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The UCMThe UCM
The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) is the largest university in Spain and one of the most prestigious in Europe.
Its teaching and research centers are mainly on the Moncloa Campus, in the “Ciudad Universitaria”, and on the Somosaguas Campus. There are also some other buildings in the centre of Madrid.
The UCM is strategically located in Spain’s capital city, and is easy to reach from anywhere in the Community of Madrid by metro, bus and commuter train and cycle lane. In addition with links between the two campuses.
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The Moncloa Campus Project identifies six thematic clusters: Global change and new energies; Materials for the future; AgriFood and health; Innovation in health; Heritage and Sustainable mobility.
Moncloa CampusMoncloa Campus. Campus of International Excellence
In december 2009 Spain’s Ministry of Education recognized the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) as partners in an International Campus of Excellence, Moncloa Campus.
The Complutense University of Madrid traces its origins to the Estudio de Escuelas Generales de Alcalá, founded by King Sancho IV of Castille in 1293.
1499: Cardinal Cisneros founds the “Complutum”, the predecessor of today’s university, in the town of Alcalá de Henares.
1509: The University has five faculties.
1836: Under the reign of Isabel II, the university is moved to Madrid where it took the name Universidad Central.
1927: Construction begins on the Moncloa campus on land granted by King Alfonso XIII.
1970: The Central University is renamed the Complutense and the Somosaguas Campus is created.
2013: The Complutense University is now the largest university in Madrid and one of the most important universities in Spain and in Europe.
Five Centuries ofFive Centuries of History
Fernando de los Ríos Urruti (1879 -1949)José Ortega y Gasset (1883 -1955)Américo Castro Quesada (1885 -1972)Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo (1887 -1960)Clara Campoamor (1888 -1972)Juan Negrín López (1892 -1956)Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz y Menduiña (1893 -1984)Victoria Kent Siano (1898 -1987)Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (1898 -1990)José Gaos y González Pola (1900 -1969)María Zambrano (1904 -1991)Severo Ochoa (1905 -1993)Enrique Tierno Galván (1918 -1986)…
Important NamesImportant NamesElio Antonio de Nebrija (1444 -1522) Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562 -1635)Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas (1580 -1645)Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744 -1811)Fermín Caballero (1800-1876)Manuel Colmeiro Penido (1818-1897)Emilio Castelar y Ripoll (1832 -1899)Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso (1838-1908)Francisco Giner de los Ríos (1839 -1915)Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852 -1934)Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869 -1968)Julián Besteiro Fernández (1870 -1940)Blas Cabrera y Felipe (1878 -1945)
Albert Einstein (Science)Alexander Fleming (Science)Ramón Carande y Tovar (Economics/Business Administration)Albert L. M. G. de Vuyst (Veterinary Science)Fernand Braudel (Political Science, Economics/Business)Antonio Domínguez Ortiz (Geography and History)Ramón Castroviejo Briones (Medicine)Norberto Bobbio (Law)Andrés Segovia Torres (Information Sciences)Miguel Delibes Setién (Information Sciences)Francisco Ayala (Philology)Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre (Geography and History)Umberto Eco (Philology)Karl Popper (Economics and Business Administration)Rafael Alberti (Philology)Manuel E. Patarroyo Murillo (Medicine)Ernst Jünger (Philosophy)Adolfo Suárez González (Political Science and Sociology)James C. I. Dooge (Geology)Antoni Tàpies (Fine Arts)Martín E. P. Seligman (Psychology)Ivan K. Schuller (Physics)Claudio Magris (Philosophy)Gonzalo Halffter (Biology)Valentín Fuster (Medicine)Ferit Orhan Pamuk (Philology)
