Editing Barcelona (section)

== Education ==
{{Main|Education in Spain}}
[[File:Universidad de Barcelona, Canciller del Ecuador ofrece conferencia (11986731433).jpg|thumb|Main hall of the [[University of Barcelona]]]]
[[File:Universitat_Pompeu_Fabra_-_panoramio_(1).jpg|thumb|Roger de Llúria building at Campus de la Ciutadella, [[Pompeu Fabra University]]]]

Barcelona has a well-developed higher education system of [[public university|public universities]]. Most prominent among these are the [[University of Barcelona]] (established in 1450) and the more modern [[Pompeu Fabra University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-spain |title=Best universities in Spain |access-date=13 February 2021 |date=4 September 2020 |website=[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]] |archive-date=18 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318152601/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-spain |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/spain |title=Best Global Universities in Spain |access-date=13 February 2021 |website=[[U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking]] |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418013319/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/spain |url-status=live }}</ref> Barcelona is also home to the [[Polytechnic University of Catalonia]], and in the private sector the [[EADA Business School]] (founded in 1957), which became the first Barcelona institution to run manager training programmes for the business community. [[IESE]] Business School, as well as the largest private educational institution, the [[Ramon Llull University]], which encompasses schools and institutes such as the [[ESADE]] Business School. The [[Autonomous University of Barcelona]], another public university, is located in [[Bellaterra]], a town in the [[Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona|Metropolitan Area]]. [[Toulouse Business School]] and the [[Open University of Catalonia]] (a private Internet-centred open university) are also based in Barcelona.

The city has a network of public schools, from nurseries to high schools, under the responsibility of a consortium led by city council (though the curriculum is the responsibility of the Generalitat de Catalunya). There are also many private schools, some of them Roman Catholic. Most such schools receive a public subsidy on a per-student basis, are subject to inspection by the public authorities, and are required to follow the same curricular guidelines as public schools, though they charge tuition. Known as ''escoles concertades'', they are distinct from schools whose funding is entirely private (''escoles privades'').

The language of instruction at public schools and ''escoles concertades'' is Catalan, as stipulated by the 2009 Catalan Education Act. Spanish may be used as a language of instruction by teachers of Spanish literature or language, and foreign languages by teachers of those languages. An experimental partial immersion programme adopted by some schools allows for the teaching of a foreign language (English, generally) across the curriculum, though this is limited to a maximum of 30% of the school day. No public school or ''escola concertada'' in Barcelona may offer 50% or full immersion programmes in a foreign language, nor does any public school or ''escola concertada'' offer International Baccalaureate programmes.