University of León explained

University of León
Native Name:	Universidad de León
Motto:	Universitas legionensis
Established:	1979
Type:	Public
Endowment:	€ 97 million^[1]
President:	Juan Francisco García Marín
Faculty:	950
Administrative Staff:	2,034
Students:	12,643 (2010-11)^[2]
Undergrad:	8,739
Postgrad:	488
Doctoral:	1,172^[3]
Province:	Province of León
Country:	Spain
Campus:	Urban, 0.5 km2.
Colors:	Red and Green
Website:	www.unileon.es

The University of León is a Spanish public university with campus in León and Ponferrada.

The university is found in 1843, when it was created the Normal School for Teachers or Masters Seminar of Public Instruction and the subaltern school of Veterinary Medicine, founded in 1852, laying the foundations of Leon future university. Founded in 1979 as a splitting of the University of Oviedo, from the various schools and colleges that depend on that, more or less existed long ago in the city of Leon.

In recent years the university has signed important cooperation agreements, among which the one signed with the University of Washington, which has allowed the installation in Leon of the second European Headquarters this university to learn Spanish, with capacity for 500 students, and signed with the Xiangtan University, which has led to the establishment in the city of Confucius Institute.

Faculties and Schools

The University of Leon has eight Faculties, six Schools and two private associated Schools.^[4] It also has the School of Languages^[5] and an IT Center, called Crai-tic,^[6] where the Calendula supercomputer is located. The Veterinary Hospital of Castile and León is also associated to the University.^[7]

• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine^[8]
• Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences^{[9] [10]}
• Faculty of Laws^{[11] [12]}
• Faculty of Arts^{[13] [14]}
• Faculty of Economics and Business Administration^{[15] [16]}
• Faculty of Work Studies^[17]
• School of Industrial Engineering and Information Technology^[18]
• Upper and Technical School of Mining Engineering^{[19] [20]}
• Upper and Technical School of Agricultural Engineering^{[21] [22]}
• Faculty of Education^{[23] [24]}
• University School of Health Sciences^[25]
• University School of Social Work (Associated Centre)^{[26] [27]}
• Faculty of Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport^{[28] [29]}
• University School of Tourism, León (Associated Centre)
• University School of Tourism, Ponferrada (Associated Centre)

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Endowment of the University of Leon. es.
2. Web site: Students at University of Leon. es.
3. Web site: Doctoral at University of Leon. es.
4. Web site: Faculties and Schools, University of Leon.
5. Web site: School of Languages of the University of Leon. es.
6. Web site: ULe Crai-tic. es. 2012-01-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20120101203447/http://crai-tic.unileon.es/. 2012-01-01. dead.
7. Web site: Veterinary Hospital of Castile and León. es. 2012-01-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20120119103233/http://www.hospitalveterinariocastillayleon.es/. 2012-01-19. dead.
8. Web site: Facultad de Veterinaria . Facultad de Veterianaria de León . 7 June 2020 . es.
9. Web site: Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. es.
10. Web site: Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, ULe.
11. Web site: Faculty of Laws. es.
12. Web site: Faculty of Laws, ULe. es.
13. Web site: Faculty of Arts. es.
14. Web site: Faculty of Arts, ULe. es.
15. Web site: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. es.
16. Web site: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. es.
17. Web site: Faculty of Work Studies. es.
18. Web site: School of Industrial Engineering and Information Technology. es.
19. Web site: Upper and Technical School of Mining Engineering. es.
20. Web site: Upper and Technical School of Mining Engineering, ULe. es.
21. Web site: Upper and Technical School of Agricultural Engineering. es.
22. Web site: Upper and Technical School of Agricultural Engineering, ULe. es.
23. Web site: Faculty of Education. es.
24. Web site: Faculty of Education, ULe. es.
25. Web site: University School of Health Sciences. es.
26. Web site: University School of Social Work. es.
27. Web site: University School of Social Work, ULe. es.
28. Web site: Faculty of Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport. es.
29. Web site: Faculty of Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport, ULe. es.