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24-945: UIMP is an "Autonomous agency" within the Ministry of Universities which, according to its bylaws , is defined as an "academic center for high culture" It was named in honor of Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo and is the primary institution in Spain for teaching the Spanish language and culture to foreign students. UIMP offers Master's degrees in many areas of study, including: "Translation and New Technologies: Translation of Software and Multimedia Products" (in collaboration with Amergin (The University Institute of Research in Irish Studies, University of A Coruña) and Istrad (Instituto Superior de Estudios Lingüísticos and Translation based in Seville). "Teaching Spanish as

48-586: A ministerial department in the Government of Spain responsible for proposing and carrying out the government policy on universities as well as representing Spain in the European Union and other international organizations regarding universities. The department was created as part of the Sánchez II Government as a split from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities . On 20 November 2023

72-540: A Foreign Language" (in conjunction with the Cervantes Institute ); " Renewable Energy ", including fuel cells and hydrogen (in collaboration with the Spanish National Research Council ); a graduate degree in "Economics and Finance", under the auspices of CEMFI ; and " Contemporary History ", with the participation of several other public universities. Menéndez Pelayo International University

96-586: A specific matter. The substitution for "delivery" of the minister of Defense Carme Chacón in May 2008. She used her right to maternity leave and her responsibilities were temporary assumed by the Interior Minister, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba . These have been the ministers without portfolio that have existed since the transition to democracy : Ministries may have Secretariats of State and, exceptionally, General Secretariats (with rank of undersecretariat) for

120-467: Is to satisfy two requirements that are equally desirable and indispensable to the formation of modern culture: attention to the universal human needs that must present themselves to every sensitive mind; and the skill to clarify carefully defined technical problems in a way that represents a positive advance in each discipline. Every year, the University has expanded it courses to reflect new developments in

144-475: The Official State Gazette , although exists some specific cases, previous to the approval of the 1997 Government Act, which dismissal was not published. Those cases are Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado , minister without portfolio between 1976 and 1977 and Francisco Fernández Ordóñez , minister of Justice from 1980 to 1981. Unlike the portfolio ministers, the dismissal of ministers without portfolio entails

168-656: The University of Cantabria in the Cantabria International Campus (CCI), which the Ministry of Education and Science declared to be a regional "Campus of International Excellence". Since 1987, UIMP has sponsored and presented the Menéndez Pelayo International Prize, established under the patronage of Eulalio Ferrer (1921-2009), a Spanish-Mexican entrepreneur. The award is given to honor those in

192-665: The social sciences and humanities , as well as technology, and has extended its cultural activities to include music, theater, poetry and the cinema. In 2008, UIMP developed agreements with other institutions (such as the Regional Department of Immigration of the Generalitat Valenciana and the EOI Business School ) to collaborate in the creation of a master's degree in the "Organization and Management of Industrial Technology". The following year, UIMP joined with

216-797: The Crown) are, after the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Ministers , the highest officials of the State Administration and together they form the Government of the Nation , which main decision-making-body is the Council of Ministers . The ministers are appointed and dismissed by the Monarch at the proposal of the Prime Minister. Both appointment and dismissal, to be effective, must to be published at

240-576: The Government Act allowed the Prime Minister to approve a Royal Decree ( secondary legislation ) designing the government structure. Currently, the Prime Minister only creates the Ministries and some of the highest bodies (like secretariats of State and Undersecretariats) while the principal internal organization is delegated into the ministers, which develop the structure of the bodies created by

264-841: The Menéndez Pelayo Society; and for postgraduates of the Medical Institute whose classes had formerly been located at the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital . These activities were interrupted by the Spanish Civil War and were not resumed until 1945, following the approval of an order that created the Menéndez Pelayo International University with headquarters in the Hospital of San Rafael in Santander. At

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288-514: The Premier or create new ones. The order of the Minister is also a royal decree signed the Monarch and countersigned by the minister responsible for the public administration at the proposal of the competent minister. The lowest bodies such as deputy directorates-general are created by a Ministerial Order (ranked below the royal decree) of the competent minister. The ministers are the superior heads of

