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University of Vigo
Universidade de Vigo

Motto	Innovadora, pública, de calidade
Type	Public university
Established	1990 (1990)
Academic affiliations	Compostela Group of Universities
Rector	Manuel Reigosa Roger
Academic staff	1400
Administrative staff	793
Students	18577
Undergraduates	15770
Postgraduates	1122
Doctoral students	665
Location	Vigo, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain 42°10′11″N 8°41′04″W / 42.16976320°N 8.68457840°W / 42.16976320; -8.68457840
Campus	Vigo, Pontevedra, Ourense
Website	www.uvigo.gal/en

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World	501–600 (2023)
QS World	901–950 (2024)
THE World	801–1000 (2024)
USNWR Global	=866 (2023)

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:

Campus of Vigo in Lagoas-Marcosende, 15 kilometres away from the city centre. Also known as CUVI (Ciudad universitaria de Vigo, University city of Vigo);
Campus of Pontevedra in A Xunqueira, Pontevedra, and in the city centre;
Campus of Ourense in As Lagoas, Ourense.

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

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:

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

Campus of Pontevedra

A Xunqueira:

Downtown:

Marín:

Defence University Centre at the Spanish Naval Military Academy.

Campus of Ourense

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.

Notes

"University of Vigo" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
"ARWU World University Rankings 2034". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
"QS World University Rankings 2024". topuniversities.com. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
"World University Rankings". timeshighereducation.com. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
"U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2022-23". Retrieved 23 November 2023.
Paniagua, Ángel (14 January 2010). "El campus del mar de Vigo ya es un proyecto de toda Galicia". La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
Penelas, Sandra (11 April 2019). "Veintidós expertos de la Universidad de Vigo, entre los mejores científicos españoles de su área". El Faro de Vigo. Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
Penelas, Sandra (14 May 2017). "El campus de Vigo cumple 40 años. La montaña del saber que crece sobre la naturaleza". El Faro de Vigo. Prensa Ibérica. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

References

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

External links

Official website (in English)

v t e University of Vigo
Vigo Campus	School of Industrial Engineering School of Mining Engineering
Pontevedra Campus	Faculty of Communication Faculty of Design Faculty of Education and Sport Faculty of Fine Arts Faculty of Management and Public Administration Faculty of Physiotherapy School of Forest Engineering School of Nursing
Ourense Campus	School of Aeronautical and Space Engineering School of Computer Engineering Faculty of Law

v t e Galician Universities
University of Santiago de Compostela University of A Coruña University of Vigo

Universities in Spain

Public

Andalusia	Almería Cádiz Córdoba Granada Huelva International University of Andalucía Jaén Malaga Pablo de Olavide Seville
Castile and León	Burgos León Salamanca Valladolid
Canary Islands	La Laguna Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Catalonia	Autonomous University of Barcelona Barcelona Girona Lleida Open University of Catalonia Polytechnic University of Catalonia Pompeu Fabra Rovira i Virgili
Galicia	A Coruña Santiago de Compostela Vigo
Madrid	Alcalá Autonomous University of Madrid Carlos III Complutense University of Madrid Menéndez Pelayo International University UNED King Juan Carlos Technical University of Madrid
Murcia	Murcia Technical University of Cartagena
Valencia	Alicante Jaume I Miguel Hernández Polytechnic University of Valencia Valencia

Private

Catholic

v t e 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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