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The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is a public university located in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. International in its outlook, it is fully consolidated within its local surroundings, and offers quality education in close association with research activity, the transfer of scientific, technological, cultural and educational knowledge, the promotion of its human potential and the responsible management of available resources.

The UAB currently offers 81 degrees, 130 official Master Programmes and 183 UAB-specific Masters Degrees. In addition, it offers 174 lifelong learning programmes and 65 PhD Programmes, 27 of which have been distinguished through Quality Awards. The UAB has a total of over 3,500 teaching and research staff, over 2,000 administrative staff and over 40,000 students.

UAB is the second best university in Spain, after the University of Barcelona, located in the same city, according to the 2022 QS World University Rankings, which ranked the university 209th overall in the world. Its subject rankings were: 27th in Veterinary Science, 72nd in Education & Training, 73rd in Linguistics, 78th in Sociology and 88th in Economics & Econometrics.[9]

Organisation Details

National coalition member
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Organisation category
Formal Education and Training provider
Target audience
Digital skills in education.
Geographic scope - Country
Spain
Industry - field of education and training
Generic programmes and qualifications not further defined
Business, administration and law not further defined
Marketing and advertising
Biological and related sciences not further defined
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) not further defined
Software and applications development and analysis
Engineering, manufacturing and construction not further defined
Electronics and automation