The Autonomous University of Barcelona (Catalan: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) is a public university in Catalonia (Spain), created in 1968. Most of their schools and extra-academic services on campus are located in Sardañola Bellaterra Vallès (Vallès Occidental, Barcelona). It also has schools in Sabadell, Sant Cugat del Vallès (Vallès Occidental), Manresa and Barcelona. It has 37,166 students and 3,262 profesores.1
Part of the Network of Universities Joan Lluís Vives Institute.
UAB offers 77 undergraduate degrees, 328 graduate programs and 90 doctoral programs.
History:
Although created in 1968 by the origins of its name dates back to the Second Spanish Republic, when the University of Barcelona, under the University Autonomy Act, changed its name to the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Retrieving the name, also wanted to honor the spirit of freedom and democracy that prevailed until the Civil War. The UAB in 1968 was born with the desire to establish autonomous four principles: freedom recruitment of teachers, students free admission (but with numerus clausus), free writing curricula and administrative freedom flows which prescribes the University.
The UAB was established to alleviate the problem of overcrowding in the university classroom. Also, its location outside the city of Barcelona was no accident. Its location in the Vallés Sardañola is due to the desire to disperse the students to reduce their protests against the regime of Francisco Franco. In fact, the campus of Sardañola del Valle is located in a valley (La Vall Moronta) because when the time could easily be taken by the security forces. This was also the site of the Autonomous University of Madrid and the University of Bilbao.
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