312-422: The Premier, the ministers have autonomy to organize its own department and to appoint the high-ranking officials of the ministries. It exists the possibility of ministers without portfolio , which are minister-level officials entrusted with a specific task and that do not head a department. As of 2024, there are currently 22 ministerial departments. The Ministers or Government Ministers (historically Ministers of

336-614: The beginning of summer in 1949, the University returned to its former home in the Palacio de la Magdalena, courtesy of a grant from Don Juan de Borbón . Soon, given the increase in activity at the University, it became necessary to establish a campus at the Parque Atlántico de Las Llamas, also in Santander, with residential units as well as classrooms. Since 1983, UIMP has extended its activities to seven other cities and has introduced shorter (often self-contained) courses. Its stated objective

360-484: The department and direct hierarchical superiors of the secretaries of State. The executive bodies depend on the previous ones and they are hierarchically ordered among themselves in the following way: undersecretary, director general and deputy director general. The general secretaries have the rank of undersecretary and the technical general secretaries have the rank of director general. Ministerial hierarchy: The current Cabinet —the third government of Pedro Sánchez —

384-564: The department was disestablished and its functions returned to the Ministry of Science after years of insistence by the scientific and university community.. The ministry had two ministers: Manuel Castells (2020–2021) and Joan Subirats (2021–2023). The Department of Universities was structured in the following bodies: Office name: This article about government in Spain is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Spanish government departments The Spanish government departments , commonly known as Ministries , are

408-453: The extinction of all the ministerial structure that supports them. According to the Government Act, the ministers, as heads of their departments, have competence and responsibility in the specific sphere of their actions, and they are responsible for exercising the following functions: The ministers, as members of the Government, meet in the following collective bodies: The substitution of

432-597: The king by the Santander City Council. It first Rectors were the historian and philologist Ramón Menéndez Pidal and the eminent physicist Blas Cabrera Felipe . The same decree named poet and professor Pedro Salinas as Secretary General to recognize his role in providing inspiration for the new University. During the summers from 1933 to 1936, many courses were developed, with an emphasis on Spanish language and literature. These courses were designed for foreigners who, since 1926, had been receiving instruction at

456-399: The literary or scientific communities whose work has humanistic value, in the tradition of the University's namesake, Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo. Citizens of any Spanish or Portuguese speaking country are eligible. 43°28′22″N 3°47′43″W  /  43.47278°N 3.79528°W  / 43.47278; -3.79528 Ministry of Universities The Ministry of Universities was

480-473: The main bodies through which the Government of Spain exercise its executive authority . They are also the top level of the General State Administration . The ministerial departments and their organization are created by Royal Decree signed by the Monarch and the Prime Minister and all of them are headed by a Cabinet member called Minister. Although the main organization is established by

504-606: The management of a sector of administrative activity. The executive bodies that are assigned to them are hierarchically dependent on them. The ministries have, in any case, an Undersecretariat and, depending on it, a General Technical Secretariat for the management of common services ( HR , budget, assets, websites, security...). On the other hand are the Directorates-General , which are the management bodies of one or several functionally homogeneous areas. The directorates-general are organized in deputy directorates-general for

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528-404: The management of the competences entrusted to it. However, deputy directorates-general may be directly attached to other higher level management bodies or to higher bodies of the ministry. Before of the approval of the 1997 Government Act, the Ministries and Secretariats of State had to be created by law, normally by a direct law passed by the Government in the form of Royal Decree-Law . After,

552-452: The ministers must be determined by a Royal Decree of the Prime Minister, and always has to fall on another member of the Government. The Royal Decree must express the cause and character of the substitution. Since the entry into force of the Government Act in December 1997, substitutions have taken place on many occasions, either to assume the portfolio temporarily or to replace a minister in

576-513: Was created in 1932 by decree of the Second Spanish Republic , following a proposal by the Minister of Public Instruction, Fernando de los Ríos , under the name "International Summer University of Santander". Its headquarters were established at the Palacio de la Magdalena , which had been a summer residence for King Alfonso XIII from 1913 to 1930. The palace had originally been donated to

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