The University of Barcelona is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities in Spain and has 106 departments with more than 5,000 full-time researchers, technicians and research assistants. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. University of Barcelona (Wikipedia)
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It was established in 1450.
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It was established in 1450.
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The University of Barcelona is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: University of Barcelona
- Wikidata Q219615, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q219615, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
- Wikidata Q219615 P2196 (number of students), preferred+latest (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
View the Source3. Center for World University Rankings: CWUR World University Rankings 2025
Center for World University RankingsCWUR Global 2000 list 2025, world rank 136Quote, CWUR Global 2000 list 2025, world rank 136
Top 0.7% University of Barcelona Spain 2 229 657 - 71 80.6
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