On 3 April, the closing ceremony of the Gaudí Programme 2024 took place, an initiative led by the Institute for Culture and Thought with the support of several vice-rectorates and departments of UIC Barcelona. The event, held in the Aula Magna at the Barcelona Campus, included a session on teaching innovation and was closed by the rector of UIC Barcelona, Alfonso Méndiz.

The Gaudí Programme is primarily aimed at teaching staff with less than five years of experience at the University, with the goal of supporting them in their development as university lecturers.  Since its launch on 11 January 2024, the programme has delivered three training modules over two academic years: “University and Institutional Culture”, “Intellectual and Human Training of University Lecturers” and “Innovation and Communication”.

Inspired by the trencadís mosaic technique of the great architect Antoni Gaudí, the programme builds a training mosaic through various sessions, combining institutional knowledge, pedagogical tools, and humanistic reflection. This structure seeks to reflect the diversity of knowledge that makes up the very nature of university teaching and is delivered through lectures, seminars, case studies, and debates, featuring teachers from UIC Barcelona and external experts.

Beyond knowledge transmission, the programme fosters dialogue and interaction among lecturers from different disciplines, creating spaces for reflection and exchange that strengthen the academic community. Through this initiative, the Institute for Culture and Thought promotes a higher education model centred on the individual and the holistic development of faculty members.

With this closing event, UIC Barcelona brings another edition of the Gaudí Programme to a close, in which 38 lecturers from various disciplines took part. The University continues to strengthen a faculty training model rooted in institutional identity, educational excellence, and integral humanism.