Institutional

UVic-UCC has retained the position it achieved for the first time last year in the Impact Ranking 2022 produced by Times Higher Education (THE). According to yesterday afternoon's announcement, the University is once again in the group ranked 401-600 out of 1,001, which means that it has retained its position in the middle of the table, in 33rd place out of 41 universities in Spain, and sixth out of eight in Catalonia.

This week the UVic-UCC has played host to a delegation from the management team of the Artevelde University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) in Belgium, led by its rector. The delegation from the Artevelde had the opportunity to hold meetings with their counterparts from UVic-UCC, and to visit the Vic Campus facilities and the city.

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Parliament of Catalonia's unanimous approval the Law recognizing the University of Vic by the 112 members of the Chamber falls on 21 May. The historic session which took place in 1997 led to the re-establishment of the university that the city had lost in 1717 with the New Plant decree enacted by the Spanish king Philip V.

UVic-UCC signed an agreement with the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Gambia this March, through the Faculty of Health and Welfare Sciences of the Vic campus and UManresa. Under the terms of the agreement, and starting in the 2022-2023 academic year, three students on the EHEA degree course in Nursing and three on the EHEA degree course in Physiotherapy will be able to do the final internship of their degree course in the hospital, which has 600 beds and is the largest in Gambia.

The BETA Technology Center of the University of Vic Central University of Catalonia played a major role at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), which took place in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) from 6 to 18 November. The director of the CT BETA, Sergio Ponsá, represented the centre in three sessions in which he participated as a speaker, as part of the programme of activities that took place in the Mediterranean Pavilion.

The University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) has this year surpassed the threshold of 11,000 students on official degree programmes for the first time, and in specific terms, has 11,588 students enrolled, 7% more in than the previous year. New entrance registrations for official UVic-UCC degrees for 2022-2023 ended with 3,866 students, a figure that is a 3% increase compared to the previous year.

Eleven lecturers and researchers at the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) appear on the World's Top 2% Scientists list of the world's most cited scientists, which was recently published by Stanford University (USA).

The University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) began the 2022-2023 academic year on Friday morning with a ceremony that for the first time took place in the University's Paranymph, located in the Hospital de la Santa Creu in Vic, which was also officially open on the same day.

The University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) has consolidated its position in the international THE World University Ranking (WUR) by Times Higher Education, which has just published its 2023 edition.

The Board of Trustees of the Balmes University Foundation ratified the renewal of Josep Eladi Baños as rector of the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) at its plenary meeting on Wednesday afternoon. This will be the second term of office for the current rector, who will remain at the forefront of the University's academic management for another four years, from 2022 to 2026.