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The University of Barcelona is the most formidable public institution of higher education in Catalonia, catering to the most significant number of students' needs and delivering the broadest and most comprehensive offering in higher educational courses. The UB is also the principal center of university research in Spain. It has become a European benchmark for research activity, both in terms of the number of research programs it conducts and its excellence. Its history is closely tied to the history of Barcelona. Of Catalonia, our University combines the values of tradition with its position as an institution dedicated to innovation and teaching excellence: a university that is as outward-looking and cosmopolitan as the city from which it takes its name. The University of Barcelona offers prospective students a wide range of course offerings tailored to their needs and society's needs in general, thus placing the University at the head of academic fields in very different degree areas, from technology on the one hand to art on the other. By course type, the UB's offerings mainly comprise EHEA bachelor's degree courses, university master's degree courses, and doctoral programs. But given the rising importance of lifelong learning in modern society, the University has also consolidated one of the broadest and most multidisciplinary offerings in such courses in all Catalonia. Finally, the UB also attempts to prioritize those aspects of student life which may not be exclusively related to studies, to facilitate its members' access to information and services of every type, and to support and promote those members' organization of and participation in cultural, sporting and advocacy initiatives of all kinds. The University of Barcelona employs a team of professionals made up of 4,715 teachers and researchers and 2,177 administrative and service staff members. The University of Barcelona encompasses a series of foundations with which it has developed strong social connections due to its historical and traditional link with our institution. The following are essentially non-profit educational entities that dedicate their resources to promoting student grants and assistance. View full university

La Salle is an institution with a history spanning over 300 years, with a strong international presence. We are pioneers in offering studies that are continually adapting to the market and society in general. We are strongly committed to providing quality education with values for tomorrow's young people, as we believe that people should come first in society. Our university crosses national, cultural, and religious borders, and the La Salle name is a guarantee and leading reference in educating professionals who bring something unique to the table. Our students acquire extensive research capacity while gaining a solid grounding in a wide range of modern technologies. Individuals are at the heart of it all. We combine ethics, values, and technical expertise to take on the challenges of the future. Our Mission at La Salle Campus Barcelona is to offer advanced, high-quality training in a global context. Our goal is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and experience they need to be highly effective as they develop their professional careers. Professionals who study at La Salle Campus Barcelona gain a deep ethical commitment and the values they need to innovate, adapt to changes, and lead the transformations of a society in continuous development. All our teaching, research and transferring knowledge come together to create a reliable, comprehensive life project. The main aims of our university center are: To transfer knowledge to students taking our educational programs. To transfer human capital to society by incorporating our graduates into organizations. To transfer the latest advances in technology to create value where it is most useful and most necessary. To transfer businesses created in the Technology and Business Innovation Park to strengthen and develop the business sector. Our university center is home to a team of professionals who work hard to ensure maximum satisfaction for our students and the institutions we collaborate with. Please find out more about the organizational structure that makes it all possible. View full university

A core feature of the Graduate School of Management in Barcelona places it in the vanguard of the latest and best practice within higher education by bringing together the academic world's innovative excellence with the practical experience of the business world and the social commitment of state organizations. The student is the "driving force" at the Graduate School of Management in Barcelona. This means we are committed to meeting students' needs by optimizing the learning process and understanding what is appropriate within an environment of life-long learning to meet life's changing challenges within an increasingly integrated world market. Our learning approach is pragmatic, combining intellectual and experiential learning, developing knowledge and skills and knowledge-base through individual and teamwork development. GSM Barcelona has features that set it apart from the other business schools by adding extra value to students. A vast network of contacts throughout the world.Participation of 96 universities in the creation of this ambitious project. Obtaining professional experience and a working future in Barcelona.2000 Companies provide internships to GSM Barcelona students. Quality Masters with an international focus. Our MBA increases the probability of success in an increasingly globalized world. Faculty with high-level education and a great deal of international experience. Graduate School of Management is an ambitious, cosmopolitan, innovative project, reflecting key challenges and core values associated with today's world.GSM Barcelona is founded as a pan-European institution with partner universities throughout Eastern and Western Europe, bound together in the relentless pursuit of excellence in higher education and research excellence. It is driven by a world-class faculty of academics in economics and finance. The school aims to offer a wide range of professional and academic degrees in management and business to graduate students committed to understanding the complex social, economic, and financial processes of an increasingly global society. In addition to the offer of challenging master programs, the school promotes excellence in business and organizational research in close collaboration with its three founding academic bodies and its more comprehensive international partners network. View full university

