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Universitat Rovira i Virgili | |
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| Motto | Sapientiae Liberi Libertati Sapientes (for wisdom free, for freedom wise) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1991 |
| Rector | María José Figueras |
Administrative staff | ~1,500 |
| Students | ~12,000 |
| Location | Tarragona, Reus, Vila-seca, Tortosa and El Vendrell, Catalonia , |
| Campus | 4 |
| Affiliations | Vives Network |
| Website | www |
University of Rovira i Virgili (Catalan: Universitat Rovira i Virgili; IPA: [uniβəɾsiˈtad ruˈβiɾəj βiɾˈʒili]) is located in the Catalan cities of Tarragona and Reus, Spain. Its name is in honor of Antoni Rovira i Virgili.
The University of Rovira I Virgili (URV) is a nationally and internationally recognized teaching and research institution with centers in Tarragona, Reus, Vila-Seca, Tortosa, and El Vendrell. In 2018 and 2019 it was ranked the 78th World's Best Young University with less than 50 years (Times Higher Education World University Rankings). In 2020 it was ranked within the top 200 world's universities by the Times Higher Education 2020 ranking, which recognizes universities for their social and economic impact based on 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. At the Spanish level, in 2017 URV was ranked the 4th in publication production by faculty number, and the 7th with Highly Cited Papers by faculty number. In 2014 URV obtained the HR Excellence in Research award from the EC, renewed in 2017. URV offers doctoral studies distributed in 24 programs and annually welcomes 11400 undergraduate, 1300 master, and 1200 PhD students.