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

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

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 communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...

(

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

). 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 ap ...

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

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, S ...

History

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

Fernando de Valdés Salas Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

(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

bourgeois The bourgeoisie ( , ) is a social class, equivalent to the middle or upper middle class. They are distinguished from, and traditionally contrasted with, the proletariat by their affluence, and their great cultural and financial capital. They ...

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 Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

(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 (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 (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 Ovie ...

, 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 Antonio Flores de Lemus (1876–1941) was a Spanish politician and economist. Life Born in Jaén, he majored in Law at the universities of Granada and Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturi ...

, 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 Fr ...

, novelist *

Alejandro Casona Alejandro Rodríguez Álvarez, known as Alejandro Casona (3 March 1903 – 17 September 1965) was a Spanish poet and playwright born in Besullo, Spain, a member of the Generation of '27. Casona received his bachelor's degree in Gijon and la ...

, 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 attend ...

, novelist *

Luis Suárez Fernández Luis Suárez Fernández (born 25 June 1924) is a Spanish historian, originally a medievalist, who has extended his studies to include modern and recent history. He belongs to a line of Spanish historians that are in full agreement with Francoism an ...

, historian *

Carlos Bousoño Carlos Bousoño Prieto (9 May 1923 – 24 October 2015) was a Spanish poet and literary critic. His work is frequently associated with the post-Spanish Civil War literary group. Bousoño was a recipient of both the National Prize for Spanish Lite ...

, poet * Ángel González, poet * José Manuel Castañón, writer * Santiago Vera-Rivera, composer *

Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias (26 May 1946 – 17 January 2019), was a Spanish judge at the European Court of Justice between 31 January 1986 and 7 October 2004. He was 9th President of the Court from 7 October 1994 to 7 October 2004.

, former judge at the

European Court of Justice The European Court of Justice (ECJ, french: Cour de Justice européenne), formally just the Court of Justice, is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law. As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Un ...

* 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, 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 Salvador, meaning "salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music *Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ( ...

, linguist * Alejandro Fernández Sordo, 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 Universi ...

, author *

Celso Arango Celso Arango is a psychiatrist who has worked as a clinician, researcher, and educator in psychiatry and mental health, notably in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry, psychosis, and mental health promotion. Biography Arango is currentl ...

, 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 Benito may refer to: Places * Benito, Kentucky, United States * Benito, Manitoba, Canada * Benito River, a river in Equatorial Guinea Other uses * Benito (name) * Benito (1993), ''Benito'' (1993), an Italian film See also

* ''Benito Cereno'', ...

, Enlightenment monk and scholar * Rafael Altamira y Crevea, historian and lawyer * Félix de Aramburu y Zuloaga, lawyer and poet * Matías Barrio y Mier, professor of law 1881–1892,

Carlist Carlism ( eu, Karlismo; ca, Carlisme; ; ) is a Traditionalism (Spain), Traditionalist and Legitimists (disambiguation), Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the House of Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty ...

political leader *

Fermín Canella Secades Fermín or Fermin may refer to: * Fermin, Spanish saint * Fermin (name), Spanish name and surname * Fermin IV Fermin (also Firmin, from Latin ''Firminus''; Spanish ''Fermín'') was a legendary holy man and martyr, traditionally venerated as the c ...

, 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

First Spanish Republic The Spanish Republic ( es, República Española), 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 th ...

(1873) * Aniceto Sela Sampil, lawyer *

Jesús Arias de Velasco Jesus ( AD 30 or 33) was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who most Christians believe to be the incarnation of God and Muslims believe was a prophet. Jesus may also refer to: People Religious figures * Elymas Bar-Jesus, a Jew in the ''Act ...

, lawyer *

José María Gil-Robles José María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado (17 June 1935 – 13 February 2023) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament in the European People's Party group, and was President of the European Parliament from 1 ...

, 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 ''Movimiento Nacional'' ( en, National Movement) was a governing institution of Spain established by General Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. During Francoist rule in Spain, it purported to be the only channel of participa ...

) (1969–1974) * Carmina Virgili - first woman Professor *

Vicente Alberto Álvarez Areces Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Location *São Vicente, Ca ...

, 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 ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish language, Spanish and Manx language, Manx versions of ''John (given name), John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronoun ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Gene ...

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 Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Location *São Vicente, Cap ...

, chemist * Antonello Novelli, neuroscientist * Paz Andrés Sáenz de Santamaría, lawyer * José Luis García Delgado, economist *

M. Teresa Fernández Sánchez ( ; ; plural, pl. ; ; 1512, from Middle French , literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the Ancien Régime in France, French royal court. It has now become the ...

, biochemist * José Joaquín Barluenga Mur, chemist *

Carlos López Otín Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

, biochemist *

Ana Cano Ana María Cano González (Villarín, Somiedo, Asturias, 12 May 1950) is a Spanish philologist. She was dean of the faculty of Philology of the University of Oviedo and chair of romance philology. She received her master's degree in primary educ ...

, 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 autonomous ...

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 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 important ...

* 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 Departme ...

* 1982 Günther Wilke * 1985 Rafael Lapesa * 1988

Óscar Arias Sánchez Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of 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 "friend of deer" ...

, 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 1980 ...

* 1995 Lotfi A. Zadeh * 1998

Sheila Sherlock Dame Sheila Patricia Violet Sherlock DBE, FRCP FRCPE FRS HFRSE FMGA FCRGA (31 March 1918 – 30 December 2001) was a British physician and medical educator who is considered the major 20th-century contributor to the field of hepatology (the ...

* 2001

* 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 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 ...

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