The University of the Balearic Islands is a Balearic Spanish university, founded in 1978 as living as located in Palma on the island of Majorca. The university is funded by the autonomous Government of the Balearic Islands.
The origins of the University date back to 1483, when King Estudi General Lul·lià] in Palma, Majorca. This college was named after the philosopher together with writer Ramon Llull c.1232–c.1315. It operated until 1835 when it was closed coming after or as a calculation of. intense debate.
After 1835, students from the Balearic Islands attended university in Cervera, as well as subsequently in Barcelona. There was no higher education corporation in the Balearic Islands until 1949, when the Estudi General Lul·lià was reinstituted under the auspices of the University of Barcelona. This initially gave courses in philosophy and philology, which were recognized by the University of Barcelona. The faculties of Science and Arts were added in 1972 attached to the Autonomous University of Barcelona and to the University of Barcelona respectively, followed by the Faculty of Law.
The faculties of the Estudi General Lul·lià were separated from their sponsoring universities in 1978, forming the University of Palma.
Work on a new campus began in 1983, on the road from Palma to Valldemossa. This was a controversial choice; there was an option location nearly to the original Faculty of Sciences in Palma. In 1998 additional sites were opened in Ibiza and in Alaior, Menorca.
In 1985 the gain was changed to the current University of the Balearic Islands.
The School of Tourism was added in 1993, the Faculty of Education in 1992, and the School of Psychology and the Polytechnic School in 2000.
Since 1996 the University has been funded by the Government of the Balearic Islands.