With over 500 years of history, the Universidad de Sevilla (US) is an institution with an acknowledged reputation, strongly rooted in the life of Seville and Andalusia, and firmly established in the Spanish university world. It is also a university with an excellent prospects for the future, thanks to the calibre of its teaching staff and its impressive scientific production, its firm commitment to incorporating new technologies and innovative teaching methods, its concerted efforts to bring its facilities up to the level of the best in the world, and its wholehearted support for internationalization. Tradition and modernity, then, are the University’s two main assets. It offers its 60,000 students a wide variety of degrees at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and countless academic, cultural, guidance and sports services as well. The strong impulse it has given to in-company placements has boosted the employment prospects of its graduates, and its support for the European dimension has also allowed more than 1,500 students from the University to carry out study periods in high-ranking universities all over Europe. And, in the opposite direction, the University of Seville is the second most popular Spanish destination for Erasmus students.

'The University was founded in 1505, when the Archdeacon of the Cathedral of Seville, Master Rodrigo Fernández de Santaella, obtained a Bull from Pope Julius II to build a College-University (the College of St Mary of Jesus) in the city to teach ''Arts, Logic, Philosophy, Theology, Canon Law, Civil Law and Medicine''. When the Bull was confirmed in 1508, the University of Seville was awarded all the privileges enjoyed by the other universities of the realm. In the mid-twentieth century, the University moved to the Royal Tobacco Factory, built by the engineer Van der Beer during the reign of Ferdinand VI. In the 1960s the Technical Schools of Architecture and Industrial Engineering were opened, and in the following decade courses in Economics and Pharmacy were launched, the Faculty of Sciences was divided into the Faculties of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and the University College of La Rábida was opened. As these new courses were introduced, the University also began to decentralize. Higher education centres were set up in the provinces of Badajoz, Cadiz and Cordoba, which would form the basis of the new universities that we know today. '

The University offers a wide range of courses, with 75 undergraduate degrees (of which 32 are already adapted to the EHEA) and 42 official master’s courses taught at its 25 faculties and schools. The US forms part of an important international higher education network, in which students study part of their degree elsewhere in the knowledge that the courses undertaken at their host institution will be fully recognized on their return. The Erasmus program is the most popular exchange program among University of Seville students, offering 2,700 places at more than 400 European universities. All holders of Erasmus study grants receive a monthly payment of 650 euros. Students awarded grants by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science receive 1,000 euros. The Erasmus program has recently expanded to cover in-company student placements, staff training, and teaching visits to other European universities by University of Seville lecturers. The University offers meal vouchers, aid for accommodation in students’ residences, aid for students with special needs and a wide range of grants for students who combine their studies with temporary work inside university units.

• PATENTS and TECHNOLOGY-BASED COMPANIES: in the last academic year, 43 patents were applied for, of which 23 were domestic and 17 international extensions, seven computer program patents and one trademark registration, and two technology-based company projects: Adevice Solutions S.L. and WIndinertia Technologies S.L. GENERAL SERVICES: Centre of Animal Production and Experimentation, Herbarium, Greenhouse, Arts Laboratory, Cryogenics, Mathematical Documentation, Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Agricultural Research. • The University has its own RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY and INNOVATION CENTRE (CITIUS), providing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Electronic Microscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Microanalysis, Biology, Radioisotopes and an X-Ray Laboratory. • Other LARGE-SCALE FACILITIES include: the National Accelerators Centre, the Scientific Research Institute, the Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis Institute, the National Microelectronics Institute, the Aquatic Ecology Station, and the Materials Sciences Institute. The Seville Biomedicine Institute (IBIS) is currently under construction. • TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: OTRI (Research Results Transfer Office), In-company Placement Service, Careers Guidance Unit and the University of Seville Research Foundation (FIUS).

In the last academic year, 101 grants were awarded for University Outreach activities. The Aula de la Experiencia, which is a member of Spain’s national association for promoting university study among the older members of the public, runs a variety of programs for this age group. The University also runs non-teaching activities, such as the tenth Exhibition of Plastic Arts and the first Literary Prize, for which 1,991 students enrolled. The Aula de Cultura cultural studies group taught courses in the areas of flamenco, theatre and cinema. The US’s provincial outreach program has bases in nine different towns: Carmona, Écija, Osuna, Estepa, Morón de la Frontera, Cazalla de la Sierra, Utrera, Mairena del Aljarafe, and Arahal. The US takes a leading role in the city’s cultural life and the University’s Centre of Cultural Projects (CICUS) manages and promotes all the cultural events organized by the university community. The main programs are ´the Jazz Festival´, ´Summer Nights’, ´Cinema themes´, and participation in an international network of short films called ´Future Shorts´. The University’s cycle of lectures entitled “The Human Factor” is very highly regarded In Spain.

The Language Institute teaches modern languages at the University to over 13,000 students.

The University’s Sports Service (SADUS) promotes sports activities of all kinds. It has a modern sports complex with some 32,000 users and offers more than 1,100 courses. The Sports Service has the following facilities: an indoor sports hall in the Zona Reina Mercedes, a multi-use hall (the Pabellón Uruguay) on the Central Campus, a gymnasium with two air-conditioned halls in the Zona Macarena, one indoor sports hall in the Zona Ramón y Cajal, and, in the Los Bermejales Sports Centre, a hockey field, a football and rugby field, eight team and four individual dressing rooms, ten paddle courts, four tennis courts, two all-sport courts and two multi-use halls. The Centre also has heated indoor swimming-pools and three sports halls for circuit-express, spinning and cardiovascular exercise. The University Community Guidance Service (SACU) manages all the University’s advice units: the Equality Unit, the Information Service, the Psychological and Social Help Service, the Legal and Labour Help Service, the Teaching Aid Service, the Students’ Social Work Unit, the Women’s Guidance Service, and the University Dining Halls. The University also has a European Documentation Service.

The University of Seville is one of the universities with the widest range of courses in Spain, in all disciplines (Science, Technology, Humanities, Health, Law and Economics). Its firm commitment to European convergence is reflected in its program of European dual degrees and the high rate of student mobility. In research, the University ranks first among the public universities in Andalusia and is one of the leaders in Spain, its research record of the last six years shows a constant growth in scientific production and in the securing of outside funding for research. It has a prolific publication record, especially in chemistry, physics, biology and biochemistry, engineering, medicine, microbiology, animal and plant sciences, materials sciences, agriculture, mathematics, and ecology and the environment. The University also offers an excellent range of postgraduate studies, comprising official master’s degrees, university master’s degrees, expert courses and complementary and lifelong learning courses. This wide variety of programs is coordinated by the University’s new Lifelong Learning Centre. http://www.us.es - gabiprensa@us.es

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