Instituto Universitario de Urbanística Universidad de Valladolid

The Instituto Universitario de Urbanistica, IUU, as University Research Institute, is a centre of the University of Valladolid whose specific purpose is to develop scientific and technical research, postgraduate and doctorate teaching and lifelong education in the area of Urban and Regional Planning, from an interdisciplinary perspective, which involves fields of knowledge such as Architecture, Geography, Law, History, Economics and all those related to the analysis, territorial planning, designing, urban planning and construction of cities and territories.

The IUU was promoted by a group of professors from the School of Architecture of the University of Valladolid, in collaboration with people from other centres and universities, thinking in an interdisciplinary perspective from the outset. The Board of Governors of the University of Valladolid gave an initial approval on December 20, 1990, and the UVa’s Social Council finally adopted as Research Institute on 24th April 1991, since the IUU began acting as such.