University of Rovira i Virgili Spain

The Rovira i Virgili University (URV) was created in 1991 by the Catalan Parliament. Located in southern Catalonia, it has developed a multi-centre structure with 6 campus sites and is one of the leading universities in both Catalonia and Spain. This academic year (2013-14) the URV has 14,319 students and nearly 3,400 students are following lifelong learning courses. 29% of the postgraduate students are international students. In the previous academic year, 2,993 degrees were awarded and 165 theses were completed. The URV employs nearly a thousand academic staff and 637 administrative and service staff. Its total budget is 102.3 million. The URV`s scientific production is reflected in its 998 Web of Science publications (2013) and its presence in 7 ESI areas of excellence. The number of publications per permanent member of teaching staff is the fourth highest in Spain (2013) and it is the fifth Spanish public university in terms of overall research productivity (2012 ranking of Spanish public universities in terms of production and research productivity, by the University of Granada). The wide-ranging and well defined relationship between the university, business and society is one of the main reasons why the URV and its surroundings have been recognized as a Campus of International Excellence by the Spanish Ministry of Education. As such, the URV provides the region with a knowledge structure that is internationally visible and that achieves international recognition.