Get to know the UOC

The UOC is a Catalan university with an international presence, sensitive to the diversity of its environment and committed to the capacity of education and culture to effect social change.

The UOC promotes creativity, innovation, cooperation and exchange within its own university community and with other universities, institutions, the business community and civil society. 

A leading institution in knowledge creation and cultural galvanisation, the UOC provides access to education and promoting the dissemination of culture.

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.

The UOC is committed to promoting the Catalan social, scientific and linguistic reality and conducts its activity within the framework of the public university system, complementing other universities.

The UOC has a strong international presence thanks to its strategy of forging alliances with universities and research institutions in different countries.

These alliances are built on a foundation of respect for and acceptance of cultural and linguistic differences.

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.

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.

Since 2000, the Campus for Peace has, through scientific and technical knowledge and education involving IT and the Internet:
 

• contributed to peace processes;
• promoted human rights;
• provided humanitarian aid in emergency situations;
• worked to ensure the sustainability of the planet;
• facilitated literacy.

Through the Campus for Peace, the UOC:

• participates in the implementation of ICT in the sphere of cooperation;
• offers a virtual forum for non-profit organisations;
• administers projects to host virtual offices and solidarity-based actions.

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 is committed to the economic and industrial spheres and to this end founded the business-oriented UOC Group, tasked with transferring the university’s innovation, knowledge and know-how to society.

The UOC Group has carried out more than 900 local and international partnership projects with different institutions.

Its primary services include:
 

• Design, implementation and administration of comprehensive online training systems — making the UOC’s experience in virtual learning environments available to institutions.
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• Customised training for companies – helping to make them more competitive and efficient.
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• Knowledge management and the creation of virtual communities — forging new bonds between people in forums for communication and exchange.