University of Oviedo
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Asturian language
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: Universidá d'Uviéu) is a public university
Public university
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in Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
(Spain
Spain
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). It's the only university
University
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in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo
Oviedo
Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....
, Gijón
Gijón
Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...
and Mieres
Mieres, Asturias
Mieres is a municipality of Asturias, Spain with approximately 45,000 inhabitants. The municipality of Mieres is made up of the capital, Mieres del Camino and the villages of Baiña, Figaredo, Cenera, Loredo, Bustiello, La Peña, La Rebollada, Santullano, Santa Rosa, Seana, Ujo, Urbies, Valdecuna,...
.
History
The University of Oviedo was established under the terms and conditions of the will of Archbishop Fernando de Valdés Salas (1483–1568), who was the General Inquisitor under Philip II of SpainPhilip II of Spain
Philip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
, and funded by his estate. In 1574 Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII , born Ugo Boncompagni, was Pope from 1572 to 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake for the Gregorian calendar, which remains the internationally-accepted civil calendar to this date.-Youth:He was born the son of Cristoforo Boncompagni and wife Angela...
granted the Papal Bull
Papal bull
A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end in order to authenticate it....
to create the university and in 1604 Philip III
Philip III of Spain
Philip III , also known as Philip the Pious, was the King of Spain and King of Portugal and the Algarves, where he ruled as Philip II , from 1598 until his death...
issued its charter. It first opened for the teaching of classes on September 21, 1608.
The ancient university had three faculties: the Faculty of Arts, which every student had to graduate from in order to continue his training in one of the other; and the Faculties of Theology and Law, sometimes known as the higher faculties.
After the French invasion of Spain the Historical Building of the University was occupied by invading troops and lectures were suspended until the War ended in 1812.
During the 19th century, a group of liberal professors tried to bring the University closer to the working class with the Extensión Universitaria (a popular education programme sponsored by the institution). However, this goal was not fully achieved, and on October 13, 1934, during the Socialist-led miners revolt in Asturias, strikers set fire to the University (including its Library and the Art Gallery) because it was seen as a bourgeois
Bourgeoisie
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symbol. It was rebuilt after the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
(1936–1939).
The number of faculties has multiplied in modern university, both through subdivisions of the traditional four faculties, and through the absorption of academic disciplines which have developed within originally vocational schools, in areas such as engineering or nursing.
Nowadays, the university has 31 faculties and professional schools, offering degrees and diplomas in over 150 fields of study.
Schools and colleges
School of Law (since 1608), Teaching and Education (1845), Chemistry (1848), Polytechnic School of Mieres (1855), School of Trade, Tourism and Social Sciences Jovellanos (1866), Gijón Polytechnic School of EngineeringGijón Polytechnic School of Engineering
Gijón Polytechnic School of Engineering , is one of the schools and faculties of the University of Oviedo. The school is located in Gijón, Asturias .- Degrees :...
(1888), Philosophy and Letters (1892), Economy and Business (1908), Teaching and Geology (1958), Mining Engineering (1959), Biology (1961), Medicine and Health Sciences (1968), Merchant Marine (1979), School of Computer Engineering (1982), Sciences (1990), Psychology (1991)
Departments
- Experimental Sciences: Analiytic and Physical-Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Environment Technologies, Mathematics, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Physics, Statistics and Operations Research and Mathematical Teaching
- Health Sciences: Biochemistry and Functional Biology, Biology of Organisms and Systems, Functional Biology, Medicine, Morphology and Cellular Biology, Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities
- Engineering: Computer Sciences, Construction and Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical, Electronical, Computers and Systems Engineering, Energy, Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Working and Prospecting, Nautical Science and Technologies
- Social Sciences and Law: Accounting, Applied Economy, Basic Legal Sciences, Business Administration, Education Sciences, Economy, Private and Companies Law, Psicology, Public Law, Quantitative Economy, Sociology, Education Sciences.
- Humanities: Anglo-German and French Philology, Art and Music History, Classical and Romance Philology, Geography, History, Philosophy, Spanish Philology
Facilities
The school has a large number of places in different classrooms, total counted 6 classrooms in the building, with spaces ranging from the 171 seats in the classroom with greater capacity, up to 75 seats in the lower-capacity classroom. In addition to these classrooms, there is a room hold up to 112 places, which are usually done lectures and presentations both subjects, as final projects.Special mention also the different laboratories that school has a total of 15 laboratories. Included in this equipment of various kinds, both PC and MAC.
