UNED Associated Centre of Pontevedra explained

UNED Associated Centre of Pontevedra
Native Name:Centro Asociado de la UNED de Pontevedra
Motto:Omnibus mobilibus mobilior sapientia
Established:1973
Type:Public University
Affiliation:National University of Distance Education
Director:Victor Manuel González Sánchez[1]
Total Staff:[2]
Students:[3]
City:Pontevedra
State:Galicia
Province:Province of Pontevedra
Country:Spain
Coor:42.4426°N -8.6257°W
Campus:Northwest
Former Names:Centro Regional de la UNED in Galicia

The UNED Associated Centre in Pontevedra (UNED Pontevedra) is a university teaching centre of the National University of Distance Education (UNED) located in the Spanish city of Pontevedra. It is part of UNED's North-West Campus and is its most important centre.

It is the first headquarters of UNED in Galicia, originally called the Regional Centre of UNED in Galicia.[4]

Location

The UNED Associated Centre in Pontevedra is located at 1 Portugal Street in the Monte Porreiro neighbourhood of Pontevedra.

History

The steps for the creation of the UNED centre in Pontevedra started in 1972 thanks to the will of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, the Municipality of Pontevedra and the Provincial Savings Bank of Pontevedra. It was the first associated centre of UNED in Galicia and the second in Spain. At the time of its inauguration, it was the only associated centre in Galicia, Asturias and León, regions to which it extended its territorial scope.[5]

The university centre was created by ministerial decree on 12 January 1973[6] and opened its doors in the Virgen Peregrina Student Residence (currently the Abanca Student Residence), which lent it several offices and classrooms.[7] The inauguration took place on 12 March 1973, in the presence of the Rector of the University of Santiago de Compostela and the Civil Governor of Pontevedra.[8]

Its first year began with the teaching of two university degrees, law and philosophy and humanities. The university centre had 350 students at the time.[9] Its first director, from 1973 to 1975, was José Antonio Souto Paz, professor of law at the University of Santiago de Compostela.[4] In 1974, seven more courses were introduced. During the academic year 1974-1975, the UNED headquarters were temporarily transferred to two floors of the central building of the Provincial Savings Bank of Pontevedra, in the Campolongo neighbourhood, and 1,188 students enrolled.[10]

On 23 October 1987, UNED moved to its definitive headquarters in the city, a new 7,000 square metre building in the Monte Porreiro neighbourhood, on an estate of over 20,000 square metres surrounded by gardens with remarkable trees.[11] In this academic year there were more than 3,000 students and in the 1992-1993 academic year there were more than 4,000 students.[12]

On 7 December 1994, the UNED Associated Centre in Pontevedra was integrated into the basic network of UNED Associated Centres (this means that all the studies offered by the UNED at national level are taught and can be studied at the Associated Centre). From 2007 onwards, several branches (called Aulas Universitarias) were created in the province of Pontevedra, dependent on the headquarters in Pontevedra. In 2007 the Lalín branch was created, in 2010 the Tui branch, in 2012 the Vigo branch, in 2017 the Portas branch[13] and in 2022 the O Porriño branch.[14]

In September 2020, the UNED Associated Centre in Pontevedra became the headquarters of the UNED North-Western Spanish Campus, which coordinates the 14 UNED Associated Centres in Galicia, Asturias,Castile and León and Extremadura (Pontevedra, A Coruña, Ourense, Lugo, Gijón, Ávila, Burgos, Palencia, Ponferrada, Segovia, Soria, Zamora, Mérida and Plasencia).[15] [16]

Description

With 4,500 students, the UNED centre in Pontevedra is the associate centre with the most students in Galicia. It offers 30 university degrees, 13 languages in the CUID[17] and the university admission course for the over-25s.The most popular courses are Psychology and Law.[18]

The university courses that can be followed at the university centre are the following : Business administration, Social anthropology, Environmental sciences, Legal sciences of Public administration, Nursery school teaching, Physics, Mathematics,[19] Political sciences and Public administration, Criminology, Chemistry, Law, Economics, Social education, English studies (language, literature, culture), Spanish language and literature, Philosophy, History and Geography, Art history, Computer engineering, Information technology engineering, Mechanical engineering, Industrial electronic and automatic engineering, Electrical engineering, Industrial technological engineering, Energy engineering, Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology, Social work and Tourism. The centre also provides 80% of the UNED's university extension courses in Spain.[20] The UNED centre in Pontevedra has also been offering summer courses without interruption since 1989.[21] [22]

