Reality, reason and utopia in the project of the university of salamanca in the fifties

This paper is primarily concerned with a number of projects and reports about specific requirements that came out during the fifties at the University of Salamanca. The long history of this institution is still, for its richness and complexity, an essential object of study. Framed in the research devoted to the History of Universities, the paper describes and analyses, through the historical-educational approach, a particular aspect of this institution, projects and academics’ reports at a particular stage during Franco’s regime. On the other hand, the main aim of this paper is to serve as a stimulus for reflection on the trinominal: reality of the University under Franco’s regime - considerations about scholastic reasoning - utopian or feasible proposals. The atmosphere of discontent at the University,the need to reduce the dearth of research or the scarcity of resources will be overt issues in the reviewed documents.