Universidad Católica de Avila

The Universidad Católica Santa Teresa de Jesús de Ávila (UCAV) is a Catholic university founded in 1996 under the Diocese of Ávila. It has two campuses in the city of Ávila, on Calle Canteros and Avenida de la Inmaculada, and three faculties: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Law, and Sciences and Arts. According to the university, it has 7,287 students.

UCAV offers 14 official bachelor's degrees, official master's degrees, doctoral programmes and more than 200 of its own qualifications, including expert certificates that students can combine with their degree. Degrees can be studied on campus, in a hybrid format or fully online: all students use a platform to join classes live, recorded lectures are available, and exams are taken in person at centres in several Spanish regions. The university has two affiliated centres, the Escuela Fray Luis de León and the Clínica Mompía.

International mobility runs through Erasmus+ and agreements with universities in the United States, and UCAV has bilateral agreements with more than 60 institutions in America, Asia and Europe. It also promotes work placements in companies. UCAV has no accommodation on campus, but its International Relations Office helps exchange students book a room in a hall of residence in Ávila; shared flats are rented from private owners.