The Universitat Jaume I (UJI) is a public university created in 1991. The Valencian Parliament approves the Law establishing the Universitat Jaume I on 19 February 1991. The new public university for the northern counties of the Valencian Community was set up, inheriting the traditions of the Teacher Training College, founded in 1901, the University College of Castelló, and the Institute of Ceramic Technology, both of which were founded in 1969.

The UJI is a public higher education institution orientated towards innovation as a means of socially, culturally and economically developing its environment through the creation and critical transmission of knowledge, the promotion of the potential of its human capital, and a proactive orientation towards both its area of influence and its international presence.