University of Cádiz

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University of Cádiz
Universidad de Cádiz
Motto	Non Plus Ultra(Latin)
Motto in English	No Further Beyond
Type	Public
Established	1979
Rector	Eduardo González Mazo
Students	20,798
Location	Cadiz, Spain
Campus	Cádiz; Puerto Real; Algeciras; Jerez de la Frontera
Telephone	(+34) 956 01 53 50
Website	uca.es

TheUniversity of Cádiz(inSpanish:Universidad de Cádiz), commonly referred to asUCA,is a public university located in theprovince of Cádiz,Andalusia,Spain,noted for itsmedicineandmarine sciencescurricula. It was founded in 1979,^[1]^[2]and has theLatinmottoNon Plus Ultra( "No Further Beyond" ). Its headquarters are located inCádiz,where the Rectorate is. During the 2007/2008 academic year, there were 17,280 students,^[3]^{[citation needed]}1,698 lecturers, and 680 administration and services workers associated with the university.

History[edit]

*Casa de los 5 Gremios*,today the University Main Building

The University's origins lie in the 15th century with the "Colegio de Pilotos de los Mares de Levante y Poniente".

Its Faculty of Medicine traces its founding to the Royal Naval College of Surgery in 1748, which was the first in Europe to combine medicine andsurgeryin a single school.

The modern University of Cádiz was founded on October 30, 1979, with an inaugural session "Cajal, análisis literario de un carácter"aboutRamón y Cajal^[7]and the first rector election was conducted in 1984.

In March 1984, the Gold Medal was awarded toJuan Carlos I of Spain.In May 1985,Rafael AlbertiandAntonio Domínguez Ortizwere invested Doctor Honoris Causa. In this year, the rectorate is relocated to the current building,Casa de los Cinco Gremios.University bylaws and statutes were approved in February 1986.

In 1992,Centro Andaluz Superior de Estudios Marinoswas inaugurated in Campus of Puerto Real.

Since 2003, UCA has promoted new technologies for learning-related purposes, first withWebCT virtual campusand thenMoodle(free software).

In 2009, the recently created "General Inspection of Exceptional Services" begun to make decisions which were severely reprobed by some intellectual authors, for it allows authorities the use of official means in order to arbitrarily punish teaching staff.

Campuses[edit]

In addition to the principal campus in Cádiz, the university has three satellite campuses:

Bahía de Algeciras Campus
Jerez de la FronteraCampus
Campus ofPuerto Real:near toBahía de Cádiz Natural Park.The main building is theCentro Andaluz Superior de Estudios Marinos;CASEMwhich offers studies in Marine Environment and Marine Resources, Seafaring, Marine Engineering, Naval Radioelectronics and Naval Engineering.

CASEM, Campus of Puerto Real
School of Engenieering, Cádiz Campus
Jerez Campus
Algeciras Campus

Schools within the university[edit]

Some schools within the university are:

University School of Modern Languages ( "[1]")
University School of Health ( "Salus Infirmorum" ) at Cádiz
University School of Engineering at Puerto Real
University School of Labor Relations at Jerez de la Frontera
University School of Legal and Economic Studies ( "Tomás y Valiente" ) at Algeciras
University Center for Advanced Studies at Algeciras
University School of Labor Relations at Algeciras
University School of Pedagogy ( "Virgen de Europa" ) at La Línea de la Concepción

University rectors[edit]

University rectors in UCA history:

October, 1979 – February, 1984: Felipe Garrido
February, 1984 – June, 1986: Mariano Peñalver Simó
September, 1986 – January, 1995: José Luis Romero Palanco. Reelected in November, 1990.
January, 1995 – April, 2003: Guillermo Martínez Massanet. Reelected in February, 1999.
May, 2003 – July, 2011: Diego Sales Márquez. Reelected in May, 2007.
July, 2011 – 2019: Eduardo González Mazo.
July, 2019 – present: Francisco Piniella Corbachoю

Free software and supercomputing[edit]

One of the first free software offices in Spain was founded at this university, Libre Software and Open Knowledge Office (OSLUCA).^[8]^[9]This office has set up some free software conferences (2004:I,2005:II,2006:IIIy 2009:IV), and theFLOSS International Conference^{[dead link]}.

UCA provides asupercomputerfor research purposes since 2007. It is a cluster of 80 computers, each with 4 processing cores (finally 320 cores) and 640 GB RAM, designed for a peak performance of 3.8TFLOPS.^[10]The supercomputer usesSUSE LinuxEnterprise Server 10 as operating system.^[11]

Notable alumni[edit]

Some notable alumni from UCA:^[12]

Francisco de Paula Medina Gutiérrez:physician and lecturer
Pascual Hontañón Cabezas:physician
Federico Rubio y Gali:surgeon
Benito Alcina y Rancés:hygienist
Antonio Machado y Núñez:rector ofUniversity of Sevillaand mayor of Sevilla
Cayetano del Toro y Quartiellers:politician
Gabriel Matute y Valls
Guillermina Rojas y Orgis

Honoris Causa[edit]

Honorary doctoral degrees from University of Cádiz:^[13]

Partnerships[edit]

The university participates in theERASMUS programme,a partnership for student exchanges in Europe. It maintains relations with many universities on all continents.

