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Universia
Industry	Education
Founded	July 9, 2000; 24 years ago in Madrid, Spain
Headquarters	Spain
Area served	United States; Latin America; Iberian Peninsula;
Key people	Javier Roglá Puig CEO
Parent	Banco Santander
Website	http://www.universia.net

Universia is a network that consists more than 1000 universities in several countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Spain, United States.^[1] The network operates a global website that provides services like job searching and themed news.^[2] Universia network represented 250,000 registered users as of 2021.^[3] Universia is a company of the Santander Group^[4] Javier Roglá Puig has been the CEO of Universia since 2018.

Objectives

The stated goal of Universia is to support talented young people through these three pillars:^[1]

Guidance: Personalized support for students that offers career and training advice to boost their employability.
Training: Opportunities to undertake courses (bootcamps and postgraduate studies) and training programmes that teach key job skills, with access to scholarships, discounts, ISAs, loans and other funding.
Employment: Connection with professional (internships or employment) and networking opportunities.

History

Universia was created in July 2000 as an internet initiative in the higher education sector. It is promoted by a group of Spanish universities with the support of the Spanish University Rectors' Board (CRUE), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and sponsored by the Santander Group.

Universia was officially presented in Madrid (Spain) on July 9, 2000, as a Spanish initiative with a clear Spanish American vocation. On the same day almost all the Universia societies were also formally incorporated (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela). The Portuguese branch was created a year later, followed by Uruguay in November 2005.

During the 2008, Universia welcomed Andorra, Panama, Paraguay and Dominican Republic. In order to expand the network towards the world, during March 2009 the basic information of Universia was published in Wikipedia in five languages under the edition and translation of Pabsi González from Universia Puerto Rico (http://www.universia.pr)

Today, Universia is the largest network of universities in the world and more countries have been added, such as: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Services and content

Preuniversia

Assists students from high school and helps them find scholarships as well as the right university or higher education institution.

Academic Mobility (MAI)

Helps students that are studying abroad and helps the ones that want to do it to find the best programs and scholarships available.

Jobs

Universia offers jobs in and outside the local job market.

Development

Offers conferences and seminars for development of professional education

Universia News

Universia News offers themed news: local universities, international universities, scholarships, jobs, culture and more.

Scholarships

Universia is the encounter point in which students find monetary aid that helps them continue studying.

Calendar

Local cultural activities are published.

References

References and university catalogs are included in this virtual library.

Courses

Promotion and details of the courses offered in Universia's universities.

Academic research

Search tool with students’ interests in mind.

Blogs

Universia's writers create blogs in which students and professors can participate by asking questions, sharing experiences and providing feedback. The four blogs are: Study Abroad, Jobs, Marketing and Movies.

Innoversia

A system that gets in contact both investigators and businesses in order to find applicable solutions to the current needs of the business world and generate beneficial contributions for both spheres of activity.

Universia TV

Audiovisual material that shows Universia's community some of the activities and promotions related to students, universities and current academic affairs.