Founded in Barcelona in 1957, EADA was set up in 1985 as a private university foundation engaging in training, applied research, and knowledge transfer to the business world and society in an international context. The primary focus of EADA Business School is steeped in the professional development of business executives, applied research, and the transfer of knowledge and talent to the business community. EADA is a business school with a unique background. It is an ideologically and financially independent institution. Its raison d’être and existence stem from a group of professionals' desire to offer excellent society training. Our presence in The Financial Times Rankings and the Accreditations granted to us by independent, international organizations (EQUIS, AMBA) recognize our experience's quality and depth. Also, EADA is a member of the most prestigious associations and organizations in the sector. As an organization, we consider that maximum business efficiency must go hand-in-hand with the principles of social responsibility and the defense of global sustainability in all our training programs. Its global vision defines EADA and its belief in equality, independence, personal development, and academic excellence. The people involved with EADA during the institution's more than 50 years of history have changed, but our values have remained firmly at the heart of everything we do. EADA's status as a private, non-profit foundation, governed by a Trust, ensures our continuity and sustainability. Our mission is to impact the personal and professional development of business leaders and that of businesses and organizations who contribute to a more just and equal society. EADA's sustainability report features its CSR strategy in education initiatives and its CSR actions as a university foundation. The publication of the report ratifies the business school's commitment to transparency and socially responsible initiatives and its compliance with the Ten Principles of the Global Compact. These are ten universally accepted principles aimed to promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in human rights, labor regulations, the environment, the fight against corruption, and business strategy in the company. We are dedicated to the formation and development of people and their professional development. Thousands of participants have entrusted us with their training, demonstrating that EADA is one of Europe's most innovative and prestigious business schools. EADA has trained participants from all over the world with a global vision, but close to the local community's needs. View full university

The Barcelona Graduate School of Economics is a large community of researchers, professors, students, and alumni whom all share the School’s core spirit: to create value for society with rigorous work and social responsibility through pioneering research and education. Our fundamental mission is to train the next generation of economists and data scientists by offering world-class programs taught by leading faculty in their field. We seek outstanding, motivated students and provide them with a top-notch education and values that will make them exceptional global experts with intellectual rigor and critical thinking skills. During their time with us, our students have direct contact with professors and practitioners whose insights from academics and industry are part of the curriculum. Our ambition is to be consistently recognized as one of the top institutions in Europe and worldwide for research and education in Economics and the social sciences. At the Barcelona GSE, education and research are closely linked. Critical factors for the continued top performance of our researchers have been: the co-organization of the Ph.D. programs in Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the development of new research activities such as the Barcelona GSE Summer Forum and the achievement of competitive funding programs such as the Severo Ochoa Research Excellence Distinction. In addition to the many grants and awards that our faculty receive, the quality and quantity of the scientific production among the entire Barcelona GSE research community position us well in international research rankings such as RePEc. Such ambitious objectives would not be possible without the support and partnership of institutions and companies that have collaborated with the School from day one: the Barcelona GSE Scientific Council, our Board of Trustees, and our sponsors. Modern crises and emerging challenges have called established economic models into question. In 2006, as thought leaders in countries worldwide were re-examining our understanding of economic science, a group of highly renowned professors and economists envisioned the need for a graduate school that could produce research and trained professionals with the preparation and expertise to tackle these complex issues. View full university

The history of the UAB begins on 6 June 1968, when the decree on the creation of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) is officially promulgated. One month later, the first four faculties are created: Philosophy and Arts, Medicine, Science, and Economics. That same July 1968, Dr. Vicent Villar Palasí was named president of the Promotional Committee of the UAB, a position he maintained until August 1970. He became president of the Board of Trustees and the first rector of the UAB. Teaching activities at the UAB began in October 1968 in two of the new centers: the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, which was located in the Monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès, and the Faculty of Medicine, which was located at the Hospital de Santa Creu I Sant Pau in Barcelona. The hospital recovered its condition as a university hospital and became the first center of clinical training of the UAB. The following academic year, in 1969/70, classes began to be offered at the Faculty of Science, also located at the Sant Pau Hospital, and the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, located at the Language School of Barcelona, in the Drassanes neighborhood. The initial stages of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ended with the creation of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information Sciences in 1971, theUniversity School of Translators and Interpreters in 1972, and the "Sant Cugat" University School of Teachers in 1973. UAB has seen recognition for its efforts in promoting quality in teaching, attracting international talent, and obtaining a growing impact in research, together with a progressive improvement in its classifications in the most prestigious and influential international rankings. Thus, the UAB is well as occupying a unique position among Spanish universities in world rankings such as the QS World University Rankings (QS WUR), the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR), and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). It also ranks as one of the best young universities according to specific rankings made for universities less than half a century old by QS and Times Higher Education. The directive plan outlines the objectives and lines of action taken by the UAB. It is the tool that allows the articulation of the completion of the Governing Team's electoral program. The directive plan specifies university policies for the 2013-2015 period, facilitating the establishment of priorities and decision-making processes, which must guarantee the application of the commitments set down by the governing team. Once the plan is designed, it will be carried out according to the established developmental procedures. The results will be periodically evaluated using the indicators previously agreed upon. This evaluation serves to revise from time to time the original plan to consolidate, modify, or to adjust the original strategy as needed. The UAB Master Plan for 2013-2015 has among its objectives implementing university social responsibility (USR) and the leadership of joint USR actions with other university institutions. The UAB aims to become integrated into its influence and society in general, adopting the principles of social responsibility and organization and specifically consolidating and increasing social commitment. With the incorporation of social responsibility in university governance, it aims to apply a policy with criteria of sustainability in accomplishing the different university functions to achieve ethically responsible management. The University Senate is the highest organ of representation of the university community. The Senate debates all aspects of actions, controls the governing bodies, and puts forth regulation measures. It meets at least twice a year and also forms commissions to work on specific issues. Members of the University Senate change every four years, except for members of the student sector, who change every two years. It is made up of the rector, who presides the Senate, the secretary-general, the executive administrator, all faculty deans and school directors, two directors from the university's research institutes in the representation of all research institutes on campus, department directors, representatives of tenured teaching staff, representatives of the rest of academic and research staff, representatives of students from each center and representatives of administration and services staff. We are a leading university providing quality teaching in a wide variety of courses that meet society's needs and are adapted to the new models of the Europe of Knowledge. Our courses provide students with outstanding practical experience, helping them to be better prepared as they enter the professional world. UAB is internationally renowned for its quality and innovation in research. View full university

