Gómez Labrado, Víctor

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THE J A U M E  1 U N I V E R S I T Y  
THE JAUME 1 UNIVERSITY WAS PLANNED FROM THE VERY 
BEGINNING WITH THE IDEA OF CARRYING OUT AN 
INVESTIGATION AND SPECIALIZATION PROJECT, MAINLY IN 
THOSE AREAS MOST CLOSELY CONCERNED WITH ITS SOCIAL 
SETTING, SUCH AS THOSE OF THE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTES 
OF CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY AND OF THE ENVIRONMENT. 
V ~ C T O R  G ~ M E Z  L A B R A D O  L E C T U R E R .  U N I V E R S I T A T  J A U M E  I 
a .he Jaume I University at Castelló is a very recent creation (Law of the Generalitat Valenciana of 
- 27 February 1991 l. Nevertheless, it is a 
continuation of the previous Col-legi 
Universitari de Castelló (CUC), from 
which it has inherited part of the teach- 
ing staff and al1 the installations, two of 
the three campuses over which the uni- 
versity is  currently distributed -the He- 
rrero and the Borriol-, as well as the 
Penyeta Roja which was added at the 
moment of its foundation. Al1 three are 
at present considered provisional, and 
an ambitious project is planned for a 
university city occupying an extensive 
site close to the present campus on the 
Carretera de Borriol, with an estimated 
capacity for between 12,000 and 
14,000 students, the forecast for the 
year 2000. Apart from the staff from the 
old CUC, the University has started ap- 
pointing new teachers, including some 
whose first appointment this is (and who 
are therefore young) and some from 
other universities, who bring their consi- 
derable experience to the institution. 
Amongst the latter is the Castelló tea- 
cher Francesc Mitjavila, former director 
of the College of Mining at the Poly- 
technic University of Madrid and now 
Rector of the Jaume I University. This 
post, like al1 the others, is at present 
provisional, until the University has 
drawn up its statutes and is run by a 
governing body appointed by the Ge- 
neralitat Valenciana, which is responsi- 
ble for setting in motion the process of 
drafting statutes and consolidating the 
situation. 
The Jaume I University was planned 
from the very beginning with the idea of 
carrying out an investigation and spe- 
cialization project, mainly in those 
areas most closely concerned with its 
social milieu, such as the University Insti- 
tute of Ceramic Technology and the fu- 
ture lnstitute of the Environment. 
The environmental research addresses 
questions of soil salinization and acid 
rain, which are especially worrying in 
the regions of La Plana and Els Ports. 
The planned degree course in Translat- 
ing and lnterpreting is also of obvious 
relevance in the fields of tourism and 
exports. To carry out the research work 
it has set itself, the Jaume I University 
already has agreements with a number 
of institutions: with the Higher Council 
for Scientific Investigation, with the Spa- 
nish lnstitute of Mining Technology and 
with the financia1 institution Bancaixa. 
The agreement with Bancaixa is of par- 
ticular importance financially since it 
fixes a contribution of 100 million pese- 
tas a year to the research programmes 
at the Jaume I University. 
As regards the University's structure, it 
is  made up of two Faculties, that of Hu- 
man and Social Sciences and that of 
Juridical and Economic Sciences, and a 
College of Technology and Experimen- 
tal Sciences. 
The Faculty of Human and Social Scien- 
ces offers degree courses in English Phi- 
lology, the Humanities and Psychology. 
The degree in Advertising and Public 
Relations is  awaiting homologation and 
authorization. There are also Teacher 
Training Courses in a range of speciali- 
ties. 
At the faculty of Juridical and Economic 
Sciences are the degree courses in Busi- 
ness Management and Administration 
and in Law. Diploma courses are cur- 
rently available in Business Studies and 
lndustrial Relations, and in the near fu- 
ture will be extended to include Man- 
agement and Public Administration. The 
College of Technology and Experimen- 
tal Sciences offers a degree in Chemical 
Sciences and in Engineering and Com- 
puter Studies. The lndustrial Engineering 
and Chemistry are awaiting homologa- 
tion and authorization. In the field of 
technical engineering there are the 
courses in Computers in Management 
and lndustrial Design; Mechanics is  still 
awaiting homologation and auth- 
orization. 
As regards the students following the 
different courses, the highest number 
are enrolled in Law (some 1,200 stu- 
dents), followed by Business Studies 
(about 800) and Computer Engineering 
(more than 600). The fields of lndustrial 
Relations, Psychology and Chemistry 
exceed the 300-student mark, while the 
rest have less. 
Al1 the students on the different courses 
-and this is  a characteristic of the Jau- 
me I University- study a series of com- 
pulsory subjects: English and one other 
European language (either French, Ger- 
man or Italian), user-leve1 computer 
science (introduction and adaptation to 
the specialityl and a third chosen from 
History of European Thought, History of 
the European Juridical Institutions and 
History of the European Economic Insti- 
tutions. 
A final point to be made is that al1 the 
Jaume I University's qualifications take 
into account the newly reformed plans 
by the Universities Council, on the basis 
of semestral credits, following the 
Anglo-Saxon model. 


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