University of Alicante

University of Alicante
Universitat d'Alacant Universidad de Alicante

Motto	"Iter facite eius quae ascendit super occasum"
Type	Public
Established	1979
Rector	Manuel Palomar Sanz
Academic staff	2,514 (2011/12)^[1]
Students	27,542 (2011/12)^[1]
Location	San Vicente del Raspeig/ Sant Vicent del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
Campus	Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig/Sant Vicent del Raspeig
Affiliations	Vives Network, CRUE, EUA, Compostela Group
Website	www.ua.es

The University of Alicante (Valencian: Universitat d'Alacant, IPA: [univeɾsiˈtad dalaˈkant]; Spanish: Universidad de Alicante, IPA: [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.^[2] 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.^[1]

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).^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.

Drawing Space sculpture by Pepe Díaz Azorín
Amphitheatre of Aulario General II
Sundial next to the building of Polytechnic School
University library

Notes and references

1 2 3 Annual Report for academic year 2011-12. University of Alicante. (Spanish)
↑ Historic background and development
↑ La Universidad de Alicante Heredera de la Universidad de Orihuela (1610-1808) (Spanish)
↑ University of Alicante. Visitor's guide. (Spanish)
↑ Humbul Humanities Hub (March 2006). "Internet Resources for Modern Languages" (PDF online publication). Intute Subject Booklets. Intute. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

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