The UOC was created in Barcelona in 1994 and teaching
began in 1995, with 200 students. It was the first university ever to run
exclusively online. With more than 85,700 graduates, it is now one of the
biggest universities in Spain.
- #601 Ranking
- 9 PhDs
- 873 Academic Staff
- 87,000 Students
- Private Institution Type
Top reasons to study here
- The UOC's online methodology seeks to make the learning processes as easy as possible, constantly innovating for further improvement.
- The UOC is a university that renders a public service but is organized in accordance with private management principles.
- In our University, the student is the main player of an education process; he manages his own time, plans his pace of study and builds his own itinerary.
PhD Programmes
Social Sciences (4)
- Doctorate Health and Psychology
- Doctorate Humanities and Communication
- Doctorate Society, Technology and Culture
- Doctorate Tourism
Computer Science & IT (3)
- Doctorate Bioinformatics
- Doctorate Education and ICT (e-learning)
- Doctorate Network and Information Technologies
Engineering & Technology (3)
- Doctorate Bioinformatics
- Doctorate Network and Information Technologies
- Doctorate Society, Technology and Culture
Business & Management (2)
- Doctorate Business Management
- Doctorate Humanities and Communication
Education & Training (1)
- Doctorate Education and ICT (e-learning)
Hospitality, Leisure & Sports (1)
- Doctorate Tourism
Law (1)
- Doctorate Law, Politics and Economics
Medicine & Health (1)
- Doctorate Health and Psychology
Natural Sciences & Mathematics (1)
- Doctorate Bioinformatics
About
History
Created by the Catalan government, the UOC is a university run privately to provide a public service and facilitates equitable and inclusive access to higher education.
Education
- The UOC’s portfolio is wide and deep, ranging from short courses to doctoral degrees, with the main part of students in the undergraduate or graduate path.
- The languages used for the vast majority of programmes are Catalan and Spanish.
- But there are some programmes taught in English. They are the focus of this briefing, and the segment of portfolio that must be covered in this service.
Research
The Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) is a research centre of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) specializing in the study of the Internet and the effects of the interaction between digital technologies and human activity.
The IN3 hosts 11 renowned research groups that carry out a wide range of research of an interdisciplinary nature. Every year the centre hosts visiting professors and researchers; its researchers participate in the UOC's doctoral programmes.
Research fields
- Care and preparedness in the network society
- Information and network security and privacy
- Internet computing and systems optimisation
- Gender and ICT
- Complex systems
- Software engineering
- Urban transformations
- The internet of things
University Ranking
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2021
601 -100
2020
501 100
2019
601
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Services
Library services
The UOC’s Virtual Library forms part of the University’s educational model. It is a key service made available by the University to support learning, teaching, research and management. The Library is a tool designed in and for a virtual world to meet the needs of its users and those who use the web for research, training and academic documentation.
Student Life
Campus life
The Virtual Campus is the place that can be accessed without physical barriers from anywhere and at any time, where students will find the necessary tools for study and communication. It is a university campus that students can carry with them in their pocket and which they can access from anywhere in the world, enter its classrooms, consult activities or carry out administrative procedures in the Secretary's Office, etc.
Student clubs
The UOC's graduate community, Alumni, was created in 2008. UOC Alumni seeks to provide an interface between graduates and university, with the goal of becoming an effective platform to enable former students to contact other people they studied with, professional colleagues, teachers and faculties. Furthermore, the UOC's graduate community facilitates access to lifelong learning and professional upgrades.
Accreditation
The UOC is a fully recognized Catalan university. It is constantly assessed by AQU Catalunya (the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency), the Catalan higher education system's leading quality assessment and advocacy body. AQU Catalunya is a full member of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA).
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