University of Extremadura (in Spanish: Universidad de Extremadura) is a Spanish public university in Extremadura (Badajoz and Cáceres).
It was founded in 1973 by Decree 991/1973, May 10 (BOE May 18) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Spain.
Currently the University of Extremadura offers 64 Bachelor's Degrees and 32 Master's Degrees in many different fields of knowledge.
Together with the University of Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Navarra, Oviedo, Zaragoza and the Basque Country, form the Group G9 of Universities (formed by the universities that are alone in their autonomous community).
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Structure
The University of Extremadura is distributed into four different campuses: Badajoz, Cáceres, Mérida and Plasencia. Each campus has different specialities:
Badajoz Campus
Faculty of Science (Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Biotechnology, Enology).
School of Industrial Engineerings (Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energies, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering).
Faculty of Economics Sciences.
Faculty of Education and Psychology.
Faculty of Medicine.
Cáceres Campus
Faculty of Laws
Faculty of Veterinary
Faculty of Sport Science
Faculty of Teacher Training
Faculty of Nursing and Occupational Therapy
School of Technology
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
Faculty of Business and Tourism
Mérida Campus
Mérida Campus offers five different bachelor's degrees: Industrial Design Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Information Technologies, Geomatics and Topography, and Nursing (in collaboration with Mérida's Hospital).
Plasencia Campus
Plasencia Campus offers the Degree in Forestry Engineering, Podiatry and Administration and Business Management.
UEx Virtual Campus
The Virtual Campus of the University of Extremadura (CVUE) complements the education that students receive in the classroom. Based on the New Technologies of Information and Communication aims to provide to teachers, students and administration and services staff, tools that extend and enhance the teaching-learning processes and teamwork. The UEX encourages virtual collaboration to be successfully with these processes, breaking with traditional models.
Notable alumni
María J. Carro (born 1961), Spanish mathematician
María Guardiola (born 1978), Spanish politician
Francisco Manuel de las Heras y Borrero (1951–2013), Spanish historian
Ana Fernández Militino, Spanish statistician
Elena Nevado (born 1967), Spanish politician
Antonio Rodríguez Osuna (born 1975), Spanish politician
María del Consuelo de Fátima Rodríguez Píriz (1960–2021), Spanish politician
María Teresa Rejas (born 1946), Spanish educator and politician