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

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Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

(

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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 () or Uviéu (Asturian language, Asturian: ) 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 th ...

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality by population in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coa ...

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 Baíña, Figaredo, Cenera, Loredo, La Peña, La Rebollada, ...

History

The University of Oviedo was established under the terms and conditions of the will of Archbishop Fernando de Valdés Salas (1483–1568), who was the General Inquisitor under

Philip II of Spain Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and List of Sicilian monarchs, Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He ...

, and funded by his estate. In 1574

Pope Gregory XIII Pope Gregory XIII (, , born Ugo Boncompagni; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585) 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 commissioning and being the namesake ...

granted the

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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

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: 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 (a popular education programme sponsored by the institution). However, this goal was not fully achieved, and on October 13, 1934, during the leftist miners revolt in Asturias, the university (including its Library and the Art Gallery) was set fire either by the revolutionaries or the government bomber airplanes. It was rebuilt after the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

(1936–1939). The number of faculties has multiplied in the 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 (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, H ...

(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 :*Vice-rectorate for Student Activism and Gastronomy: Manu Alarcón Casillas :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

* Ana Cano, philologist * Antonio Arrúe Zarauz, 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 Spain, Spanish Spanish Enlightenment literature, neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlighte ...

, 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 ...

, 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 establishment of the Liberal Triennium (''Trienio liberal'' in Spanish). The failure of the Cádiz army to se ...

, general and liberal politician * Leopoldo Alas ''Clarín'', journalist and writer * Armando Palacio Valdés, 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 – 5 August 1962) was a Spanish writer. He was the Spanish ambassador to England in London (1931–1936) and voluntarily exiled himself to Argentina via France because of the ...

, 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 attendi ...

, novelist * Luis Suárez Fernández, historian * Carlos Bousoño, poet * Ángel González, poet *

José Manuel Castañón José Manuel Castañón (10 February 1920 – 6 June 2001) was a Spanish writer born in Pola de Lena, Asturias. Although he fought in Francisco Franco’s 1936 military uprising, he later distanced himself from Franco's regime and in 1957 left f ...

, writer * Santiago Vera-Rivera, composer * Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, former judge at the

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* Miguel Dongil y Sánchez, historian *

Olvido García Valdés Olvido García Valdés (born 2 December 1950) is a Spanish poet, essayist, translator, and professor. She is married to the poet Miguel Casado. Life and work García Valdés holds degrees in Philosophy from the University of Oviedo, and Romanc ...

, poet and essayist *

Luis Martínez Noval Luis Martínez Noval (3 July 1948 – 30 March 2013) was a Spanish economist and politician who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and served from 1990 to 1993 as Spain's Minister of Labor. Early life and career Noval was bo ...

, 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 United Left (IU) from 2001 to 2008, as the General Coordinator. Early years and career Llamazares was born in Logroño, La ...

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

Miguel Álvarez-Fernández Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 28 November 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 Technische Universität Berli ...

, musician * Fernando Suárez González, Minister of Labour (1974–1975) *

Víctor García de la Concha Víctor García de la Concha (born 2 January 1934, Villaviciosa, Asturias)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 educatio ...

, lawyer and politician * Regino Olivares, lawyer *

Sara Torres Sara Torres Rodríguez de Castro (Gijón, 1991) is a Spanish poet and novelist. In 2014, she won the Gloria Fuertes Prize for children's poetry. For her first novel, ''Lo que hay'', she received the "Javier Morote" Award, awarded by CEGAL () (Spa ...

(born 1991), poet and novelist *

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 Luis Alfonso de Carvallo, S.J. (1571 – 2 February 1635), also known as "Padre Carvallo", was a priest and an important Asturian historian of the 16th and 17th centuries. Life Born in a poor quarter of Cangas de Tineo, now called Cangas del N ...

, 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, professor of law 1881–1892,

Carlist Carlism (; ; ; ) is a Traditionalism (Spain), Traditionalist and Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty, one descended from Infante Carlos María Isidro of Spain, Don Carlos, ...

political leader * Fermín Canella Secades, historian *

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

, politician, President of the

First Spanish Republic The Spanish Republic (), historiographically referred to as the First Spanish Republic (), was the political regime that existed in Spain from 11 February 1873 to 29 December 1874. The Republic's founding ensued after the abdication of King ...

