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Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya | |
Motto | Scientiae patriaeque impendere vitam (Latin) |
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Type | Privately managed under public supervision |
Established | 1599 as Literary University of Vic, 1997 re-foundation of the current University |
Rector | Josep Eladi Baños |
Academic staff | 863[1] |
Administrative staff | 243[1] |
Students | 15.335[1] |
Location | , |
Campus | Principally in Vic and in Manresa |
Affiliations | Xarxa Vives d'Universitats |
Website | www.uvic.cat |
The University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), is a Catalan university with premises in Vic, Manresa and Granollers. It is a privately managed institution, under public supervision through its proprietor, the Balmes University Foundation, whose chair is the Mayor of Vic. UVic-UCC is a higher education and research centre. The UVic-UCC is a member of the Vives University Network.[2]
It was recognised as a university in 1997, fruit of the fusion of several centres in Vic affiliated to other universities. Initially, there was a campus only in Vic, but in 2014 the University of Vic was reconstituted as the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), as a result of the federation between the University of Vic and university centres in Manresa managed by the Bages University Foundation.
The emblem of the University of Vic is the A of Charlemagne, a Carolingian gold ornament symbolising the principles of learning and boundless expansion. The university lemma, Scientiae patriaeque impendere vitam, is a verse of Lucan that means "Devoting life to the service of science and the community".