Universitat Pompeu Fabra — student housing nearby (2026)

Pompeu Fabra University is a public university in Barcelona, Spain. It was created by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia in 1990, and was named after the linguist Pompeu Fabra, an expert on the Catalan language. The UPF campus is publicly accessable and worth a visit. Situated in the Vila Olímpi

++GOOD THINGS The design of the buildings, ease of access to library and documents, some teachers are really good at their job and it has a long-standing reputation for economics. It's not true that this is a "political" university, most of the subjects for BSc in Economics are taught in english. Th

The level of required knowledge low. The organization works ok, but all the promises they made on the website do not occur. The master in management works like highschool. You learn the minimal understanding and then you write exams about the material. Almost no practical approach.

The UPF campus is publicly accessable and worth a visit. Situated in the Vila Olímpica neighbourhood, next to Ciutadella Park and Barcelona Zoo, it was set up in this area as a result of the urban regeneration that came to the city in the wake of the Olympic Games, and breathed new life into three h