Ministry of Universities

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Ministry of Universities
Ministerio de Universidades
Logotipo del Ministerio de Universidades.svg
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Headquarters of the Ministry
Agency overview
Formed13 January 2020
Preceding agency
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionGovernment of Spain
Annual budget€ 542.5 million, 2021[1]
Minister responsible

The Ministry of Universities is a ministerial department in the Government of Spain responsible for proposing and carrying out the government policy on universities as well as representing Spain in the European Union and other international organizations regarding universities.[2]

As of 2018–19, 215,160 people worked at the Spanish universities. From those, 125,471 were university professors and researchers (PDI), 63,281 administration and services personnel (PAS) and 26,408 research staff employed and technical research support staff (PI). Of the total staff in universities, 183,530 belong to public universities and 31,630 to private universities.[3] In the same period, the total university public spending amounted to € 9.5 billion.[4]

The department was created as part of the Sánchez II Government as a split from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. It is headed by Joan Subirats.[5]

Organization chart[]

The Department of Universities is structured in the following bodies:[6][2]

  • The General Secretariat for Universities
    • The Technical Cabinet
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for University Professors Training and Programming
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Degrees and Planning, Monitoring and Management of University Education
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Student Services and Institutional Relations
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Research University Activity
  • The Undersecretariat of Universities
    • The General Technical Secretariat
      • The Deputy General Technical Secretariat
      • The Deputy Directorate-General for Appeals and Relations with the Courts of Justice
    • The Technical Cabinet
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Economic Management, Budget Office and General Affairs
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Personnel and Inspection of Services
    • The Information and Communication Technologies Division

Ministry agencies[]

List of officeholders[]

Office name:

  • Ministry of Universities (2020–present)
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Party Government Prime Minister
(Tenure) 		Ref.
Took office Left office Duration
Manuel Castells 2020b (cropped).jpg Manuel Castells
(born 1942) 		13 January
2020 		20 December 2021 1 year, 341 days Independent Sánchez II Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sánchez 2021b (cropped).jpg
(2018–present) 		[7]
Joan Subirats 2021 (cropped).jpg Joan Subirats

(born 1951)

20 December 2021 Incumbent 92 days Unidas Podemos
(CatComú) 		[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "2021 State Budget" (PDF). www.boe.es. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Royal Decree 431/2020, of March 3, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Universities". boe.es. Retrieved 2020-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Estadística de personal de las universidades" (PDF). www.ciencia.gob.es (in Spanish). 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Resumen de la Estadística del Gasto Público en Educación 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "Joan Subirats promete su cargo ante el rey". elperiodico (in Spanish). 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  6. ^ "Royal Decree 139/2020, of January 28, which establishes the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments". boe.es. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  7. ^ "Real Decreto 8/2020, de 12 de enero, por el que se nombran Ministros del Gobierno" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (11): 2882. 13 January 2020. ISSN 0212-033X.
  8. ^ "Joan Subirats, sabio de Colau e ideólogo de los comunes". abc (in Spanish). 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2021-12-16.


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