Universidade de Vigo

University of Vigo
Universidade de Vigo
Motto	Innovadora, pública, de calidade
Type	Public university
Established	1990
Academic affiliations	Compostela Group of Universities
Rector	Manuel Reigosa Roger
Academic staff	1400
Administrative staff	793
Students	20129
Undergraduates	16725
Postgraduates	2046
Doctoral students	1358
Location	Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; 42°10′11″N 8°41′04″W / 42.16976320°N 8.68457840°W
Campus	Multiple
Website	www.uvigo.gal/en

The University of Vigo is a public university included in the University System of Galicia (NW Spain) based in the city of Vigo.^[2] It has campuses in three cities: Vigo, Pontevedra and Ourense.^[2] In 2010, the University of Vigo became the center of the Campus do Mar international interuniversity excellence campus, in which the three Galician and several universities in the north of Portugal, as well as CSIC and Spanish Institute of Oceanography participate.

Since 2018, Manuel Reigosa, a plant physiologist, has been the Rector.

History

The direct antecedent of the institution was the so-called University College of Vigo, created after the approval in 1972 of the construction of the aforementioned in the Lagoas, in Marcosende, in the parish of Zamáns, and under the sponsorship of Caixa de Aforros de Vigo. In the course 1977 - 78 began classes in the degrees that time were offered: Chemistry and Biology, Economics and Philology. Two years after the start of teaching at the institution, the University of Santiago de Compostela, founded in the 15th century, integrated the studies taught in Vigo under its administrative and academic tutelage.

Law 11/1989 of 20 July on the organization of the Galician university system reorganized the university landscape of the Autonomous Community. The University of Vigo was established as such in 1990 after its segregation from the University of Compostela. The first president ( 1990 - 1994 ) was the chemical engineer Luis Espada Recarey would be replaced in office by Professor José Antonio Vázquez (1994-1998). Between 1998 and 2006 the post was held by professor Domingo Docampo, between 2006 and 2010 Alberto Gago , and between 2010 and 2018 Salustiano Mato.

The University achieved the highest number of enrollments in the 1999-2000 academic year (29000 students), since then there has been a continuous decline in students. In 2006 it had 21263 enrolled (12820 on the Vigo Campus, 4991 in Ourense and 3452 in Pontevedra). In the 2016-17 academic year, the total number of students amounted to 21235.

Campus

The Vigo Campus, or Vigo Technological Campus, is distributed in various locations. The main one is the University Town of As Lagoas-Marcosende located in the parish of Zamáns. However, in the center of Vigo is the so-called Urban Campus, located in a building from the 1930s designed by the architect Jenaro de la Fuente. This building, located in Conde Torrecedeira Street and still known today as the School of Industrial Experts, is now part of the University's School of Industrial Engineering. Attached to this building is a university library. Just across the street is the University School of Business Studies. Toralla Island, in the Filomena Dato Building, is home to the Toralla Marine Science Station (ECIMAT), on the southern shore of the Ría de Vigo.

The Pontevedra Campus has several spaces within the city of the same name. It has a central campus known as A Xunqueira, in the northern part of the town, as well as several faculties in the city center. The headquarters of the Vice-Rectorate are located in the Casa das Campas, a historic building owned by the municipality for use by the University of Vigo.

The Ourense Campus Campus da Agua is fully integrated into the city center, in the neighborhood of As Lagoas. It occupies the facilities of the old Hospital da Lonia. It also has other infrastructures, such as the Iron Building (headquarters of the Faculties of Education and Social Work and History), or the Polytechnic Building, which houses the Faculty of Science and the School of Computer Engineering. In the new part, known as Campur Sur, are the Faculties of Business and Tourism Sciences and the Faculty of Law, both in the same building, and the School of Aeronautical and Space Engineering. Other facilities include the Rosalía de Castro University Library, the university swimming pool, the sports court and different outdoor sports areas, including a synthetic grass field.

Teaching centers

Vigo Campus ( As Lagoas - Marcosende )

Faculty of Economics (Lagoas-Marcosende Campus).

