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UIC Barcelona now has an official anthem. The renowned conductor and composer Carlos Checa, member of the University Advisory Board (CAU), has composed UIC Barcelona’s new anthem, which has been presented to the community on the occasion of Santa Cecilia, patron saint of music. Checa, an internationally renowned composer and conductor, is currently the chief conductor and artistic director of the Jove Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona and has been a member of the CAU since May 2024. He now wants to contribute generously to the university by composing the UIC Barcelona anthem, which evokes “hope”, “greatness” and “solemnity”, as he himself explains.

The researcher led a panel on the influence of this vision of literature inspired by Cervantes on contemporary literature, as part of her new research project focusing on writers of the twentieth century

The Faculty of Humanities is currently in the process of accrediting the following degree programmes: Bachelor's Degree in Humanities and Cultural Studies and the University Master’s Degree in Cultural Management. This process is described in the Framework for the Verification, Monitoring, Modification and Accreditation of official degree programmes (MVSMA) established by the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU)

This collaboration agreement with one of the most important international meetings for the music industry in Bilbao and Bogotá expands UIC Barcelona's space for reflection on the challenges facing this artistic sector

The meeting of experts, co-organised by the Faculty of Humanities of UIC Barcelona, took place at the University of Tirana on the 7 and 8 October

UIC Barcelona’s Audiovisual Industry Management lecturer is the co-director of the award-winning documentary Eat Your Catfish, featured in the category of “social issues”

The course took place from 16 to 22 September, during which participants were able to visit and study houses, gardens and public and private collections in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire

Within the framework of the Expansion of International Studies programme, the grant awarded by SGAE Foundation allows Luis Meseguer, an alum of Audiovisual Communication, to investigate the relationship between contemporary and sacred music at the University of Saint Andrews (Scotland)

The University hosted the exclusive premiere of the documentary to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day, with the aim of highlighting this cause and helping to raise social awareness

Accompanied by academics, family members and friends, a total of thirty-one new doctors have received their doctoral tams, a symbol of “highest degree that a university can grant” according to  Alfonso Méndiz, rector of UIC Barcelona. The event took place on 19 July in the Aula Magna of the University