The goal of the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU, just as it was that of the very first university to be established as an institution of learning, is to seek the truth and to communicate it in all disciplines known to man. This mission is captured in its motto: Viam sapientiae monstrabo (Proverbs 4, 11), “I will show you the way of wisdom”. It is by fulfilling this goal that the University can be an efficient tool of cultural progress for its students and broader society as well. The University was founded as a universitas magistrorum et scholarium, that is, as an academic community dedicated to research and the teaching of students, who willingly joined with their teachers in the mutual pursuit of knowledge. It is in this spirit of cooperation and respect that the University seeks to promote among its academic teaching staff and students alike a harmonious integration of faith and culture, of Christian wisdom and specialized professional training.

The origins of the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU can be traced back to the University Centre of Education set up by the San Pablo-CEU Foundation in 1973 following an agreement to cooperate with the University of Barcelona. The first lectures were given in Avda Pearson in Barcelona in 1974 and since then more than 8,500 students have graduated from the University. In 1993, the University took up residence on the Bellesguard Campus, as the Abat Oliba Higher Education Centre, and where it now teaches all its degree courses in Law and Business Management, as well as the first-cycle courses in the Economics degree. Ten years later, on 4 July 2003, the Catalan Parliament (Act 20) granted the institution university status, establishing two centres in Barcelona: the Social Sciences Faculty and the School of Engineering.

Based on the model in practice at universities in the US and the UK, the Campus of Bellesguard is designed to accommodate up to two thousand students in small subject groups with individual tutorial supervision. Students receive highly personalised teaching and so are guaranteed quality in all the services provided by the University. The knowledge and information society in which we live today requires its centres of tertiary education – the last rung on the academic ladder before entering the professional world – to be aligned with the challenges that the world faces in the twenty-first century. To achieve this, the University offers its students innovative teaching practices, which break with traditional models. The University seeks above all to provide its students with the skills and resources to face the constant changes in today’s world. Student learning takes place in lecture theatres and practical classes, seminars, tutorials and complementary academic activities, where the aim is to combine theory and practice through case study methods and the individual monitoring of student progress.

Research work at the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU is organized in the university departments, specialist research groups and associated centres. Specialist research groups. The University has created its own research structure by establishing specialist and interdisciplinary groups (cátedras especializadas), with the aim that they can also contribute to the postgraduate courses. Social Economy Research Group The aims of the Social Economy Research Group (CES) are the study, analysis and promotion of the social economy as a model of economic development and as a means of social cohesion. It operates internationally, forming part of national, European and international networks of social economy, and so has forged global links with both the social and business sectors. It jointly organizes the postgraduate course in Social Economics with the Social Economy Observatory. Entrepreneurship and Family Firms Research Group The aims of the Entrepreneurship and Family Firms Research Group are the teaching, analysis and research of issues related to entrepreneurial activities from the start-up phase through to the consolidation of the family-run business. It runs training programs in entrepreneurship and the economics of family businesses. University Management Research Group. The University Management Research Group seeks to provide management training courses for those wishing to work in university education at home or abroad. The group members’ research experience in the management of the institutions of higher education gives students a good practical grounding for the analysis and solving of the problems that universities must face. Bioethics Research Group. The aim of the Gift & Task Bioethics and Law Research Group is to contribute to the current social debate on such questions as the uses of biotechnology and the taking of decisions based on respect for human dignity which should lead to the building of a fairer, more humane society, where science and technology are at the service of mankind. Associated Research Centres The University has signed cooperation agreements with other centres in order to further bolster its research work. • The Thomas Becket Research Centre – conducting research in the field of Governance and Security • The Santo Tomàs Higher Education Centre - Fundación Balmesiana • The Jaume Carner University Institute – conducting research in tax systems and policy

Cultural activities The University, through its Vice-Rector for Student Affairs, organizes a range of cultural activities aimed at encouraging students to develop their personal and intellectual interests. These activities include participating in the University Choir, the Theatre Workshop, the Film Club, the universities debating society and the Music Workshop, as well as attending conferences, talks and seminars that seek to make the University a debating chamber for Catalan society. The Reading Club proposes a title for its group members to read and discuss. Then, working very much as a team, the club’s members write reviews for publication in the University’s online cultural magazine, “Letras de Batalla”.

The University attaches great importance to giving its students the possibility of completing part of their studies abroad. The University organizes an International Exchange Program that coordinates exchange programs with prestigious centres of higher education. International Exchange Program The International Relations Service organizes student exchanges with many universities around the world, through the Erasmus program, the European Union’s international exchange program, as well as through a number of bilateral agreements signed between the University and other foreign universities. The program enables students in the second cycle of their degree studies to spend one or two semesters at another university, and guarantees that they receive proper accreditation for their studies there. Students can participate on the Erasmus exchange program with universities in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland, and thanks to the University’s bilateral agreements with Australia, the United States, Great Britain, Colombia and Chile.

'Student Information Service The Student Information Service seeks to provide students and their families with all the information they might require about the services available to them throughout the University. This includes student accommodation, insurance, scholarships and other study grants, complementary study programs, job offers and volunteer work. Computer Services Virtual campus Computer facilities available for student use: The University has transformed its Campus into a wi-fi zone and all students have access to latest generation laptop computers, for use throughout their studies. The program also provides each student with access to a personal ''technology cupboard”. • Library Service • Languages Service • International Exchange Program • Job placement and careers service • Quality Unit • Sports Service • Psychological Support Service '

The Dual Degree program. The curricula for the dual degree programs are specially designed to ensure that the course contents complement each other as closely as possible and so facilitate the studies of those students simultaneously enrolled on two degree courses. In practice, it takes a student five academic years to graduate in both degrees. The student is able to specialize by selecting a range of optional subjects and on successfully completing these courses can be awarded a second degree. The 2009-2010 academic year is the last year that the dual degree program is available, as in 2010-2011 all university qualifications will have to be adapted to the requirements of the European Higher Education Area (the bachelor’s and master’s degrees). International Programs. Second-cycle students (those entering the third year) are encouraged to participate on international student exchange programs with prestigious centres of higher education in the United States that include the University of Saint Thomas in Houston, the Regent University School of Law in Virginia and the College of Charleston in South Carolina. New exchange programs are also offered under an agreement with the University of Technology in Sydney and as part of the CEU-BU bilingual program with Boston University. Students are also encouraged to finance themselves on summer programs in British and North American universities. Scholarships are awarded to the most outstanding students so that they can participate, for example, on the University Summer Session at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana. Compulsory Work Placement (Practicum). All the University’s degree courses require students to complete work placements in a private firm or public institution. These training programs should run from between 250 to 500 hours depending on the course. The student is assigned a tutor whose job it is to oversee the practicum and to ensure that the student gets as much benefit from it as possible and acquires the appropriate skills and professional expertise. In addition to this program, the University’s job placement and careers service gives students the chance of participating on voluntary placement schemes at home and abroad, working during the university holiday periods and using their online job centre. Student Grant Program. Each year the University offers a broad program of study grants: to students with outstanding academic results, to families with three or more children, to the University’s alumni (or children of former students), while assistance is also available to those students with particular financial needs. http://www.uao.es - info@uao.es

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