The Catholic University San Antonio this morning officially in the Plenary Hall of the City of Sant Joan d'Alacant, the new San Antonio Catholic University of Alicante, in the course of an act in which they have involved the president of the institution, Jose Luis Mendoza, the mayor of Sant Joan d'Alacant, Manuel Aracil, Councillor of Education of the City of Sant Joan, Javier Yebes, and the bishop of the diocese of Orihuela-Alicante, Bishop Rafael Palmero.
San Antonio Catholic University of Alicante, initially start his career with 13 degrees, which will be incorporated into various official postgraduate degrees and other qualifications.
Also, the campus will be installed on land of 50,000 square meters initial loan from the City of Sant Joan d'Alacant, expandable in the future.
The president of the Catholic, Jose Luis Mendoza, has stressed that "there is great demand for students who want to study in the UCAM and thanks to the launch of the new university will not have to move out of Alicante to form ".
Jose Luis Mendoza also stressed that the degrees that are taught in the newly built San Antonio Catholic University of Alicante will have the same standards as those issued in Murcia.
The bishop of the diocese of Orihuela-Alicante, Bishop Rafael Palmero, stressed that "for many years was an aspiration of Alicante diocese, the Catholic was installed here, as there was high demand of students and not have to move out to pursue university studies. "
Also, Bishop Palmero has stated that it has created an independent university.
"The UCAM not export a series of qualifications, but creates a new university."
For his part, Mayor of Sant Joan d'Alacant, Manuel Aracil, expressed his satisfaction with the implementation of this project and stressed its importance for the economic development and promotion of town the outside.
"The creation of the new university will result in the creation of numerous jobs for the inhabitants of Sant Joan d'Alacant," he assured.
Source: UCAM