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    University of La Rioja

    Campus & Facilities

    Founded in 1992, the University of La Rioja (UR) has been officially awarded as “Campus of International Excellence” by the Spanish Ministry of Education after an assessment from an international committee.

    Offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in all knowledge areas, it provides world-class education with a learning system based on reduced groups and personalized attention.

    Committed to a high quality education, University of La Rioja offers its students a career full of opportunities:

    • Best laboratory student ratio
    • Internships included in the academic plan
    • International exchanges
    • Free Wi-Fi
    • Services: Library, computer rooms, languages lab, cafeterias, sports center…
    • University life:

      • Social, cultural and volunteering programs
      • Cultural activities related to cinema, theater, music, debate, literature,…
      • Sporting events and championships, courses, activities,…

    University of La Rioja compromise with research together with its international vocation, gave cause for launching DIALNET, the biggest worldwide website to spread the Spanish scientific production, with more than 4 million documents and more than 1.200.000 registered users.

    Its scientific activity includes hundreds of international, national and local research projects and more than 360 phd thesis defense. There is an important University-enterprise knowledge transfer through I+D+I projects. 45 patents have been registered.

    All buildings of the University of La Rioja are grouped together on a single campus, ten minutes far from downtown. The size of the campus with lots of green open spaces guarantees personal attention and an ideal atmosphere of cultural immersion for learning Spanish.

    Further information about the University of La Rioja:

    Academic programs: www.unirioja.es/estudios/
    International students: www.unirioja.es/foreign_students/
    Vice-Chancellor of International and Institutional Relations: www.unirioja.es/universidad/rii/