Staff
- Rector: Vicente Gotor Santamaría (since May 2008)
- General Secretary: Ignacio González del Rey
- General Manager: Eusebio González
- Vice-chancellors:
- Vice-chancellor for International Campus of Excellence: Mª Paz Suárez Rendueles
- Vice-chancellor for Studies and New Degrees: Covadonga Betegón Biempica
- Vice-chancellor for Professors, Centres and Departments: Julio Antonio González
- Vice-chancellor for University Extension, Culture and Sports: Vicente Domínguez
- Vice-chancellor for Research: Santiago García Granda
- Vice-chancellor for Students and Employment: Luis Rodríguez Muñiz
- Vice-chancellor for Campus, Infrastructures and Sustainability: José Carlos Rico
- Vice-chancellor for International Affairs and Development Cooperation: Ana Mª Fernández
- Vice-chancellor for Informatics and Communications: Víctor García
- Vice-chancellor for Economical Planning: Santiago Álvarez
- Social Council: Rafael Sariego (President), representatives of political parties, trade-unions, employers, etc.
- Council of Government : Rectoral Council and Representatives from University Staff, Faculties, Schools and Departments
- University Staff: Representatives of Professors, Administration Staff and Students
- Rectoral Council: Rector together with the Vice-Chancellors
Notable alumni
- Antón de MarirregueraAntón de MarirregueraAntón González Reguera, better known as Antón de Marirreguera was the author of the first preserved literary works written in the Asturian language, the «Pleitu ente Uviéu y Mérida pola posesión de les cenices de Santa Olaya» , of 1639, that takes the first prize in a poetical contest dedicated to...
, Asturian-language writer - Melchor de Navarra y RocafullMelchor de Navarra y RocafullDon Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull, jure uxoris Duke of Palata, Prince of Massalubrense was a Spanish politician. From November 20, 1681 to August 15, 1689 he was Viceroy of Perú.-Early career:Navarra y Rocafull studied in the Universities of Oviedo and Salamanca...
, viceroy of Peru - Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosGaspar Melchor de JovellanosGaspar Melchor de Jovellanos was an Asturian-born Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain.-Life:...
, Enlightenment statesman, author and philosopher - Agustín ArgüellesAgustín ArgüellesAgustín Argüelles was a Spanish liberal politician.He studied Law at the University of Oviedo and worked as secretary of the bishop of Barcelona. In 1809 he was appointed secretary of the patriotic Royal Junta of the Treasury and Legislation...
, politic - Rafael del RiegoRafael del RiegoRafael del Riego y Nuñez was a Spanish general and liberal politician, who played a key role in the outbreak of the Liberal Triennium .-Early life and action in the Peninsular War:...
, general and liberal politician - Leopoldo Alas ClarínLeopoldo Alas y UreñaLeopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....
, journalist and writer - Armando Palacio ValdésArmando Palacio ValdésArmando Palacio Valdés was a Spanish novelist and critic.-Biography:Valdés was born at Entralgo in the province of Asturias on the October 4, 1853.His first writings were printed in the Revista Europea...
, novelist and critic - Melquíades ÁlvarezMelquíades ÁlvarezMelquíades Álvarez Gónzalez-Posada was a Spanish Republican politician, founder and leader of the Reformist Republican Party , commonly known just as Reformist Party....
, politic - Antonio Flores de LemusAntonio Flores de LemusAntonio Flores de Lemus was a Spanish politician and economist.-Life:Born in Jaén, he majored in Law at the universities of Granada and Oviedo...
, economist and politic - Ramón Pérez de AyalaRamón Pérez de AyalaRamón Pérez de Ayala was a Spanish writer. He was the Spanish ambassador to England and voluntarily exiled himself to South America because of the Spanish Civil War .-Background:...
, novelist - Alejandro CasonaAlejandro CasonaAlejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and later studied at the University of Murcia. After Franco's rise in 1936, he was forced, like many...
, poet and playwright - Gonzalo Torrente BallesterGonzalo Torrente BallesterGonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish Galician writer in Spanish language. He was born in Serantes, Ferrol, Galicia, and received his first education there, subsequently attending the universities of Santiago de Compostela and Oviedo.Although primarily a novelist, he also published journalism,...
, novelist - Luis Suárez FernándezLuis Suárez FernándezLuis Suárez Fernández is a Spanish historian, originally a medievalist, who has extended his studies to include modern and recent history...
, historian - Carlos BousoñoCarlos BousoñoCarlos Bousoño is a Spanish poet and literary critic. His work is frequently associated with the post-Spanish Civil War literary group.-Biography:...
