Pilar Galán has helped create a bank of biological samples for understanding the mechanisms involved in the relationship between food and cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes and has launched food labels containing nutritional information.
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Students and University staff must notify the URV’s internal eCOVID application if they have symptoms compatible with those of the virus, if they have been in close contact with a confirmed case or if they have received the results of a PCR or antigen test
The number of individuals on the University’s premises may not exceed 70% of capacity at any time and the use of a mask will be mandatory everywhere.
The programmes in question are the master’s degree in Chemical Engineering and the master’s degree in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Energy
It is the 6th university in Catalonia and the 20th in Spain. Of the almost 20,000 universities in the world only 1,300 are included in the ranking
More than one hundred businesses and organizations attend the official presentation in Tarragona of a strategic national initiative which has already been working for some time on the transition to the renewable hydrogen economy and society. Enagás and Repsol takes on the commercial leadership of an initiative coordinated by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili which they hope will make the territory a European leader in the hydrogen industry
The eminent sociologist, a pioneer in feminist research on education in Spain, argues for the dissolution and disappearance of gender in order to reach a new stage of equality and freedom among all people
Both entities are committed to the energy transition and to the reactivation of the economy and have joined forces to promote the renewable hydrogen value chain and access to NEXTGEN-EU funding
More than 30 technical, administrative and research members of the URV met on Friday, 19 March, in the first joint meeting of the whole team working on the European project
For the fourth consecutive year, the Universitat Rovira i Virgili appears in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. Chemistry and Chemical Engineering retain their places and two more have been added: Archaeology and Medicine, which until now had not featured on this list
Each of the URV’s faculties and schools will inform students which subjects will be taught face-to-face in line with COVID-19 safety measures. All other courses, both bachelor’s and master’s will continue to be taught online
The platform led by the URV presents its projects for the region’s energy transition to the Vice-President of the Catalan Government, who promises it the highest level of government support
The URV forms part of the Aurora Alliance, the interuniversity campus consisting of nine countries who promote social entrepreneurs
More than 50 stakeholders have joined the initiative coordinated by the URV
This has been established in the URV’s Contingency Plan for the 2020-21 academic year, which stipulates how all members of the URV community must act in order to prevent the spread of the disease on its campuses
All courses will be taught following a blended format and priority will be given to the face-to-face activities of first-year bachelor’s degrees
It is the 4th Catalan university in the Shanghai ranking
Almost 800 students, research and staff members who belong to the Aurora Alliance will be able to study and do research in other institutions thanks to the project that has just been awarded by the European Commission
The move online and the opportunity to study part-time help students as they prepare for their professional careers
31/03/2020
URV information on COVID-19
All buildings and facilities are closed until further notice. Teaching and assessments will continue at a distance, as far as possible (last update: 03/04/2020)