Education
Murcia has two universities:
- one public university: the University of Murcia, founded in 1912.
- one private university: the Catholic University Saint Anthony, founded in 1996.
There are several high schools, elementary schools, and professional schools. Murcia has three types of schools for children: private schools such as El Limonar International School, Murcia (an English language school) and King's College, Murcia (a British international school), semi-private schools (concertado), which are private schools that receive government funding and sometimes offer religious instruction, and public schools such as Colegio Publico (CP) San Pablo or the centenary CP Cierva Peñafiel, one of the oldest ones.
The private schools and concertados can be religious (Catholic) or secular, but the public schools are strictly secular. Concertado schools fill a need by providing schools where the government isn't able to or predate the national school system.
Instituto Licenciado Cascales is one of the oldest in the city, built in 1724, and perhaps the most emblematic.
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