, poet - Ángel González, poet
- José Manuel CastañónJosé Manuel CastañónJosé Manuel Castañón was a Spanish writer born in Pola de Lena, Asturias. Although he fought in Francisco Franco’s 1936 military uprising he was very soon disappointed with Franco’s regime and in 1957 left for a 20- year exile in Venezuela...
, writer - Santiago Vera-RiveraSantiago Vera-RiveraSantiago Vera-Rivera is a Chilean composer, teacher and musical researcher.- Studies :...
, composer - Gil Carlos Rodríguez IglesiasGil Carlos Rodriguez IglesiasGil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias is a former Spanish judge at the European Court of Justice . He was 9th President of the Court from 7 October 1994 to 7 October 2003....
, former judge at the European Court of JusticeEuropean Court of JusticeThe Court can sit in plenary session, as a Grand Chamber of 13 judges, or in chambers of three or five judges. Plenary sitting are now very rare, and the court mostly sits in chambers of three or five judges... - Olvido García ValdésOlvido García ValdésOlvido García Valdés is a Spanish poet, essayist, translator, and professor. She is married to the poet Miguel Casado.-Life and work:...
, poet and essayist - Luis Martínez Noval, Minister of Labour and Social Security (1990–1993)
- Gustavo Suárez Pertierra, minister of Education and Science (1993–1995) and Defence (1995–1996)
- Gaspar LlamazaresGaspar LlamazaresGaspar Llamazares Trigo is a Spanish politician. He was the leader of the leftist coalition Izquierda Unida from 2001 to 2008, in the post of General Coordinator. He is a member of Communist Party of Spain ....
, leader of United Left Coalition (Izquierda UnidaUnited Left (Spain)The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain...
) (2000–2008) - Miguel Álvarez-FernándezMiguel Álvarez-FernándezMiguel Álvarez-Fernández is a sound artist, composer, theorist and curator based between Madrid and Berlin, where he has taught at the Electronic Music Studio of the Technical University of Berlin...
, musician - Fernando Suárez González, Minister of Labour (1974–1975)
- Víctor García de la Concha, Director of Royal Spanish Academy
- Salvador Gutiérrez Ordóñez, linguist and generally a stand up guy
- Alejandro Fernández Sordo, lawyer and politic
- Regino Olivares, lawyer. Prominent Miami-based sports agent.
Notable Professors
- Luis Alfonso de CarvalloLuis Alfonso de CarvalloLuis Alfonso de Carvallo , also known as "Padre Carvallo" , was an important Asturian historian of the 16th and 17th centuries.-Life:...
, historian, rector of San Gregorio College - Leopoldo Alas ClarínLeopoldo Alas y UreñaLeopoldo García-Alas y Ureña , also known as Clarín, was a Asturian realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo....
, journalist and writer - Benito Jerónimo FeijooBenito Jerónimo Feijóo e MontenegroFriar Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro was a Spanish monk and scholar noted for encouraging scientific and empirical thought in an effort to debunk myths and superstitions....
, Enlightenment monk and scholar - Rafael Altamira y CreveaRafael Altamira y CreveaRafael Altamira y Crevea was a Spanish historian and jurist.Born in Alicante, Altamira is considered to be one of the most significant Spanish historians of the 20th century, was a multi-faceted scholar who also took interest in journalism, pedagogy, politics, and literature.In 1898 Altamira,...
, historian and lawyer - Félix de Aramburu y Zuloaga, lawyer and poet
- Fermín Canella Secades, historian
- Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, politician, President of the First Spanish RepublicFirst Spanish RepublicThe First Spanish Republic was the political regime that existed in Spain between the parliamentary proclamation on 11 February 1873 and 29 December 1874 when General Arsenio Martínez-Campos's pronunciamento marked the beginning of the Bourbon Restoration in Spain...
(1873) - Aniceto Sela Sampil, lawyer
- Jesús Arias de Velasco, lawyer
- José María Gil-RoblesJosé María Gil-RoblesJosé María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado is a Spanish politician. He was formerly a Member of the European Parliament in the European People's Party group, and was President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999.-References:...
, politician, leader of the Right Wing under the II Republic - Torcuato Fernández-MirandaTorcuato Fernández-MirandaDon Torcuato Fernández Miranda y Hevia, 1st Duke of Fernandez-Miranda, Grandee of Spain, KOGF was a Spanish lawyer and politician who played important roles in both the dictatorship of Francisco Franco and in the Spanish transition to democracy.Fernández Miranda was born in Gijón, Asturias, on...
