The UAB opens its doors on 5, 6, 7 and 8 February

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Once again, the UAB is organising its Open Days to make its course offer for the 2019/20 academic year, including all new academic programmes, known to future students. The UAB Open Days will be held from 5 to 8 February.

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Those interested can attend the sessions on Friday without previous enrollment. It is required to check the talks that will be offered.

From 5 to 8 February, the UAB organises its annual Open Days, in which future students and secondary teaching staff can learn first-hand about the course offer of the 2019/20 academic year in which the university also will be offering new academic programmes.

During these four days, there will be talks on all UAB bachelor's degree courses offered by lecturers from each field. Moreover, each day the Rectorat building will hold an information session on the new programmes for the 2019/20 academic year for secondary school teachers. The Vila Universitària residence halls will also be open to visitors.

This year, students who upload their photos to Instagram with the hashtags #FuturUABer and #PortesObertesUAB will be able to pick up an official UAB folder. One thousand folders will be handed out at the Plaça Cívica every day.

Information on each day's schedule and location of each talk is available at www.uab.cat/portesobertes.

New programmes for the next academic year

In the 2019/20 academic year, the UAB will offer new degrees in different academic areas. The Faculty of Communication Studies will offer two new degrees: Organisational Communication and Interactive Communication, both worth 240 ECTS credits (four academic years). The Bachelor's Degree in Organisational Communication will train professionals in the management of communication of businesses, institutes and organisations. Students will gain in-depth knowledge of the concepts of corporate identity, brand, image and reputation, and will be prepared to manage both external and internal communications, focusing on the sectors of corporate communication, press offices, political communication, etc.

The Bachelor's Degree in Interactive Communication will equip students with the skills needed in digital communication, computer-generated contents, big data), video games, augmented reality and the creation of immersive surroundings. They will develop the skills to work with big data and generate journalistic products, or create characters and stories for computer-generated contents. Graduates will be able to form part of the professional sectors related to social networks, video games and interactive projects in general.

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities will be offering the new Bachelor's Degree in Contemporary World Studies, with a duration of three academic years (180 ECTS credits) and taught fully in English. The degree combines knowledge in history, politics and economics with the aim of training professionals capable of interpreting social phenomena from the 20th century in a critical manner. Graduates can aspire to become consultants or analysts working for local and international organisations, social and business organisations, chambers of commerce, think tanks, NGOs, mass media, etc.

Two more new academic programmes will be offered next academic year. The Escola Universitària Salesiana de Sarrià (EUSS) engineering school, a UAB-affiliated centre, will be offering the Bachelor's Degree in Renewable Energies & Energy Efficiency, which will last four years and will train engineers in designing generation installations using renewable energies. And the UAB Faculty of Biosciences will offer the Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics, an interuniversity programme offered jointly by the UB, the UPF and the UPC. This degree lasts three years and is offered fully in English, and is the only degree of its kind to be offered in Spain.

More information: Open Days 2019