ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

Spanish

The University of La Rioja (UR) is located on a modern campus in Logroño, capital of La Rioja, where 7,500 students are registered on courses in 26 undergraduate programs, Doctorates, Masters and other postgraduate courses.

The UR is the only University in this small, quiet region in Northern Spain. La Rioja is where the Monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla, cradle of the first words written in the Spanish language, are situated, sites included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1996. The University of La Rioja was founded in 1992 and, as a centre devoted to Higher Education, research and cultural promotion, has continued the work of these monasteries in disseminating knowledge and the Spanish language.

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The size of the campus, occupying an area of 200,000 m2, guarantees an atmosphere of personal treatment and cultural immersion which is ideal for learning Spanish as a Foreign Language. The students study in small groups, with free access to computer rooms in each building, recently inaugurated sports facilities and special discounts in some shops merely by virtue of being university students.

All the buildings of the University of La Rioja are grouped together on a single campus. At its heart, a stone’s throw from each building, is the UR Library. Rated as one of the five best university libraries in Spain, it has a stock of 200,000 books and also on-line services via Internet: DIALNET is the most important data base of scientific articles in Spanish.

The University of La Rioja campus is on the outskirts of the city, but only a short distance from the centre of Logroño. This is the capital of La Rioja, with a metropolitan area of 150,000 inhabitants and all the facilities of a modern capital but with a comfortable, manageable size.

How to get to Logroño
Campus Map (219 kb.)

Relaciones Internacionales e Institucionales
internacional@adm.unirioja.es
Última modificación: 04-11-2010 09:01