University of Vigo explained

University of Vigo
Native Name:Universidade de Vigo
Native Name Lang:gl
Motto:Innovadora, pública, de calidade
Type:Public university
Rector:Manuel Reigosa Roger
Faculty:1400
Administrative Staff:793
Students:18577
Undergrad:15770
Postgrad:1122
Doctoral:665
City:Vigo, Province of Pontevedra
State:Galicia
Country:Spain
Coordinates:42.1698°N -8.6846°W
Campus:Vigo, Pontevedra, Ourense
Academic Affiliations:Compostela Group of Universities
Logo Alt:Universidade de Vigo logo
Arwu W:501–600
Arwu W Year:2023
Arwu W Ref:[1]
Qs W:901–950
Qs W Year:2024
Qs W Ref:[2]
The W:801–1000
The W Year:2024
The W Ref:[3]
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Usnwr W Year:2023
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The University of Vigo (Galician: Universidade de Vigo) is a public university located in the city of Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. There are three campuses:

Considered the most technical of the universities of Galicia, it offers engineer degrees in Mining, Telecommunications, Forestry Engineering, Computer Science and Industrial Engineering.[5] [6]

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 hitherto centralized Spanish State into an amalgamation of autonomous regions with different degrees of self-administration.[7]

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 created Galician Parliament would 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

Galicia's first university, the University of Santiago de Compostela, was created in 1495. This was the only university in Galicia until the early 1980s, when two satellite campuses of the University of Santiago de Compostela were created in A Coruña and Vigo.

Before that, the only other institution in Galicia with the power to grant degrees 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 on the Ministry of Education in Madrid, although in 1992 it was amalgamated with the University of A Coruña.

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

As of the early 1990s, Galicia had three universities, each of them with its own satellite campuses. These were the University of Santiago de Compostela with two university campuses, one in Santiago de Compostela and the other in Lugo; the University of A Coruña with two university campuses, one in A Coruña and the other in Ferrol; and the University of Vigo with three university campuses, one in Pontevedra, one in Ourense, and one in Vigo.

Campus of Vigo

Lagoas Marcosende - CUVI (15 kilometres away from Vigo downtown):

Downtown:

Campus of Pontevedra

A Xunqueira:

Downtown:

Marín:

Campus of Ourense

Publications

The University publishes the interdisciplinary journal of marine sciences Thalassas.

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ARWU World University Rankings 2034. www.shanghairanking.com. 26 August 2022.
  2. Web site: QS World University Rankings 2024. 19 June 2023. topuniversities.com. 26 August 2023.
  3. Web site: World University Rankings. 6 August 2023. timeshighereducation.com. 26 August 2023.
  4. Web site: U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2022-23. 23 November 2023.
  5. News: 1 September 2019. Paniagua, Ángel. 14 January 2010. La Voz de Galicia. El campus del mar de Vigo ya es un proyecto de toda Galicia.
  6. News: 14 September 2019. Penelas, Sandra. 11 April 2019. El Faro de Vigo. Prensa Ibérica. Veintidós expertos de la Universidad de Vigo, entre los mejores científicos españoles de su área.
  7. News: 1 September 2019. Penelas, Sandra. 14 May 2017. El Faro de Vigo. Prensa Ibérica. El campus de Vigo cumple 40 años. La montaña del saber que crece sobre la naturaleza.