University of Burgos
It’s a public university, created in 1994, and located in Castilla y León (Spain), the largest European region geographically and the cradle of the Spanish language. Recognised among the best young universities in the world, the University of Burgos (UBU) is a benchmark for Spanish research.
UBU ranks fourth among Spanish universities in terms of global performance, and research and innovation in the 2024 U Ranking of the BBVA Foundation and IVIE.
It has 1,100 researchers in 6 Research Centres, 95 Recognised Research Groups, and 31 Research Units, which have enabled it to participate in 81 European research projects in the last 10 years, with more than 31M€ of direct funding received in 2023. It is currently leading research into green energies, such as hydrogen.
Its teaching offer, in all areas of knowledge, attracts over 500 PhD Students and 10,000 graduate and postgraduate students every year, more than half of them coming from outside the province of Burgos. These students also have more than 1,000 international mobility places available, in 700 destinations in 38 countries in Europe, Asia, and America.
It also offers its students a wide range of services: sports activities, psychological support, diversity service, nature and environmental activities, and a wide range of cultural activities, in a city full of green areas and with a quality of life considered one of the best in the country.
Facts and numbers
Faculties
& Business Studies
Campus Hospital del Rey
Campus Hospital del Rey
Campus Hospital del Rey
& Communication
Campus Hospital del Rey
Campus Hospital del Rey
Campus Hospital del Rey
Campus La Milanera
Campus Río Vena
Campus Miranda de Ebro
RD&I scientific areas
Agricultural
& agri-food sciences
Biomedicine
Bioscience & Biotechnology
Chemical sciences
& technologies
Economics, Business
& Management
Educational sciences
Environmental sciences & technologies
Green energy
& transportation
History & Archaeology
Industrial production, Architecture & Engineering
Information
& communication technologies
Juridical science
Materials sciences
& Technologies
Mathematical sciences
Philology, Literature, Arts & Media
Philosophy, Languages
& Spanish language
Psychology
Physical sciences
Social Sciences
Located in Castilla y León, in the North of Spain
UBU is located in Burgos, a medium-sized (175,000 inhabitants), safe, affordable, environmentally friendly and lively city in the north of Spain, which is one of the most livable cities in the country (top five in the Numbeo Quality of Life Ranking 2023, top four in the International Living Ranking, 2022) thanks to its excellent health, socio-economic and transport facilities (e.g. top quality hospital and universal health services, a dynamic commercial-industrial centre, less than one and a half hours from the sea and seven other cities, including Madrid and Bilbao, and less than three hours from France and Portugal).
Burgos is the original homeland of the Spanish language, where it originated in the 9th century (e.g. Cartularies of Valpuesta). It is also home to the Instituto Castellano y Leones de la Lengua and the UBU International Centre of Spanish to promote the language. Burgos also stands out for its historical and cultural heritage (three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: The Gothic Cathedral, the Pilgrim’s Way to Santiago and the Prehistoric Archaeological site of Atapuerca). Burgos and its province, named Best Tourist Destination 2013 by the New York Times, offer a combination of history, culture and nature in the north of Spain. In addition, Burgos’ gastronomy, including its famous morcilla, cheese, roast lamb and wines (e.g. D.O. Ribera del Duero, D.O. Arlanza and D.O. Rioja), has been recommended by National Geographic as the best gastronomic destination for 2023.
The city is an industrial and commercial hub, hosting the headquarters and main facilities of the food industry (Campofrío, Pepsico, Calidad Pascual, Eurofrits, Mahou San Miguel, Frias Nutrición), automotive industry (Michelin, Bridgestone, Grupo Antolin, Benteler, Lear Corporation, Grupo Cropu), chemical industry (L’oréal Paris, GlaxoSmithKline, Adisseo), metal industry (Aciturri, Nicolás Correa, Casple) and home appliances (Ferroli, Cerámicas Gala, Veka Ventanas, Kronospan), is in continuous growth and is leading the transformation of the green economy (Siemens-Gamesa in wind energy, Hiperbaric in hydrogen processing), in close collaboration with the Research and Knowledge Transfer initiatives of the University of Burgos.
Address
Oficina RUN-EU
Universidad de Burgos,
Edificio de Administración y servicios
C/ Rollo 1 09001 Burgos (Spain)
Phone +34 627 76 8715
Email run-euinfo@ubu.es
Website https://www.ubu.es/english-version
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