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: [uniβeɾsiˈðað 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]

History

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]

Studies

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.

Campus

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 several networks: European University Association, Compostela Group of Universities (Spanish: La Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas) and Catalan-speaking 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.^{[citation needed]} 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

References

External links

Vives Network - Xarxa Vives d'Universitats

Vives Network - Xarxa Vives d'Universitats
Alicante Andorra Barcelona Abat Oliba CEU Autonomous of Barcelona International of Catalonia Open of Catalonia Polytechnic University of Catalonia Pompeu Fabra Ramon Llull Jaume I Miguel Hernández Girona Lleida Balearic Islands Perpinyà - Via Domitia Rovira i Virgili Sassari Valencia Polytechnic University of Valencia Vic

Compostela Group of Universities

Compostela Group of Universities
Members	Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior Columbus University ESAN University Grigol Robakidze University Ilia State University Jaume I University Karlstad University Kazimieras Simonavičius University King Juan Carlos University Kore University of Enna Masaryk University Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Federico Villarreal National University National University of San Marcos Pan-European University Peruvian University of Applied Sciences Philipps University of Marburg Pontifical Catholic University of Peru São Paulo State University Santo Domingo Institute of Technology Technical University of Madrid Universidad Anáhuac Xalapa (Anahuac University Network) Universidad La Salle México Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena Università telematica internazionale Uninettuno University Business Academy in Novi Sad University of A Coruña University of Almería University of Burgos University of Cádiz University of Extremadura University of Fribourg University of Guadalajara University of La Laguna University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University of León University of Lima University of Lleida University of Łódź University of Málaga University of Malta University of Minho University of Monterrey University of Nantes University of Oviedo University of Pécs University of Piura University of Regensburg University of Salamanca University of Santiago de Compostela University of Seville University of Surabaya University of the Basque Country University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro University of Valencia University of Vigo University of Worcester University of Zaragoza Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno Zhejiang Wanli University
Associates	Metropolitan College (AMC)
Collaborators	Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration EEUA Erasmus Compostela Euro-Mediterranean University of Slovenia FAUBAI HACU Quacquarelli Symonds Scholars at Risk

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