The European University of the Atlantic (UNEATLANTICO) will invest €30 million in two new plots of land that will house a new residence hall and sports complex in the Cantabria Science and Technology Park. The rector, Rubén Calderón, together with the Minister of Industry, Eduardo Arasti, visited the two new plots acquired by the university.
After thirteen years in the Cantabria Science and Technology Park, UNEATLANTICO is strengthening its presence in the region’s knowledge and industry ecosystem with the expansion of these infrastructures.
The new residence will be located just 100 metres from the university campus and will have a built area of around 11,000 square metres, offering around 240 accommodation places, distributed in studios and apartments, with single and double rooms. In addition, it will include the services already available at the current UNEATLANTICO residence, also located on the university campus: reception, laundry, study rooms, leisure room and other common areas designed for the well-being of residents. It should be noted that the start of these works is scheduled for 2026.
UNEATLANTICO has also acquired another plot of land, where its current sports complex is located, to expand its sports facilities and adjacent areas, with a view to strengthening its CITICAN research centre’s research, training and technology transfer activities in the fields of health and sport. The current sports facilities will include tennis, paddle tennis, volleyball, pickleball and 3×3 basketball courts, as well as athletics tracks with a jumping pit, a multi-sport sports centre and a building that will house various services.
In addition, Arasti highlighted the cumulative investment of more than €80 million by the Ibero-American University Foundation (FUNIBER) in academic infrastructure and equipment, laboratories, residences and sports facilities, ‘opening up new educational opportunities for Cantabrian students and making Santander an attractive university destination for both national and international students, and Cantabria one of the Spanish regions with the highest level of internationalisation among its university students,’ as detailed by the rector of UNEATLANTICO.
This second residence hall will help to expand the university’s capacity, as well as ‘continue to offer a quality academic and residential environment for students, teachers and researchers, which will help more members of the university community to have new accommodation options,’ For its part, the expansion of the sports facilities ‘will promote sports and research activities related to health and physical performance,’ according to the university’s rector, Rubén Calderón.