Xarxa Vives d'Universitats


The Xarxa Vives d'Universitats, formerly known as Institut Joan Lluís Vives, is the network of Catalan language universities.
XVU was founded in 1994 and it is headquartered in the Valencian Community, in the city of Castelló de la Plana. On May 21, 2008, it was integrated into the Ramon Llull Institute.
The institute is named after Joan Lluís Vives, a prominent Valencian scholar and humanist from the 16th century.

Members

The network currently comprises 21 universities situated in the Catalan language domain, in four different states. It consists of the following 21 universities:
  1. Abat Oliba CEU University
  2. Autonomous University of Barcelona
  3. International University of Catalonia
  4. Jaume I University
  5. Miguel Hernández University of Elche
  6. Open University of Catalonia
  7. Polytechnic University of Catalonia
  8. Polytechnic University of Valencia
  9. Pompeu Fabra University
  10. Ramon Llull University
  11. Rovira i Virgili University
  12. University of Alicante
  13. University of Andorra
  14. University of the Balearic Islands
  15. University of Barcelona
  16. University of Girona
  17. University of Lleida
  18. University of Perpignan
  19. University of Sassari
  20. University of Valencia
  21. University of Vic