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Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Institution Info
The UOC is an online university born from the knowledge society and whose mission is to provide people with lifelong learning and education.
An internationally-renowned online university, the UOC offers student-centered learning with the benefits of personalized studies, flexibility, accessibility and collaboration. The UOC is a leader and innovator in education and technology, and is a benchmark for quality in its academic work and research in e-learning based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
With an online community of over 100,000 students, alumni, professors, researchers and contributors in more than 50 different countries, the UOC is a multicultural institution with an international focus that contributes to progress and well-being around the world.
In our online study programs, the UOC places the student at the centre of the learning process and provides him/her with the necessary distance learning resources for interaction with the whole of the university community.
Learning at the UOC is oriented to responding to the needs of the student and takes into account the demands of the professional environment and technological and social evolution.
A global university
Open to society
The UOC forges alliances in the fields of education, multilingualism and cultural action with a view to encouraging the emergence of new quality cultural proposals and global knowledge. These alliances are built on a foundation of respect for and acceptance of cultural and linguistic differences.
Open to the world
The UOC promotes an integrated system of research, information and documentation activities relating to the use of ICT in education through the UNESCO Chair in E-Learning. One of the chair’s primary goals is to promote equal opportunities with regard to access to new technologies in the knowledge society.
Open to community
The Campus for Peace and Solidarity is an international initiative to coordinate, promote and support the efforts of the UOC in the sphere of cooperation.
Open to businesses
The UOC signs partnership agreements with companies with a view to serving as a flagship in the promotion of an enterprising knowledge economy. The UOC Group has carried out more than 900 local and international partnership projects with different institutions.
Why Study Here?
- Student-centred learning that is personalised, allowing you to tailor your studies to your specific knowledge, interests and needs
- Flexible, adapting to your personal and professional reality, allowing you to set your pace and schedules regardless of where you are
- Interactive, creating a community where everyone takes part
- Collaborative, generating shared knowledge
- Accompaniment, guiding you through each course and giving you continuous assessment to guarantee your academic progress
- Leadership and innovation in e-learning based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
- High standards and quality of teaching, research and management
- Diverse range of study options and unique online programmes tailored to societal needs: undergraduate degrees, masters degrees, official masters degrees, postgraduate degrees and short courses
- Global exchange, fostering creativity, innovation and cooperation with other universities, institutions and businesses around the world
- Numerous international awards in recognition of its outstanding e-learning educational model and the quality of its academic work
- High levels of student satisfaction
- Continuously adapting its website to comply with accessibility standards in order to eliminate barriers that impede people's rights to obtain information and communication
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Facts and Figures
| No. of students: | 60,876* |
| No. of Academic staff: | 3,404 |
| No. of Administrative staff: | 490 |
| Funding type: | Private (non-profit) |
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International Graduate Institute
- Societal and Business Conflicts (Certificate)
- Armed Conflicts and Crisis Management (Certificate)
- Crisis Management (Certificate)
- Social and Family Conflicts (Certificate)
- Workplace and Commercial Conflicts (Certificate)
- Food Systems and Governance (Certificate)
- International Agri-Food Policy (Certificate)
- Food Systems Analysis (Certificate)
- Food Security: Assessment and Action (Certificate)
- Food and Society (Certificate)
- E-Learning Design and Development. UOC-UNM (University of New Mexico, USA) (Certificate)
- E-learning Course Design and Teaching (Certificate)
- Interpreting the Foundations of Islam (Interpretation des Fondements de l'Islam)
- Law, Spirituality and Morality in Islam (Certificate)
- Mutations du Monde Arabe / Mutations in the Arab World (Certificate)
- Food, Culture and Locality (Certificate)
- Right to Food (Certificate)
- Impact Assessment of Food Security Programs (Certificate)
- Armed Conflicts (Certificate)
- The Contemporary Muslim World (Certificate)
Services & Facilities
What you will find at UOC:
- The counsellor guides the student through their learning process in a personalised way.
- The tutor supervises the student's progress in each of their subjects.
- The course plan of each subject defines the learning process, the method of working and the evaluation criteria.
- The continuous assessment guarantees the academic process and the development of the course.
- The Virtual Campus is the support and learning area from where the student can access resources and interact with the university community.
- The multimedia didactic materials complement the specific material for each subject.
- The virtual library gives access to all of the information resources.
- The university community services include resources, activities and advantages to assist with the student's integration into the UOC.
- The support centres offer personalised attention, study resources and a place to meet with other students.
Accreditation
The UOC is endorsed by the Catalan Agency for Quality in the University System and is in compliance with the standards of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
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