University of Salamanca

The University of Salamanca, founded in 1218, is a medium-sized university, with more than 30,000 students, with a great capacity of attraction since it is the second university in the country where more students from outside the university district study.

The University of Salamanca which, in 2018, will celebrate its 800th Anniversary, is the oldest University in Spain and also one of the oldest in Europe. Its historic character led to its playing a stellar role during the Renaissance. In its lecture halls it led the development of the Spanish language and of international law. New visions of the economy during the dawn of capitalism coincided with traditional studies of theology. The University of Salamanca was present in the intellectual discussion which led to the justification of the conquest of the Native Americans but also of the rights of their people. Its vocation and momentum spread to the other side of the Atlantic, decisively contributing to the founding of American Universities. Its statutes as well as its faculty served as an unavoidable frameworks for them. This extroverted character, with the passage of time, was converted into a stamp of identity which outwardly projected its concern for the spread of Spanish as a Universal language and its desire for openness towards the world, its people and their problems. This legacy has turned into what is now one of the most International Universities in the world.

A total of 65 degrees distributed in 26 centers in the campuses of Salamanca, Zamora, Ávila, Béjar and Villamayor make of the University of Salamanca a generalist university able to attend the profiles of more varied students. With more than 2,000 teachers and 20,000 students, we enjoy a university environment that facilitates study and collaboration. Consult the subjects and the professional exits and decide to study in one of the emblematic universities of greater prestige.

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The University of Salamanca (Spanish: Universidad de Salamanca) is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It was founded in 1134 and given the Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the oldest founded university in Spain and the third oldest university in the world in continuous operations. The formal title of "University" was granted by King Alfonso X in 1254 and recognized by Pope Alexander IV in 1255.