Harbour.Space University
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Type | Private University |
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Established | December 15, 2015 |
Founder | Svetlana Velikanova, Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern, Kamran Elahian |
Academic affiliations | University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
Chairman | Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern |
Chairperson | Kamran Elahian |
Academic staff | 300 |
Administrative staff | 50 |
Students | 320 |
Address | Carrer de Rosa Sensat, 9, 08005 , Barcelona , Spain, Bangkok, Thailand |
Language | English |
Colors | HSU Purple and White |
Website | www |
Harbour.Space University also known as Harbour.Space, is a private unaccredited university of technology, entrepreneurship, and design, with campuses in Barcelona, Spain and Bangkok, Thailand.
History
Harbour.Space was founded in 2015 by Svetlana Velikanova, Kamran Elahian, and Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern, with its first campus in Barcelona, Spain.[1][failed verification] Upon opening in September 2016 at the OneOcean Port Vell, the university accepted 30 students from 11 countries.[2] The current Harbour.Space campus is located in Carrer Rosa Sensat 9-11.[3]
In August 2016, Harbour.Space signed an agreement of collaboration with the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, to develop academic exchange programs for students and staff, providing mutual administrative, operational and methodological support in the area of competitive programming and the organisation and realisation of joint educational, scientific, cultural events.[4]
In 2017, Harbour.Space announced a collaboration with the programming platform Codeforces.[5]
In February 2019, Harbour.Space and the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce signed an agreement with Harbour.Space to open Harbour.Space@UTCC, the university’s Bangkok-based second campus. UTCC has a student base of 20,000 students on campus and an affiliation with the Thai Chamber of Commerce.[6]
In 2016, Harbour.Space began a collaboration with Barcelona Activa. They collaborate in organising international programming bootcamps and free public lectures from the university’s faculty members. Barcelona Activa has supported Harbour.Space’s integration into the BCN ecosystem by collaborating with them on events and joint projects.[7]
Campuses
Harbour.Space Barcelona opened its doors in September 2016, in OneOcean Port Vell. The university remained and operated from the marina until 2018 when it moved to its current location in Port Olimpic near the 22@ Innovation District of Barcelona and walking distance from Nova Icaria beach.[8]
Harbour.Space@UTCC launched in January 2020 on UTCC’s premises, with bachelor and master programs in High-tech Entrepreneurship, Interaction Design, and Digital Marketing.[6]
Academics
The school’s partners include technology companies Kaspersky Lab and Yandex.[9] The university offers a foundation course, Mathematics as a Second Language, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in nine areas of study:
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Cyber Security
- Interaction Design
- Digital Marketing
- Fintech
- Front-end Development
- Super Cities
- Math as a Second Language
- High-Tech Entrepreneurship [10]
Harbour.Space's programs are taught in English to up to 200 undergraduate, graduate and professional students per year.[11] The Harbour.Space faculty is composed of professionals in their disciplines and instructors with current careers in the technology industry from around the world.[12] Founding instructors include entrepreneur Kamran Elahian, chairman of venture capital firm Global Catalyst Partners.[10]
Teaching methods
Programs at Harbour.Space run for an entire calendar year, divided into fifteen 3-week modules.
Scholarships
The university offers four scholarship opportunities; merit-based, women in technology, graduate teaching assistantships and competitive programming. These scholarships are available for the university’s Bangkok and Barcelona campuses.[9]
Events
Hello Programming Bootcamp ICPC
In 2017, Harbour.Space collaborated with Moscow Workshops ACM ICPC and Codeforces to organize the Hello Barcelona Programming Bootcamp, the first edition in the series of bootcamps to prepare participants for the Intercollegiate Programming Competition World Finals. As of 2020, the Bootcamp series has continued, realizing 5 bootcamps in total in Spain, India, and Oman. The latest edition was scheduled to take place in Muscat, Oman, but was postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19.[13][14]
Tech Scouts
In July 2018, Harbour.Space organised the first Tech Scouts, an 11-day summer camp for kids 12-18 with the objective of introducing them to design, computer science, and entrepreneurship. The camp had 62 participants.[15] In July 2019, the university organised the second edition of the summer camp. The camp had 71 participants. The third edition of Tech Scouts was scheduled for July 2020 but was postponed because of the outbreak of COVID-19.
References
- ^ "Empresite España". Empresite España - Buscador de Empresas y Negocios de España. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "A high tech harbour of the 21st century". harbour.space/blog. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Harbour.Space University search". Google Maps. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "MIPT's Moscow Workshops ICPC educational project announces boot camp in China". mipt.ru. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ Ohr, Thomas (2017-08-04). "Harbour.Space University launches international coding boot camps". EU-Startups. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "UTCC Partnering with Barcelona Startup, Harbour.Space to Transform Thailand's Future of Higher Education". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "The Cibernàrium hosts Harbour Space University's webinars". www.barcelonactiva.cat. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "About". harbour.space. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ a b "Harbour.Space se implanta en Barcelona con la misión de fomentar el talento". lavanguardia.com. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ "Admissions". harbour.space. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
- ^ "Aterriza en Barcelona el Harbour.Space, centro internacional de formación tecnológica". Europa Press (in European Spanish). 19 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ "3rd Hello Barcelona ICPC Programming Bootcamp | Autumn 2018".
- ^ "ACM-ICPC Training Bootcamp Spring 2018".
- ^ "Tech Scouts | Summer School of Technology, Design and Leadership for ages 12-18 | Harbour.Space University | Barcelona, Spain".
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