The international conference, organised by the Department of Catalan Studies, takes several balls parlats to the streets, where they reinterpret and modernise the role that patriarchy has traditionally assigned to women
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The choir performed the works of the world-famous cellist, conductor and composer at Tarragona Cathedral
35 female professors have taken advantage of a programme designed to reduce the impact of motherhood on their academic careers. It grants them a semester without teaching duties so they can devote themselves exclusively to research after the birth of a child
The cooperation project aims to institutionalise the frameworks to ensure the emotional wellbeing and support of students and staff at An-Najah National University
Architecture students create furniture to improve comfort at the School during a workshop that involves students from all years and brings together knowledge from different project subjects
The excavations by the URV and IPHES-CERCA have also found the remains, seemingly intact, of other animals such as a horse, a woolly mammoth and at least three bears
Researchers from the URV answer key questions about the consequences and challenges of the increased frequency and intensity of heatwaves for ecosystems, infrastructure, health, public activities, tourism and agriculture
10/07/2026
Under the shadow of the Moon
The total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 will be a once in a lifetime event, and the URV has turned it into a scientific outreach opportunity by organising events that explore the phenomenon in a way that cuts across disciplines and highlights different ways of understanding the world
It hasn’t happened in over a century. The last total eclipse visible from Catalonia was in 1905, and it will happen again on 12 August 2026. From 19.35,
A URV study finds that tourists who move around by car are also happy to use public transport in certain circumstances, thus presenting an opportunity for policies that boost destinations’ competitiveness and reduce the sector’s environmental impact
This initiative allows the university community and the general public to engage with a unique educational experience and highlights the role of education in cultural and linguistic transmission
The project invites reflection on perspective, authorship, and the meaning of the photographic image
Visitors can see the works that took part in the competition, which promotes an innovative perspective on the concept of tourist souvenirs.
24/04/2026
Towards an inclusive university
More and more students are turning to the URV’s Diversity Support Office, which seeks to ensure equal opportunities by offering support and improving accessibility in all areas.
Almost 2% of URV students have a certified degree of disability, although only a small proportion ask for assistance in the form of adaptations. However, there is also a significant number of students with uncertified diagnoses. The restructuring of the Diversity area for the 2024-25 academic year and the fact that more and more
A Universitat Rovira i Virgili study involving more than 300 adults from Tarragona, Barcelona and Lleida identifies religiosity and physical aggression as factors associated with higher levels of transphobia and attitudes of harassment towards trans people
A study published in Nature Communications, with the participation of IPHES-CERCA and URV, documents composite technology dating back 160,000 years
28/11/2025
A multifaceted figurehead
The URV highlights the figure of Antoni Rovira i Virgili, who, like the university that bears his name, had an interdisciplinary career marked by a commitment to influencing society to make it fairer and more open, more democratic, more cultured and more progressive
When the new public university of southern Catalonia was created in 1991 from the parts of the University of Barcelona that were already present in Tarragona and Reus, it was decided that the new institution’s name must both
30/09/2025
Flying the flag for equality
The URV is leading the way on the key issue of equality through the application of a new protocol that speeds up communication in situations of discrimination and harassment, whilst at the same time attracting more and more girls to STEM careers thanks to its constant promotion and awareness-raising
“These awards are the icing on the cake after the many years of hard work by the Equality Unit, especially through its equality plans. Although there is still work to be done,
29/07/2025
Tourism in balance
For years the URV has led the way in the analysis of the problems generated by tourist activity, especially overcrowding and its repercussions on social cohesion, housing and mobility, and it makes proposals for a sustainable model that is compatible with the needs of the local population and the territory
Almost 20 million international tourists visited Catalonia in 2024. This is a record and the figure is unlikely to stop rising in the short term, with more and more people from
They have travelled to Reykjavik to co-create solutions to global challenges related to educational innovation and digital sustainability
A study led by the IPHES and involving the URV assigns the oldest human remains found at Atapuerca to the species Homo affinis erectus and confirms that Western Europe was populated by two species of hominin more than a million years ago