University of Cádiz explained

University of Cádiz
Native Name:Universidad de Cádiz
Motto:Non Plus Ultra (Latin)
Mottoeng:No Further Beyond
Established:1979
Type:Public
Rector:Eduardo González Mazo
Students:20,798
Campus:Cádiz
Puerto Real
Algeciras
Jerez de la Frontera
City:Cadiz
Country:Spain
Website:www.uca.es
Free Label:Telephone
Free:(+34) 956 01 53 50
Arwu W:901–1000
Arwu W Year:2023
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The W Year:2024
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The University of Cádiz (in Spanish: Universidad de Cádiz), commonly referred to as UCA, is a public university located in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, noted for its medicine and marine sciences curricula. It was founded in 1979,[4] [5] and has the Latin motto Non Plus Ultra ("No Further Beyond"). Its headquarters are located in Cádiz, where the Rectorate is. During the 2007/2008 academic year, there were 17,280 students,[6] 1,698 lecturers, and 680 administration and services workers associated with the university.

History

The University's origins lie in the 15th century with the "Colegio de Pilotos de los Mares de Levante y Poniente".

Its Faculty of Medicine traces its founding to the Royal Naval College of Surgery in 1748, which was the first in Europe to combine medicine and surgery in a single school.

The modern University of Cádiz was founded on October 30, 1979, with an inaugural session "Cajal, análisis literario de un carácter" about Ramón y Cajal[7] and the first rector election was conducted in 1984.

In March 1984, the Gold Medal was awarded to Juan Carlos I of Spain. In May 1985, Rafael Alberti and Antonio Domínguez Ortiz were invested Doctor Honoris Causa. In this year, the rectorate is relocated to the current building, Casa de los Cinco Gremios. University bylaws and statutes were approved in February 1986.

In 1992, Centro Andaluz Superior de Estudios Marinos was inaugurated in Campus of Puerto Real.

Since 2003, UCA has promoted new technologies for learning-related purposes, first with WebCT virtual campus and then Moodle (free software).

In 2009, the recently created "General Inspection of Exceptional Services" begun to make decisions which were severely reprobed by some intellectual authors, for it allows authorities the use of official means in order to arbitrarily punish teaching staff.

Campuses

In addition to the principal campus in Cádiz, the university has three satellite campuses:

Schools within the university

Some schools within the university are:

University rectors

University rectors in UCA history:

Free software and supercomputing

One of the first free software offices in Spain was founded at this university, Libre Software and Open Knowledge Office (OSLUCA).[8] [9] This office has set up some free software conferences (2004: I, 2005: II, 2006: III y 2009: IV), and the FLOSS International Conference.

UCA provides a supercomputer for research purposes since 2007. It is a cluster of 80 computers, each with 4 processing cores (finally 320 cores) and 640 GB RAM, designed for a peak performance of 3.8 TFLOPS.[10] The supercomputer uses SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 as operating system.[11]

Notable alumni

Some notable alumni from UCA:[12]

Honoris Causa

Honorary doctoral degrees from University of Cádiz:[13]

Partnerships

The university participates in the ERASMUS programme, a partnership for student exchanges in Europe. It maintains relations with many universities on all continents.

Partnership Universities

Universities that have an exchange programme with the University of Cádiz include:

See also

Further reading

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ARWU World University Rankings 2034. www.shanghairanking.com. 26 August 2022.
  2. Web site: World University Rankings. 6 August 2023. timeshighereducation.com. 26 August 2023.
  3. Web site: U.S. News Education: Best Global Universities 2022-23. 23 November 2023.
  4. Web site: Universidad de Cádiz. Universidad de Cádiz. 29 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120221105448/http://www.uca.es/web/organizacion/historia/creacion1. 21 February 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Universidad de Cádiz. Universidad de Cádiz. 29 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120221104700/http://www.uca.es/web/organizacion/historia/historia_breve. 21 February 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  6. http://www.uca.es/web/organizacion/presenta_memoria UCA, today
  7. Web site: Universidad de Cádiz. Universidad de Cádiz. 29 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120220061704/http://www.uca.es/web/organizacion/dossier/historia_25/1979. 20 February 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  8. http://www.uca.es/softwarelibre/declaracion-uca-sl Declaración de apoyo al software libre
  9. Web site: La Universidad de C谩diz presenta la primera Oficina de Software Libre de Andaluc铆a. https://web.archive.org/web/20080603223735/http://www.laflecha.net/canales/softlibre/noticias/200404151. dead. 3 June 2008. 29 June 2015.
  10. Web site: Supercomputación en la UCA. 29 June 2015.
  11. http://supercomputacion.uca.es/documentacion.htm Documentación
  12. Web site: Universidad de Cádiz. Universidad de Cádiz. 29 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20130922000900/http://www.uca.es/web/organizacion/historia/origen3. 22 September 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  13. Web site: Honoris Causa . https://web.archive.org/web/20090720044619/http://www.uca.es/web/organizacion/historia/honoris . 20 July 2009 . Universidad de Cádiz . es . 5 October 2019.
  14. News: Distinguidos birretes . . 29 June 2015 . Beatriz . Estévez . 17 March 2008 . . es.
  15. News: Paco de Lucía Doctor Honoris Causa . 29 June 2015 . March 2007 . es.
  16. News: Todo un honor para el pueblo gitano . . 29 June 2015 . Beatriz . Estévez . 21 February 2008 . . es.
  17. News: Takashi Asano será investido Doctor Honoris Causa el jueves . . 29 June 2015 . 27 May 2008 . . es.
  18. News: La UCA inviste Doctores Honoris Causa a dos líderes del mundo sindical . . 29 June 2015 . Beatriz . Estévez . 23 September 2008 . . es.
  19. News: La Universidad de Cádiz celebra la sesión ordinaria de Claustro . uca.es . December 2009 . 5 October 2019 . es.

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