The UNED Associate Centre in Pontevedra is the largest Spanish centre on the UNED North West Campus.[23] The building has three floors and an inner courtyard, 4 parlours, a computer room, a library, 30 classrooms, laboratories (for physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, engineering, mathematics and computer science),[20] [24] a meeting room, a bookshop, a cafeteria and a 600 square metre amphitheatre inaugurated in March 2016.[25]

A large mural of more than 12 metres in length by the artist Manuel Moldes, painted in 1987, decorates one side of the hall on the first floor of the UNED building.[26] [27]

The Governing Board of the University Centre of Pontevedra is composed of the following bodies: UNED, the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, the City Council of Pontevedra, the Xunta de Galicia and the company ENCE.[28]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Víctor González: "Hubo incluso quien se examinó desde la cama de un hospital". . es. 19 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Psicología y Derecho siguen como grados con más tirón en la UNED. La Voz de Galicia. 8 November 2018.
  3. Web site: La Uned de Pontevedra alcanza los 4.500 estudiantes para el curso 2017-2018. Diario de Pontevedra. 16 November 2017.
  4. Web site: 9 September 2017 . Fallece José Antonio Souto Paz, el primer alcalde de la democracia en Santiago . . es.
  5. Web site: 16 March 2012 . La Uned cumple 40 años . . es.
  6. Web site: 13 March 1973 . ORDEN de 20 de febrero de 1973 por la- que se crea un Centro Regional, dependiente de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, con sede en Pontevedra. . . es .
  7. Web site: 22 April 2012 . La UNED, la mejor alternativa para conciliar vida y estudios . . es.
  8. Web site: 25 May 2022 . Medio siglo del centro pionero de la UNED . Faro . es.
  9. Web site: 16 March 2012 . La Uned cumple 40 años . . es.
  10. Web site: 2 April 2001 . Uno de cada cuatro alumnos de la UNED en Pontevedra estudia Derecho . . es.
  11. Web site: 20 April 2005 . La UNED reúne cerca de cien colaboraciones en un libro que recoge su historia en la ciudad . . es.
  12. Web site: 2 April 2001 . Uno de cada cuatro alumnos de la UNED en Pontevedra estudia Derecho . . es.
  13. Web site: 15 April 2021 . Resolución de 16 de marzo de 2021, del Consorcio Universitario del Centro Asociado a la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia en Pontevedra, por la que se publican las cuentas anuales del ejercicio de 2019 y el informe de auditoría. . . es .
  14. Web site: 27 July 2022 . Víctor González: "En el nuevo curso estrenaremos grados y aula de la UNED en Porriño". . es.
  15. Web site: 2 October 2020 . Pontevedra se convierte en la sede del Campus Noroeste de la Uned . . es.
  16. Web site: 1 October 2020 . Pontevedra, sede do Campus Noroeste da UNED . . gl.
  17. Web site: 21 September 2010 . La UNED impartirá siete nuevos idiomas, entre ellos árabe, ruso y japonés . . es.
  18. Web site: 8 November 2018 . Psicología y Derecho siguen como grados con más tirón en la UNED . La Voz de Galicia . es.
  19. Web site: 29 January 2023 . "La Uned te da alas para llegar a dónde quieras, para no ponernos limites". . es.
  20. Web site: 31 May 2023 . Víctor González: "Nos sigue alumnado desde África, Asia, América y Oriente Medio". . es.
  21. Web site: 10 June 2023 . La UNED salpica de cursos de verano toda la provincia de Pontevedra. . es.
  22. Web site: 9 June 2023 . La UNED de Pontevedra organiza once nuevos cursos de verano para este año. . es.
  23. Web site: 19 October 2020 . Víctor González: "Hubo incluso quien se examinó desde la cama de un hospital" . . es.
  24. Web site: 5 November 2022 . La visibilización de la formación con perspectiva de género abre el curso en la Uned. . es.
  25. Web site: 15 March 2016 . El centro asociado de la UNED de Pontevedra inaugura su Aula Magna . Pontevedra Viva . es.
  26. Web site: 21 July 2017 . Manuel Moldes crea un mural efímero y lleno de color para adentrarse en el Sexto Edificio del Museo . Pontevedra Viva . es.
  27. Web site: 28 July 2017 . El pintor que hizo de Pontevedra su propio Nueva York . . es.
  28. Web site: 15 March 2016 . El centro asociado de la UNED de Pontevedra inaugura su Aula Magna . Pontevedra Viva . es.