Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

TheUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)is located only 25 minutes in public transport from Barcelona's city centre, a cosmopolitan metropolis lying on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.The main campus is located in Bellaterra, in the heart of one of the main industrial and technological poles of Mediterranean Europe. The university is located in an area of outstanding natural beauty: 263 Hectares of campus surface area with 60% covered inwoodlands and green areas.The UAB campus offers all types ofservices for the university community:specialised librariesopen 24 hours a day,computer halls and laboratories,alanguage school,healthcare centre,disability and specific educational needs,volunteering,sports hall(with a gym, pools, football pitch, etc.),theatre,cinema,restaurants,shopsand cafés,as well as a hotel andresidence hallswith space for almost 2,600 students.

Student lifeTheUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)caters to all aspects of university life. The campus is organised as a true city of knowledge with almost 50,000 inhabitants: students, lecturers, researchers and administration staff.The international dimension of the UAB can be seen by the number of students enrolled from abroad, more than5,000international studentsfrom 90 countriesworldwide.  Every year, the UAB reaches new mobility agreements with universities from around the world. It also hasspecific programmes which welcome and aid international studentsonce they arrive at the UAB. The UAB campus provides a framework for   intercultural co-existence, where different university realities and cultures from around the globe can be seen side by side.The UAB is asustainable university.It strives to improve thehealth of the university community,promote healthy environments and lifestyles and, moreover, is committed to responsible consumption and has pioneered the implementation of sustainable actions.The university actively encourages the involvement and participation of its students involunteering activities and community service,and has been recognised by several institutes for these tasks. It also carries out awareness-raising campaigns among the university community.The Plaça Cívica is the reference point forcampus involvement, a space of meeting, leisure, solidarity, demand… A public place for the community to share and enjoy.