Rita Levi-Montalcini (Medicine)Amartya D. Sen (Economics/Business Administration)Paul H. Rabinowitz (Mathematics)Stanley A. Plotkin (Medicine)Willy J. Malaisse (Medicine)Miguel León-Portilla (Geography and History)Christa Wolf (Philology)Anthony J. Leggett (Physics)Niels Birbaumer (Psychology)Mario J. Molina-Pasquel (Chemistry)Harold W. Kroto (Chemistry)Nuria Espert (Geography and History)Mauricio Pollíni (Philology)Pedro M. Echenique Landirivar (Physics)Patrick Washington Serruys (Medicine)Carlos Saura Atarés (Information Sciences)José Antonio Ocampo (Economics/Business Administration)Edmund Valpy Knox Fitzgerald (Economics/Business Administration)Elena Poniatowska Amor (Philology)Vincent Bernard (Geography and History)Giuseppe de Vergottini (Law)Derek C. Bok, Real Colegio Complutense (Harvard)Germán Velásquez Aragón (Medicine)…
Doctors Honoris CDoctors Honoris Causa
Historical HeritagHistorical Heritage
Museums (13)
• Museum of Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy • “Javier Puerta” Museum of Anatomy • “Profesor Reverte Coma” Museum of Medical, Forensic,
Palaeopathological and Criminal Anthropology • Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology • Museum of Astronomy and Geodesy • Hispanic Pharmacy Museum • Museum of Geology • “García-Santesmases” Museum of Computer
Technology • “Manuel Bartolomé Cossío” History of Education
Laboratory • “Luis de la Macorra” Museum of Odontology • Optics• Pedagogical Museum of Children’s Art • Complutense Veterinary Museum
Historical HeritagHistorical Heritage
Collections (16)
• “José María Prieto” Collection • Entomology Collection• Ethnobotany Collection• “Gómez Pamo” Plant Histology Collection • Historical Drug Collection • Mineralogy Collection (Faculty of Pharmacy) • Mineralogy Collection (Faculty of Geology) • Model Collection for the teaching of Botany • Numismatic Collection • Science and Technical Heritage Collection• History and Art Heritage Collection • Pedagogical Collection of Textiles • UCM Palaeontology Collections • Herbarium of the Faculty of Biological Sciences • Herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy • “Luis Simarro” Bequest
Personnel. Year 2015
5,904 teaching and research staff368 researchers and trainee staff4,232 administration and service staff (PAS)• 1,724 PAS (civIl servant)• 2,508 PAS (labour contract)
Complutense QuiComplutense Quick Facts
Students. Academic Year 2014-2015
78,117 students enrolled• 52,481 in bachelor’s degrees• 5,108 in master’s degrees• 8,188 in doctoral programmes• 4,875 in existing degree courses (to be
discontinued)• 7,465 in associated centers
7,441 foreign students enrolled• 1,740 EU• 313 Europe (non-EU)• 80 N. America• 3,206 America (excluding N. America)• 347 Africa• 1,750 Asia• 5 Oceania
87 student associations
Complutense QuiCenters
26 faculties9 associated centers37 university institutes and research centers7 schools for professional specialization185 departments36 departmental sections18 research assistance centers and ICTS14 clinics and hospitals5 university residences UCM2 centers abroad
The Library
32 libraries3,000,000 volumes
Studies
284 official degree programmes. Year 2015-2016 • 71 bachelor’s degrees• 10 double bachelor’s degrees• 155 master’s degrees• 57 doctoral programmes
182 Complutense qualifications. Year 2015-2016• 114 unofficial master’s degrees• 31 university specialization courses• 37 university expert courses
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Arts and Humanities
Bachelor’s Degrees (17)• Archaeology • Fine Arts • Cultural Heritage: Conservation and Restoration • Design • Spanish Language and Literature • Spanish-German Studies • English Studies • Semitic and Islamic Studies • Classical Philology • Philosophy • History • Art History • Modern Languages and Literature • Applied Linguistics and Languages • General and Comparative Literature • Musicology • Translation and Interpretation
Educational OppoEducational Opportunities
Educational OppoEducational Opportunities
• History of Contemporary Art and Visual Culture • History and Anthropology of America • History and Science in the Ancient World • Research in Art and Creation • Research in Spanish Language • English Literature: New Applications and International
Communication • Spanish Literature• Latin-American Literature • Spanish and Latin-American Music • Written Heritage• Spanish and Latin American Thought • Psychoanalysis and Theory of Culture • Theatre and Performing Arts • Literary Translation
Arts and Humanities
Master’s Degrees (36)• Archaeology of the Mediterranean in Classical
Antiquity • Prehistoric Archaeology • Art Therapy and Education for Social Inclusion • Religious Studies • Cultural Heritage Conservation• Contemporary Culture: Literature, Artistic Institutions