Partnership Universities[edit]

Universities that have an exchange programme with the University of Cádiz include:

Germany

References[edit]

^^a ^bUniversidad de Cádiz."Universidad de Cádiz".Archived fromthe originalon 21 February 2012.Retrieved29 June2015.
^^a ^bUniversidad de Cádiz."Universidad de Cádiz".Archived fromthe originalon 21 February 2012.Retrieved29 June2015.
^^a ^bUCA, today Archived2009-04-01 at theWayback Machine– 2008 statistics
^"ARWU World University Rankings 2034".shanghairanking.Retrieved26 August2022.
^"World University Rankings".timeshighereducation.6 August 2023.Retrieved26 August2023.
^"U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2022-23".Retrieved23 November2023.
^Universidad de Cádiz."Universidad de Cádiz".Archived fromthe originalon 20 February 2012.Retrieved29 June2015.
^Declaración de apoyo al software libre(Boletín oficial de la UCA n.º 9). Creación de la Libre Software and Open Knowledge Office (OSLUCA)
^"La Universidad de C mạn diz presenta la primera Oficina de Software Libre de Andaluc mão a".Archived fromthe originalon 3 June 2008.Retrieved29 June2015.
^"Supercomputación en la UCA".Retrieved29 June2015.
^Documentación Archived2009-12-14 at theWayback Machinesobre supercomputación en la UCA
^Universidad de Cádiz."Universidad de Cádiz".Archived fromthe originalon 22 September 2013.Retrieved29 June2015.
^"Honoris Causa".Universidad de Cádiz(in Spanish). Archived fromthe originalon 20 July 2009.Retrieved5 October2019.
^Estévez, Beatriz (17 March 2008)."Distinguidos birretes".Diario de Cádiz(in Spanish).Joly Digital.Retrieved29 June2015.
^"Paco de Lucía Doctor Honoris Causa"(in Spanish). March 2007.Retrieved29 June2015.
^Estévez, Beatriz (21 February 2008)."Todo un honor para el pueblo gitano".Diario de Cádiz(in Spanish).Joly Digital.Retrieved29 June2015.
^"Takashi Asano será investido Doctor Honoris Causa el jueves".Diario de Cádiz(in Spanish).Joly Digital.27 May 2008.Retrieved29 June2015.
^^a ^bEstévez, Beatriz (23 September 2008)."La UCA inviste Doctores Honoris Causa a dos líderes del mundo sindical".Diario de Cádiz(in Spanish).Joly Digital.Retrieved29 June2015.
^"La Universidad de Cádiz celebra la sesión ordinaria de Claustro".uca.es(in Spanish). December 2009.Retrieved5 October2019.

External links[edit]

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[creationlaw-1] Universidad de Cádiz."Universidad de Cádiz".Archived fromthe originalon 21 February 2012.Retrieved29 June2015.

[history-2] Universidad de Cádiz."Universidad de Cádiz".Archived fromthe originalon 21 February 2012.Retrieved29 June2015.

[ucatoday-3] UCA, today Archived2009-04-01 at theWayback Machine– 2008 statistics

[4] "ARWU World University Rankings 2034".shanghairanking.Retrieved26 August2022.

[5] "World University Rankings".timeshighereducation.6 August 2023.Retrieved26 August2023.

[6] "U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2022-23".Retrieved23 November2023.

[7] Universidad de Cádiz."Universidad de Cádiz".Archived fromthe originalon 20 February 2012.Retrieved29 June2015.

[8] Declaración de apoyo al software libre(Boletín oficial de la UCA n.º 9). Creación de la Libre Software and Open Knowledge Office (OSLUCA)

[9] "La Universidad de C mạn diz presenta la primera Oficina de Software Libre de Andaluc mão a".Archived fromthe originalon 3 June 2008.Retrieved29 June2015.

[10] "Supercomputación en la UCA".Retrieved29 June2015.

[11] Documentación Archived2009-12-14 at theWayback Machinesobre supercomputación en la UCA

[12] Universidad de Cádiz."Universidad de Cádiz".Archived fromthe originalon 22 September 2013.Retrieved29 June2015.

[13] "Honoris Causa".Universidad de Cádiz(in Spanish). Archived fromthe originalon 20 July 2009.Retrieved5 October2019.

[14] Estévez, Beatriz (17 March 2008)."Distinguidos birretes".Diario de Cádiz(in Spanish).Joly Digital.Retrieved29 June2015.

[15] "Paco de Lucía Doctor Honoris Causa"(in Spanish). March 2007.Retrieved29 June2015.

[16] Estévez, Beatriz (21 February 2008)."Todo un honor para el pueblo gitano".Diario de Cádiz(in Spanish).Joly Digital.Retrieved29 June2015.

[17] "Takashi Asano será investido Doctor Honoris Causa el jueves".Diario de Cádiz(in Spanish).Joly Digital.27 May 2008.Retrieved29 June2015.

[honorisccoougt-18] Estévez, Beatriz (23 September 2008)."La UCA inviste Doctores Honoris Causa a dos líderes del mundo sindical".Diario de Cádiz(in Spanish).Joly Digital.Retrieved29 June2015.

[19] "La Universidad de Cádiz celebra la sesión ordinaria de Claustro".uca.es(in Spanish). December 2009.Retrieved5 October2019.

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