University of the Balearic Islands Valldemossa. This was a controversial choice; there was an alternative location near to the original Faculty of Sciences in Palma. In 1998 additional sites were opened in Ibiza and in Alaior, Menorca. In 1985 the name was changed to the current University of the Balearic Islands. The School of Tourism was added in 1993, the Faculty of Education in 1992, and the School of Psychology and the Polytechnic School in 2000. Since 1996 the University has been funded by the Government of the Balearic Islands. The Palma de Mallorca Metro links the university campus to the city of Palma. This
Balearic Islands declined between 2007 and 2017 while the largest-increasing populations were the Moroccans, Italians, and Romanians. Each one of the three main islands is administered, along with its surrounding minor islands and islets, by an insular council ("consell insular" in Catalan) of the same name. These four insular councils are the first level of subdivision in the autonomous community (and province) of the Baleares. Before the administrative reform of 1977, the two insular councils of Ibiza and Formentera were forming in a single one (covering the whole group of the Pitiusic Islands). This level is further subdivided into six comarques only