Xarxa Vives d'Universitats
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The Xarxa Vives d'Universitats (Catalan pronunciation: acronym: XVU; English: "Vives Network"), formerly known as Institut Joan Lluís Vives (English: "Joan Lluís Vives Institute"), is the network of Catalan language universities.
XVU was founded in 1994 and it is headquartered in the Ramon Llull Institute.[1]
The institute is named after
from the 16th century.Members
The network currently comprises 21 universities situated in the Catalan language domain, in four different states (Andorra, France, Italy and Spain). It consists of the following 21 universities:[2]
- Abat Oliba CEU University (Barcelona)
- Autonomous University of Barcelona (Barcelona)
- International University of Catalonia (Barcelona)
- Castelló de la Plana)
- Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Elche)
- Open University of Catalonia (Barcelona)
- Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona)
- Valencia)
- Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona)
- Ramon Llull University (Barcelona)
- )
- University of Alicante (Alicante)
- University of Andorra (Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra)
- Palma)
- University of Barcelona (Barcelona)
- University of Girona (Girona)
- University of Lleida (Lleida)
- University of Perpignan (Perpignan)
- University of Sassari (Sassari)
- Valencia)
- University of Vic (Vic)
References
- ^ Press note on the agreement between Joan Lluís Vives Institute and Ramon Llull Institute Archived May 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Universities Vives.org