Universidad De Leon General Information
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www.unileon.es We prepare you to go far We are a young university with the dynamism typical of youth. We have modern facilities, cutting-edge technology and university services that offer our students and our teaching and research staff the highest standards of academic life. We see our work in teaching, study and research as a real commitment to society. This means our mission is to educate young people in personal and social dignity and to aid in the development of the economy, of science and of technology. While the training element in students' chosen qualifications is crucial, it is also vital to give them a well-rounded education. Hence, our efforts and our highly efficient university services are also devoted to providing career guidance, extra-curricular courses and personal development for these young folk. Ángel Penas Merino Rector (Vice-Chancellor) University of Leon. Spain. students Our academic staff are steadily The university community comprises students, increasing in numbers and in academics and support staff. the level of qualifications they hold. The quality of teaching Students are our main raison d'être as a university. and research they provide are The steady growth in their numbers, despite a essentials for the continuing general tendency to declining enrolments in Spain development of this young as a whole, shows the results of work well done. institution. Our academics do not regard their research and We do train students for work and professional teaching activities as just a job, activities, but more than that we try to make but see them as a personal them into fully-rounded members of a society commitment to the University, which we hope is improving. to which many of them have Development of student numbers from 1979 to 2004 belonged since it was first created. The taking on of 16000 15217 further teaching staff, research 14000 15453 15072 programmes and projects, 14059 12000 teaching evaluation plans, arrangements for tutorial 10000 10457 support and innovations in 8000 8429 teaching techniques all ensure 6000 permanent improvements in 5662 4000 the quality of teaching and research. 2000 1979/80 1985/86 1990/91 1995/96 2000/01 2002/03 2003/04 academic the university administrative and other Development of professors numbers from 1979 to 2004 980 954 940 support staff 920 880 Apart from providing all the usual services required for 840 teaching, study and research, our administrative and other 800 support staff participate actively in a range of technical, 760 751 administrative and other actions specific to this University. The 720 increased number of such staff meets the needs of a new 680 640 university whose ambition is to provide education and services 623 600 of the highest standard, to be an example of the best practice 560 and a place to which every student who has ever studied there 520 would like to return. Among other amenities, the University 480 444 runs halls of residence, student restaurants, and facilities for 440 400 cultural, sports and other leisure activities. 378 360 320 Development of administrative and support staff 280 numbers from 1979 to 2004 240 400 200 378 398 360 177 343 160 320 120 280 282 80 240 223 0 200 1979 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004 160 120 101 80 40 0 staff 1979 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004 community undergraduate degrees Note: Spanish degree structures differ in some ways from Bachelor of Education (Physical Education) those in English-speaking countries, so equivalences are only Bachelor of Education (Infant Education) approximate. Normally Spanish undergraduate courses Bachelor of Education (Music Education) involve completion of a two- or three-year Part I or Foundation Bachelor of Education (Primary Education) Course (the first cycle or phase of studies), which either entitles successful participants to an undergraduate Diploma or allows Bachelor of Education (Foreign Languages) them to enter a two-year Part II Specialist Course (the second cycle or phase) that leads to a full degree. Where degrees are Faculty of Education. (Ponferrada) shown as “Part II” in the following list, this means that the Certificate in Cinematography and the Visual Arts specific subject is taught only at second-phase level; successful completion of some appropriate first-phase course in a related Faculty of Labour Studies. area would be a prerequisite. Certificates and Advanced Diploma in Labour Relations Certificates are not degrees under the rules of the Spanish Bachelor of Science (Labour Studies) [Part II] Ministry of Education, Science and Sports. School of Social Work. SOCIAL AND LEGAL STUDIES Diploma in Social Work Faculty of Economics and Business. Bachelor of Business Administration and Management Faculty of Sports Science. Diploma in Business Studies Bachelor of Science in Sport and Physical Education. Bachelor of Science (Econ.) (Actuarial and Financial Studies) [Part II] Bachelor of Science (Econ.) (Marketing) [Part II] School of Tourism. (Leon) Bachelor of Science (Econ.) (Economics) [Part II] Diploma in Tourism School of Tourism. (Ponferrada) Faculty of Law. Diploma in Tourism Bachelor of Law Diploma in Management and Public Administration HUMANITIES Faculty of Education. Faculty of Arts. Bachelor of Science (Psychology of Education) [Part II] Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature Bachelor of Education (Hearing and Language) Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature Bachelor of Education (Special Education) Bachelor of Arts in Geography Our range of postgraduate courses has won high regard from MECD (the Spanish Ministry of Education, Science and Sports), from ANECA (the Spanish National Agency for Quality Evaluation and Accreditation) and from other universities. Since the very beginning of the Spanish national course rating system, the University of Leon has been the institution with the highest percentage of its postgraduate courses recognized as of superior quality. (first and second cycles) Bachelor of Arts in History Gardening) Bachelor of Arts in Art History Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering (Farm Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics [Part II] Mechanization and Construction) Diploma in Librarianship School of Agricultural Engineering. (Ponferrada) EXPERIMENTAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering (Agricultural and Faculty of Veterinary Science. Food Industries) Bachelor of Veterinary Science in Veterinary Studies Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering (Forestry) Bachelor of Science (Food Science and Technology) [Part II] School of Industrial Engineering and Computer Advanced Certificate in Animal Husbandry Science. Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Bachelor of Industrial Engineering Bachelor of Science in Biology Bachelor of Engineering (Industry) Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering (Aircraft Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology Engines) Advanced Aeronautical Technician's Certificate School of Health Studies. Diploma in Nursing School of Mines. Bachelor of Mining Engineering (Surveying and School of Health Studies. (Ponferrada) Prospecting) Diploma in Nursing Bachelor of Mining Engineering (Electrical and Diploma in Physiotherapy Mechanical Mine Equipment) Bachelor of Mining Engineering (Mine Management) TECHNICAL SUBJECTS Bachelor of Mining Engineering (Energy, Fuel and School of Agricultural Engineering. Explosives) Bachelor of Engineering (Agronomy) Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering (Livestock Farming) School of Mines. (Ponferrada) Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering (Horticulture and Bachelor of Mining Engineering (Topography) 10 “starred” programmes (recognized as of superior quality). 7 programmes in Natural Sciences and Technology. doctoral and postgraduate 11 programmes in Humanities and Social Sciences. (“third cycle”) courses A Rounded Education Our formal qualifications are complemented by other skills and activities needed to round out the education of our students as members of society. Our educational aims are not just to pass on the specialist knowledge for each particular degree. They go further than this, since their chief goal is to allow our students immediate access to the world of work through their high levels of qualifications but also to be members of society who will help make it fairer and more caring. Cultural and sports activities, student participation in the running of the University, student mobility and exchanges with Courses universities all round the world, university clubs and associations, interest courses in A number of sections of the University regularly organize training subjects ranging from languages to courses with various names and objectives. They include summer information technology, social life and team schools, skills courses, university extension courses and general work, plus the services intended to aid training courses. In every single one, university-level rigour and students in seeking their future careers: all of quality are assured. Students may take these courses as electives these are major commitments by the within degree structures. This gives great freedom to choose University of Leon on behalf of the young from a wide range of options and so aids in building personal people that throng its halls. skills. 4,858 participants in courses: general training, summer schools, skills courses and university extension programmes. Modern Languages Apart from the language courses that form part of degree programmes, there are “interest”