Ministry of Universities

The Ministry of Universities is a ministerial department in the Government of Spain responsible for proposing and carrying out the government policy on universities as well as representing Spain in the European Union and other international organizations regarding universities.[2]

Ministry of Universities

Ministerio de Universidades
Headquarters of the Ministry
Agency overview
Formed	13 January 2020
Preceding agency	Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (universities)
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Spain
Annual budget	€ 542.5 million, 2021[1]
Minister responsible	Manuel Castells, Minister

As of 2018–19, 215,160 people worked at the Spanish universities. From those, 125,471 were university professors and researchers (PDI), 63,281 administration and services personnel (PAS) and 26,408 research staff employed and technical research support staff (PI). Of the total staff in universities, 183,530 belong to public universities and 31,630 to private universities.[3] In the same period, the total university public spending amounted to € 9.5 billion.[4]

The department was created as part of the Sánchez II Government as a split from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. It is headed by Manuel Castells.[5][6][7]

Organization chart

The Department of Universities is structured in the following bodies:[8][2]

• The General Secretariat for Universities
  • The Technical Cabinet
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for University Professors Training and Programming
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Degrees and Planning, Monitoring and Management of University Education
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Student Services and Institutional Relations
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Research University Activity
• The Undersecretariat of Universities
  • The General Technical Secretariat
    • The Deputy General Technical Secretariat
    • The Deputy Directorate-General for Appeals and Relations with the Courts of Justice
  • The Technical Cabinet
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Economic Management, Budget Office and General Affairs
  • The Deputy Directorate-General for Personnel and Inspection of Services
  • The Information and Communication Technologies Division

Ministry agencies

• The University Council.
• The University Policy General Conference.
• The State University Student Council.
• The College of Spain in Paris.
• The Menéndez Pelayo International University.
• The National University of Distance Education.
• The National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation.
• The Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education.

References

1. "2021 State Budget" (PDF). www.boe.es. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
2. "Royal Decree 431/2020, of March 3, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Universities". boe.es. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
3. "Estadística de personal de las universidades" (PDF). www.ciencia.gob.es (in Spanish). 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
4. "Resumen de la Estadística del Gasto Público en Educación 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish).
5. "El sociólogo y economista Manuel Castells será el nuevo ministro de Universidades". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
6. "El ministerio de Universidades, sin Ciencia, nace con polémica". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
7. "Ciencia, las dudas de un ministerio amputado". El País (in Spanish). 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
8. "Royal Decree 139/2020, of January 28, which establishes the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments". boe.es. Retrieved 2020-01-30.