The University of Lleida (officially in Catalan: ''Universitat de Lleida'') is a university based in

Lleida Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

, Spain. It was the first university founded in Catalonia and in the ancient

Crown of Aragon The Crown of Aragon (, ) ;, ; ; . was a composite monarchy ruled by one king, originated by the dynastic union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona (later Principality of Catalonia) and ended as a consequence of the War of the Sp ...

. It was founded in 1300, using the name of ''Estudi General de Lleida''. It was reestablished on 12 December 1991, after a lapse of three hundred years, by the

Catalan Parliament The Parliament of Catalonia (, ; ; ) is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The Parliament is currently made up of 135 members, known as deputies (//), who are elected for four-year terms or after extraordinary ...

. In addition to the historical central edifice located in

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, new campuses and buildings have been added.

History

In 1297,

Pope Boniface VIII Pope Boniface VIII (; born Benedetto Caetani; – 11 October 1303) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 December 1294 until his death in 1303. The Caetani, Caetani family was of baronial origin with connections t ...

authorized the establishment of a university in the

. In 1300,

James II of Aragon James II (Catalan: ''Jaume II''; Aragonese: ''Chaime II;'' 10 April 1267 – 2 or 5 November 1327), called the Just, was the King of Aragon and Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327. He was also the King of Sicily (as James I) f ...

used the papal authorization to establish the Estudi General de Lleida. As the only university in the Crown of Aragon, the city of

prospered when citizens from across the kingdom came to attend the new university. The school was funded by both the city of Lleida and the local the

cathedral chapter According to both Catholic and Anglican canon law, a cathedral chapter is a college of clerics ( chapter) formed to advise a bishop and, in the case of a vacancy of the episcopal see in some countries, to govern the diocese during the vacancy. In ...

. Lleida and the Studium Generale Lleida continued to grow as a successful university town until the 16th century, when other universities were founded in the kingdom, robbed the university of some of its prestige as the only university in the region. While still a prominent university, it suffered a long period of decline through the 17th century. After the

War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish E ...

, reformers implemented a new university model.

Cervera Cervera () is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Segarra, in the province of Lleida, Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain. The title Comte de Cervera is a courtesy title, formerly part of the Crown of Aragon, that has been revived for Leonor ...

, a town east of Lleida, was chosen to be the location of the first of a new type of university. Cervera had supported King Philip V while Lleida had opposed him from the beginning of the war. It was decided that the older universities model would be removed as punishment for the lack of support from the

Principality of Catalonia The Principality of Catalonia (; ; ; ) was a Middle Ages, medieval and early modern state (polity), state in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. During most of its history it was in dynastic union with the Kingdom of Aragon, constituting together ...

. On 9 October 1717, a royal decree from Philip V ordered the closure of Estudi General of Lleida along with other Catalan universities. In 1841, the foundation of a teacher training school marked the first step towards the foundation of the Universitat de Lleida. However, it would be another 125 years before more progress was made, and other studies were revived as extensions of other universities in Barcelona. Finally, on 30 December 1991, the Catalan Parliament passed an act which brought the various studies together, and founded the Universitat de Lleida with Víctor Siurana i Zaragoza as its director. The foundation of the Universitat de Lleida was formalized after the creation of the Statutes of the Universitat de Lleida on 27 October 1994.

Education

The Universitat de Lleida offers 38 different bachelor's degrees across 14 fields, ranging from Agriculture & Forestry to Natural Sciences & Mathematics. The field that offers the largest selection of bachelor's programs is the Engineering & Technology programs, which offer seven different bachelor's degrees. The Universitat de Lleida is a leading institution in Spain for research and education in the fields of Agronomy, Food Technology and Forestry. It is the only university in Catalonia to offer Forestry Services. The university also offers a total of 29 master's programs in 12 fields, with seven master's degrees in their Education & Training program, making it their most diverse field for postgraduate studies. Additionally, the Universitat de Lleida has awarded

Honorary degree An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or '' ad hon ...

s to leading personalities such as Javier Pérez de Cuellar, John Elliot, Stanley M. Goldberg, and Theodore H. Hsiao, as recognition of their accomplishment.

Campuses

The Universitat de Lleida is divided into 5 campuses, one of them in the city of

Igualada Igualada () is a municipality and capital of Anoia county in Penedès, Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Anoia River and at the western end of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona Railway. Igualada is the capital and central ...

. Each campus is further divided into schools and faculties. The Universitat de Lleida has a total of 26 departments of education. The university has affiliated programs at the Escola Universitària de Relacions Laborals (EURL), The Ostelea School of Tourism and Hospitality, and the Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC). The university has 3 affiliated research centres in the fields of agronomy: AGROTECNIO, medical sciences: IRB Lleida, and forestry:

Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia Forest Sciences and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC) is a centre for forest research headquartered in Solsona, Lleida,

(CTFC)Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC)
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University of Lleida The University of Lleida (officially in Catalan: ''Universitat de Lleida'') is a university based in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It was the first university founded in Catalonia and in the ancient Crown of Aragon. It was founded in 1300, using the ...

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History

Education

Campuses

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