Open University of Catalonia

Open University of Catalonia
Open University of Catalonia
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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Established October 6, 1994
Type Private
Rector Imma Tubella Casadevall
Students 46.972[1]
Location Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Website uoc.edu
UOC Headquarters in Barcelona.
Imma Tubella Casadevall, Rector of UOC, at a 2010 conference

The Open University of Catalonia (Catalan: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC; IPA: [uniβərsiˈtat uˈβɛrtə ðə kətəˈɫuɲə]) is a private Internet-centered open university based in Barcelona, Spain.

The UOC offers graduate and postgraduate programs in Catalan and Spanish in fields such as Psychology, Computer Science, Sciences of Education, Information and Knowledge Society and Economics. 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 centres and points" in a number of cities in Spain, Andorra and the traditionally Catalan-speaking city of Alghero in Sardinia.

The Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) is the research body of the UOC.

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Institutional repository

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

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Coordinates: 41°24′53.29″N 2°8′0.8″E / 41.4148028°N 2.133556°E / 41.4148028; 2.133556