University of Vigo

University of Vigo

Universidade de Vigo
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Motto	Innovadora, pública, de calidade
Type	Public University
Established	1990
Rector	Salustiano Mato
Students	21,263 (2006)
Location	Pontevedra, Ourense, Vigo , Galicia , Spain
Campus	Multiple
Website	www.uvigo.gal

The University of Vigo (Galician: Universidade de Vigo) is a public university located in the city of Vigo, Galicia, Spain. There are three campuses:

• A Xunqueira, in Pontevedra;
• As Lagoas, in Ourense;
• Lagoas-Marcosende, between the municipalities of Vigo and Mos;

Considered the most technical of the universities of Galicia, it offers engineer degrees in Mining, Telecommunications, Forestry Engineering, Computer Science and Industrial Engineering.

History of the University in Galicia

Political background

Following the introduction of the new Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the arrival of Democracy, the newly elected president of Spain, Felipe Gonzalez Marquez leader of the Spanish Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE) introduced legislation from Madrid to transform the, until that date, centralized Spanish State, into an amalgamation of autonomic regions with different degrees of self Administration.

The north-western corner of the Iberian Peninsula will be raised to the “Status” of Autonomic Region, and the Spanish Language will have to co-exist with the new official language: Galician.

A new Parliament and a new government have been created in Galicia for its people. And from the Galician Capital, Santiago de Compostela, the newly created Galician Parliament will bring new legislation for the autonomic community.

And it is in these states of affairs that the University Map in Galicia will be transformed.

From one university to many

To begin with, Galicia never had a University until 1495 when the University of Santiago de Compostela was created, and from that date onwards, Galicia had no other university until the early 1980s when two university campuses dependent from the University of Santiago de Compostela were created in A Coruña and Vigo.

Before that, the only institution which shared “Official Degree Studies” in Galicia was the “School of Naval and Industrial Engineers” of Ferrol, which was created by a Ministerial Order under the initiative of General Francisco Franco in the early 1960s. This School was directly dependent from the Ministry of Education in Madrid, although in 1992 it will be amalgamated to the University of A Coruña.

In the late 1980s, the two university campuses of A Coruña and Vigo, which were created as dependent of the University 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

A few years later, in the early 1990s Galicia has three universities, each of them with campuses of their own.

University of Santiago de Compostela – With two university campuses, one in Santiago de Compostela and the other in Lugo.

University of A Coruña – With two university campuses, one in A Coruña and the other in Ferrol.

University of Vigo – With three university campuses, one in Pontevedra, and the other two in Ourense and Vigo.

Campus of Vigo (Lagoas Marcosende, 15 kilometres away from Vigo)

• 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 Mining Engineering.
• Superior Technical School of Telecommunication Engineering.
• Faculty of Biology.
• Faculty of Marine Science.
• Faculty of Chemistry.
• Center of Technological and Scientific Support for Investigation.

Campus of Vigo (downtown)

• School of Industrial Engineering
• School of Nursing (at Hospital of Meixoeiro).
• School of Nursing (at Povisa Policlinic Center).
• School of Business Studies.
• School of Teaching for Primary Education.

Campus of Pontevedra (downtown)

• School of Nursing.
• School of Forest(ry) Engineering.
• Faculty of Physiotherapy.
• Faculty of Fine Arts.
• Faculty of Education Sciences.
• Faculty of Social, Media and Communication Sciences.

Campus of Ourense (downtown)

• 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

The University publishes the interdisciplinary journal of marine sciences Thalassas.

See also

• Higher School of Mining Engineering
• Abanca Business School
• Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín
• University of Santiago de Compostela
• University of A Coruña

References

• Law 11/1989, July 20, of Ordenation of the Galician University System (Spanish)