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UAB Casa Convalescència is a building which is part of the modernist Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau complex. It is the UAB's Continued Education Center and "Third Cycle" Studies Center , located in downtown Barcelona.

It is also the headquarters for the Josep Laporte Library Foundation . This building offers a wide range of facilities, halls and classrooms that further compliment the facilities of the Congress and Convention Center at the UAB campus.

Casa Convalescència runs training courses, masters programs, seminaries and conferences on a wide range of educational issues, especially those having to do with health and life sciences. It is also possible to rent its facilities for conventions, business meetings, seminars and gatherings.

Its physical characteristics and location are ideal for events related to health and life sciences, which are frequently held here. The entire 6,245 square meter center is divided into three floors and a basement, with classrooms that are fully equipped with multi-media technology .

Facilities, Equipment and Services:

Facilities:

• Aula Magna maximum capacity 200 people .
• Lecture Hall maximum capacity 160 people . (using space dividers)
• Lecture Hall maximum capacity 120 people (using space dividers).
• Aula Magna and Lecture Halls connected by closed circuit television 450 people .
• Administrative Offices.
• 16 Classrooms capacity 25-35 people.
• Outdoor areas (terraces and garden) maximum capacity 450 people (aperitifs and cocktails).
• 6,245 square-meter building, with three floors and a basement.
• Total maximum capacity 1,000 people.

Services and Equipment Features

Casa Convalescència is a 6,245 square meter facility distributed into three floors and a basement. There are 35 classrooms and 4 lecture halls which are equipped with multi-media technology and all the necessary audio-visual and support material (computer terminals, OHP, PA systems, slide projectors, videos...) for congresses, conventions, seminars, business meetings and presentations.

The classrooms have whiteboards, fixed projectors and screens, while the four lecture halls use advanced communications technology: Videoconference, closed circuit television and high speed Internet connections.

The total capacity of the lecture halls and classrooms is approximately 1,000 people .

Getting there

Casa Convalesència is located on the corner of Carrer St Quinti and Carrer Sant Antoni M. Claret in Barcelona

• Parking Garage: : "Hospital de Sant Pau"
• Metro Station: "Hospital de Sant Pau" on the Blue Line (Line 5)
• Buses: 15, 19, 20, 35, 45, 47, 50, 51, 92.