Autonomous University of Barcelona

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Autonomous University of Barcelona
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
TypePublic
Established1968
AffiliationRed de Universidades Instituto Joan Lluís Vives
Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas
RectorFrancisco Javier Lafuente
Location
Bellaterra
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The Autonomous University of Barcelona (also known as UAB) is a public university of Spain created in 1968 and located in Bellaterra, Sardanyola del Vallés, Catalonia.[1]

UAB has 105 degrees, 328 postdegrees programs and 90 PhD programs.[source?]

Incidents

2021 cyberattack

During October 2021, UAB servers felt down during COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

2018 death threats

During December 2018, some students got a death threat.[3] This is because UAB is consider to be ideologized to the left-wing, supporting Catalan independence and Pere Aragonès movement.[4]

Autonomous University Of Barcelona Media

References

  1. "Autonomous University of Barcelona". Times Higher Education (THE). 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. "Un ataque 'hacker' colapsa el sistema informático de laUniversidad Autónoma de Barcelona". abc (in español). 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  3. "Los 13 incidentes más graves ocurridos en las universidades catalanas". El Español (in español). 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  4. "La UAB lamenta la 'instrumentalització ideológica' del campus". La Vanguardia (in español). 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2022-05-02.