The Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS) was founded by Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in 1998, along with the launching of the new degree in Human Biology. The great challenge of the DCEXS has been to successfully develop a project where research and teaching are firmly integrated, and where scientific research is present for the students from undergraduate studies to the different postgraduate degrees and doctorates. Our aim is to be innovative in education and excellent in research.