Bienvenido, bienvenida to the largest University in the Basque Country. At the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) you will find over 100 qualifications, 107 departments, 31 faculties and colleges, over 48,000 enrolled students, and 7,000 new graduates per year.
Willkommen to the main Research Centre in the Basque Country. The UPV/EHU has over 4,000 teachers, 156 research groups, 381 ongoing projects, at least 886 scientific studies published each year, and 200 doctoral theses.
Welcome to a dynamic and open university. The UPV/EHU promotes cultural and sport activities. It is in close contact with Europe and facilitates international exchanges of its students. The university has fully embraced new technologies, and currently 30,000 students use the virtual campus.
Benvenuto to a non-excluding education institution. The UPV/EHU is a natural integration education community. A community where there is no exclusion whatsoever for reasons of age, gender, race, disability, socioeconomic status, political opinion or otherwise.
Ongi etorria Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatera.
The "Exchange Programmes Office" of the Vice-rectorate for International Relations of the UPV/EHU manages the exchange of teachers and students with other universities in Spain, Europe, Latin America, USA, Canada, Russia and Asia through a number of mobility programmes and bilateral agreements. Under the International Relations section of the web site of the university, www.ehu.es, you will find further information regarding the steps required to participate in the mobility programmes.
The "Office of Language Courses for Visiting Students" of the Vice-rectorate for International Relations offers free of charge Spanish and Basque language courses for visiting students, and, in collaboration with the Cervantes Institute, it organises training courses for teachers of Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE), as well as preparation courses for the DELE diploma test. For more information, go to the International Relations section at www.ehu.es.
The "Help Centre for Visiting Students" located on the campuses of Alava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa provides information to visiting students about accommodation during their stay at the UPV/EHU, the university itself, academic calendar, language courses, the city and much more practical information.
The "Development Co-operation Office" of the Vice-rectorate for International Relations was established to promote university co-operation to aid development, through awareness-raising, teaching and research on the problems that threaten the attainment of a human sustainable development in the world. For this purpose, the office organises a programme involving practical training and end-of-studies projects in Latin America and Africa for UPV/EHU students.
The University in figures
Year of establishment: 1980
No. of campuses: 3
Alava Campus: faculties and colleges in Vitoria-Gasteiz
Bizkaia Campus: faculties and colleges in Leioa, Bilbao, Baracaldo and Portugalete
Gipuzkoa Campus: faculties and colleges in Donostia-San Sebastin and Eibar
No. of buildings: 56
No. of Faculties and Higher Technical Schools: 16
No. of University Colleges and Technical Schools: 15
No. of Departments: 107
Halls of Residence: 30
University accommodation (number of places): 2,843
No. of Qualifications up to second cycle: 78
No. of Post-graduate programmes: 74
No. of programmes with quality mention: 22
Own Post-graduate or Specialisation Degrees: 40
Teachers: 4,147
No. of Doctors: 2,494
No. of Professors: 478
Students: 48,132
Enrolments by language: Basque 39.60%; Spanish 60.40%
Teacher/student ratio: 13
Students on Virtual campus: 6,027
Students in post-graduate programmes: 2,329
Post-graduate students from outside the UPV/EHU: 797
Foreign students: 854
International universities with which agreements are held: 404
R&D&I actions: 1,520
Practical training placements in companies: 3,461
The General Services of the UPV/EHU are located in Leioa (Bizkaia Campus)
UPV/EHU Faculties and Colleges
CAMPUS OF BISCAY Faculty of Fine Arts |
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CAMPUS OF GIPUZKOA Faculty of Chemical Sciences |
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CAMPUS OF ALAVA Faculty of Pharmacy |
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International Relations Office Vicerrectorado del Campus de Alava |
Campus of Alava
Telf.: + 34 945 01 4333
e.mail: ectsara@vv.ehu.es
Campus of Biscay
Telf.: + 34 946 01 5868; + 34 946 01 7365
e-mail: ectsbiz@lg.ehu.es; ectsbiz2@lg.ehu.es
Campus of Gipuzkoa
Telf.: + 34 943 01 8139
e-mail: ectsgip@sv.ehu.es