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The Academic Board of the University approved, at the proposal of the Director of the University Institute of Applied Technology (IUTA), to request from the Government of the Principality of Andorra the creation of two new state bachelor’s degrees: Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering.

The Bioinformatics program is currently implemented in the Catalan university system through an interuniversity agreement between UAB, UB, UPC, and UPF, which have offered it as an official undergraduate degree since the 2023–24 academic year. The future introduction of this program at eUniv’s IUTA will contribute to strengthening the current academic field of Computer Science with a fourth degree.

Meanwhile, Biomedical Engineering is a well-established and widely implemented field across all levels of the European Higher Education Area. In the Spanish university system alone, it is offered in more than thirty universities, including the UOC, which will introduce it in a fully online teaching format starting next academic year.

On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, the Academic Board of the University, led by the Rector and the Chancellor, accompanied by the Vice-Rector for Research, the Academic Protonotary, and the Director of Humanities Studies, visited His Excellency the Episcopal Co-Prince of the Principality of Andorra, His Eminence and Most Reverend Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat.

Also present at the meeting were the personal representative of the Episcopal Co-Prince, Dr. Eduard Ibáñez; the Delegate for Education of the Diocese of Urgell, Mn. Pepe Chisvert; and the Director of the Fiter i Rossell Chair at eUniv, Dr. Josep Serrano, who presented his latest study on the martyrial documentation of Bishop Pere M. Sans, which will be published this year.

The eUniv delegation presented the current status of the institutional development of the university project, as well as addressed questions regarding future prospects raised by the attending authorities.

With this visit, eUniv continued its institutional relationship with the Episcopal Co-Principality, initiated in 2023 with the visit to the previous office holder, His Eminence and Most Reverend Joan-Enric Vives i Sicília.

The Duran i Martí Private Foundation, based in Tortosa, and the European University (eUniv), based in Sant Julià de Lòria, in the Principality of Andorra, have signed an academic cooperation agreement to promote the organization of scientific symposiums devoted to the presentation and discussion of the legal history of the principalities of Catalonia and Andorra. The agreement provides for the joint organization of conferences and international congresses aimed at deepening the study of historical law and highlighting the shared legal heritage between the two territories.

Among the first initiatives is the “1st Symposium on the History of the Customs of Tortosa,” an international congress held within the framework of the 750th anniversary of the Customs of Tortosa. The symposium will take place in the Terres de l’Ebre in the autumn of 2027 and will bring together specialists to analyze the historical and legal significance of the Customs, one of the most relevant legal compilations of medieval Catalan law.

Through this agreement, both institutions strengthen international academic collaboration and establish Tortosa as a center for scholarly debate on the legal tradition of the principalities.

On Thursday, 26 February 2026, eUniv signed a cooperation agreement with the Association of Institutes of Sufi Spiritual Philosophy (ISSF) to promote programmes of study on Sufism.

This initiative is being jointly led by eUniv’s Faculty of Humanities and its Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies.

The ISSF, headquartered in the Federal Republic of Germany, was represented at the signing ceremony by Mr. Abdulmase Chami.

In accordance with the provisions of this agreement, eUniv will be in a position to offer its own studies on Sufism starting in the next academic year 2026–2027; these studies will be available in several languages and will feature renowned specialists in this field.

On Wednesday, 25 February 2026, Mr. Carles Pérez-Desoy i Fages paid an official institutional visit to eUniv’s headquarters in Sant Julià de Lòria.

The Ambassador was received by the Academic Board, led by the University’s Rector, Dr. Antoni Noguero, and by members of the Academic Senate, led by the Vice-Chancellor, Rev. Josep Chisvert.

This was the first time a Spanish ambassador had visited the university, and his presence enabled the academic authorities who welcomed him to provide detailed institutional information about eUniv, which may serve as a basis for establishing future agreements to develop joint initiatives.

During the visit, the Rector presented the Ambassador with the eUniv Medal, as well as several of the university’s recent scientific publications.

On Friday, 19 December 2025, the conference Local spaces of medieval legal experience: decision-making systems and forms of representation in the Catalan-Aragonese sphere was held in the Nicolau d’Olwer Hall at the Institut d’Estudis Catalans. It was coordinated by Dr. Josep Serrano, Director of the Fiter i Rossell Chair at eUniv, together with Dr. Rogerio Tostes of the Complutense University of Madrid.

In the conference’s second session, Ms. Sara Ubach, a PhD candidate at the University of Lleida and a specialist at the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Andorra, presented her work on Family networks in councils: representatives of local elites in late medieval Andorra.

On Thursday, 18 December 2025, the Eucharistic celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Hope, Patron Saint of eUniv, took place at the Church of Sant Julià i Sant Germà in the parish of Sant Julià de Lòria. The celebration was presided over by Rev. Josep Chisvert, Vice-Chancellor of the University.

Present at the event were eUniv’s academic authorities, led by Dr. Jesús M. Prujà, Chancellor of the University, together with teaching and technical staff. Representatives of the Sant Julià de Lòria parish council (Comú) and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the Principality of Andorra also attended.

Afterwards, a commemorative dinner was held to mark the sixth anniversary of eUniv’s authorization by the Government of the Principality of Andorra. The dinner was attended by several guests from other Catalan and Spanish universities, as well as members of eUniv’s own university community.