thumb|upright|The "Old Tobacco Factory", now the university's main building The University of Seville (Universidad de Sevilla) is a university in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Founded under the name of Colegio Santa MarÃa de Jesús in 1505, in 2022 it has a student body of 57,214, and is ranked 6th among Spanish universities. Alexander IV recognized this foundation as a generale litterarum studium by the Papal Bull of 21 June 1260 and granted its members certain dispensations in the matter of reside...