Closing ceremony of the 2015-2016 academic year of the University of Experience
Yesteday, the Paranimph of the Historical Building of the UB hosted the closing ceremony of the 2015-2016 academic year of the University of Experience. During this event the students were given the certificates for the 2015-2016 studies. The responsible of the University of Experience, Susanna Vendrell, values positively this ending course -with record in number of registered students (more than 1.100) -and highlights that the level of loyalty from the students is around 56%. This means that more than half the students enrol for a new course when they finish so they continue in the University of Experience. “As seen in the results of the surveys given to the students, their satisfaction degree is quite high, both in received information prior to registration, and the developed content in the program and teaching task by the lecturers, as well as the conditions and quality of the facilities” says Vendrell.
Yesteday, the Paranimph of the Historical Building of the UB hosted the closing ceremony of the 2015-2016 academic year of the University of Experience. During this event the students were given the certificates for the 2015-2016 studies. The responsible of the University of Experience, Susanna Vendrell, values positively this ending course -with record in number of registered students (more than 1.100) -and highlights that the level of loyalty from the students is around 56%. This means that more than half the students enrol for a new course when they finish so they continue in the University of Experience. “As seen in the results of the surveys given to the students, their satisfaction degree is quite high, both in received information prior to registration, and the developed content in the program and teaching task by the lecturers, as well as the conditions and quality of the facilities” says Vendrell.
The closure of the course coincided with the opening of pre-enrolment period. From June 27 to July 1, people aged over 55 who want to enrol in any of the 12 education programs offered by the University of Experience for next academic year- will be able to register both online and in person. On-site registration can be done in the several headquarters of the Area of Further Training of the UB during the dates listed in the website www.ub.edu/experiencia. For each course there are fifty vacancies; if there are more than fifty pre-enrolments, assignation will be done by draw.
The study offer for the 2016-2017 edition of the University of Experience has a new course program this year: Fine Arts, which is added to the already offered studies, widening and diversifying the offer. The programs give a high quality education in several knowledge fields and they follow a mixed education model sharing rooms with bachelor students in some courses. They are aimed at people over 55, who are not required to have any previous education; duration is of one or more academic years, and the training is given by UB lecturers.
The University of Experience is funded by Fundació Agrupació, and is supported by the Barcelona City Council, that, through a course with the annually updated agreement, collaborates financially on the education program dissemination and hosts in its website, a portal with all UdE information.