The University of Oviedo ( es, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturian: ''Universidá d'Uviéu'') is a

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Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensiv ...

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). It is the only

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in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in

Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located a ...

, Gijón and

Mieres Mieres is a municipality of Asturias, northern Spain, with approximately 38,000 inhabitants. The municipality of Mieres is made up of the capital, Mieres del Camino and the villages of Baiña, Figaredo, Cenera, Loredo, La Peña, La Rebollada, ...

History

The University of Oviedo was established under the terms and conditions of the will of Archbishop

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(1483–1568), who was the General Inquisitor under

Philip II of Spain Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...

, and funded by his estate. In 1574

Pope Gregory XIII Pope Gregory XIII ( la, Gregorius XIII; it, Gregorio XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for ...

granted the papal bull to create the university and in 1604 Philip III issued its charter. It first opened for the teaching of classes on September 21, 1608. The ancient university had three faculties: the Faculty of Arts, which every student had to graduate from in order to continue his training in one of the other; and the Faculties of Theology and Law, sometimes known as the higher faculties. After the French invasion of Spain the ''Historical Building'' of the university was occupied by invading troops and lectures were suspended until the War ended in 1812. During the 19th century, a group of liberal professors tried to bring the university closer to the working class with the ''Extensión Universitaria'' (a popular education programme sponsored by the institution). However, this goal was not fully achieved, and on October 13, 1934, during the Socialist-led miners revolt in Asturias, strikers set fire to the university (including its Library and the Art Gallery) because it was seen as a

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symbol. It was rebuilt after the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlism, Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebeli ...

(1936–1939). The number of faculties has multiplied in modern university, both through subdivisions of the traditional four faculties, and through the absorption of academic disciplines which have developed within originally vocational schools, in areas such as engineering or nursing. Nowadays, the university has 31 faculties and professional schools, offering degrees and diplomas in over 150 fields of study.

Schools and colleges

School of Law (since 1608), Teaching and Education (1845), Chemistry (1848), Polytechnic School of Mieres (1855), Jovellanos Faculty of Commerce, Tourism and Social Sciences (1866),

Gijón Polytechnic School of Engineering Gijón Polytechnic School of Engineering ( es, Escuela Politécnica de Ingeniería de Gijón), is one of the schools and faculties of the University of Oviedo. The school is located in Gijón, Asturias ( Spain). In the academic year 2011-12 the ...

(1888), Philosophy and Letters (1892), Economy and Business (1908), Teaching and Geology (1958), Mining Engineering (1959), Biology (1961), Medicine and Health Sciences (1968), Merchant Marine (1979), School of Computer Engineering (1982), Sciences (1990), Psychology (1991)

Departments

*Experimental Sciences: Analytic and Physical-Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Environment Technologies, Mathematics, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Physics, Statistics and Operations Research and Mathematics Education. *Health Sciences: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology of Organisms and Systems, Functional Biology, Medicine, Morphology and Cellular Biology, Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities. *Engineering: Telecommunication, Computer Sciences, Construction and Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical, Electronical, Computers and Systems Engineering, Energy, Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Working and Prospecting, Nautical Science and Technologies. *Social Sciences and Law: Accounting, Applied Economy, Basic Legal Sciences, Business Administration, Education Sciences, Economy, Private and Companies Law, Psychology, Public Law, Quantitative Economy, Sociology. *Humanities: Anglo-German and French Philology, Art and Music History, Classical and Romance Philology, Geography, History, Philosophy, Spanish Philology.

Facilities

The school has a large number of places in different classrooms, total counted 6 classrooms in the building, with spaces ranging from the 171 seats in the classroom with greater capacity, up to 75 seats in the lower-capacity classroom. In addition to these classrooms, there is a room hold up to 112 places, which are usually done lectures and presentations both subjects, as final projects. Special mention also the different laboratories that school has a total of 15 laboratories. Included in this equipment of various kinds, both PC and MAC.

Staff

:Rector:

Santiago García Granda Santiago Garcia Granda (born 1955 in Verdicio, Asturias), studied chemistry and graduated in 1980, and earned his PhD in 1984 at the University of Oviedo. He completed his academic training as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Nijmegen, ...

(since May 2016) :General Secretary: Eva María Cordero González :General Manager: Ana Isabel Caro Muñoz :Vice-rectorates: :*Delegate for Coordination and University Strategy: Xabiel García Pañeda :*Vice-rectorate for Academic Organization: Juan José del Coz Díaz :*Vice-rectorate for Research: José Ramón Obeso Suárez :*Vice-rectorate for University Extension and International Development: Francisco José Borge López :*Vice-rectorate for Student Affairs: Elisa Miguélez González :*Vice-rectorate for Material and Technological Resources: Marta María Hernando Álvarez :*Vice-rectorate for Crosscutting Actions and Enterprise Cooperation: Eugenia Suárez Serrano :Social Council: Ladislao Azcona (President), representatives of political parties, trade-unions, employers, etc. :Council of Government : Rectoral Council and Representatives from University Staff, Faculties, Schools and Departments :University Staff: Representatives of Professors, Administration Staff and Students :Rectoral Council: Rector together with the Vice-Chancellors

Notable alumni

Antonio Arrúe Zarauz Antonio Arrúe Zarauz (1903–1976) was a Spanish politician and a Basque cultural activist. Politically he was a Carlist militant throughout all of his life; in the 1950s and 1960s Arrue informally led the Gipuzkoan branch of the party, and from ...