Faculty of Philology and Translation (Lagoas-Marcosende campus).

University School of Art Restoration and Faculty of Fine Arts(Campus de Pontevedra).

School of Industrial Engineering
ETS of Mining Engineering
School of Telecommunication Engineering
Faculty of Biology
Faculty of Chemistry
Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculty of Marine Sciences
Faculty of Legal and Labor Sciences
Faculty of Philology and Translation
Scientific and Technological Research Support Center (CACTI)
Biomedical Research Center (CINBIO)
Industrial Technological Research Center (MTI)

Vigo Campus (Center)

School of Industrial Engineering ^[3]
US Business Studies
Toralla Marine Science Station (ECIMAT)

Assigned centers

US Nursing (Meixoeiro)
US Nursing (Povisa)
US Teaching "Maria Sedes Sapientiae"
Afundación Business School

Pontevedra Campus

School of Forestry Engineering
Faculty of Physiotherapy
Faculty of Fine Arts
Faculty of Education and Sports Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication
Faculty of Management and Public Administration

Assigned centers

University School of Nursing
University Center of the Defense ( Naval military school of Marin )

Ourense Campus

School of Computer Engineering
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Education Sciences
Faculty of Business Studies and Tourism
Faculty of Law
Faculty of History
School of Aeronautical and Space Engineering
Center for Research, Transfer and Innovation (CITI)

Assigned Centers

University School of Nursing

Government structure

On May 20, 2010, elections for the rectory were held with two candidates: Nova Universidade, led by Jaime Cabeza Pereiro, and Alternativa Universitaria, led by Salustiano Mato. The latter was the winner in the election, reaching 52.6% of votes.^[4] In 2014, Mato ran for New University and was re-elected by 751 votes in an election he ran as the sole candidate. From July 4, 2014 to 2018, the university's governing board was composed of:

Rector: Salustiano Mato de la Iglesia
Vice-rectorship of Planning and Economy: José Manuel García Vázquez
Vice-rectorship for Research and Transfer: María Asunción Longo González
Vice-rectorship of Academic Organization and Teaching Staff: Ana María Graña Rodríguez
Vice-rectorship of Students: Dolores González Álvarez
Vice-rectorship for University Extension and International Relations: Manuel Fernández Iglesias
Vice-rectorship of the Ourense Campus: Virxilio Rodríguez Vázquez
Vice-rectorship of the Campus of Pontevedra: Juan Manuel Corbacho Valencia
General Secretariat: Gloria Pena Uris

Degrees, master's degrees, student and other data of interest

Since its segregation from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), the University of Vigo (UdV or UdVigo) has been gradually increasing both the number of degrees and the number of teachers and students.

The university has in its three fields 22 own university centers, 7 affiliated centers and 5 technological centers, and that cover 140 areas of the knowledge. In them predominates degrees in social and legal sciences and engineering companies In 2017 the university has trained 21235 students: 17237 pursuing degrees, 2,048 master's and doctoral degrees in 1365. It also had 1376 people dedicated to research and teaching, 434 researchers in training or technicians and 484 people linked to projects. The administration and service staff were 702 people. In addition, it went from an investment in research of 0.51 million euros in 1991 to 5.23 million in 2001. The total budget of the institution for 2016 amounts to €160,586,524 . Most of the expenditure corresponds to staff and current expenditure and is mostly distributed in technological, legal and social research groups.

Image gallery

Rectorate (Reitorado As Lagoas-Marcosende).
Miralles Building (As Lagoas-Marcosende).
Management and Central Services (As Lagoas-Marcosende).
Management and Central Services (As Lagoas-Marcosende).
Faculty of Economics (As Lagoas-Marcosende).
School of Mining and Energy Engineering (As Lagoas-Marcosende).
Edificio de Ferro (Iron Building): Faculty of History and Faculty of Education Sciences(Campus de Ourense).
Faculty of Laws (Campus de Ourense).
Central Library of Ourense (Campus de Ourense).
Office Building (Campus de Ourense).
University School of Technical Forestry Engineering (Campus de Pontevedra).