Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra Visits University of Andorra
Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat tours nursing labs, AI research, and new health and political science units before signing the Golden Book and receiving the university medal.
Key Points
- Episcopal Co-Prince Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat visited University of Andorra with delegation.
- Toured nursing labs with robotic mannequins, AI research in computer science.
- Learned about new Health Research Institute and Political Science Observatory.
- Signed Golden Book, received university medal and Andorran law books.
The Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra and Bishop of Urgell, Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat, visited the University of Andorra (UdA) on Friday, joined by his personal representative Eduard Ibáñez, Episcopal Co-Prince services secretary Conxita García, and Sant Julià de Lòria parish rector mossèn Pepe Chisvert.
Rector Juli Minoves greeted the delegation on arrival. Serrano held discussions with teaching, research, administrative and technical staff, along with third-year students in the Education Sciences bachelor's programme. He learned about their academic journeys and final-year research projects.
The itinerary featured the nursing labs, where he viewed robotic mannequins enabling clinical simulations to ready students for practical challenges. He then explored computer science areas, expressing keen interest in the university's artificial intelligence research efforts.
Serrano received briefings on two recently established units. Dr. Adrià Archilla, head of the University Research Institute for Health (IURS), outlined its mission to advance active health and lifelong wellbeing. Current initiatives cover healthy ageing, chronic disease prevention, public health, life expectancy studies, and the connection between nutrition and long-term illnesses. Dr. Montserrat Casalprim, director of the Observatory for History, Political Science, International Relations and the European Union (OHPI-UE), described it as an interdisciplinary centre for education, research and knowledge exchange. Active programmes include new bachelor's degrees in Political Science and International Relations, plus doctoral work, conferences and symposia.
The event concluded with Serrano signing the UdA's Golden Book, receiving the university's medal, and being presented with books from the 'Campus!' series, among them Andorran law manuals.
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