International University of Catalonia
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The Universitat Internacional de Catalunya —commonly branded as UIC Barcelona and known in English as the International University of Catalonia— is a private university in Catalonia, Spain, with campuses in Barcelona and Sant Cugat del Vallès. It was recognised as a private university by the Parliament of Catalonia through Law 11/1997, of 1 October 1997. The university has two main campuses, Campus Barcelona and Campus Sant Cugat, and offers programmes in fields including health sciences, dentistry, architecture, business, communication, law, education and the humanities. In the 2024–2025 academic year, it reported 9,415 enrolled students, 704 academic and research staff, and 498 administrative and service staff. In that academic year, its official academic offer comprised 43 degrees: 16 bachelor's degrees, 23 university master's degrees and four doctoral programmes. The university also reported 1,979 international undergraduate and postgraduate students from 109 countries, as well as 497 mobility agreements with foreign universities and institutions. UIC Barcelona appears in international and Spanish university rankings. In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it was placed in the 901–950 band worldwide, and in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 its Dentistry area was ranked 36th worldwide and 2nd in Spain.
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