All URV buildings and facilities will be closed except for the essential basic services, mechanisms to ensure non-presential working and teaching are established, and the deadlines for internal URV regulations and procedures are suspended until further notice
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Teaching will continue at a distance, as far as possible
The summer school, involving universities from five countries, will take place at the URV in 2020 via a European mobility project
Producers hope that the first graduates of the master’s degree will innovate and increase the quality of their beers
The URV and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore are long-standing Erasmus+ partners and have established a mobility programme for economics students
The ranking also rates bachelor’s degree courses, of which the URV has ten in first position
Attendance figures for this year’s three open day events were up 22% on 2017
Students from the first edition are on internships in various European countries where they are learning to make wine
The international competition that selects the best books on food and wine in the world recognises the quality of Maoz Eliakim’s photography of the books on oenologists published by Publicacions URV
The “Young University Ranking” by Times Higher Education has put the URV in 76th place out of a list of the top 200 universities in the world under the age of fifty
The researchers are part of the Martí i Franquès COFUND Fellowship Programme which is jointly funded by the European Union as part of its Horizon 2020 programme. This new programme at the URV will recruit 25 predoctoral researchers this year and another 25 next year, all on three-year contracts. The call for applications is open from 15 February to 15 April 2017
Research by the URV has demonstrated, for the first time, that the polyphenols in grapes can re-establish the control mechanism that the brain has on appetite and which is altered in obesity. The study reports that adding these phenols to the diet of obese individuals, in conjunction with other therapies, would be a good strategy to reduce the appetite and the excess of body fat
The award of an honorary URV doctorate to honour the personal and professional career of this world-renowned viticulturist and businessman was proposed by the Faculty of Oenology. The investiture was held on 21st October in the Auditorium of the Offices of the Rector
This is the first time the Universitat Rovira i Virgili appears on the ranking of the top 500 universities in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), an internationally prestigious ranking compiled by the Jiao Tong University of Shanghai
The ranking 150 under 50 by Times Higher Education has put the URV in 83rd position in the list of the 150 best universities in the world under the age of fifty. It is the third year running that URV has featured in this ranking, which has been conducted since 2012
The General Assembly of the OENODOC and OENOVITI International networks takes place twice a year to discuss joint training and research projects in workgroups. Often these general assemblies are preceded by a symposium on specific topics chosen by the networks’ members
The student Sergi Canals will be embarking on two- year stay at the University of Californias thanks to the Balsells-Generalitat scholarship. For the first time, this programme is providing funding to cover the cost of registration fees and living expenses so that students can study the Master’s programme in Viticulture and Oenology at UC Davis, one of the 10 campuses in the University of California, which is considered one of the most important public university systems in the world
The first beer made by URV students has been officially presented by the Faculty of Oenology during the closing ceremony of the University Master’s Degree in Fermented Beverages. The ceremony took place on 25 June at the Sescelades Campus and featured a talk by the president of the Guild of Natural and Artisan Beer Makers