Universidad de Cádiz (UCA)

Universidad de Cádiz (abbreviated UCA) is the highest public educational institution in Spain, which began its active scientific and educational activities from the distant 1979 year. The main university building is located on the territory of a small university campus in Cadiz.

The university is on the TOP-40 list of the best Spanish institutions of higher education. From year to year, the institution also adds to the list of the top 5 percent of universities at the global level.

Among the university's joint educational programs is the Máster interuniversitario en Logística y gestión de operaciones ("Master's Degree in Logistics and Operations Management"), which is run jointly with Universidad Internacional de Andalucía and Universidad de Sevilla.

One of the university's notable achievements was the international Emerald Literati Awards: UCA professor José Luis Perea Vicente received it in the Outstanding Reviewer Award category for his expert evaluation of academic research.

The university conducts active research work: under the Horizon Europe program, UCA participates in the REWRITE project, dedicated to the restoration of coastal ecosystems. Work on the project in the Bay of Cádiz is coordinated by Professor Sokratis Papaspyrou from the Institute of Marine Research (INMAR).

• The university is one of five Andalusian universities participating in the CEI·Mar (Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar) foundation, alongside the universities of Almería, Granada, Huelva, and Málaga, and the Colombian Universidad Del Magdalena,
• The oversight body Inspección General de Servicios (IGS) is provided for in the university's charter and reports to the Consejo de Gobierno (Governing Council).

The university directly manages the mixed residence Residencia Internacional La Caleta at Calle Ángel, 2, 11002 Cádiz. Under an agreement with the Spanish Ministry of Defense, students have access to the residence Residencia Militar de Acción Social y Descanso Fuerte Santiago in Algeciras (Avda. Capitán Ontañon, 1-3, 11202 Algeciras). Two more private mixed residences operate under separate arrangements with the university: Residencia Universitaria Campus de Cádiz at Plaza de la Catedral, 10, 11005 Cádiz, and Residencia Universitaria Cádiz Centro at C/ Santo Cristo 2, corner of Plaza de la Candelaria, 11005 Cádiz.

Extracurricular activities include the Campus Cinema Bahía de Algeciras film program, held in the assembly hall of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Algeciras (Higher Technical School of Engineering of Algeciras). Admission costs 4 euros for the general public and 3 euros for the university community and participants of the Alcultura program.

• The university coordinates the European university alliance SEA-EU (Universidad Europea de los Mares).

Universidad de Cádiz is a medium-sized one. In total, about 20,000 students annually take a course. The academic staff of the institution is about 2,000 teachers of the highest category. UCA always participates in international exchange programs both among students and among teaching staff. You can get acquainted with the life of the university, learn the details of admission and find information about teachers, graduates and current students of higher education institutions through pages on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

University infrastructure

Universidad de Cádiz teachers and students have at their disposal a large library. The university is part of the authoritative groups and organizations.

Many Spaniards and not only dream to take a course in this particular higher education institution. At the same time, both local residents, visitors from other parts of Spain, and young people from all over the globe claim places in the institution under the same conditions. To become a university student you must submit to the selection committee accurate information about past performance. It is noteworthy that the competition is about 90 per 100 applicants for admission.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision