The University of Murcia is a public institution of Higher Education which pursues academic and scientific excellence through an international influence. Its main activities are focused on research, training and cooperation projects, exchange programmes, bilingual education and the promotion of double-degrees. Even though, its origin dates back to the thirteenth century; its establishment dates from 1915, so its first centenary was in 2015.

It hosts more than 31.000 students, around 1.000 of them international. The University of Murcia has 5 different campuses. Each one of them has its distinguishing elements, but all of them have the objective of meeting the global needs of the society and those individual needs of the students. La Merced campus is a historical space with an urban character, it is the origin of the university and it is where are the Arts degrees  are. Espinardo campus is the place where the greater part of the degree and postgraduate studies and research centers are brought together. Medical and Health Studies Campus is located in Ciudad Sanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca where the students have direct contact with the community. Thanks to the Sports Sciences campus and the Lorca campus the university is present in different places of the Region. The first one is site for Sports Sciences due to its location near the sea and the second for Health Sciences.