Question

Go back in time and learn about the oldest university in Spain. Write a paragraph that includes answers to the following questions: 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

The passage below answers the questions that are put in here in the paragraph[h form.

Explanation:

University of Salamanca was founded in 1134 and given the Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218.

Institutes housed by the university include, apart from institutes for Humanities, Pure sciences and business:

Centro de Investigación del Cáncer [Cancer Research Centre],

Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León [Institute of Neuroscience of Castile and León],

Centro de Láseres Pulsados Ultracortos Ultraintensos [Ultrashort Ultraintense Pulse Lasers Centre].

The university was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1988

The last Academic year saw the enrollment of more than five thousand students.

Miguel de Unamuno is a leading writer and he is a professor at the university.