UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA
The Universitat de València was founded in 1499 and, initially, was dedicated to the study of Medicine, Humanities, Theology and Law. Nowadays, it has become a modern European university opened to almost every branch of knowledge.
Given the wide range of studies offered as well as its humanistic dimension, the Universitat de València is now one of the largest, oldest and most diverse universities in Spain.
The University has more than 36,000 undergraduate and 14,000 postgraduate students. On our campuses (Blasco Ibañez, Burjassot-Paterna and Els Tarongers), over 3,800 teachers and researchers, who make up 84 departments, 22 institutes and other research units, carry out their work, aided by over 1,800 administration and service staff.
Along with the human resources, the magnitude of its facilities and the available up-to-date instrumental equipment guarantee the quality of a vast scientific and technologic offer to the service of society. The Universitat de València is recognized as one of the most outstanding Spanish universities in both national and international rankings. It produces 63 % of the indexed references of all Valencian universities and ranks third among Spanish universities in indexed scientific production. More than 300 PhD thesis are presented every year in the framework of 110 PhD programs, 31 of which have obtained the special Quality Award given by the Spanish Education Ministry. At last, its increasing research budget, over € 52 million, is an indicator of the scientific and technological capabilities of the University of Valencia. The Universitat de València has experience in the development and management of more than 150 European Projects under the following frameworks: the RTD European (I to VII) Framework Programmes, HORIZON 2020, Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus, Socrates, Leonardo) and Erasmus+, acting both as a coordinator and partner institution. La Universitat de València develops a wide range of bilateral academic cooperation programs worldly, mainly with South- American, African Countries and European countries. Lately, the relationships with Asia-Pacific countries such as China, Japan and India and the new agreements with North-American universities guarantee the signature of new agreements. These agreements allow mobility activities for a large number of students and academic staff. International programmes management is developed from interuniversity cooperation, development cooperation and research points of view. In fact, the number of international mobilities is 3328 for undergraduate students, 446 for master and 78 for doctorate students.
MAIN CONTACTS
Dr. Carmen Berenguer
carmen.berenguer@uv.es