Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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| Established: | 1997 |
| Type: | Public |
| Rector: | Juan Jimenez |
| Students: | 9.600 |
| Location: | Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
| Campus: | 346 acres (1.4 km²) |
| Website: | [http://www.upo.es |
The Universidad Pablo de Olavide (University of Pablo de Olavide) is a public university in Seville, Spain. It is smaller than the older and better-known University of Seville.
The University of Pablo de Olavide (UPO) was founded in 1997[1], making it the newest public university in Spain. Additionally, with only 9,069 students, it was the sixth smallest school during the 2005/2005 school year[2], despite having grown constantly since its inception. The campus of approximately 346 acres [1] is located just outside of Seville, the capital of Andalusia, to the southeast of the city.
The school is named after the Spanish-Peruvian politician Pablo de Olavide (1725-1803), who contributed notably to planning the city and reforming the University of Seville[3]. The name was chosen to express the openness towards Latin America[1]; the school cooperates culturally and scientifically with Latin American universities.
