The Open University of Catalonia ( ca, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC; ) is a private

open university The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...

based in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

, Spain. The UOC offers graduate and postgraduate programs in

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and

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in fields such as

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

, Sciences of Education, Information and Knowledge Society, and

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

. Also, an Information and Knowledge Society Doctoral Program is available that explores research fields such as e-law, e-learning, network society, education, and online communities. It has support centers in a number of cities in

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and Colombia. The UOC is also a parent institution of

Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals The Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) (Spanish: ''Instituto Barcelona de Estudios Internacionales'', English: ''Barcelona Institute of International Studies'') is an interuniversity research institute and postgraduate education c ...

(IBEI).

Organization and administration

Chairs

* UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social Change * UNESCO Chair on Food, Culture and Development * Miró Chair * UOC-Telefónica Chair in Design and Multimedia Creation * UOC- BSA Chair in Applied Research and Data Analysis in Health * IBM-UOC Chair in Cybersecurity

Academics

The Open University of Catalonia offers 25 bachelor's programs, 54 master's programs and 8 doctoral degrees.

Faculties

The UOC's course offering is divided into these Faculties: * Faculty of Arts and Humanities * Faculty of Economics and Business * Faculty of Health Sciences * Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences * Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications * Faculty of Law and Political Science * Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences Affiliated schools: *

(IBEI)

Institutional repository

The UOC makes O2, their

institutional repository An institutional repository is an archive for collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution. Academics also utilize their IRs for archiving published work ...

, available to provide open access to digital publications produced by the UOC community in the course of its research, teaching and management activities.

Research publications

The UOC studies promote the following publications: * Artnodes. A journal about art, science and technology * BiD. University text on library and information science (co-published with the

University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...

) * Dictatorships & democracies. Journal of History and Culture (co-published with the Fundacio Carles Pi i Sunyer) * COMeIN.Journal of the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences * Digithum. A relational perspective of culture, individual and society in late modernity (co-published with the

University of Antioquia The University of Antioquia ( es, Universidad de Antioquia), also called UdeA, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university located primarily in the city of Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, with regional campuses in Amalfi, Andes ...

- Colombia) * ETHE. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (co-published with the University of Los Andes - Colombia) * IDP. A journal about Internet, Law and Politics * Mosaic. A journal about multimedia technologies and communication sponsored by the Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications * Internet Policy Review. Journal of internet regulation (coedited with the

Alexander Von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, ...

Institute for Internet and Society - HIIG) * UOC R&I Working Papers * Oikonomics. A journal about economics, business and society sponsored by the Faculty of Economics and Business

Alumni

The Open University of Catalonia had total cumulative graduates of 85,700 as of academic year 2019-2020.

Honorary degree recipients

* Mary Beard (2019) * Manuel Borja-Vilell (2018) * Alejandro Jadad (2018) * Hanna Damásio (2012) * Aina Moll (2012) * Brenda M. Gourley (2011) * Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (2008) * Alain Touraine (2007) *

William J. Mitchell William John Mitchell (15 December 1944 – 11 June 2010) was an Australian-born author, educator, architect and urban designer, best known for leading the integration of architectural and related design arts practice with computing and other t ...

(2006) *

Jordi Pujol Jordi Pujol Soley (, born 9 June 1930) is a Catalan politician who was the leader of the party Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) from 1974 to 2003, and President of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 1980 to 2003. Early life Pujol was ...

(2006) *

Tony Bates Anthony J. Bates (born 29 April 1967) is a British born business leader. Bates is the former CEO of Growth at Social Capital. Previously, he held a number of technology based business roles including the former president of GoPro, and the for ...

(2005) * Josep Laporte (2003)

References

External links

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