{"id":92756,"date":"2017-12-16T11:44:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=92756"},"modified":"2017-12-15T11:45:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T10:45:49","slug":"iuc-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/iuc-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet IUC Barcelona, International University of Catalonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a city like Barcelona, where history and culture go hand in hand, there&#8217;s a great atmosphere for all <strong>international students<\/strong> to join locals and other Spaniards in their studies. <strong>Catalonia<\/strong> is a region so linked to the rest of the world that students in multiple fields can study and be connected to the international sectors based in Barcelona. One of the best schools in the city for international study is <strong>UIC Barcelona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/english-schools-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great English schools in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/iuc-barcelona\/#A_Brief_History\" title=\"A Brief History\">A Brief History<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/iuc-barcelona\/#Stats\" title=\"Stats\">Stats<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/iuc-barcelona\/#Educational_Theory\" title=\"Educational Theory\">Educational Theory<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Brief_History\"><\/span>A Brief History<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_92757\" style=\"width: 334px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92757\" class=\" wp-image-92757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/35104145184_96231a88a9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"216\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Opus Dei Communications Office via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uic.es\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona)<\/strong><\/a>, as written in Catalan, was established in 1997.\u00a0<strong>UIC Barcelona<\/strong>\u00a0started by offering <strong>degree courses<\/strong> in Nursing, Law, Management &amp; Public Administration, Architecture, Humanities &amp; Journalism, Dentistry, and Business Management &amp; Administration. They later added IT Systems &amp; Management Engineering,\u00a0Medicine, and\u00a0Political Science, just to name a few. They opened as and continue to be a private <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/top-language-schools-in-bcn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school<\/a><\/strong> based on a philosophy of \u00a0Christian humanism, although the school invites everyone from around the world regardless of faith to their university. <strong>UIC<\/strong> later added a second campus in <strong>Sant Cugat del Vall\u00e9s<\/strong>, where it sits next to the <strong>Hospital General de Catalunya<\/strong> for those studying Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and Physiotherapy.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stats\"><\/span>Stats<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_92759\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92759\" class=\" wp-image-92759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pexels-photo-261909-300x214.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of October 2017, the university currently has more than 7,800 students in 19 various subjects. They offer Bachelor\u2019s degrees, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/isde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Master\u2019s degrees<\/a>, and Doctoral programs, plus\u00a0<strong>UIC<\/strong>-specific master\u2019s and postgraduate degrees and continuing education courses. They have more than 900 professors and administrative staff members. They also have over 900 international students with a third of them entering on exchange programs. With over 17,000 alumni, <strong>UIC<\/strong> graduates have an 88% employment rate and a median 94% rate of success among undergraduate and graduate students. The university itself is ranked in the Top 5 of <strong>BBVA\u2019s<\/strong> list of the most productive Spanish universities and their Dentistry and Internation Cooperation programs are ranked in the top 5 of\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elmundo.es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>El Mundo&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>list of <strong>Spanish university<\/strong> courses overall.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Educational_Theory\"><\/span>Educational Theory<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_92760\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92760\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/pexels-photo-267885-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the beginning, <strong>UIC<\/strong> built up the university as one of individualization, where the classes are small so teachers can interact more with the students. They have made continuous strides towards connecting with major <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/best-spanish-companies-of-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">companies<\/a><\/strong> to give these students a more direct approach to their degrees. <strong>UIC<\/strong> also preaches sustainability, a concept that involves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/how-to-be-environmentally-friendly-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environmental<\/a> quality, social justice, and a fair and strong economy for the long term. &#8220;To speak of sustainability is to speak of an ethical imperative that has to do with issues of protection of the natural environment, poverty reduction, gender equality, health promotion, human rights, cultural understanding and peace, responsible production and consumption,&#8221; <strong>UIC<\/strong> states in their belief system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/official-school-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Official School of Languages of Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UIC<\/strong> is a major educational institution for everyone around the world to enter and explore the world around them. It&#8217;s a personalized attempt to make every student more comfortable in their approach to a degree in any subject they desire. 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