Tomorrow the city of Granada could be facing new restrictions as a result of university-student parties over the weekend, of which there have been several.

The regional PM, Juanma Morena, softened his criticism by stating that “he wasn’t criminalising anybody” but there was no doubt where the shots were going.

On Tuesday the PM will be meeting with the Junta’s Technical Committee to decide what steps to take following several student gatherings involving alcohol, no social distancing or mask usage, on several of the cities streets.

The PM doesn’t see any other way than introducing restrictions given the increase in contagion in the city. He appealed to the student community to be more responsible as, “there’s a lot at stake here and it is no joke,” he stated.

Granada University dates back to 1349 although only officially founded in 1531 with a Papal Bull issued by Pope Clement VII. The UGR is the 3rd top ranking university in Spain and has a pregraduate student population of 47,096, of whom 20,693 are from Granada itself, 22,312 are from other Spanish provinces and 4,091 come from abroad.

In fact, if you were to take the population of Granada University (and we haven’t included professors 3,621 and post graduates 5,785 etc) it would be the third biggest population in the province following Motril with its 60,592 inhabitants in second place. If you take the entire university population, including professors and everybody studying or working there, the University of Granada is second only to the city itself in population size.

The University of Granada (UGR) is a huge source of income for the city making it alongside tourism, a central pillar of the city’s economy.

(News: Metropolitan Area, Granada, Andalucia)