Following the introduction of the new Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the arrival of Democracy, the newly elected president of Spain, Felipe Gonzalez Marquez leader of the Spanish Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE) introduced legislation from Madrid to transform the, until that date, centralized Spanish State, into an amalgamation of autonomic regions with different degrees of self Administration. The north-western corner of the Iberian Peninsula will be raised to the “Status” of Autonomic Region, and the Spanish Language will have to co-exist with the new official language: Galician.
The University of Vigo is comprised of three campuses with well differentiated features that are located in the three most important cities from the South of Galicia: Ourense, Pontevedra and Vigo. The Ourense campus is fully integrated within the urban centre and its new premises are connected to the old ones via a footbridge that brings together its six faculties, an associated centre, residence and sports complexes. The river Lérez crosses through the Pontevedra campus, which is housed within a recently created architectural complex surrounded by the Isle of Sculptures. The six schools and faculties offer a dozen degree programs and form the nerve centre of University life here where culture, sports and nature are its differentiating characteristics.
