Universidad de Córdoba (Spanish public university), founded in 1972, is located in the southern city of Cordoba, with eight departments, including veterinary medicine, science, philosophy and literature, law and business economics, education and science, as well as advanced agricultural and mountain engineering technology The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, the Faculty of Law and Business Economics, the Faculty of Education, and the Faculty of Advanced Agricultural and Mountain Engineering Technology, the Faculty of Advanced Polytechnics, the Belmez Polytechnic Institute, the Sacred Heart Teachers' College, and the Faculty of Nursing are among the five faculties.