University of Valladolid

The Universidad de Valladolid (UVa) is one of the most important centres of Higher Education in Spain. It counts on four campuses placed in the cities of Valladolid, Palencia, Segovia and Soria. On average, nearly 28,000 students enrol each year, employs more than 2,600 lecturers and nearly 1,000 people dealing with administration tasks and other services. UVa offers 29 Doctoral Programs through its UVa Doctorate School (EsDUVA). EsDUVA records 1,700 PhD students each year and counts on its own funds for Training Programs of the Doctorate School (transferable skills and research-oriented skills).

UVa has 173 research groups dedicated to R+D and 4 Technology Centres. UVa is driver of Green Infrastructure and Nature Base Solutions Research Centre where 300 researchers are working on it and they constitute the University of Valladolid Agrifood and Natural Resources Knowledge Platform. UVa develops efficient technologies and collaborates in the transfer of sustainable and  resources management good practices. UVa manages around 180 research projects/year financed through competitive public R+D+i calls of the European Commission, such as FP4 to FP7, H2020, LIFE, INTERREG, TEMPUS, ECONTENT, ERASMUS, CULTURE, etc., national proposals or regional projects, and approximately 500 contracts and agreements aimed at the transfer of knowledge and technology, amounting to an average value of over fifteen million Euros per annum.