Harbour.Space University

Harbour.Space University is a private uncredited[1] university in Barcelona, Spain that teaches technology, design and entrepreneurship.

Harbour.Space University
TypePrivate with no accreditation
EstablishedDecember 15, 2015
FounderSvetlana Velikanova
Academic affiliations
University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
ChairmanIngo Beyer von Morgenstern
ChairpersonKamran Elahian
RectorLina Romashkova
DirectorMichel Gabriel Lopez Behar
Students35
Location
Barcelona
,
Spain
LanguageEnglish
Colors   HSU Purple and White
Websitewww.harbour.space

History

Harbour.Space was founded on December 15, 2015 by Svetlana Velikanova and Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern.[2] It opened its doors in July 2016, with its first academic year beginning in September 2016.[3] The current Harbour.Space campus is located in Carrer Rosa Sensat 9-11.[4]

Digital Marketing course for Harbour.Space

Expansion

The university announced[5] its planned expansion to a new campus in Port Olimpic, set for May 2019.

Academics

The university offers a foundation course, Maths as a Second Language, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in nine areas of study:

The school’s partners include technology companies Kaspersky Lab and Yandex.[7]

Vladimir Mazin teaching his Python class

Harbour.Space's programmes are taught in English to up to 200 undergraduate, graduate and professional students per year.[8] Instructors with current careers in the technology industry from Germany, Russia and United States lead the courses.[9] Founding instructors include entrepreneur Kamran Elahian, chairman of venture capital firm Global Catalyst Partners.[6]

Events

Hello Programming Bootcamp ICPC
Hello Barcelona Programming Bootcamp

In 2016, Harbour.Space partnered with Moscow Workshops ICPC of MIPT and Codeforces to create the Hello Programming Bootcamp series. Over the next two years the partnerships would grow, with the additions of Barcelona Activa, ITMO, Sberbank, Indeed Tokyo, Topcoder, VTB, and Phaze Ventures. The Hello Programming ACM ICPC boot camps have taken place in Spain,[10] India and Russia,[11] with an upcoming camp in Oman set for March 2019.

Creative Track in Tech Scouts

Tech Scouts

In July 2018, Harbour.Space alongside St. Peter's School, Barcelona launched their first summer camp for young adults.[12] Tech Scouts is an intensive summer school taught in English and designed to lay out the foundation of knowledge high-school students will need to enroll in universities in the pursuit of math and computer science, or even to start future business while still preparing for the next stage of higher learning.

References
  1. "FAQ". harbour.space. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  2. "Empresite España". Empresite España - Buscador de Empresas y Negocios de España. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  3. "A high tech harbour of the 21st century". harbour.space/blog. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  4. "Harbour.Space University search". Google Maps. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  5. https://harbour.space/blog/2018/new-campus-HSU
  6. "Harbour.Space se implanta en Barcelona con la misión de fomentar el talento". lavanguardia.com. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  7. "About". harbour.space. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  8. "Admissions". harbour.space. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  9. "Aterriza en Barcelona el Harbour.Space, centro internacional de formación tecnológica". Europa Press (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  10. https://in.harbour.space/icpc/acm-icpc-hello-barcelona-bootcamp-autumn-2018/
  11. https://in.harbour.space/icpc/acm-icpc-hello-india-bootcamp-spring-2018/
  12. https://in.harbour.space/tech-scouts/

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