(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 (

Movimiento Nacional The Movimiento Nacional () was a governing institution of Spain established by General Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. During Francoist Spain#Francoism, Francoist rule in Spain, it purported to be the only channel of parti ...

) (1969–1974) *

Carmina Virgili Professor Carmina Virgili or Carmina Virgili i Rodon (19 June 1927 – 21 November 2014) was a Spanish professor in geology and a politician. Life Virgili was born in Barcelona on 19 June 1927. She was the youngest of two children born to Guil ...

- first female professor * Vicente Alberto Álvarez Areces, President of the Principality of

from 1999 to 2011 *

, 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 ph ...

, notable philosopher * Eloy Benito Ruano, historian *

Juan Ignacio Ruiz de la Peña Solar ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

, historian * Sergio Marqués Fernández, politician,

President of the Principality of Asturias The President of the Principality of Asturias (; ) is the head of Government of the Principality of Asturias, government of the Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias. The president is chosen by the General Junt ...

from 1995 to 1999 *

Aurelio González Ovies Aurelio González Ovies (born February 9, 1964) is a Spanish writer and poet from Asturias. He has a Ph.D in Classical Philology and he is a Professor of Latin Philology at the University of Oviedo. In words of the writer Victor Alperi: "a poe ...

, poet * Emilio Alarcos Llorach, poet and linguist * Vicente Miguel Gotor Santamaría, chemist *

Antonello Novelli Antonello da Messina (; 1425–1430February 1479), properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina, was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Italian Early Ren ...

, 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 The Academia de la Llingua Asturiana or Academy of the Asturian Language (ALLA) is an Official Institution of the Government of the Principality of Asturias that promotes and regulates the Asturian language, a language of the Spanish autonomou ...

* Pablo Xuan Manzano Rodríguez, Asturian-language linguist and educator (also alumni)

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 the ...

* 1968

Walter Hallstein Walter Hallstein (17 November 1901 – 29 March 1982) was a German academic, diplomat and statesman who was the first President of the European Commission, president of the European Commission, Commission of the European Economic Community ...

* 1976

Claudio Sánchez Albornoz Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese, it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan, it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most importan ...

* 1982

Ramón Areces Ramón Areces Rodríguez (1904 in La Mata (Grado), Asturias, Spain – 1989 in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish businessman. At fifteen, Areces emigrated to Havana, Cuba. There he learned the basics of the business, working at EL ENCANTO Depart ...

* 1982 Günther Wilke * 1985 Rafael Lapesa * 1988

Óscar Arias Sánchez Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of English and Irish origin. Etymology The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ''car'', means "loving" or "friend", thus "deer-loving one" or "f ...

, presidente de

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* 1991

Federico Mayor Zaragoza Federico Mayor Zaragoza (27 January 1934 – 19 December 2024) was a Spanish scientist, scholar, politician, diplomat and poet. He served as the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) f ...

* 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), Golding published another 12 volumes of fiction in his lifetime. In 19 ...

* 1995

Lotfi A. Zadeh Lotfi Aliasger Zadeh (; ; ; 4 February 1921 – 6 September 2017) was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher, and professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Zad ...

* 1998 Sheila Sherlock * 2001 Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias * 2007 Ángel González * 2007

Juan José Millás Juan José Millás (born 1946) is a Spanish writer and winner of the 1990 Premio Nadal. He was born in Valencia, Spain, Valencia and has spent most of his life in Madrid, Spain, Madrid, where he studied philosophy and literature at the Universida ...

* 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 and his father, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Luis Alvarez, developed the theory that dinosaurs w ...

* 2008

Efim Zelmanov Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov (; born 7 September 1955) is a Russian-American mathematician, known for his work on combinatorial problems in nonassociative algebra and group theory, including his solution of the Burnside problem, restricted Burnside p ...

Notes and references

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