, Basque cultural activist and Carlist politician *

Antón de Marirreguera Antón González Reguera, better known as Antón de Marirreguera was the author of the first preserved literary works written in the Asturian language, the «''Pleitu ente Uviéu y Mérida pola posesión de les cenices de Santa Olaya''» (Dispute ...

, Asturian-language writer * Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull, viceroy of Peru *

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (born Gaspar Melchor de Jove y Llanos, 5 January 1744 – 27 November 1811) was a Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain. Life and influence of ...

, Enlightenment statesman, author and philosopher *

Agustín Argüelles Agustín Argüelles (18 August 1776 in Ribadesella, Asturias – 26 March 1844 in Madrid) was a Spanish liberal politician. He served as the 81st and 94th president of the Congress of Deputies. Biography He studied Law at the University of Oviedo ...

, politic * Faustino Rodríguez-San Pedro Díaz-Argüelles, Minister of Finance *

Rafael del Riego Rafael del Riego y Flórez (7 April 1784 – 7 November 1823) was a Spanish general and liberal politician, who played a key role in the outbreak of the Liberal Triennium (''Trienio liberal'' in Spanish). Early life Riego was born on 7 April ...

, general and liberal politician * Leopoldo Alas ''Clarín'', journalist and writer *

Armando Palacio Valdés Armando Palacio Valdés (4 October 185329 January 1938) was a Spanish novelist and critic. Biography Armando Francisco Bonifacio Palacio y Rodríguez-Valdés was born at Entralgo in the province of Asturias on 4 October 1853, eldest son of Silve ...

, novelist and critic * Melquíades Álvarez, politic * Antonio Flores de Lemus, economist and politic *

Ramón Pérez de Ayala Ramón Pérez de Ayala y Fernández del Portal (9 August 1880, in Oviedo – 5 August 1962, in Madrid) was a Spanish writer. He was the Spanish ambassador to England in London (1931-1936) and voluntarily exiled himself to Argentina via F ...

, novelist * Alejandro Casona, poet and playwright *

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (13 June 1910 – 27 January 1999) was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement. Life He was born in Serantes, Ferrol, Galicia, and received his first education there, subsequently atten ...

, novelist * Luis Suárez Fernández, historian * Carlos Bousoño, poet * Ángel González, poet * José Manuel Castañón, writer * Santiago Vera-Rivera, composer * Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, former judge at the

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* Olvido García Valdés, poet and essayist * Luis Martínez Noval, Minister of Labour and Social Security (1990–1993) *

Gustavo Suárez Pertierra Gustavo Suárez Pertierra (born 1949) is a Spanish jurist and politician. He served as Minister of Education and as Minister of Defence during the governments of Felipe González. Biography Born on 27 February 1949 in Cudillero. He earned a Ph ...

, minister of Education and Science (1993–1995) and Defence (1995–1996) *

Gaspar Llamazares Gaspar Llamazares Trigo (; born 28 November 1957) is a Spanish politician. He was the leader of the leftist coalition Izquierda Unida (IU, ''United Left'') from 2001 to 2008, in the post of General Coordinator. Early years and career Llamaza ...

, leader of United Left Coalition ( Izquierda Unida) (2000–2008) *

Miguel Álvarez-Fernández Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979 in Madrid, Spain) is a sound artist, composer, filmmaker, theorist and curator working between Madrid and Berlin, where he has taught at the Electronic Music Studio of the Technical University of Berlin. ...

, musician * Fernando Suárez González, Minister of Labour (1974–1975) * Víctor García de la Concha, Director of Royal Spanish Academy * Salvador Gutiérrez Ordóñez, linguist *

Alejandro Fernández Sordo Alejandro Fernández Sordo (1921–2009) was a Spanish lawyer and politician who was a member of the FET y de las JONS. He was one of the leading political figures in the Franco regime and also, in the transition period. Early life and educati ...

, lawyer and politician * Regino Olivares, lawyer *

Xaviel Vilareyo Xaviel Vilareyo y Villamil (1967 – 19 May 2015) was an Asturian writer born in Mieres in the Province of Asturias, Spain in 1967. He is associated with the Asturian literary group of the 1990s. Education He graduated in Law from Oviedo Univers ...

, author * Celso Arango, physician (psychiatrist) * Darin Paine, development officer

Notable professors

* Luis Alfonso de Carvallo, historian, rector of San Gregorio College * Leopoldo Alas ''Clarín'', journalist and writer * Benito Jerónimo Feijoo, Enlightenment monk and scholar *

Rafael Altamira y Crevea Rafael Altamira y Crevea (February 10, 1866 – June 1, 1951) was a Spanish historian and jurist. Born in Alicante, Altamira is considered to be one of the most significant Spanish historians of the 20th century, was a multi-faceted scholar who ...

