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University of Barcelona and two Amsterdam’s universities strengthen their collaboration

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Participants in the meeting between UB and Dutch institutions, UvA and HvA. Source: UB.
 11.04.2014

University of Barcelona and two Amsterdam’s universities strengthen their collaboration

On 8 and 9 April, the University of Barcelona (UB) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA), together with Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), held a bilateral meeting to strengthen their collaboration and set up initiatives focused on common interests. UB and UvA are members of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), an association of twenty-one leading research-intensive universities. The Barcelona Science Park, the campuses of international excellence and the UB centre for research transfer —the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation— were described and discussed.


UvA and HvA visit to the University of Barcelona began on Tuesday 8 April when the vice-rector for International Policy, Maria Callejón, welcomed the delegation of both Amsterdam’s institutions, headed by the rector of UvA, Dr Dymph van den Boom; the rector of HvA, Dr Huib de Jong, and the president of the Executive Board of UvA, Dr Louise Gunning-Schepers. Both Dutch universities work in close collaboration and share structures and common services.

The rector of the University of Barcelona, Dídac Ramírez, opened the working sessions which took place on 9 April. They were centred on four main aspects: cooperation, research and innovation, internationalization and education. All sessions emphasized that it is necessary to foster reforms and inter-university collaboration to increase international opportunities.

The University of Amsterdam shares some services and departments with the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences; this experience was used as an example of best practice in inter-university cooperation. The session on cooperation was chaired by Dr Louise Gunning-Schepers and Dr Dídac Ramírez.

On the session centred on research, chaired by Dr Jordi Alberch, vice-rector for Research, Innovation and Transfer of UB, both institutions explained their research policies. The Barcelona Science Park, the campuses of international excellence and the UB centre for research transfer —the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation— were described and discussed. Speakers were: Dr Karen Maex, dean of the Faculty of Science at UvA and of the Faculty of Life Sciences at HvA, Carme Verdaguer, director of FBG-UB, and Núria Casamitjana, technical director and academic coordinator at the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), who analysed in deep the collaboration lines between UB and CRESIB.

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