The Ministry of Universities, Science and Innovation and Culture of the Government of the Canary Islands, headed by Migdalia Machín, has granted a subsidy of more than four million euros for the improvement of university infrastructures, distributed in two million for each of the two public universities of the Canary Islands.
In this regard, the councilor, Migdalia Machín, states that “this financial contribution will contribute to the intervention and improvement of university facilities that are necessary for the proper development of teaching activity, within the autonomy of the universities themselves to decide where to act.”.
The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will carry out a total of 144 interventions for an economic amount of €2,018,682.94, among which the following stand out: adaptation works of the External Fire Extinguishing Network of different buildings; works of enclosure of exterior and interior space in the General Library; various repairs in the electronics and telecommunications modules; improvement of the public lighting in the area of the Tafira Campus; interventions to improve accessibility and many other small interventions in the different centers of the academic institution.
For its part, the University of La Laguna will undertake 7 major works for a total amount of 2,146,944.32 euros, such as the preliminary project for the rehabilitation of interior courtyards and toilets of the César Manrique classroom building; various reforms in the Faculty of Law and in the Faculty of Pharmacy; interventions in the Medicine section of the Faculty of Health Sciences or the preliminary project for classroom reforms in the Biology section of the Faculty of Sciences, among others.
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