University of Valencia

Our University, founded over five centuries ago by the Juries of Valencia, has become a modern, public university that teaches all areas of knowledge: social, economic, and legal sciences, experimental sciences, engineering, health sciences, educational sciences, and humanities.
More than 45,800 undergraduate students and 8,600 postgraduate students take classes taught by more than 3,300 professors, lecturers, and researchers (Blasco Ibáñez, Burjassot-Paterna, and Tarongers) with the support of over 1,700 administration and service staff.
You can find all the information about our University on this website: its facilities, centers, departments, research institutes, and services. You can also learn about all the activities that the University undertakes: teaching, research, creation, and dissemination of culture, knowledge transfer to the public and private sector, international cooperation, and solidarity.
This community is committed to remaining a reference within the university framework ─ we are ranked second in Europe in receiving Erasmus students and fourth among Spanish universities in the research field. According to the most prestigious international rankings, we are ranked fourth in Spain.
We hope we can count on you in our ongoing effort to make a better, fairer, and more developed society. A more sustainable and advanced society, which encourages equality among men and women and provides a higher life quality for citizens.
The mission of the Universitat de València sets out the raison d’être of the Institution, according to the legal and statutory framework. The strategic planning process is undertaken to define the Strategic Plan of the Universitat de València 2008-2011 resulted in the definition of the University's mission.
We understand that this statement remains fully active, although their achievement will require different objectives and action lines that focus on new challenges and circumstances.
"The Universitat de València's mission is to train competent professionals at the European level and encourage prestigious research with global impact contributing to our society's development. Training and research promote UV's tasks in the field of dissemination of science and culture, and the reaffirmation of the democratic values of the society in general, and the Valencian society in particular."
The University of Valencia of today is the outcome of more than five centuries of history that have led to the accumulation of knowledge and unique documentary treasures, making it one of the top Spanish universities.
In the thirteenth century, higher education was established in Valencia's city thanks to King James I of Aragon, who had obtained a Studium Generale institution from Pope Innocent IV in 1245. However, it was not until 30 October 1499 that the Juries of Valencia drew up the Constitutions of what was about to become the first University of Valencia: a university authorized by the Papal Bull on 23 January 1501, signed by the Valencian Pope Alexander VI and by the royal privilege of Ferdinand II the Catholic. It was granted on 16 February 1502.
For more than 500 years, the University of Valencia's development has run in parallel with the city's development. It has been an inextricable part of its urban fabric, creating spaces for teaching, research, creation and dissemination of culture and science, and knowledge transfer.
Initially dedicated to the studies of medicine, humanities, theology, and law, the University has witnessed an accelerated process of transformation and growth over the past two decades, something incomparable to earlier periods. This significant effort has turned the University of Valencia into a modern, global university. It has become a leader when it comes to the application of new technologies, connected to critical international scientific and teaching networks.
The University of Valencia has become one of the top five scientific centers in Spain thanks to its commitment to excellence and the wide range of teaching and research activities offered in all areas of knowledge (basic sciences and engineering, health sciences, educational sciences, humanities and social sciences, economics, and law).
This document, set for public exposure, shows the Universitat's action plan's objectives and priorities for the period 2016‐2019. Regarding the content, the UV Strategic Plan (PEUV 2016‐2019) maintains the four-strategy plan, which corresponds to our Universitat's activity fields, namely: teaching research campus life and participation transference and innovation. For each of these strategies, the Institution, through a shared resource base, deals with a broad and heterogeneous group of collectives and specific and differentiated needs.
These four strategies are defined in terms of general institutional objectives for their achievement; there are specific strategic objectives. The lines of the strategic actions will be defined on the later ones, a set of re-grouped initiatives to achieve a specific result within this PEUV.
Regarding the elaboration process, the development of the PEUV 2016‐2019 results from a collaborative process in which we have capitalized on our previous experiences and acquired knowledge throughout the eight years of PEUV's life.
At the Universitat de València, strategies are thought of as vivid plans, as a journey in which the Institution tries to fulfill its objectives simultaneously. It explores and learns new possibilities and better ways of adding value to society.
Hence, after the necessary prospective studies, and to capitalize on this learning, the development of this plan has counted on the participation of a broad group of members of the university community. Around 50 people have contributed to it. They were distributed into specialized working groups that have tackled the definition of the different elements included in the strategy and the different fields. The conjunction of all these contributions has allowed the definition of a realistic and change-promoter strategy for the current context.