CEICS, Campus of International excellence southern catalonia URV

80 members make up the CEICS.

1,600 researchers work at campus research structures.

1,238  scientific articles have been published by CEICS researchers - a figure that has doubled in the past five years. Related information

100 R&D projects have been awarded funding: a total of €17 milion.

803 awarded technology transfer contracts: a value of €12 million.

8 research institutes.

4 science and technology parks.

4 renowned technological centres.

14 technology-based companies have emerged from the CEICS.

26 European projects have been awarded to researchers within the 7th framework programme.

6,000 km² lie within the project's area of influence.

800,000 inhabitants live in the counties of southern Catalonia.

19 billion euros is the GDP of the Tarragona area, representing 10% of the total for Catalonia.

Half of the doctoral students at the URV are international students In recent years the number of international students at the URV has increased considerably. 26.9% of all postgraduate students now come from abroad and 50.4% of doctoral students have come to study at the URV from other countries. There are currently 1,503 postgraduate students enrolled at the university. Read the report

Injection of 200,000 euros per year to promote research and foster mobility within the university community Banco Santander and the URV have renewed an agreement between the two institutions through which Banco Santander has committed to an investment of 200,000 euros per year to promote research and increase competitiveness. These funds are earmarked for projects carried out by research teams and groups and for the start up of student and teacher exchange programmes with European and South American universities. Funding is also provided to support the Atapuerca excavations and a portion of the funds will be set aside for the Socioeconomic Committee of Camp de Tarragona.

The central building of Tecnoparc, the benchmark complex for economic promotion, opens its doors Located on the central roundabout in the technology complex, the Reus Tecnoparc building, which is now up and running, primarily aims to facilitate the activities of the companies that have set up business in the park, foster an entrepreneurial spirit in the field of technology and develop business interactions on both a national and international level. The new venue is the headquarters of different institutes and organisations active in the socio-economic sphere: the Feria Reus convention centre facilities, a Chamber of Commerce service centre, the Tecoredessa business incubator centre and an audiovisual production centre. The venue is designed to offer modular, flexible facilities of 42,500 m2, with a large 6,500 m2 area that can be divided into three independent rooms. It has two auditoriums: one interior hall, the Antoni Gaudí auditorium, with a capacity for 750 guests and one exterior auditorium which can accommodate an audience of up to a thousand people. It also features a restaurant and an underground car park with 600 spaces.

Tecnoparc’s CEPID makes more than 6,000 m2 available for R&D activities SIEMENS is the latest company to decide to join the Business Centre for Innovation and Development (CEPID) in Tecnoparc, the Reus technology park. The CEPID building has earmarked 6,000 m2 for R&D activities. This is an infrastructure which is provided to businesses linked to different sectors such as foodstuffs, biotechnology and new healthcare technologies. SIEMENS will locate its new development centre for engineering specialising in automation for the industrial sector and for the promotion of research, development and innovation activities at the Reus site. It will initially have a staff of 30 people. Other international businesses have confirmed their interest in spaces and in establishing strategic alliances with other organisations that make up the technology park. Among these are the largest pharmaceutical group in Mexico, Laboratorios Silanes; as well as one of Colombia’s largest multinational food companies, Alpina y Novus Internacional, an enterprising leader in animal nutrition and health.

Over €120 million invested in the construction of a new hospital in Reus The new main centre of Sant Joan University Hospital in Reus operates at full capacity from this december. It is located near the URV’s Bellissens Campus, to which the Faculty of Medicine will soon be transferred. The hospital has an emergency laboratory specializing in haematology, biochemistry and microbiology. Two other laboratories will also be set up at Tecnoparc: the first will be a research laboratory measuring 1,000 m², with a space reserved for a DNA bio-bank; and the second will be a production laboratory, a benchmark facility for the entire Camp de Tarragona region. Moving services and patients Details of the new hospital