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Departments

According to Article 8.1 of the University Reform Law (LRU) and Article 13 of the Statutes of the UPV/EHU, the Departments are the basic bodies responsible for organizing and developing the research and teachings of their area/s of knowledge in one or more faculties.

Departments and Departmental Sections:

 

CLASSICAL STUDIES
The department includes six different knowledge areas: Slavonic studies, Greek Philology, Latin Philology, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ancient History and Indo-European Linguistics
Head: Alejandro Martínez Sobrino
Administrative Secretary: Miren Aristondo Iciar
Tel.: 945-013184

 

CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

This Department is located in the Faculty of Social and Communication Sciences (Leioa), and has a Departmental Section at this Faculty.
Section coordinator: Guillermo Marin

 

ENGLISH AND GERMAN STUDIES and TRANSLATION & INTERPRETING

This Department includes the following areas: English Studies, German Philology and Translation.

Head: Amaia Ibarraran Vigalondo

Administrative Secretary's office: María Estibaliz Saez Jausoro
Tel.: 945-013183

 

GEOGRAPHY, PREHISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
This department comprises five areas of knowledge: Human Geography, Regional Geographical Analysis, Physical Geography, Prehistory and Archaeology.
Head: Orbange Ormaetxea Arenaza
Administrative Secretary: José Ramón Calavia Ruiz de Larrinaga
Tel.: 945-013189

 

PUBLIC POLICY AND ECONOMIC HISTORY
This Department is located at the Faculty of Economics and Business (Bilbao-Sarriko), and has a Departmental Section at this Faculty.
Section coordinator: Mario García Zuñiga

 

HISTORY OF ART AND MUSIC
This Department is located in the Faculty of Fine Arts (Leioa), and has a Departmental Section at this Faculty.
Head: Javier Muñoz Fernández

 

PHILOLOGY AND HISTORY

This department is separated into three Departmental Sections:

  • French Philology
  • Hispanic Philology, Romance and Literature Theory
  • Medieval, Modern and American History

Head: Isabel Muguruza Roca
Administrative Secretary: Arantza San Pedro
Tel.: 945-013185

 

LINGUISTICS AND BASQUE STUDIES
This department comprises three areas of knowledge: Basque Philology, General Linguistics and Languages and Culture of the Middle East.
Head: Beatriz Fernández Fernández
Administrative Secretary: Izaskun Sagasti Saez
Tel.: 945-013187

 

Departments with teaching activity at the Faculty that do not have a Departmental Section:

  • Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department
  • Department of Administrative and Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law
  • Department of Philosophy 
  • Department of Geology 
  • Department of Mathematics 
  • Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgy and Materials Science 
  • Department of Philosophy of Values and Social Anthropology 
  • Department of Sociology and Social Work 
  • Painting Department