Research institutes and centers
The UB's research institutes promote and organize interdisciplinary and specialized research activities in different fields of science, technology and the arts. They also provide scientific and technical consultancy in their areas of expertise. The University of Barcelona currently runs and participates in approximately thirty research institutes and research centres.
Research institutes and research centres
- Institute of Archaeology (IAUB)
- Institute of Mathematics (IMUB)
- Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBIO)
- Geomodels Research Centre
- Institute for Research in Economics (BEAT)
- Institute for Research on Applied Regional and Public Economics (IREA)
- Institute for Research on Medieval Cultures (IRCVM)
- Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB)
- Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS)
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB)
- Institute of Research in Education (IRE.UB)
- Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IPOA)
- Legal Research Institute (TransJus)
- Water Research Institut (IdRA)
Research institutes in which the UB participates
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal Barcelona)
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)
- Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB)
- Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC)
Interuniversity institutes
- Barcelona Institute of Analytical Philosophy (BIAP) - with "Maria Maetzu Excellence Accreditation", awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MINECO)
- Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI)
- Institute of Childhood and Adolescence of Barcelona, C.
- The Inter-University Women and Gender Studies Institute (IIEDG)
Research centres
- ADHUC Theory, genre, sexuality
- Interdisciplinary Social Research Centre ISREC
- POLIS: Art, City, Sustainability
- Research centre on Information, Communication and Culture
- Research centre on Sociolinguistics and Communication (CUSC)