, politician, president of the Spanish Cortes (1975–1977), interim prime minister (1974), vice-prime minister (1973–1974), General Secretary of the National Movement (Movimiento NacionalMovimiento NacionalThe Movimiento Nacional was the name given to the nationalist inspired mechanism during Francoist rule in Spain, which purported to be the only channel of participation to Spanish public life...
) (1969–1974) - Vicente Alberto Álvarez ArecesVicente Alberto Álvarez ArecesVicente Alberto Álvarez Areces is a Spanish politician. He served as the sixth President of the Principality of Asturias in Spain, and he is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party political party...
, serving president of the Principality of AsturiasAsturiasThe Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
(since 1999) - Luis Martínez Noval, minister of Labour and Social Security (1990–1993)
- Josep Oliú Creus, economist. President and CEO of Banco Sabadell
- Gustavo BuenoGustavo BuenoGustavo Bueno Martínez is a Spanish philosopher.Gustavo Bueno is the main proponent of the philosophical system known as philosophical materialism. Philosophical materialism excludes any possibility of spiritual life without reference to organic life...
, notable philosopher - Eloy Benito Ruano, historian
- Juan Ignacio Ruiz de la Peña Solar, historian
- Emilio Alarcos Llorach, poet and linguist
- Vicente Miguel Gotor Santamaría, chemist
- Antonello Novelli, neuroscientist
- Paz Andrés Sáenz de Santamaría, lawyer
- José Luis García Delgado, economist
- M. Teresa Fernández Sánchez, biochemist
- José Joaquín Barluenga Mur, chemist
- Carlos López Otín, biochemist
Some Honorary Doctors
- 1967 Severo OchoaSevero OchoaSevero Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish-American doctor and biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Arthur Kornberg.-Early life:...
- 1968 Walter HallsteinWalter HallsteinWalter Hallstein was a German politician and professor.He was one of the key figures of European integration after World War II, becoming the first President of the Commission of the European Economic Community, serving from 1958 to 1967. He famously defined his position as "a kind of Prime...
- 1976 Claudio Sánchez Albornoz
- 1982 Ramón ArecesRamón ArecesRamón Areces Rodríguez. Born in La Mata, Asturias , in 1904. Died in Madrid , in 1989.At fifteen, Areces emigrated to Havana, Cuba. There he learned the basics of the business working at EL ENCANTO Department Store. He later traveled through the United States and Canada, before returning to Spain...
- 1982 Günther WilkeGünther WilkeGünther Wilke is a German chemist who was influential in organometallic chemistry. He was the director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research from 1967-1992, succeeding Karl Ziegler in that post. During Wilke’s era, the MPI made several discoveries and achieved some financial independence...
- 1985 Rafael LapesaRafael LapesaRafael Lapesa Melgar was a Spanish philologist, a historian of language and of Spanish literature.-Biography:Born in Valencia, Spain, February 8, 1908, his family moved to Madrid when he was eight. By 1930 he had earned his professorship for his work on the medieval dialect of western Asturias...
- 1988 Óscar Arias Sánchez, presidente de Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
- 1991 Federico Mayor Zaragoza
- 1992 William GoldingWilliam GoldingSir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel Lord of the Flies...
- 1995 Lotfi A. Zadeh
- 1998 Sheila SherlockSheila SherlockProfessor Dame Sheila Patricia Violet Sherlock, Mrs. James, DBE, MD, FRCP, FRCP Ed, FRS was a British physician, hepatologist and teacher.-Early life:...
- 2001 Gil Carlos Rodríguez IglesiasGil Carlos Rodriguez IglesiasGil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias is a former Spanish judge at the European Court of Justice . He was 9th President of the Court from 7 October 1994 to 7 October 2003....
- 2007 Ángel González
- 2007 Juan José MillásJuan José MillásJuan José Millás is a Spanish writer and winner of the 1990 Premio Nadal. He was born in Valencia and has spent most of his life in Madrid where he studied Philosophy and Literature in the Universidad Complutense.-Life:...
- 2008 Walter AlvarezWalter AlvarezWalter Alvarez is a professor in the Earth and Planetary Science department at the University of California, Berkeley. He is most widely known for the theory that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact, developed in collaboration with his father, Nobel Prize winning physicist Luis...
- 2008 Efim ZelmanovEfim ZelmanovEfim Isaakovich Zelmanov is a Russian mathematician, known for his work on combinatorial problems in nonassociative algebra and group theory, including his solution of the restricted Burnside problem. He was awarded a Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich in...
External links
- Official Website: Spanish version by default, English version available inside
- Graduate Computer Engineering School: Spanish Version