, historian and lawyer * Félix de Aramburu y Zuloaga, lawyer and poet *

Matías Barrio y Mier Matías Barrio y Mier (1844–1909) was a Spanish law academic and a Carlist politician. He served as a scholar of jurisprudence at various universities, though mostly in Oviedo (1881-1892) and Madrid (1892-1909), and authored manuals used by stu ...

, professor of law 1881–1892,

Carlist Carlism ( eu, Karlismo; ca, Carlisme; ; ) is a Traditionalist and Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty – one descended from Don Carlos, Count of Molina (1788–1855) – o ...

political leader * Fermín Canella Secades, historian *

Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso Nicolás Salmerón Alonso (10 April 1838 – 21 September 1908) was a Spanish politician, president of the First Spanish Republic. Biography He was born at Alhama la Seca in the province of Almería, was educated at Granada and became a ...

, politician, President of the

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(1873) * Aniceto Sela Sampil, lawyer * Jesús Arias de Velasco, lawyer * José María Gil-Robles, politician, leader of the Right Wing under the II Republic *

Torcuato Fernández-Miranda Torcuato Fernández-Miranda y Hevia, 1st Duke of Fernández-Miranda (10 November 1915 – 19 June 1980) was a Spanish lawyer and politician who played important roles in both the Spanish State of Francisco Franco and in the Spanish transition ...

, politician, president of the Spanish ''Cortes'' (1975–1977), ''interim'' prime minister (1974), vice-prime minister (1973–1974), General Secretary of the National Movement (

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) (1969–1974) * Carmina Virgili - first woman Professor * Vicente Alberto Álvarez Areces, President of the Principality of

from 1999 to 2011 * Luis Martínez Noval, minister of Labour and Social Security (1990–1993) * Josep Oliú Creus, economist. President and CEO of Banco Sabadell *

Gustavo Bueno Gustavo Bueno Martínez (1 September 1924 – 7 August 2016) was a Spanish philosopher, founder of a philosophical doctrine dubbed by himself as "philosophical materialism". Pupil of the national-syndicalist Santiago Montero Díaz, Bueno's id ...

, notable philosopher * Eloy Benito Ruano, historian * Juan Ignacio Ruiz de la Peña Solar, historian *

Sergio Marqués Fernández Sergio Marqués Fernández (4 August 1946 – 8 May 2012) was a Spanish politician and lawyer. Marques served as the President of the Principality of Asturias from 1995 to 1999. He is the only member of the People's Party (PP) to have held the p ...

, politician,

President of the Principality of Asturias The President of the Principality of Asturias ( es, Presidente del Principado de Asturias); ast, Presidente del Principáu d'Asturies) is the head of government of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. The president is chosen by the G ...

from 1995 to 1999 * Aurelio González Ovies, poet * Emilio Alarcos Llorach, poet and linguist * Vicente Miguel Gotor Santamaría, chemist * Antonello Novelli, neuroscientist * Paz Andrés Sáenz de Santamaría, lawyer * José Luis García Delgado, economist * M. Teresa Fernández Sánchez, biochemist * José Joaquín Barluenga Mur, chemist * Carlos López Otín, biochemist * Ana Cano, philologist and president of Academy of the Asturian Language

Some honorary doctors

* 1967

Severo Ochoa Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (; 24 September 1905 – 1 November 1993) was a Spanish physician and biochemist, and winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Arthur Kornberg for their discovery of "the mechanisms in ...

* 1968 Walter Hallstein * 1976 Claudio Sánchez Albornoz * 1982 Ramón Areces * 1982 Günther Wilke * 1985

Rafael Lapesa Rafael Lapesa Melgar (1908–2001) was a Spanish philologist, a historian of language and of Spanish literature. Early life He was born in Valencia on February 8, 1908. is family moved to Madrid when he was eight. By 1930, he had earned his pro ...

* 1988 Óscar Arias Sánchez, presidente de

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

* 1991

Federico Mayor Zaragoza Federico Mayor Zaragoza (born 27 January 1934 in Barcelona) is a Spanish scientist, scholar, politician, diplomat, and poet. He served as director-general of UNESCO from 1987 to 1999. He is currently the chairman of the Foundation for a Culture of ...

* 1992

William Golding Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel '' Lord of the Flies'' (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime. In 198 ...

* 1995 Lotfi A. Zadeh * 1998 Sheila Sherlock * 2001 Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias * 2007 Ángel González * 2007 Juan José Millás * 2008

Walter Alvarez Walter Alvarez (born October 3, 1940) is a professor in the Earth and Planetary Science department at the University of California, Berkeley. He is most widely known for the theory that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact, developed in ...

* 2008

Efim Zelmanov Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov (russian: Ефи́м Исаа́кович Зе́льманов; born 7 September 1955 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian-American mathematician, known for his work on combinatorial problems in nonassociative algebra and group th ...

Notes and references

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