The meeting will be held at the Physics and Chemistry Faculties of the University of Barcelona.

The University of Barcelona (officially in Catalan, “Universitat de Barcelona”) is a public university with several campuses located throughout the city of Barcelona. Founded in 1450, it is divided into eighteen faculties and one university school that develop courses and research on Humanities, Social Sciences, Experimental Sciences, Health Sciences, Mathematics, and some areas of Engineering. It is the fourth largest university of Spain by number of students, but the first one by volume of scientific production. It is also the top Spanish university according to some international rankings [1, 2].

The Physics Faculty (“Facultat de Física”) and the Chemistry Faculty (“Facultat de Química”) are located within the same urban block at the “Diagonal — Portal del Coneixement” campus, in the Southwest of the city (“Les Corts” district).

Facultats de Física i Química
Universitat de Barcelona
Av. Diagonal 647
Barcelona 08028

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If you arrive to Barcelona by train, once in Sants Estació, you may take the subway (Line 3 , towards Zona Universitària) until the Palau Reial station.

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Conference room

Talks will take place at the conference room “Aula de graus Eduard Fontseré”. Lunches will be provided at the bar-restaurant of the faculties.

Accommodation

Barcelona offers a broad range of hotels and hostels, mainly located in the center and other touristic places. We recommend to visit the tourist information website BarcelonaTurisme.

For groups there is the possibility to book some rooms in a student residence. Torre Girona and Penyafort are located near the faculties of Chemistry and Physics of the University of Barcelona.