Open University of Catalonia

It has support centers in a number of cities in Spain, Andorra, Mexico and Colombia.

Recorded constituent parts are Biblioteca de la UOC, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, ehealth Center and Editorial UOC. It is associated with Spain. The record gives 1995 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It forms part of Open European University. Its recorded founders are Gabriel Ferraté Pascual. Its recorded seat is Barcelona.

• Name — Open University of Catalonia • Native Name — Universitat Oberta de Catalunya • Established — 6 October 1994 • Academic Staff — 7,196 (2022) • Administrative Staff — 870 • Budget — 161 M€ (2023) • Rector — Àngels Fitó • Campus — Virtual • City — Barcelona • State — Catalonia • Country — Spain • Students — 104,501 • Affiliations — Xarxa Vives d'Universitats Associació Catalana d'Universitats Públiques (ACUP) European University Association • Website — www.uoc.edu

The UOC was created in 1994 as a result of the Parliament of Catalonia urging the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia to take the relevant measures to consolidate a distance learning system. It was constituted through a public deed on October 6, 1994, adopting the legal form of a foundation, the Fundació per la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. At the same time, the UOC was recognized by the Law of the Parliament of Catalonia 3/1995, of April 6, recognizing it as a member of the Catalan universities system. It was set up with the mission of offering lifelong learning, of encouraging all those who wish to improve their abilities and skills to access the university, and in this way to grow the educational level and skills of society in general.

UOC is governed by a Foundation (Fundació per a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, FUOC). The administration, management and representation of the FUOC correspond to the following governing bodies: a Board of Trustees, a permanent commission, which acts as a permanent body in the administration and management of the Foundation; and the Advisory Council, which assists the Board of Trustees as a consultative or advisory body for the Foundation. As of 2023, there are 656 faculty and research staff, 208 of whom are full time researchers.

• President — Term • Gabriel Ferraté Pascual — 19952005 • Imma Tubella Casadevall — 20052013 • Josep A. Planell i Estany — 20132023 • Àngels Fitó — 2023today

• Illustration — 22@ institutional office, in Barcelona (Rambla del Poblenou).

The UOC focuses its research activity on the interaction between technology and the human and social sciences. It has two research centers—the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) and the eHealth Center (eHC)—, a research program in e-learning and seven studies with research sub-divisions. It also has a Doctoral School, with more than 350 predoctoral researchers. In 2019 UOC signed the DORA Declaration. In 2023, a new interdisciplinary research and innovation space was inaugurated- located in the Can Jaumandreu complex.

The UOC makes O2, 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.

The Open University of Catalonia had total cumulative graduates of 85,700 as of academic year 2019-2020.