The University of
Almería (UAL) Science Week 2026 kicked off this Thursday, November 5, with a "Café con Ciencia" in the campus's Paraninfo, attended by 84 students from six schools in the province. The programme runs until Wednesday, November 11, with 16 activities spread across around fifty sessions, which are expected to draw nearly 1,200 students from almost 50 schools.
The "Café con Ciencia" was attended by the Azcona and Celia Viñas secondary schools, in Almería; El Palmeral, in Vera; Santa María del Águila, in El Ejido; La Mojonera, in that same town, and the Agave Education Centre, in Huércal de Almería. The students were divided into tables by field of knowledge —Arts and Humanities, Sciences, Engineering and Architecture, Social and Legal Sciences, and Medicine— led by researchers Javier Soto, Alba Hernández, Gracia Castro, Jesús López, Paqui Antequera and Pablo Campos.
The activities will reach schools in around ten towns: Almería, Huércal de Almería, Vera, La Mojonera, El Ejido, Roquetas de Mar, Pulpí, Vícar, Níjar, Alhama de Almería and Adra. Among the participants are primary and secondary schools, a juvenile centre, El Molino, and an adult education centre, the IPEP Almería. The most common format will be the workshop, with talks, games and interactive experiences on chemistry, mathematics, geology, robotics, biology, psychology and nutrition. All UAL faculties and the Higher School of Engineering (ESI) are taking part, as well as the Central Research Services and the research centres.
The initiative is organised by the Fundación Descubre with the collaboration of the UAL and funding from the Regional Ministry of University, Industry, Energy and Innovation of the Junta de Andalucía and the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), with the sponsorship of Cajamar. According to the Vice-Rector for Scientific Policy, José Antonio Sánchez, "we have had more than 70 applications from across the province" for around 50 activities. The UAL gives priority to the schools furthest from the campus and grants one activity per school in order to reach as many as possible.
The official opening was led by Sánchez, by Emilia Fernández, head of the Educational Planning Service of the Territorial Delegation of Education, and by José María Vargas, Central Zone director of Cajamar's Territorial Directorate.
Information on the programme is available at
the UAL Science Week page.
