More than a million young people studying in the nearly forty Spanish public universities. Universities are also the core of scientific and technical research.
The Spanish people are a mixture of indigenous peoples of the Iberian peninsula with others that were successively conquering its territory, occupying it for different periods of time.
The inhabitants of this very varied country have few things in common except for a natural sociability and a zest for living. Spaniards commonly put as much energy into enjoying life as they do into their work.
