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University of Alicante

Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig, L'Alacantí, Alicante

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University of Alicante

Monument · Sant Vicent del Raspeig/San Vicente del Raspeig, L'Alacantí, Alicante

The University of Alicante, with its main campus in Sant Vicent del Raspeig (L'Alacantí), was founded in 1979 under Law 29/1979, as heir to the former University of Orihuela, active between 1569 and 1835, and incorporating the Centro de Estudios Universitarios created in 1968; in 1991 the Escuela Politécnica Superior was added. Besides the main campus, it has premises in towns such as Benissa, Biar, Cocentaina, Jijona, Orihuela and Villena. In the 2025/2026 academic year it has around 24,788 students, making it the third-largest public university in the Valencian Community, with eight faculties and schools, more than fifty official and own degree programmes, and more than seventy departments and fifteen research institutes.

Photo: José Manuel Pérez (Public domain)

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