Open University of Catalonia

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Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Established:	October 6, 1994
Type:	Private
Rector:	Imma Tubella Casadevall
Students:	46.972[1]
Location:	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Website:	uoc.edu

The Open University of Catalonia (in Catalan and officially, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya; in Spanish, Universidad Abierta de Cataluña) 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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• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
• IN3
• Joan Lluís Vives Institute
• UOC UNESCO chair in e-learning fourth internation seminar

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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

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