It has been the alma mater of Prime Ministers Pascual Madoz, Manuel Azaña, Salustiano de Olózaga and Eusebio Bardají, of the Nobel Prize laureate and father of modern neuroscience Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the Catholic saint Josemaría Escrivá and the Cuban national hero Jose Marti, who studied at this university.

[7] The studium generale of arts, also called studio mayor or primitive University of Zaragoza, was in the Magdalena and St. Nicholas neighborhoods.

The high master collected taxes from any pupil, with the exception of the poor, the cleric from La Seo cathedral, or any student he would want to forgive such payment.

That year Tarabal was substituted by master Gaspar Lax, a prolific author and prominent European figure in logic, philosophy and mathematics, whose works were used in many other contemporaneous universities.

The same year, 1520, Michael Servetus – the brilliant nephew of Gaspar Lax – started his studies under the direction of his uncle and the other three masters of arts (Exerich, Ansías, Miranda, Carnicer, Villalpando).

[citation needed] Academic staff at the University of Zaragoza are highly specialised and have broad research and teaching experience.

Campus Plaza San Francisco is the largest of the five locations and is home to a majority of the university colleges and departments in Zaragoza.

The restoration architects, Luis Franco and Mariano Pemán, made great efforts to maintain the architectural heritage of the building while adding new functionality.

At the front of the building sit four large stone statues of notable scientists and doctors with connections to the university.

It is also the location of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences and the affiliated School of Nursing of the Obispo Polanco hospital.

[citation needed] At the University of Zaragoza, the old traditional studies are offered at faculties (facultades), e.g. Facultad de Derecho (Faculty of Law), while newer, more technical studies are offered at schools (escuelas) e.g. Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica ('University School for Technical Engineering') or polytechnics (politécnicos), e.g. Centro Politécnico Superior ('Higher Polytechnic Centre').

[19] A large amount of this research is led by the individual teams of Julián Pardo, Luis Martinez and Alberto Anel.

The cooperation offers a unique educational and research opportunity that consolidates the interests of industry, government and academia by building and learning from the largest logistics park in Europe.

The program is taught in English and attracts an international audience, with 11 countries of origin represented in the class of 20 students for the 2014 academic year.

[23] In addition, the collaboration offers a doctorate degree and executive education courses leading to certificates in various logistics-related disciplines.