STUDYING AND LIVING / ESTUDIAR Y VIVIR UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA / UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA Servei de Relacions Internacionals i Cooperació INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GUIDE 39 THE PRINCIPAL WELCOMES YOU Bem-vindo Benvenuto Benvingut Bienvenido Bienvenue Bun venit Welcome to Valencia, a cosmopolitan city shaped by the crossroads of cultures over the centuries. Tervetuloa Since 1499, the University of Valencia has held classes and conducted research, thereby contributing Üdvözlöm to the development of the city. As part of its urban fabric, the three University campuses (Tarongers, Välkommen Blasco Ibáñez and Burjassot-Paterna) are the venues of teaching and research carried out in all areas of Velkommen knowledge. The centre of Valencia is home to our historic building “La Nau”, the bicentennial Botanical Garden and the Rector Peset Residence Hall, which was built from a former palace in the Carmen Vitajte neighbourhood and exemplifies the recovery of Valencian architectural heritage. Vítejte Welcome Basic and experimental sciences, engineering, social, economic and legal sciences, health sciences, Welkom educational sciences and humanities are combined in the academic experience: the University. Willkommen I would like to welcome you to the University of Valencia and thank you for joining thousands of Witamy international students at the University of Valencia, which is ranked second in Europe in receiving Erasmus students and is an international reference. 40 Offering the broadest range of undergraduate, Master’s and I invite you to get to know Valencia and make the most of all PhD programmes in the Valencian Community and one of the the possibilities that the University of Valencia offers you. widest ranges of programmes in Spain, the University has had Thousands of professors, lecturers, researchers, technical staff remarkable results in leading scientific production and research and administration staff are ready to help you broaden your activity. This has led the University to be recognised twice as a knowledge and enjoy a once in a lifetime experience that reminds Campus of International Excellence by the Spanish Ministry of you that the University of Valencia is and always will be your Education. university. You are now part of the University of Valencia – a modern, dynamic university promoting cultural activity and scientific Esteban Morcillo Sánchez dissemination. It is also a community with shared values that has PRINCIPAL made a firm commitment to our society. 41 HISTORY At the beginning of the XV century, the and was compared in prerogatives and An important effort is made to the study and Judges of Valencia brought together the distinction to the universities of Rome, transmission of the results in science and courses depending on the city and the Bologna, Salamanca and Lleida on the 13th scientific knowledge, to the commitment of church, leading to the establishment of the of October, 1502. developing our society and to the promotion Universitat de València on the 30th of April, of sports and culture. 1499 with a their own Constitutions, created Initially there were studies of medicine, at the request of the Council of the city of humanities, technology and law, but new Valencia. programs and institutes were added and gave form to the university we know today, In 1501, the Pope Alejandro VI signed a modern European university. It offers with the royal privilege of Fernando II practically all branches of knowledge in the pontifical pope’s bull, sealed a year humanities, basic and technical sciences, later, leading to the official opening of health sciences and education as well as social The Estudio General de Valencia in 1502 sciences, legal sciences and economics. The University of Valencia 42 THE UNIVERSITAT TODAY Today, the Universitat de València is a The Valencian UNIVERSITAT with most largest bibliographic collection: almost research oriented, general, public, European staff: more than 4,000 teachers and re- 1,200,000 monographs on paper, some university. The university has 18 faculties and searchers, and 1,800 technicians and ad- 28.000 in electronic version; nearly 5,000 46,000 students in degrees, diplomas and ministrative and services staff. periodicals on paper and more than 35.000 engineering, another 8,000 in postgraduate in electronic version; around 100 online studies and 12,000 students following other The most internationalized Valencian databases. courses. The university is situated in Valencia, UNIVERSITAT: 2,000 students in the third biggest Spanish city and the 21st undergraduate studies and 952 students The Valencian UNIVERSITAT with well- most populated one of the European Union. in masters, coming from institutions from established buildings: 