The University of Alicante (Valencian: Universitat d'Alacant, IPA: [univeɾsiˈtad dalaˈkant]; Spanish: Universidad de Alicante, IPA: [uniβeɾsiˈðað ðe aliˈkante]; also known by the acronym UA) was established in 1979 on the basis of the Center for University Studies (CEU), which was founded in 1968.

The program provides students with a thorough theoretical and practical training in microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics, as well as specialization in applied fields.

The aim of the program is to prepare students for professional careers in universities, public and private research organizations, international institutions, consultancy and business.

It is the largest open-access repository of digitised Spanish-language historical texts and literature from the Ibero-American world.

[9] Apertium, a free software for machine translation, is being developed at the university in cooperation with Spanish and Catalan governments.