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The university of the knowledge society
"Being an avant-garde technological university, highly innovative in its learning model and a referent for both academic and research quality is the fundamental basis of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya."
Imma Tubella. President of the UOC
The UOC is a university born from the knowledge society and whose mission is to provide people with lifelong learning and education.
The prime objective of the UOC is to enable people to achieve their learning needs with maximum access to knowledge. To this end, the University employs the intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and offers an educational model based on the personalization and constant accompaniment of the student, beyond the limitations of time and space.
The aim of the UOC is to facilitate the education of people and contribute to their progress and to that of society by promoting specialized research on the knowledge society and by establishing alliances with other universities and institutions around the world with shared goals and values in order to build a global space of knowledge.
The university of the knowledge society
"Being an avant-garde technological university, highly innovative in its learning model and a referent for both academic and research quality is the fundamental basis of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya."
Imma Tubella. President of the UOC
The UOC is a university born from the knowledge society and whose mission is to provide people with lifelong learning and education.
The prime objective of the UOC is to enable people to achieve their learning needs with maximum access to knowledge. To this end, the University employs the intensive use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and offers an educational model based on the personalization and constant accompaniment of the student, beyond the limitations of time and space.
The aim of the UOC is to facilitate the education of people and contribute to their progress and to that of society by promoting specialized research on the knowledge society and by establishing alliances with other universities and institutions around the world with shared goals and values in order to build a global space of knowledge.
Students
| Total Students | Headcount: 46 |  |
| Total number of students. | ||
| Total International Students | Headcount: 5 | |
| Number of students who are foreign nationals. The term ‘international’ is hereby determined by citizenship. For EU countries, this includes all foreign nationals, even nationals of other EU states. In Hong Kong, this includes students from Mainland China. | ||
Main claims to international academic or non-academic excellence
The educational model of the UOC revolves around society's needs and is based on:
* the quality of academic activity,
* research surrounding the ICT,
* the dissemination of knowledge.
The UOC has received international awards in recognition of its educational model and the quality of its academic activity:
* ICDE Prize 2001 for the best virtual and distance university in the world
* OEA Prize 2004 for educational quality
This institution offers programs in the following:
Subjects
- Administration
- Business/Management
- Communications/Media
- Computing/Information Technology
- Creative/Performing Arts
- Design
- Economics
- Education/Training
- Finance/Accounting
- Health/Para-medical Studies
- Humanities
- International Relations/Studies/Affairs
- Languages
- Law/Legal Studies
- Literature
- Medicine/Medical Sciences
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Sociology/Social Studies
- Tourism/Hospitality
- Urban Planning
No programs have been entered for this institution.