University of Salamanca

E31601

medieval university public university research university

The University of Salamanca is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious universities, renowned as a historic center of learning and scholarship in Spain.

Aliases (1)

Universidad de Salamanca ×1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval university → public university → research university →
affiliatedWith	Salamanca city historical heritage →
alsoKnownAs	University of Salamanca → surface form: "Universidad de Salamanca"
campusType	urban →
coordinates	approximately 40.961°N 5.667°W →
country	Spain →
founder	Alfonso IX of León →
foundingDate	1218 →
hasAcademicStaff	over 2,000 (approximate) →
hasArchitecturalFeature	Escuelas Mayores building → Escuelas Menores building → Plateresque façade → historic cloisters →
hasCampus	Béjar campus → Salamanca campus → Zamora campus → Ávila campus →
hasFaculty	Faculty of Economics and Business → Faculty of Education → Faculty of Law → Faculty of Medicine → Faculty of Philology → Faculty of Psychology → Faculty of Sciences → Faculty of Social Sciences →
hasNotableAlumnus	Adolfo Suárez → Francisco de Vitoria → Hernán Cortés → Ignacio Ellacuría → Luis de León → Miguel de Unamuno →
hasNotableProfessor	Francisco de Vitoria → Luis de León → Miguel de Unamuno →
hasRector	rector (head of university) →
hasSchool	Higher Polytechnic School of Zamora → Higher Polytechnic School of Ávila →
hasStudentEnrollment	over 30,000 (approximate) →
hasSymbol	frog on the skull (La Rana de Salamanca) →
influenced	Catholic theology in the early modern period → development of scholastic thought in Spain → early theories of human rights and just war →
isOneOf	oldest universities in Europe → oldest universities in the world →
languageOfInstruction	Latin (historical) → Spanish →
locatedIn	Castile and León → Salamanca → western Spain →
memberOf	Coimbra Group → European University Association → Group of 9 Universities (G9) in Spain →
motto	Omnium scientiarum princeps Salmantica docet →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
notableFor	School of Salamanca → historic center of learning in Spain → role in development of international law →
originalCharterGrantedBy	Alfonso IX of León →
royalConfirmationBy	Alfonso X of Castile →
type	public higher education institution →
website	https://www.usal.es →

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Salamanca → alsoKnownAs → University of Salamanca →

this entity surface form: "Universidad de Salamanca"

Bernhard von Galen, Bishop of Münster → educatedAt → University of Salamanca →

subject surface form: "Bernhard von Galen"

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros → educatedAt → University of Salamanca →

Francisco Suárez → educatedAt → University of Salamanca →

Hernán Cortés → educatedAt → University of Salamanca →

José María Gil-Robles → educatedAt → University of Salamanca →

Manuel da Nóbrega → educatedAt → University of Salamanca →

Philip William, Prince of Orange → educatedAt → University of Salamanca →

Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo → educatedAt → University of Salamanca →

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares → education → University of Salamanca →

Francisco de Vitoria → employer → University of Salamanca →

Salamanca → hasUniversity → University of Salamanca →

Royal University of San Felipe → influencedBy → University of Salamanca →

Salamanca → knownFor → University of Salamanca →