Sant Julià de Lòria , September 29- Ignasi Martín, professor of the Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Organization Engineering at eUniv, presented his new book, El factor coraje. El valor de ser tú mismo (The Courage Factor: The Value of Being Yourself), last Tuesday, September 22, at the Hive Five Coworking space in Andorra.
The book proposes an inner journey of self-discovery through the story of Elian, a young druid apprentice who sets off on a quest to reconnect with his own voice, face his fears, and unlock the strength he has always carried within. Combining narrative storytelling, metaphors, and thought-provoking questions, the work merges coaching and personal development to explore key themes such as authenticity, decision-making, purpose, and the value of being true to oneself.
Ignasi Martín’s extensive experience guiding individuals, professionals, and leaders serves as the foundation for the insights presented in this work, designed as an invitation to introspection and personal growth.
The Registrar (Oficial Major) and the Praelector of eUniv represented the university at the benchmark European congress on higher education law.
The congress focused its debates on the impact of generative artificial intelligence and the need to harmonize the European legal framework.
Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra – September 22, 2026 — La Universitat Europea (eUniv) had a prominent participation in the fifth edition of the European Congress Higher Education Law, held on September 19, 2026, at the headquarters of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. The eUniv delegation was composed of the Registrar, Mr. Enric Roig, and the Praelector of the University, Mr. Lluís Serés.
The event was organized by the Institute of European and International Higher Education Law, an entity affiliated with the European University Trust, with the support of the Deutsche Hochschulstiftung (German University Foundation).
The regulation of Generative AI at the center of the debate
This year’s edition centered on analyzing the impact of recent technological advances on learning processes, academic assessments, and university research. During the working sessions, various institutional strategies to address the accelerated introduction of generative artificial intelligence across higher education were debated.
Additionally, several regulatory options and their integration into the European legal framework for higher education were presented, aiming to propose legislative adaptations to address current legal tensions and foster common criteria throughout the European Higher Education Area.
The texts and conclusions of the papers presented during the congress will soon be available in the organization’s official online archive: https://www.highereducationlaw.eu.
Sant Julià de Lòria, September 17, 2026 — Last Monday, eUniv attended the 33rd Young Entrepreneur Award Gala (33è Premi Jove Empresari), organized by AIJEC (Young Entrepreneurs Association of Catalonia) and held at the Palau de la Música Catalana. The event brought together representatives from Catalonia’s business, academic, and institutional sectors.
The university was represented by Jordi Sauret, Director of the Francesc Layret University College, and Gerard Miret, Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degrees in Communication and Marketing. They attended one of the region’s main annual events recognizing entrepreneurial talent and business innovation in Catalonia.
During the ceremony, Adrià Argemí, co-founder and CEO of Pangea Aerospace, received the 33rd Young Entrepreneur Award in recognition of his business trajectory and his company’s contribution to developing proprietary technology for the space industry.
The gala also honored other outstanding business projects and initiatives. Among them was Aurax Technology, which received the Award for Best Business Initiative, alongside various projects recognized for their contributions in areas such as social innovation, corporate linguistic quality, and the promotion of youth entrepreneurship.
eUniv’s presence at this event aligns with its commitment to maintaining close ties with the business community and supporting initiatives that foster innovation, leadership, and entrepreneurial talent development.
The XII Symposium grafica_qp brings together 52 participants in Barcelona and consolidates the international reach of visual communication research.
Sant Julià de Lòria (Andorra), September 17, 2026. The European Observatory of Communication (OEC), a specialized research center created through an agreement between the J. H. Newman Doctoral School of eUniv (European University of Andorra) and the Higher School of Public Relations at the University of Barcelona, has held the XII Symposium grafica_qp.
The event, held from September 2 to 4 at BAU, Arts and Design College of Barcelona, brought together 52 participants and 40 researchers from around the world to analyze the main current challenges in graphic design and advertising.
Artificial intelligence, new technologies, creativity, branding, research methodologies, and the social responsibility of design were among the main topics addressed during the conference.
Organized annually by the OEC in collaboration with various university research groups, the Symposium included lectures, scientific papers, doctoral thesis presentations, and awards recognizing works published in the journals Grafica and Questiones Publicitarias.
Through this initiative, the European Observatory of Communication reinforces its international focus and its commitment to research and scientific dissemination in communication, design, and advertising, helping project the academic and research ecosystem linked to Andorra.
