Harman Patil (Editor)

University of Alicante

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Type
  
Public

Academic staff
  
2,514 (2011/12)

Phone
  
+34 965 90 34 00

Total enrollment
  
26,013 (2013)

Founded
  
1979

Established
  
1979

Students
  
27,542 (2011/12)

Province
  
Province of Alicante

Rector
  
Manuel Palomar Sanz

University of Alicante

Location
  
San Vicente del Raspeig/ Sant Vicent del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain

Campus
  
Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig/Sant Vicent del Raspeig

Address
  
Carretera San Vicente del Raspeig, s/n, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain

Motto
  
"Iter facite eius quae ascendit super occasum"

Notable alumni
  
Sonia Castedo, Nach, Rita Bosaho, Leire Pajín, Eugenio Bulygin

Similar
  
Universidad Miguel Hernánd, University of Valencia, University of Murcia, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Jaume I University

Semester exchange partner university of alicante


The University of Alicante (Valencian: Universitat d'Alacant, [univeɾsiˈtad dalaˈkant]; Spanish: Universidad de Alicante, [uniβersiˈðað ðe aliˈkante]; also known by the acronym UA) was established in 1979 on the basis of the Center for University Studies (CEU), which was founded in 1968. The University main campus is located in San Vicente del Raspeig/Sant Vicent del Raspeig, bordering the city of Alicante to the north. As of 2011/12 academic year, there are approximately 27,500 students studying there.

Contents

The University inherits the legacy of the University of Orihuela that was established by Papal Bull in 1545 and remained open for two centuries (1610-1808).

The University of Alicante offers courses in more than fifty degrees. It comprises over seventy departments and research groups in areas of Social Science and Law, Experimental science, Technology, Liberal Arts, Education and Health Sciences, and five research institutes. Almost all classes are taught in Spanish language, some are in English, in particular, in computer science and in business degrees, and a few are in Valencian language. Spanish language courses are offered for foreign students throughout the year and during the summer. The University offers English Language versions to PhD level including religion. Julian Havell was the first to graduate from this scheme.

The Department of Economics runs, in Europe, a well-known Graduate Program in Economics which is an American-style full-time program taught entirely in English. The program provides students with a thorough theoretical and practical training in microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics, as well as specialization in applied fields. The aim of the program is to prepare students for professional careers in universities, public and private research organizations, international institutions, consultancy and business.

The University has a modern campus of one square kilometer. La Rabassa airfield was located on these lands until the opening of El Altet Airport in 1967.

University of Alicante is part of European University Association, Compostela Group of Universities, Spanish La Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas, and Catalan network Xarxa Vives d'Universitats.

The University hosts Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. It is the largest open-access repository of digitised Spanish-language historical texts and literature from the Ibero-American world.

Apertium, a free software for machine translation, is being developed at the University in cooperation with Spanish and Catalan governments. The software is distributed under GNU GPL license.

Welcome to the ua the university of alicante


References

University of Alicante Wikipedia