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The University of Salamanca is a Spanish public university based in the city of Salamanca, in whose municipality most of its centers are located, although it also has centers in the cities of Zamora, Ávila, Béjar and in the town of Villamayor.
The current USAL
At present, the University of Salamanca continues to maintain its great attractiveness and has a stable student body of around 30,000 students. It has to serve them with nine campuses distributed between Salamanca, Ávila, Zamora, Béjar and Villamayor among which are distributed the 26 faculties and higher schools and all the research centers that cover aspects as varied as biosciences or laser, through agri-food developments, neurosciences, history studies or basic research, among others.
They are joined by centers dedicated to strengthening academic and cultural ties with other countries and cultures such as the Japanese Hispanic Cultural Center, the Center for Brazilian Studies or the Institute of Ibero-American Studies, where the continuous movement of teachers and students maintains ties and creates new prospects for the future in the established alliances.
Another of the distinctive features of the University is the teaching of Spanish that attracts thousands of foreign students in the different educational programs developed in one of the largest training centers for foreigners of world prestige, the International Courses entity of the University of Salamanca. From International Courses, the Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) have been elaborated for years and, recently, an agreement signed with the Cervantes Institute, the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Buenos Aires, has made the University of Salamanca lead, together with them, the development of the first digital certificate of Spanish (SIELE) that can be carried out from anywhere in the world and that will take the certification of the Salamanca study as a guarantee of its validity.
The science and technology developed at the University of Salamanca have led some of the most important advances in recent centuries. From the Salmantine Study emerged personalities such as Torres Villarroel or Abraham Zacut who developed the Almanach Perpetuum, a treaty of astronomy essential for navigation that made it possible to unite continents.
The advanced thinking of Francisco de Vitoria has made Salamanca the cradle of International Law, but other illustrious characters have passed through its classrooms such as Fray Luis de León or Francisco de Salinas or Antonio de Nebrija, creator of the first grammar of Spanish.
In more recent times, the University has welcomed great thinkers and statesmen such as Miguel de Unamuno, Enrique Iglesias, Jacques Delors or Adolfo Suárez who have contributed to the construction of the international order.
The Cloister of Doctors includes heads of state of several Ibero-American countries such as Fernando E. Cardoso, Oscar Arias, Ricardo Lagos, Luiz I. Lula da Silva or Tavaré Vázquez Rosas; Nobel prizes such as Mario Vargas Llosa, José Saramago, Paul Nurse or Severo Ochoa; thinkers and researchers who have marked the course of their disciplines by driving the progress of knowledge. Humanism, intelligence and talent cultivated over eight centuries makes the University of Salamanca a leading institution in the world.
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The current USAL
At present, the University of Salamanca continues to maintain its great attractiveness and has a stable student body of around 30,000 students. It has to serve them with nine campuses distributed between Salamanca, Ávila, Zamora, Béjar and Villamayor among which are distributed the 26 faculties and higher schools and all the research centers that cover aspects as varied as biosciences or laser, through agri-food developments, neurosciences, history studies or basic research, among others.
They are joined by centers dedicated to strengthening academic and cultural ties with other countries and cultures such as the Japanese Hispanic Cultural Center, the Center for Brazilian Studies or the Institute of Ibero-American Studies, where the continuous movement of teachers and students maintains ties and creates new prospects for the future in the established alliances.
Another of the distinctive features of the University is the teaching of Spanish that attracts thousands of foreign students in the different educational programs developed in one of the largest training centers for foreigners of world prestige, the International Courses entity of the University of Salamanca. From International Courses, the Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) have been elaborated for years and, recently, an agreement signed with the Cervantes Institute, the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Buenos Aires, has made the University of Salamanca lead, together with them, the development of the first digital certificate of Spanish (SIELE) that can be carried out from anywhere in the world and that will take the certification of the Salamanca study as a guarantee of its validity.
The science and technology developed at the University of Salamanca have led some of the most important advances in recent centuries. From the Salmantine Study emerged personalities such as Torres Villarroel or Abraham Zacut who developed the Almanach Perpetuum, a treaty of astronomy essential for navigation that made it possible to unite continents.
The advanced thinking of Francisco de Vitoria has made Salamanca the cradle of International Law, but other illustrious characters have passed through its classrooms such as Fray Luis de León or Francisco de Salinas or Antonio de Nebrija, creator of the first grammar of Spanish.
In more recent times, the University has welcomed great thinkers and statesmen such as Miguel de Unamuno, Enrique Iglesias, Jacques Delors or Adolfo Suárez who have contributed to the construction of the international order.
The Cloister of Doctors includes heads of state of several Ibero-American countries such as Fernando E. Cardoso, Oscar Arias, Ricardo Lagos, Luiz I. Lula da Silva or Tavaré Vázquez Rosas; Nobel prizes such as Mario Vargas Llosa, José Saramago, Paul Nurse or Severo Ochoa; thinkers and researchers who have marked the course of their disciplines by driving the progress of knowledge. Humanism, intelligence and talent cultivated over eight centuries makes the University of Salamanca a leading institution in the world.
Free visit price
- Individual (Lunes de 15:00 a 19:00 gratis. Última visita 18:15) - 10.00 €
- Jubilados - 5.00 €
- Familia numerosa - 5.00 €
- Grupos - 5.00 €
- Estudiantes - 5.00 €
Art and traditions
The University of Salamanca has an important material heritage in the form of historical buildings and emblematic spaces that are still active and receive every day the visit of hundreds of people, either because they want to appreciate their artistic or historical value, or because they have to carry out some academic activity in them.
Especially noteworthy is the Building of Major Schools with its Plateresque facade, inside which is the General Historical Library with 2,774 manuscripts, 483 incunables and about 62,000 volumes printed between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. A must-see is also the Patio de Escuelas Menores, which houses in one of its rooms the well-known painting of the ‘Cielo de Salamanca’, a work attributed to Fernando Gallego that includes astronomical and astrological themes.
They are works of art and reflections of the history of the institution. A history full of traditions that highlight, for example, the traditional investiture ceremonies of honorary doctors with their traditional and colorful parade of togados, the celebration of the patron Saint Thomas or the solemn openings of course in which the rector reviews the main challenges addressed by each exercise the institution.
The University of Salamanca has an important material heritage in the form of historical buildings and emblematic spaces that are still active and receive every day the visit of hundreds of people, either because they want to appreciate their artistic or historical value, or because they have to carry out some academic activity in them.
Especially noteworthy is the Building of Major Schools with its Plateresque facade, inside which is the General Historical Library with 2,774 manuscripts, 483 incunables and about 62,000 volumes printed between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. A must-see is also the Patio de Escuelas Menores, which houses in one of its rooms the well-known painting of the ‘Cielo de Salamanca’, a work attributed to Fernando Gallego that includes astronomical and astrological themes.
They are works of art and reflections of the history of the institution. A history full of traditions that highlight, for example, the traditional investiture ceremonies of honorary doctors with their traditional and colorful parade of togados, the celebration of the patron Saint Thomas or the solemn openings of course in which the rector reviews the main challenges addressed by each exercise the institution.