The next edition, the XIII Symposium grafica_qp, will take place from September 8 to 10, 2027, at the EASD Higher School of Design in Valencia, under the theme “Explaining the What and the How of Graphic Design and Advertising Research.”
The scientific conference took place at the House of European History in Brussels from September 7 to 9, 2026.
Dr. Josep Serrano Daura, Director of the Fiter i Rossell Chair at eUniv, presented a paper on the dynastic union of the Crown of Aragon.
Sant Juliá de Loira, September 15, 2026 — eUniv actively participated in the international conference «Political Unions in European History (10th-18th Centuries), and Their Perception in the Cultures of Remembrance (19th-21th Centuries)», held from September 7 to 9, 2026, at the headquarters of the House of European History in Brussels.
This high-level academic event was jointly organized by the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften) and the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk). The academic co-direction was led by Professors Dr. W. Huschner and Dr. I. Kakolewski, representing their respective scientific institutions.
The conference’s academic program was divided into two consecutive sections: the first dedicated to long-lasting extinct European political unions, and the second focusing on those with a more limited duration. Throughout the presentations, participants discussed a wide range of European political unions from the 10th to the 20th century, including the Kalmar Union, Castile and Leon, Austria and Spain, Bohemia and Hungary, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Within this analytical framework, Professor Dr. Josep Serrano Daura, Director of the Fiter i Rossell Chair at eUniv, presented a paper entitled «The dynastic union of the so-called Crown of Aragon (12th-18th centuries)», addressing the historical nature and evolution of this political entity between the 12th and 18th centuries.
Sant Julià de Lòria, 19 July 2026. Universitat Europea (eUniv) held the Graduation Ceremony for its third graduating class yesterday evening, bringing together more than 100 students and nearly 400 attendees at the Auditori Claror of the Centre Cultural i de Congressos Lauredià, which was filled to capacity. The ceremony, which began at 6.30 p.m., highlighted the consolidation of the university project six years after its establishment in Andorra and brought together students from both the Principat and other parts of the world.
The ceremony was presided over by the Rector of Universitat Europea, Dr. Antoni Noguero, and included the participation of Dr. Jesús M. Prujà, Chancellor of Universitat Europea; Mr. Albert Moles, President of Andorra Cluster de la Tecnologia i la Innovació (ACTINN) and patron of the graduating class; and Dr. Isaac Galobardes, Director of the Agència de Qualitat de l’Ensenyament Superior d’Andorra (AQUA), who together formed the presidential panel for the ceremony.
One of the most moving moments of the ceremony was the address delivered on behalf of the students by Ms. Eva Choy, a graduate of the Màster en Business Administration (MBA), Director of l’Escola Andorrana de Sant Julià and former Cònsol Menor of Ordino, who highlighted the effort, perseverance and shared commitment demonstrated by the students throughout their academic journey.
During the ceremony, graduation sashes were presented to the graduates, while doctoral medals were awarded to the two new doctors of Universitat Europea who successfully defended their doctoral theses during this academic year: Dr. Rodrigo Cabedo and Dr. Ángeles Corredor. The ceremony concluded with the traditional official photographs of the graduating class, in an atmosphere of emotion, pride and celebration shared by the entire university community.
A university undergoing strong consolidation
Alongside the graduation celebrations, Universitat Europea continues to consolidate its institutional growth. The institution currently offers nearly twenty degree programmes and has already educated more than one hundred graduates, within a community of more than five hundred students who have studied at the university since 2020, both on campus and online.
In this regard, the Academic Secretary of Universitat Europea, Dr. Marc Escolà, highlighted the institution’s commitment to the country:
“This is an institutional commitment; we are not a company or anything resembling one and, as a result, we have made a significant number of investments in the country. We already have a staff of 92 professors working here.”
Dr. Escolà also gave a positive assessment of the legislative reform on higher education being promoted in the Principat:
“The reform that has been presented to the Consell General greatly improves the current situation. And I hope that the subsequent implementation of this law will improve it even further.”
These statements reflect Universitat Europea’s determination to continue contributing to the development of the Andorran university system and to its international positioning.
Universitat Europea would like to thank all the academic authorities, institutional representatives, teaching staff, families and friends who joined the new graduates on such a special occasion, as well as the students from Andorra and different countries around the world who have placed their trust in the institution by choosing it to pursue their educational goals.
