University of Vigo
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Universidade de Vigo | |
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| Motto | Innovadora, pública, de calidade |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1990 |
Academic affiliations | Compostela Group of Universities |
| Rector | Manuel Reigosa Roger |
Academic staff | 1400 |
Administrative staff | 793 |
| Students | 18577 |
| Undergraduates | 15770 |
| Postgraduates | 1122 |
| 665 | |
| Location | ,, 42°10′11″N8°41′04″W/ 42.16976320°N 8.68457840°W[1] |
| Campus | Vigo,Pontevedra,Ourense |
| Website | www |
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| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| ARWUWorld[2] | 501–600 (2023) |
| QSWorld[3] | 901–950 (2024) |
| THEWorld[4] | 801–1000 (2024) |
| USNWRGlobal[5] | =866 (2023) |
TheUniversity of Vigo(Galician:Universidade de Vigo) is apublic universitylocated in the city ofVigoin theProvince of Pontevedra,Galicia,Spain.There are three campuses:
- Campus of Vigo in Lagoas-Marcosende, 15 kilometres away from the city centre. Also known as CUVI (Ciudad universitaria de Vigo, University city of Vigo);
- Campus of PontevedrainA Xunqueira,Pontevedra,and inthe city centre;
- Campus of Ourense in As Lagoas,Ourense.
Considered the most technical of the universities ofGalicia,it offers engineer degrees inMining,Telecommunications,Forestry Engineering,Computer ScienceandIndustrial Engineering.[6][7]
History of the university in Galicia[edit]
Political background[edit]
Following the introduction of the newSpanish Constitution of 1978and the arrival ofdemocracy,the newly elected president ofSpain,Felipe Gonzalez Marquez,leader of theSpanish Socialist Worker’s Party(PSOE), introduced legislation fromMadridto transform the hitherto centralized Spanish State into an amalgamation ofautonomous regionswith different degrees of self-administration.[8]
The northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula was thus raised to the status of autonomous region, and the Spanish language had thereafter to co-exist with the new official language: Galician. A new parliament and a new government were created in Galicia for its people. And from the Galician capital, Santiago de Compostela, the newly createdGalician Parliamentwould bring new legislation for the autonomous community. And it was in this set of circumstances that the university map in Galicia was transformed.
From one university to many[edit]
Galicia's first university, theUniversity of Santiago de Compostela,was created in 1495. This was the only university in Galicia until the early 1980s, when two satellite campuses of theUniversity of Santiago de Compostelawere created inA CoruñaandVigo.
Before that, the only other institution in Galicia with the power to grant degrees was theSchool of Naval and Industrial EngineersofFerrol,which was created by a ministerial order under the initiative of GeneralFrancisco Francoin the early 1960s. This school was directly dependent on the Ministry of Education inMadrid,although in 1992 it was amalgamated with the University of A Coruña.
In the late 1980s, the two university campuses ofA CoruñaandVigo,which were created as dependent on theUniversity of Santiago de Compostela,became fully independent universities, being able for the first time to issue their own official university degree titles.
From the 1990s to the present[edit]
As of the early 1990s, Galicia had three universities, each of them with its own satellite campuses. These were theUniversity of Santiago de Compostelawith two university campuses, one inSantiago de Compostelaand the other inLugo;theUniversity of A Coruñawith two university campuses, one inA Coruñaand the other inFerrol;and the University of Vigo with three university campuses, one inPontevedra,one inOurense,and one inVigo.
Campus of Vigo[edit]
Lagoas Marcosende - CUVI (15 kilometres away from Vigo downtown):
- School of Industrial Engineering
- School of Mining Engineering
- Faculty of Philology, Translation and Interpretation.
- Faculty of Juridic and Labour Sciences.
- Faculty of Economy, Business and Management Sciences.
- Superior Technical School of Telecommunication Engineering.
- Faculty of Biology.
- Faculty of Marine Science.
- Faculty of Chemistry.
- Center of Technological and Scientific Support for Investigation.
Downtown:
- School of Industrial Engineering
- School of Nursing (at Hospital of Meixoeiro or at Povisa Policlinic Center).
- School of Business Studies.
- School of Teaching for Primary Education.
Campus of Pontevedra[edit]
A Xunqueira:
- Faculty of Communication of Pontevedra
- Faculty of Education and Sport of Pontevedra
- Faculty of Management and Public Administration of Pontevedra
- Faculty of Physiotherapy of Pontevedra
- School of Forest Engineering of Pontevedra
Downtown:
Marín:
Campus of Ourense[edit]
- School of Computer Engineering.
- School of Nursing.
- Faculty of Sciences.
- Faculty of Education Sciences.
- Faculty of Business and Tourism Studies.
- Faculty of History.
- Faculty of Law.
Publications[edit]
The University publishes the interdisciplinary journal of marine sciencesThalassas.
See also[edit]
- Higher School of Mining Engineering
- Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín
- University of Santiago de Compostela
- University of A Coruña
Notes[edit]
- ^Google(11 April 2021)."University of Vigo"(Map).Google Maps.Google.Retrieved11 April2021.
- ^"ARWU World University Rankings 2034".shanghairanking.Retrieved26 August2022.
- ^"QS World University Rankings 2024".topuniversities.19 June 2023.Retrieved26 August2023.
- ^"World University Rankings".timeshighereducation.6 August 2023.Retrieved26 August2023.
- ^"U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2022-23".Retrieved23 November2023.
- ^Paniagua, Ángel (14 January 2010)."El campus del mar de Vigo ya es un proyecto de toda Galicia".La Voz de Galicia.Retrieved1 September2019.
- ^Penelas, Sandra (11 April 2019)."Veintidós expertos de la Universidad de Vigo, entre los mejores científicos españoles de su área".El Faro de Vigo.Prensa Ibérica.Retrieved14 September2019.
- ^Penelas, Sandra (14 May 2017)."El campus de Vigo cumple 40 años. La montaña del saber que crece sobre la naturaleza".El Faro de Vigo.Prensa Ibérica.Retrieved1 September2019.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official website
(in English)
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