinary Studies (BaPIS) as the flagship of UPF’s strategy for internationalization and innovation. It is an oportunity for excellent students from UPF and abroad to attend a multifaceted Fall and/or Winter School.