- University of Burgos
Infobox_University
name = Universidad de Burgos
established = 1994
type = Public
rector = José María Leal Villalba
students = about 11,000
city =Burgos
state =Castilla y Leon
country =Spain
website = [http://ubu.es/]The University of Burgos (in Spanish: Universidad de Burgos) is a public university in the Spanish city of
Burgos .History
The University of Burgos was founded in 1994 when it separated from the
University of Valladolid , which it had belonged to since 1974.Current
The University of Burgos currently has about 11,000 students on two campuses. It offers classes in four facultades, or faculties: Faculty of Sciences, Faculty of Business and Economics, Faculty of Law, and Faculty of Humanities and Education. It also includes the Higher Polytechnic School, School of Nursing, School of Labor Relations, and School of Tourism.
The Library has important old manuscrypts.
Most of the facultades are held in the campus of San Amaro. Some classes take place in the "Hospital del Rey", a former hospital for pilgrims on the
Way of St. James (in Spanish: el camino de Santiago), founded in 1195 byAlfonso VIII .External links
*es icon [http://www.ubu.es/ Official Site] (available english version)
* [http://www.webometrics.info/university_by_country.asp?country=es List of Spanish Universities in the Web]
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