University of Seville

The University of Seville (Universidad de Sevilla) is a university in Seville, Spain. Founded under the name of Colegio Santa María de Jesús in 1505, it has a present student body of over 65,000, and is one of the top-ranked universities in the country. Seville is the 2000-year-old artistic, cultural, and financial capital of Andalusia in southern Spain.It was the most important city when Spanish Empire was growing (S.XVI-XVIII), considered the capital of Spain, due to it is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, where a lot of expeditions to America were departed.

History

The University of Seville dates to the 15th century when the Catholic Monarchs recovered the area from the Moors. It was originally the Colegio de Santa Maria de Jesus, created by Archdeacon Maese Rodrigo Fernandez de Santaella, and confirmed as a practising university in 1505 by the papal bull of Pope Julius II. Today, the University of Seville is known for research in technology and science.