St. Peter's School Barcelona is a private international school where students from 12 months to 18 years old are prepared to face the challenges they will meet throughout their lives. Not only do we give the children the academic excellence they need to enter the most prestigious universities around the world, but also we encourage them to become well-informed, independent, and open-minded individuals, ready to study, work or live wherever they wish. As well as our focus on languages, we prepare the students to become changemakers, equipped with a range of skills in science, technology, humanities, design, and communications. Founded in 1964, St. Peter’s School is a private, international school located in Barcelona for pupils from Nursery (12 months old) to Secondary. We have an independent curriculum with an international approach. All legal matters about the pupils’ education are governed by Spanish law. Different methodologies are applied (project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, cooperative learning) to encourage the students to become well-informed, independent, and open-minded individuals, ready to study, work or live wherever they wish. For the last two years, they follow the IBDP (International Baccalaureate), which allows them to apply to universities all over the world. We follow our own Linguistic Project, authorized by the Generalitat de Catalunya, which includes the study of five languages: English, Spanish, Catalan, French, and notions of German. Teachers are native speakers of each language. English is used as our main means of communication at school. We offer a wide range of after-school activities: swimming, football, volleyball, judo, music, art and craft, Chinese, dance, or cooking among them. They are held from Monday to Thursday. Learning outside the classroom in no way substitutes what goes on inside it, but rather complements it in a very beneficial way. Putting pupils in direct contact with nature or any other learning environment is not only stimulating but also assists in the learning process. At St. Peter’s pupils of all ages participate in a wide range of activities beyond the classroom, visits to museums, musical performances, conferences, outings, and excursions, which, in some cases are scientific whilst others are cultural. These outings form part of the students’ global development and are designed to give them the experience of different social situations and environments and to work on personal qualities such as self-control, self-confidence, independence, and autonomy. We firmly believe in the importance of coming to school at an early age. From as early as 12 months old, children are mature enough to embark upon their educational journey as they benefit from linguistic and social immersion in a safe and caring environment that encourages creativity, independence, and learning. At St. Peter’s School, they will learn through play and hands-on experience, whilst a specialized team of teachers and professionals stimulate their social and emotional intelligence. Our school project starts at 12 months and continues along the same educational line through Pre-U. Through play, children develop fine and gross motor skills as well as hand-eye coordination and, most importantly, socialization. They learn how to share, take turns, play together, and therefore form friendships as they are immersed in an English-speaking environment, thus learning the language naturally. View full school

Founded in 1958, the BSB School has always provided a great independent international education for our students. All are encouraged to become global citizens self-confident enough to express and discuss their beliefs and opinions, whilst demonstrating a deep understanding and tolerance of different cultures. We follow the English National Curriculum and employ up-to-date, research-based pedagogical approaches to ensure our students develop high-level learning habits and skills. We are a truly International school, fully accredited by the British and Spanish Governments, with our students graduating to some of the best International Universities around the World. However, our all-around education goes well beyond examinations this includes the values which we hold dear and which our pupils demonstrate. We ensure our students leave school with a close group of friends, as well as the ability to make new ones, and that their academic achievements and skills will enable them to succeed at university and beyond, in an increasingly competitive world. Having the opportunity to serve and work alongside such a dynamic internationally-minded school community, is an enormous privilege for me. At the BSB our educational aims are focused on three areas: Academic: We inspire all to be creative, curious thinkers within a culture of support and challenge. Character: We provide individual growth through high expectations demonstrating commitment, resilience, and respect for all. Global: We are global citizens, embracing difference, cared for and caring, and principled in our beliefs. The British School of Barcelona is a caring, learning community with high expectations. We inspire all to be creative, curious thinkers within a culture of support and challenge. We provide individual growth through high expectations demonstrating commitment, resilience, and respect for all. We are global citizens, embracing difference, cared for and caring, and principled in our beliefs. The British School of Barcelona has excellent facilities across three campuses: BSB Castelldefels, BSB Sitges, and BSB Nexus. BSB Nexus is the new Pre-University campus of The British School of Barcelona, in Castelldefels, just a few meters away from the Castelldefels main campus. All campuses of The British School have modern and spacious facilities, which are equipped with the latest technology and modern teaching equipment creating effective learning environments. View full school