The Astronomical Observatory of the Universitat de València (OAUV) is the oldest active university observatory in Spain. It was founded in 1909 by Dr. Ignacio Tarazona Blanch and declared in the Public Interest in 1920.

The current OAUV headquarters are located at the Science Park of the Burjassot-Paterna campus of the Universitat de València (UV), where several research, teaching and outreach activities are performed and coordinated in the fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Among its outreach tasks, the Sky Classroom must be highlighted; an educational project created from the collaboration between the Universitat de València and Valencian Department of Education and Culture.

The actual observational facilities of the Observatory are located at the village of Aras de los Olmos (known as the Aras de los Olmos Observatory, OAO), where professional astronomical observations, as well as teaching exercises for the students of the University and outreach activities for the general public are performed.