Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

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Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) is a private university in Barcelona, known for its commitment to personalized education, practical learning, and a strong connection to the professional world. It excels particularly in Health Sciences, such as Medicine and Dentistry, alongside strong programs in Architecture, Business, and Law. For international students, UIC Barcelona offers a welcoming environment with a growing number of English-taught programs, especially at the postgraduate level, and dedicated support from its International Relations Office for orientation, language assistance, and cultural integration. A distinctive characteristic is its emphasis on humanistic values and close faculty-student interaction, fostering a supportive academic community.

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The Universitat Internacional de Catalunya —commonly branded as UIC Barcelona and known in English as the International University of Catalonia— is a private university in Catalonia, Spain, with campuses in Barcelona and Sant Cugat del Vallès. It was recognised as a private university by the Parliament of Catalonia through Law 11/1997, of 1 October 1997. The university has two main campuses, Campus Barcelona and Campus Sant Cugat, and offers programmes in fields including health sciences, dentistry, architecture, business, communication, law, education and the humanities. In the 2024–2025 academic year, it reported 9,415 enrolled students, 704 academic and research staff, and 498 administrative and service staff. In that academic year, its official academic offer comprised 43 degrees: 16 bachelor's degrees, 23 university master's degrees and four doctoral programmes. The university also reported 1,979 international undergraduate and postgraduate students from 109 countries, as well as 497 mobility agreements with foreign universities and institutions. UIC Barcelona appears in international and Spanish university...

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