Question

Who founded the University of Salamanca and when? When was it declared a UNESCO World Heritage site? What are some of the schools (facultades) that make up the university today? How many students were enrolled by the end of the fourteenth century? How many students were enrolled in the last academic year? Who is Miguel de Unamuno and what is his association with the university?

Answer 1

Answer:

The University of Salamanca was founded in 1218 by King Alfonso IX

It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988.

Today Salamanca University is made up of the colleges of law, liberal arts, and science and medicine, as well as other academic units, and there are more than 250 academic programmes on offer.

Number of students enrolled by the end of the fourteenth century were between 500–600 students.

Number of students enrolled in the last academic year were around 28,000

Miguel de Unamuno was a Spanish philosopher, writer and politician. He cultivated different literary genres, was one of the main authors of the Generation of '98 and invented a new genre, the nivola. He served as rector of the University of Salamanca for two periods: from 1900 to 1924 and 1930 to 1936, during a time of great social and political upheaval.

Explanation:

Salamanca University is the oldest institution of higher learning in Spain. It became the first Spanish university to offer language courses to foreign students when it inaugurated its Spanish language program in 1929.