University of Cádiz

University of Cádiz
Universidad de Cádiz
Motto	Non Plus Ultra (Latin)
Motto in English	No Further Beyond
Type	Public
Established	1979
Rector	Eduardo González Mazo
Students	20.798
Location	Cadiz, Spain
Campus	Cádiz; Puerto Real; Algeciras; Jerez de la Frontera
Telephone	(+34) 956 01 53 50
Website	www.uca.es

The University of Cádiz (in Spanish: Universidad de Cádiz), commonly referred to as UCA, is a public university located in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, noted for its medicine and marine sciences curricula. It was founded in 1979,^[1]^[2] and has the Latin motto Non Plus Ultra ("No Further Beyond"). Its headquarters are located in Cádiz, where the Rectorate is. During the 2007/2008 academic year, there were 17,280 students,^[3] 1698 lecturers, and 680 administration and services workers associated with the university.

History

*Casa de los 5 Gremios*, today the University Main Building

The University's origins lie in the 15th century with the "Colegio de Pilotos de los Mares de Levante y Poniente".

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

The modern University of Cádiz was founded on October 30, 1979, with an inaugural session "Cajal, análisis literario de un carácter" about Ramón y Cajal^[4] and the first rector election was conducted in 1984.

In March 1984, the Gold Medal was awarded to Juan Carlos I of Spain. In May 1985, Rafael Alberti and Antonio Domínguez Ortiz were invested Doctor Honoris Causa. In this year, the rectorate is relocated to the current building, Casa de los Cinco Gremios. University bylaws and statutes were approved in February 1986.

In 1992, Centro Andaluz Superior de Estudios Marinos was inaugurated in Campus of Puerto Real.

Since 2003, UCA has promoted new technologies for learning-related purposes, first with WebCT virtual campus and then Moodle (free software).

In 2009, the recently created "General Inspection of Exceptional Services" begun to make decisions which were severely reprobed by some intellectual authors, for it allows authorities the use of official means in order to arbitrarily punish teaching staff.

Campuses

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

Bahía de Algeciras Campus
Jerez de la Frontera Campus
Campus of Puerto Real: near to Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park. The main building is the Centro Andaluz Superior de Estudios Marinos; CASEM which offers studies in Marine Environment and Marine Resources, Seafaring, Marine Engineering, Naval Radioelectronics and Naval Engineering.

CASEM, Campus of Puerto Real
School of Engenieering, Cádiz Campus
Jerez Campus
Algeciras Campus

Schools within the university

Some schools within the university are:

University School of Modern Languages ("[1]")
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

University rectors

University rectors 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 – July, 2011: Diego Sales Márquez. Reelected in May, 2007.
July, 2011 – Present: Eduardo González Mazo.

Free software and supercomputing

One of the first free software offices in Spain was founded at this university, Libre Software and Open Knowledge Office (OSLUCA).^[5]^[6] This office has set up some free software conferences (2004: I, 2005: II, 2006: III y 2009: IV), and the FLOSS International Conference.

UCA provides a supercomputer for research purposes since 2007. It is a cluster of 80 computers, each with 4 processing cores (finally 320 cores) and 640 GB RAM, designed for a peak performance of 3.8 TFLOPS.^[7] The supercomputer uses SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 as operating system.^[8]

Notable alumni

Some notable alumni from UCA:^[9]

Francisco de Paula Medina Gutiérrez: physician and lecturer
Pascual Hontañón Cabezas: physician
Federico Rubio y Gali: surgeon
Benito Alcina y Rancés: hygienist
Antonio Machado y Núñez: rector of University of Sevilla and mayor of Sevilla
Cayetano del Toro y Quartiellers: politician
Gabriel Matute y Valls
Guillermina Rojas y Orgis

Honoris Causa

Honorary doctoral degrees from University of Cádiz:^[10]

José Manuel Caballero Bonald (2004)
Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada (2004)
Margarita Salas Falgueras (2004)
Carlos Castilla del Pino (2004)
Salustiano del Campo^[11] (2006)
Paco de Lucía^[12] (2007)
Juan de Dios Ramírez Heredia^[13] (2008)
Takashi Asano^[14] (2008)
Marcelino Camacho Abad^[15] (2008)
Nicolás Redondo Urbieta^[15] (2008)

Partnerships

The university participates in the ERASMUS programme, a partnership for student exchanges in Europe. It maintains relations with many universities on all continents.

Partnership Universities

Universities that have an exchange programme with the University of Cádiz include:

Germany

References

^ ^a ^b Creation of Universidad de Cádiz
^ ^a ^b History of Universidad de Cádiz
^ ^a ^b UCA, today - 2008 statistics
^ Dossier 1979
^ Declaración de apoyo al software libre (Boletín oficial de la UCA n.º 9). Creación de la Libre Software and Open Knowledge Office (OSLUCA)
^ First free software office in Andalusia
^ Supercomputing in UCA
^ Documentación sobre supercomputación en la UCA
^ Notable alumni
^ Honoris Causa - Universidad de Cádiz
^ Distinguidos birretes
^ Paco de Lucía Doctor Honoris Causa
^ Todo un honor para el pueblo gitano
^ Takashi Asano será investido Doctor Honoris Causa el jueves
^ ^a ^b La UCA inviste Doctores Honoris Causa a dos líderes del mundo sindical
^ La Universidad de Cádiz celebra la sesión ordinaria de Claustro en uca.es

External links

[creationlaw-1] Creation of Universidad de Cádiz

[history-2] History of Universidad de Cádiz

[ucatoday-3] UCA, today - 2008 statistics

[4] Dossier 1979

[5] Declaración de apoyo al software libre (Boletín oficial de la UCA n.º 9). Creación de la Libre Software and Open Knowledge Office (OSLUCA)

[6] First free software office in Andalusia

[7] Supercomputing in UCA

[8] Documentación sobre supercomputación en la UCA

[9] Notable alumni

[10] Honoris Causa - Universidad de Cádiz

[11] Distinguidos birretes

[12] Paco de Lucía Doctor Honoris Causa

[13] Todo un honor para el pueblo gitano

[14] Takashi Asano será investido Doctor Honoris Causa el jueves

[honorisccoougt-15] La UCA inviste Doctores Honoris Causa a dos líderes del mundo sindical

[16] La Universidad de Cádiz celebra la sesión ordinaria de Claustro en uca.es

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