University of Barcelona or Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Aug 7th, 2008 by admin
University of Barcelona or Universitat de Barcelona (UB) is a public university, which is situtaed in the city of Bareclona, Catalonia. It is included into the membership of Coimbra Group and Joan Lluís Vives Institute. It was founded in 1450 granted by Alfonso V of Aragon and in 2005 has celebrated its 555 birthday. King Martín the Humane was that one who made the recognition of University of Barcelona possible. Before him, Medical School (or Estudi Genera) (UB now) was not recognized by the authorities. Since that time, the great amount of students stared to enroll UB.
The popularity of the medical department of the university was growing, and more and more people wanted to enroll it, that is why in 1956 the new faculty of Pharmacy was founded. From that period, UB started to develop in different branches, not only in medicine. Thus, in 1958 the Faculty of Law was opened. In 1962, the School of Business Study has opened its doors to the students who wanted to gain a degree in this very field. The faculty of Business Study was followed by the faculty of Economics.
Nowadays, the sphere of educating in University of Barcelona or Universitat de Barcelona is extremely extended. In addition to all the above mentioned faculties, one can enroll the following faculties – Faculties of History and Geography and the Faculty of Philosophy.