King Alfonso V of Aragon founded a school known as the Estudi General in 1446, which later became the Universitat de Girona (UdG) in Catalonia. Following numerous attempts in the later part of the 20th century to restore higher education in Girona, the university’s current form was established in 1992. The university’s main office is now located in the Edifici Les Ligas, a structure constructed in the 16th century to house Estudi General classes. It is a section of the university’s old-town campus in Girona. UdG has two other campuses in the city, one of which is brand-new and contains buildings in the Montilivi neighbourhood in the south. On the outskirts of Girona, near La Creuta, there is a technology park that is managed by the university. The university has nine faculties, including those for the arts, economics, law, nursing, tourism, medicine, and technology, engineering, and architecture. At UdG, there are around 15,000 students enrolled together with 1,200 faculty and staff members. At the university, there are 14 doctoral programmes available, and there are about 800 PhD students enrolled. The university’s castell organisation, the Xoriguers, accepts applications from UdG students. A Catalan ritual called Castell involves groups coming together and climbing on top of one another to construct human towers. The custom was included as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2010. North-east of Catalonia, Girona is roughly 40 minutes by train from Barcelona. Girona-Costa Brava Airport, where flights leave for a number of European locations, serves the area. The city is well known for its cuisine, and El Celler de Can Roca, a restaurant consistently named among the best in the world, is located there.
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