The Universitat de les Illes Balears is a cutting-edge university for teaching and research. It has deep roots in the region and is committed to society, sowing values that honour humanity with an ever-increasing international calling.

The UIB has made research its fundamental aim and in order to achieve this, it is home to top-notch researchers and high-quality facilities that enable top-flight research work.

Research at the UIB is financed by its own funds (through the Research Promotion Programme), European funding (including the ERDF), national funding (R&D&i and State Plans), regional funding (Balearic Science and Technology Plans), and other institutional funding granted to researchers in competitive calls. This ongoing collaborative effort has allowed the UIB to attain widespread renown as a research institute both nationally and internationally.

The Universitat de les Illes Balears, through the national contract between CRUE and IEEE, has an open access agreement with IEEE. The agreement enables researchers to publish articles as open access with a 20% discount on eligible APCs for publishing in IEEE Gold journals and a predetermined number of covered open access fees in all IEEE hybrid open access journals. To see eligible titles, please refer to the IEEE open access title list. The agreement applies to all original research articles accepted for publication between now and December 31, 2025. To benefit from this agreement, the corresponding author has to be affiliated with Universitat de les Illes Balears and use the correct institution name and institutional email address during submission. It is recommended for authors to select the CC BY 4.0 license. The open access funding request will be approved by an administrator in the library. Overlength page charges or color fees are not covered by the agreement and will be charged to authors.