University of La Laguna

Overview

University of La Laguna

University of La Laguna is a public research university in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. It was founded in 1927 but traces its roots back to the founding of a center for advanced studies in 1701. The oldest institution of higher education in the Canary Islands, the Universidad de La Laguna is one of the leading universities in Spain. It is recognized for its programs in humanities, physics, mathematics, and medicine.

University of La Laguna Key Statistics

The university comprises several faculties, schools, and departments. Its faculties include the Faculty of Political & Social Sciences and Communication, Faculty of Economics, Business, and Tourism, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Faculty of Sciences. Some of its schools are the School of Doctoral and Graduate Studies, the Higher Polytechnic School of Engineering and Technology, and the Higher Polytechnic School of Engineering.

University of La Laguna's student population is approximately 20,442. It employs around 1,600 academic personnel and 817 administrative and service staff. It has a student-to-faculty ratio of 14.0.

The other University of La Laguna key statistics include its six campuses, namely, the Campus Central, Campus Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Campus de Ofra, Campus del Sur, Campus de Guajara campus, and Campus de Anchieta. It has several institutional affiliations and academic partnerships, such as the European University Association, 4U Alianza, Universities of North-West Africa and the Macaronesia, Open Education Consortium, and Erasmus+.

University of La Laguna Research

The university is recognized as the top research institution in terms of the percentage of publications with international collaboration. Its top fields of research are physics, astrophysics, and astronomy.

University of La Laguna research outputs have been published in prestigious journals like the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Astrophysical Journal, and arXiv: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics. Its researchers have attended major scholarly conferences such as Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Web Science, and Soft Computing.

The most cited University of La Laguna research publication is Ade et al.’s (2016) “Planck 2015 results - XIII. Cosmological parameters.” This article was published in Astronomy and Astrophysics and has been cited 17,501 times to date.

The university’s second most cited publication is an earlier Ade et al. work, “Planck 2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters,” which was also featured in Astronomy and Astrophysics in 2014 and has received around 16,660 citations.

Moreover, the university’s third most cited publication is Klionsky et al.’s (2021) “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition),” which was published in Autophagy and has received 8,040 citations.

The university has several research institutes. These include the Institute of Biomedical Technologies, the Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials, Andrés Bello Institute of Linguistics, and the Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies

It also houses the University Institute of Neuroscience, University Institute of Business, University Institute of Women’s Studies, University Institute of Advanced Studies in Atomic, Molecular and Photonic Physics, and the Institute of Tropical Diseases and Healthcare of the Canary Islands.