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On 8 July, UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) hosted the sixth edition of the Geopolitics Seminar, organised by the Olof Palme International Foundation and the newspaper El País. The event brought together diplomats, researchers, and international relations experts to reflect on the key challenges facing global security.

The session explored the theoretical foundations of this management approach, discussed how it can be integrated into teaching, and examined the practical case of Uriach.

From 22 to 26 June, UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) welcomed a high-level delegation from Ecuador's leading judicial institutions, headed by Dr. Mercedes Caicedo Aldaz, President of the Judicial Council of Ecuador. The visit aimed to strengthen institutional and academic cooperation on the responsible governance of artificial intelligence applied to the administration of justice.

The UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) appears once again in the ranking of 250 master’s degrees published annually by the newspaper El Mundo, with a total of six programmes in the Top 5 of their category recognized by this classification.

UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) has been recognized for the sixth consecutive year as a Transforming School by the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) 2026, an international ranking that recognizes responsible business education, social impact, and sustainability among the world's leading business schools, based on students’ own assessments

UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) has entered the Financial Times Masters in Finance Ranking 2026 for the first time in its history. This ranking is widely regarded as the most prestigious and demanding global benchmark in higher education for finance programs. This year’s ranking includes only 70 finance master’s programs from around the world.

Toni Aira, professor at the UPF Barcelona School of Management and director of the Veolia Chair in Institutional Communication and Sustainability from UPF-BSM, has participated in the 76th edition of the International Communication Association (ICA), held in Cape Town (South Africa), the leading international annual conference in the field of communication.

The awarded initiative corresponds to the implementation of IntelliBoard, an advanced Learning Analytics tool integrated with Moodle, developed by the school’s team to improve monitoring and the quality of the learning experience.

The school once again appears in the Financial Times Executive Education Custom Ranking 2026, climbing 17 positions compared to 2025 and ranking as the leading Spanish business school, the third-fastest rising institution in Europe, and the seventh worldwide in terms of progression.

The UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) and the Metropolitan House Foundation have presented the report “Housing Associations: the provision and management of social housing”, a research project developed within the framework of the Chair for Decent and Sustainable Housing. The study explores how internationally established affordable housing management models can be adapted to the Spanish context.

The Alumni Industry Forum on the Pharma & MedTech sector has taken place at the UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM), as part of an alumni gathering organized by the school. The forum addressed one of the major challenges facing the healthcare sector: how to build trust in a context marked by information overload, technological disruption, and the growing complexity of the health ecosystem.

The Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalunya) has renewed the institutional accreditation of UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM).

UPF-BSM publishes the study “The Professionalization of Family Businesses”, which analyzes the presence of formal governance, planning, and control practices in more than one hundred family-owned companies.

The first cohort of the renewed Executive MBA at UPF-BSM begins its journey with five intensive days that combined training sessions, experiences within the city’s business ecosystem, and activities designed to strengthen leadership and connections among participants.

The Goya Awards recognized yesterday the talent linked to UPF Barcelona School of Management through two productions closely connected to the Master’s in Documentary Filmmaking, which stood out in several categories during the ceremony.