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14 unusual facts about University of Barcelona


Carlos Carrizosa Torres

He studied Law in the University of Barcelona and is a member of the Lawyer Association of Barcelona.

Jaume Duch Guillot

He started his career within the Parliament administration as an official in 1990, prior to which he was an assistant to a Member of the European Parliament (1987–1989) from a Catalan party and associate professor for international public law and European law at the University of Barcelona (1986–1990).

Jesús M. de Miguel Rodríguez

Jesús M. de Miguel Rodríguez (born 1947) is a sociologist and professor of sociology at the University of Barcelona where he is director of the sociological research group GRS.

Josep A. Planell i Estany

Planell was born in Barcelona, graduated in Physics from the University of Barcelona in 1975 and earned his doctorate in Materials Science from Queen Mary, University of London, in 1983.

Josep Domènech i Estapà

He graduated in 1881, and became professor of geodesy (1888) and descriptive geometry (1895) at the University of Barcelona, and member of the Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts (1883), of which he subsequently became president(1914).

Julio Anguita

Born into a military family, he broke with family tradition by doing teaching studies and subsequently obtaining a degree in history at the University of Barcelona.

Keilschrift Texte aus Ugarit

The editors include Manfried Dietrich (born in Yuanjiang, China, 6 Nov. 1935) of the University of Munster Institut für Altorientalische Philologie, Oswald Loretz, and Joaquín Sanmartín of the University of Barcelona.

Lourdes Benería

Beneria received her undergraduate degree from the University of Barcelona in 1961 and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 1975.

Maruxa Vilalta

María Soteras was the first woman to graduate with a degree in law from the University of Barcelona and she was also a member of the Colegio de Abogados.

Neil D. Drysdale

Drysdale studied at the University of Barcelona, and then taught English as a foreign language - but then switched his mind to horses.

Paloma Fernández

She is member of the council board of the Centre of Studies in Economics and Economic History Antoni de Capmany from Universitat de Barcelona, and of the Entrepreneurial History Discussion Papers website.

Paloma Fernández Pérez (born Barcelona, 1964), is Professor of economic and business history at the University of Barcelona.

Pierre Rigal

He studied mathematics and economics at the University of Barcelona and graduated with a masters degree in cinema from École Supérieure d'Audiovisuel de Toulouse in 1997, but became interested in dance after meeting choreographers and directors.

Ricard Pérez Casado

Married with one son, Pérez studied Economic Science at University of Barcelona and graduated in Political and Social Science at Complutense University of Madrid before gaining a PhD in history from University of Valencia.


Eduardo García de Enterría

Born in Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria, he studied law at the Universities of Barcelona and Madrid, where he obtained his Doctoral Degree, cum laude.

Enric Prat de la Riba

He started his law studies at the University of Barcelona and finished and received his degree at the Central University of Madrid

Montserrat Tura i Camafreita

After graduating with degrees in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona, she combined medical practice with her specialisation in health care management and economics.

Paolo Macchiarini

Paolo Macchiarini, M.D., Ph.D. was head and chairman of the Hospital Clínic (Barcelona Metro) de Barcelona, University of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, as well as professor of surgery at the University of Barcelona in Spain, and at the Hannover Medical School in Hannover, Germany.

Paul-Louis Landsberg

Between 1934 and 1936 he held positions at the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Barcelona, where his thought began to exert a great influence over his pupils, and where it is still studied avidly to this day.

Regenerative medicine

In June 2008, at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Professor Paolo Macchiarini and his team, of the University of Barcelona, performed the first tissue engineered trachea (wind pipe) transplantation.

Salvador Espriu

He was awarded honorary doctor's degrees by the universities of Toulouse and Barcelona.