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Pompeu Fabra University (Catalan: Universitat Pompeu Fabra) is a public university in Barcelona,...

Pompeu Fabra University (Catalan: Universitat Pompeu Fabra) is a public university in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in 1990, it is named after the Catalan grammarian Pompeu Fabra. As of 2007, the university has 8,500 students and 1,008 lecturers. Out of the 8,500 students, 1,200 study Law, 900 study Business Sciencies, 820 study Business Management and Administration and 770 study Economics. Other relevant studies are Audiovisual Communication, Journalism, Political Sciences, Humanities and Labor Economics. The university is ranked first nationally in the disciplines of Business, Political Science, Economics, and Law, among others. Despite its relatively small size and its foundation less than two decades ago, the institution is the third highest-ranked university in Spain. The Business and Economics studies are renowned in Spain and throughout Europe. Well-known economists, such as Xavier Sala-i-Martín, Jordi Galí, Jaume Ventura and Andreu Mas-Colell give lectures in the Business and Economics faculty. The campus is scattered across Barcelona and is mostly composed of old renovated buildings. The conversion of these old buildings was mainly financed by the European Union