University of Cádiz

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University of Cádiz
Universidad de Cádiz
Motto:	Non Plus Ultra (No Further Beyond)
Established:	1979
President:	Exc. Señor Don Diego Sales Márquez
Students:	17,280[1] (2007/2008 year)
Location:	Cádiz, Puerto Real, Algeciras and Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia,  Spain
Website:	http://www.uca.es

The University of Cádiz (in Spanish: Universidad de Cádiz), founded in 1979,^[2][3] is noted for its medicine and marine sciences curricula. It is situated in the city of Cádiz on the southwest coast of Spain. During the 2007/2008 academic year, there were 17,280 students,^[1] 1698 lecturers, and 680 administration and services workers associated with the university.

Its Faculty of Medicine traces its founding to that of the Royal Naval College of Surgery in 1748, which was the first in Europe to combine medicine and surgery in a single school.

Its Marine Science departments constitute the CASEM (Centro Andaluz Superior de Estudios Marinos), which offers studies in Marine Environment and Marine Resources, Seafaring, Marine Engineering, Naval Radioelectronics and Naval Engineering.

Contents 1 Campuses 2 Schools within the university 3 University presidents 4 Honoris Causa 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Campuses

In addition to the principal campus, the University of Cádiz, Cádiz, the university has three satellite campuses:

• The University of Cádiz, Bahía de Algeciras
• The University of Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera
• The University of Cádiz, Puerto Real

[edit] Schools within the university

Some schools within the university are:

• University School of Health ("Salus Infirmorum") at Cádiz
• University School of Engineering at Cádiz
• University School of Labor Relations at Jerez de la Frontera
• University School of Legal and Economic Studies ("Tomás y Valiente") at Algeciras
• University Center for Advanced Studies at Algeciras
• University School of Labor Relations at Algeciras
• University School of Pedagogy ("Virgen de Europa") at La Línea de la Concepción

[edit] University presidents

University presidents in UCA history:

• October, 1979 – February, 1984: Felipe Garrido
• February, 1984 – June, 1986: Mariano Peñalver Simó
• September, 1986 – January, 1995: José Luis Romero Palanco. Reelected in November, 1990.
• January, 1995 – April, 2003: Guillermo Martínez Massanet. Reelected in February, 1999.
• May, 2003 – Present: Diego Sales Márquez.

[edit] Honoris Causa

Honorary doctoral degrees from University of Cádiz:^[4]

• William W.L. Glenn (1981)
• Dietrich E. Wilhelm Trincker (1982)
• Andrés Segovia Torres (1982)
• Rafael Alberti Merello (1985)
• Antonio Domínguez Ortíz (1985)
• Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez (1987)
• José Ignacio Barraquer Moner (1987)
• Fernando Quiñones Chozas (1998)
• Manuel Clavero Arévalo (2000)
• Andrés Fernández Díaz (2004)
• José Manuel Caballero Bonald (2004)
• Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada (2004)
• Margarita Salas Falgueras (2004)
• Carlos Castilla del Pino (2004)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Universidad de Cádiz

• University home page (Spanish)
• University home page in English
• Brief description in English

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