Universidad Isabel I

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Universidad Isabel I
Universidad Internacional Isabel I de Castilla
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TypePrivate university, state-recognized[1]
Established2008
RectorAlberto Gómez Barahona[2]
Students8,000 (academic year 2017–2018)[3]
Location
Burgos and Valladolid
,
Castile and León
,
Spain
ColorsRed  
Nicknameui1
Websiteui1.es
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Universidad Isabel I (Full name in Spanish: Universidad Internacional Isabel I de Castilla) (ui1), also known as University Isabel I of Castile or University Isabel I, is a private, state-recognized university located in Burgos, Spain which offers business, law, humanities and health science degrees mainly for working professionals and trainees via blended learning and online teaching. The university was established in 2008 and fully accredited by the Spanish Government in 2011.[4]

History[]

The university was founded in 2008 with the aim of providing talented and working people with a challenging academic education, while at the same time enabling them to continue their professional career while studying. Students should be given the opportunity to simultaneously integrate theoretical knowledge from their studies into their everyday professional life and to make use of practical experience from their professional life to better understand complex theoretical study contents. University Isabella I was inaugurated through Act 3/2011 by the Parliament and the President of Castile and León in 2011,[5] when it was also formally authorised by the Kingdom of Spain to enroll official degree courses on Bachelor, Master and PhD level.

Campuses[]

The university's campuses are located in Burgos and Valladolid. In Burgos, in the building of the former Seminario Mayor, in the upper part of the city, some 500 metres from the Cathedral. It occupies an area of 6,534 m2 distributed over five floors and side buildings. The central services of the rector's office, main hall, administration, general secretary's office, media library/virtual library, teachers' work areas and classrooms, as well as the computer services, are located in Calle Fernán González 76. The Valladolid campus is located in Paseo de Filipinos 3 (next to Plaza de Colón and the train station).

Faculties[]

  • Faculty of Law and Economics[6]
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Criminology

Degree Programmes[]

In the academic year 2020/2021 University Isabel I offers twelve different bachelor's degrees, 7 double degree undergraduate programmes and more than fifty Master's and postgraduate degrees with different majors.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Registro de Universidades, Centros y Títulos (RUCT) (The Spanish' Government Register of Universities, Centres and Degrees (RUCT))". www.educacion.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Organigrama académico". www.ui1.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  3. ^ ui1.es (28-01-2018): "La Universidad Isabel I tiene la plantilla docente más joven de todo el sistema universitario español".
  4. ^ "Sobre la Universidad Isabel I (About Isabel I University)". www.ui1.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ^ La ley 3/2011, de 22 de marzo (Act 3/2011 of 22 March) (BOCYL, 31 de marzo de 2011; BOE, 13 de abril de 2011)
  6. ^ "Organigrama académico". www.ui1.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Sistema de calidad (Quality management statement)". www.ui1.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2020.

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