The University of Barcelona presents its offering in Saló de lʻEnsenyament
The University of Barcelona presents its academic offering for the academic year 2019/2020, regarding bachelor and master degrees as well as postgraduate studies and doctorates, in Saló de lʼEnsenyament and Saló Futura, which take place in Montjuïc during the Work and Training Week.
The University of Barcelona presents its academic offering for the academic year 2019/2020, regarding bachelor and master degrees as well as postgraduate studies and doctorates, in Saló de lʼEnsenyament and Saló Futura, which take place in Montjuïc during the Work and Training Week.
The University is present in Saló de lʼEnsenyament, from March 20 to 24, with a stand to inform about the new studies. There will be a new dual degree to join the 73 bachelorʼs degrees, covering all knowledge areas, and the 12 itineraries for a dual degree: Sociology and Business Administration and Management.
The UB started offering dual degrees during the academic year 2009/2010, when it launched the dual degree of Physics and Mathematics and Mathematics and Computer Engineering. At the moment it offers ten more: Audiovisual Communication and Information and Documentation; Law and Business Administration and Management; Law and Political and Administration Sciences; Law and Criminology; Law and Public Management and Administration, Law and Industrial Relations; Economics and Statistics, Mathematics and Business Management and Administration; Teacher of Early Childhood Education and Teacher of Primary Education; and Pharmacy and Human Nutrition and Dietetics. It now adds the dual degree of Sociology and Business Management and Administration.
UB stand in Saló de lʼEnsenyament
In this edition, the University of Barcelona will have a new stand in Saló de lʼEnsenyament: it will be in Pavilion 1 and will cover a 180 square meters space (60 square meters more than last year).
The new stand is designed to ease the customized support to visitors. Also, it will show the academic offering and services for the academic year 2019/2020 and will provide visitors with information on the University. Apart from direct information, attendants will receive personal advice: with this aim, the amount of information points has increased: there will be forty-four points and a hundred people to help visitors with their doubts.
Moreover, around 65,000 leaflets will be distributed around the Saló. About 51,500 of these correspond to the faculties of the University, and 2,000 others are about the engineering studies, and 1,500 others about the affiliated centers. Also, 10,000 general leaflets with information about the studies at the University of Barcelona will be given.
Like in the previous four years, the leaflets with information on the academic offering include a QR code so that students can access with their phone devices to a specific website of the University of Barcelona, with the logo “La teva Universitat” (your university), which gathers information on the services, online resources, the activities aimed at secondary education schools and scientific dissemination, and other information of interest.
Saló Futura
The University of Barcelona takes part in Saló de Màsters i Postgraus Futura, to be held from March 22 to 23. The UB will present the offering for the academic year 2019-2020 on official degrees, UB-specific degrees and doctoral studies. This year, there will be two new official masterʼs degrees: Digital Humanities, linked to the faculties of Library and Information Sciences, Geography and History, Philosophy and Philology; and the masterʼs degree of Diplomacy and International Organizations from the Center for International Studies (CEI).
La UB Divulga in Espai Ciència
La UB Divulga will be present this year in Espai Ciència with a stand in Saló de lʼEnsenyament. Vistors will see the research and innovation tasks carried out by some research groups of the UB in several fields of knowledge, such as physics, biology, psychology, geology, fine arts or geography and history. From Wednesday, March 20th to Sunday, March 24th, several researchers will show and share their research through workshops and interactive activities, like scientific experiments, to promote the interest of youngsters in science and technology. Some workshops are RiuNeT: the app to assess the ecological state of rivers; Ultracold UB; Gaia: a galaxy in 3D; Transmission electron microscopy: Parlem de geografia? Participa en el GeoQuiz; Sound sculptures; Viu la geologia, and Estudiem el cervell: no em trec lʼestadística del cap. More information in this link.
Saló de lʼOcupació Juvenil
During the Work and Training Week, the second edition of Saló de lʼOcupació Juvenil will take place from March 21 to 22. It is aimed at youngsters aged from 16 to 35 who are looking for a job, have finished their studies or want to redirect their professional career. The fair is structured in eight different areas to know about the existing public services and means, to receive guidance on labour rights and responsibilities, getting closer to the labour market, finding new jobs, or knowing more about the third sector and the world of entrepreneurship. The University of Barcelona will be present from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the stand of the University Network for Occupation, from the Interuniversity Council of Catalonia, and in the “Salta al món del treball”, in Palau 2 in the Montjuïc fair. Apart from guidance and information on employment available in the stand, the following workshop will be available: “Si ets universitari: crea la teva pròpia marca personal” (If you are a university student: create your own brand).