Autonomous University of Barcelona
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1968 |
| Affiliation | Red de Universidades Instituto Joan Lluís Vives Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas |
| Rector | Francisco Javier Lafuente |
| Location | Bellaterra |
 | |
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[change | change source]
2021 cyberattack[change | change source]
During October 2021, UAB servers felt down during COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
2018 death threats[change | change source]
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]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Autonomous University of Barcelona". Times Higher Education (THE). 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ↑ "Un ataque 'hacker' colapsa el sistema informático de laUniversidad Autónoma de Barcelona". abc (in Spanish). 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ↑ "Los 13 incidentes más graves ocurridos en las universidades catalanas". El Español (in Spanish). 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ↑ "La UAB lamenta la 'instrumentalització ideológica' del campus". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
