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The European University of the Atlantic ( es, Universidad Europea del Atlántico), or UNEATLANTICO, is a private Spanish university located in the Scientific and Technological Park of Cantabria (PCTCAN), in the city of
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Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...
. This academic institution opened on September 29, 2014, with 8 university degrees and 350 registered students. The different courses will be implemented gradually, year by year, until completing the first class of graduates from Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European University of the Atlantic) in the academic year 2017–2018. All degrees from this university are adapted to the
European Higher Education Area The European Higher Education Area (EHEA) was launched in March 2010, during the Budapest-Vienna Ministerial Conference, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Bologna Process. As the main objective of the Bologna Process since its ince ...
(Bologna Process). The Research and Industrial Technology Centre of Cantabria (CITICAN) is a part of this institution.


History

The university was promoted by Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (FUNIBER). It was officially recognised by the
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on 5 July 2013.Ley 5/2013, de 5 de julio, por la que se reconoce como universidad privada a la Universidad Europea del Atlántico
'' Boletín Oficial del Estado'', 5 July 2013 (in Spanish). This project entailed an estimated private investment of €16.5 million, of which 14.5 million were destined for construction and the other 2 million for the establishment of the Research and Industrial Technology Centre of Cantabria (CITICAN), a foundation that was born to channel the academic institution’s R&D&I projects.


Campus

The Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European University of the Atlantic) campus is 16,500 m2 large and is located in the Scientific and Technological Park of Cantabria (PCTCAN), in the city of Santander. The campus has an underground parking garage, an auditorium with capacity for 400 people, a library, a cafeteria, labs, computer rooms, study rooms, a gymnasium, and different multipurpose areas.


Faculties and schools

The university's official programmes are organised into three faculties: * Faculty of Health Sciences * Higher Polytechnic School * Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities


External links


Official site

Official blog


References

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