The celebration of this third graduating class represents another step in the consolidation of Universitat Europea as a higher education institution committed to academic excellence, internationalisation and service to the country.
On 8 May 2026, Joaquim Vallès, Director of eUniv’s University Institute of Applied Technology (IUTA), signed a framework cooperation agreement between his institute and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Deusto.
This agreement will enable IUTA to develop research projects and specialised academic programmes in collaboration with this prestigious Basque institution, as well as to facilitate exchanges of teaching staff and students across the various programmes of study, including doctoral programmes.
For eUniv, this agreement represents a highly significant step towards the institution’s full academic recognition within the international university community. This progress will soon be further strengthened by additional agreements that are currently under negotiation.
In the early hours of Sunday, 14 June 2026, Dr Josep M. Sans i Travé passed away. He had been a member of eUniv’s Academic Senate since its creation. With his passing, the University loses one of the people who believed most deeply in the project and who most actively supported it.
Catalan culture has lost a rigorous and tireless historian, an archivist with a strong institutional vision, and an exceptional steward of cultural heritage. Dr Sans was a true homenot—a man of remarkable stature—with a gift for turning both his own initiatives and those of others into reality, and for doing so with almost proverbial effectiveness. From the National Archive of Catalonia to the regional network of historical archives; from the most far-reaching legislation to the most specific resolution; from the most important congress to the most specialised seminar; from the most significant doctoral thesis to the most locally focused historical monograph: across all these spheres, the hand of Dr Sans i Travé was clearly and visibly present for decades.
His legacy is as immense as it is admirable. Future generations will surely come to regard him as the embodiment of that Catalan seny ordenador—the discerning and organising spirit who guided the endeavour to safeguard our collective documentary memory, from the restoration of Catalan self-government until well into the 21st century. For its part, Universidad Europea IMF will always remember him as one of its most distinguished senators, unfailingly enthusiastic and positive, who has left us far too soon. We extend our deepest gratitude and heartfelt condolences to his family.
On 22 August, the Societat Andorrana de Ciències held its traditional specialised Andorran conference, an event that has taken place since 1988. As part of the Universitat Catalana d’Estiu, the 39th edition of the Andorran Conference was held to discuss Andorran neutrality, featuring a total of twenty-one in-person presentations and eight remote presentations.
The history of Andorra and the Andorran people has always been, and continues to be, closely linked to the condition of neutrality and the concept of being neutral. Neutral in relation to the two large states between which Andorra is situated, whose interests have very often been opposed or conflicting, in order to preserve its distinctiveness and, consequently, its independence, belonging to neither one nor the other. Neutral in relation to the two Lords or Co-Princes, who are closely linked to the two neighbouring states. Neutral because of its economic dependence on the outside world due to its size, addressed through cooperation and complementarity with its neighbours. Neutral in order to achieve the balance that enables it to be and remain sustainable. Neutral in order to adapt to the new system governing an increasingly open world—to globalisation—which requires commitment and responsibility, with a position that is impartial, yet also fair and aligned with human rights and humanism, going beyond the traditional approach of simple non-involvement.
And it is necessary to adapt to the new parameters and nuances encompassed by the concept of neutrality today in order to remain afloat in the current fluid world, bringing stability to uncertainties and making actions towards the surrounding environment more supportive than ever, thereby justifying independence and what it represents: continuing to enjoy the status of free people.
Representing eUniv this year were Dr Marc Escolà, Academic Protonotary of Universitat Europea; Dr Eladi Llop, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs; Dr Xavier Fantova, Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities; and Joaquim Vallés, Director of the Institut Universitari de Tecnologia Aplicada (IUTA).
On Friday, 3 July 2026, the Institute of North American Studies (IEN) celebrated its 75th anniversary. Founded in Barcelona in 1951, the IEN was initially established as a civil association and was transformed into a private foundation in 2006.
The Rector of eUniv, Dr Antoni Noguero, a member of the IEN Board of Trustees, took part in the anniversary celebration, during which Dr Joan Massagué, the renowned Catalan oncologist and biochemist who currently heads the Sloan Kettering Institute in New York, was presented with the J. F. Kennedy Award granted by the IEN.
The event also included the presentation of a commemorative book dedicated to the first Kennedy Award, which was presented to Pau Casals in 1966.
eUniv collaborates with the IEN by annually hosting, at its Andorran headquarters, a presentation on higher education opportunities in the United States for Andorran families.