18 faculties and around the world. schools, 19 institutes of research and 92 Here are the most important figures: teaching and research departments. The ValencianUNIVERSITAT with the largest The Valencian UNIVERSITAT with the number of students: more than 45,000 in most research done: more than 50 million The Valencian UNIVERSITAT with the diplomas, degrees and engineering, more than euros budgeted towards research. most degrees in undergraduate studies, 8,000 in masters and doctorates and more than masters and doctorates 5,500 following postgraduate studies of our own. The Valencian UNIVERSITAT with the 43 CAMPUS Valencia-Tarongers: 119,670 m2 Valencia-Blasco Ibáñez: 186,015 m2 Burjassot-Paterna:142,135 m2 Campus 44 CAMPUS The UV is structured in three urban physiotherapy. Here you can also find the Burjassot-Paterna Campus and specialised campuses: Blasco Ibañez Rectorado or main administrative building Where you can find the faculties of biology, 186.015 m2; Tarongers 119.670 m2; and the central services of the Universitat physics, chemistry, mathematics and Burjassot-Paterna 142.135 m2. de València. pharmacy and the school of engineering. The scientific park of the Universitat is Tarongers Campus Blasco Ibáñez Campus located here, it’s also the place where Where you can find the faculties of medicine Where you can find the faculties of you can find research centres, and a and dentistry, psychology, geography and economics, law, social science and teaching complex companies that are scientific and history, philosophy and education sciences, training. technology based. philology, translation and communication, and the faculties of nursing and On http://www.uv.es/webuv/visita/indexsp.html you can take a virtual tour of the teaching institutions, libraries, sports facilities and more. 45 CAMPUS OTHER CENTRES OF THE UNIVERSITAT DE VALÈNCIA CAMPUS de BURJASSOT Besides these campuses, the Universitat also has other buildings in the city, like the historical office of the Universitat, known as La Nau, which you can find in the street named after the building. Now this area is a cultural centre, with the Botanic garden situated in the heart of Valencia, calle Quart, no 80, and the Palau de Cerveró where you can visit the historical museum of science, in the middle of the historical centre of Valencia. The Universitat de València, also organizes activities in Ontinyent and JARDÍ CAMPUS de TARONGERS BOTÀNIC CAMPUS de BLASCO IBAÑEZ Gandia, through a University Extension and the International Centre of Gandia respectively. LA NAU The University of Valencia 46 STUDIES The Universitat de València offers under- If you want to know more about the Universitat, graduate and postgraduate studies (master you can find more information by: and doctorate). You can find all academic • Viewing the videos of each research centre information about each of our degrees in and institution of the Universitat the following websites: • Accessing the You Tube video of the Universitat de València at: www. • Undergraduate students access at: youtube.com/uvmedia www.uv.es/acces • Viewing the TV channel of the Universitat at http://www. mediauni.uv.es • Postgraduate students access at: www.uv.es/postgrado. www.uv.es >The University > UV Life 47 HISTORY The city of Valencia was founded in 138 silk and other materials, like tiles or glazed Arabic, Gothic, Renaissance, baroque, B.C. by the consul of Rome Décimo Junio ceramic in the XVIII century, a major modern and rationalist Valencia, along Bruto. Since then, our city has seen a mix exporter in the XIX and XX centuries and a with its constant growth and expansion, of cultures. It was Muslim capital for five tourist destination since the second half of its welcoming and integrating nature, all of centuries between the year 711 and the the past century. which together comprise the latest trends conquest of King Jaume I, who established worldwide. the old Valencian Kingdom. As a consequence of constant evolution, dynamism, intensive cultural life and the Valencia was an important commercial port mixture of cultures, the changes can be seen in the XV century, a main manufacturer of across the city. You can enjoy a Roman, The City of Valencia 48 VALENCIA TODAY Valencia is the capital of the Comunidad mates of Europe: a soft Mediterranean cli- important industrial basis for branches in Valenciana. mate, with average temperatures between paper and graphic art, wood and furniture, 11° and 26°. The natural environment, the steel products, shoes, textiles and car Today, Valencia is the 3rd largest and most attractive culture and the beaches with fine manufacturing. important city of Spain, with a population sand have turned the city into a tourists in- of the same rank of 810,000 inhabitants. ternational centre. Valencia has important cultural institutes