and Cultural Communication (IU. Ortega y Gasset)• Design• Art Education in Social and Cultural Institutions• Epistemology of Natural and Social Sciences • Creative Writing • Spanish as a Second Language • Advanced Studies in Museums and Historical-Artistic
Heritage • Advanced Studies in Philosophy • Advanced Studies in the History of Spanish Art • Feminist Studies • European Intercultural Studies • Literary Studies • Medieval Studies • Classical Philology • Applied French Language (Spanish-French Master) • Contemporary History • History of the Spanish Monarchy
Educational OppoEducational Opportunities
Sciences
Bachelor’s Degrees (8)• Biology • Biochemistry • Food Science and Technology• Physics Physics • Geology • Mathematics • Mathematics and Statistics• Chemistry
Educational OppoEducational Opportunities
• New Electronic and Photonic Technologies• Advanced Palaeontology • Geological Processes and Resources• Organic Chemistry • Ecosystem Restoration • Optics and Imaging Technologies • Zoology
Sciences
Master’s Degrees (29)• Physical Anthropology: Human Evolution and
Biodiversity • Astrophysics • Conservation Biology • Evolutionary Biology • Applied Plant Biology• Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine • Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology• Chemical Sciences and Technologies • Ecology • Energy• Biomedical Physics • Nuclear Physics • Theoretical Physics• Genetics and Cellular Biology • Environmental Geology • Disaster Management• Advanced Math • Meteorology and Geophysics• Microbiology and Parasitology: R&D • Molecular Nano-and Bio-photonics for
Telecommunications and Biotechnologies (Erasmus Mundus)
• Nanophysics and Advanced Materials• Neuroscience
Educational OppoEducational Opportunities
Health Sciences
Bachelor’s Degrees (12)• Nursing • Pharmacy • Physiotherapy • Speech Pathology• Medicine • Human Nutrition and Dietetics
• Dentistry• Optics and Optometry• Chiropody • Psychology • Occupational Therapy• Veterinary Science
Educational OppoEducational Opportunities
Health Sciences
Master’s Degrees (23)• Health Analysis • Dental Science • Drug Discovery• Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology • Introduction to Mental Health Research• Speech Therapy Intervention• Biomedical Science Research • Vision Science Research • Veterinary Science Research • Health Care Research • Immunology Research • Behavioural and Health Sciences Methodology • Microbiology and Parasitology: R&D • Applied Human Nutrition and Dietetics• Optometry and Vision • Health Expertise• Animal Production and Health• Psychopharmacology and Drug Abuse• Psychogerontology • General Health Care Psychology• Health, Integration and Disabilities • Swine Health and Production• Virology
Educational OppoEducational OpportunitiesSocial Sciences and Law
Bachelor’s Degrees (25)• Business Administration and Management • Social and Cultural Anthropology • Political Sciences • Commerce • Audiovisual Communication • Criminology • Law • Spanish and French Law • Economics • Social Pedagogy • Applied Statistics • Finance, Banking and Insurance• Geography and Spatial Planning
• Management and Public Administration• Information and Documentation • Pre-school Teacher • Primary Education Teacher • Pedagogy • Journalism • Advertising and Public Relations • International Relations • Labour Relations and Human Resources • Sociology • Social Work • Tourism
Educational OppoEducational Opportunities
Social Sciences and Law
Master’s Degrees (62) • 4 Cities: Unica Euromaster in Urban Studies. Eras Mundus• Access to the Profession of Lawyer• Business Management and Administration (MBA) • Economic Analysis of Law (IU. Ortega y Gasset)• Political Analysis • Socio-Cultural Analysis of Communication and Knowledge • Early Care: Prevention, Detection and Intervention in
Developmental Disorders and LearningAuditing and Accounting• Banking and Quantitative Finance • Actuarial and Financial Science • Electronic Commerce• Audiovisual Communication for the Digital Age• Organizational Communication • Social Communication • Consumption and Trade• Banking, Markets and Financial Institutions Law (CUNEF)• Current and Comparative Spanish Law • International Law • Parliamentary Law, Elections and Legislative Studies • Territorial Dynamics and Development • Hotel and Catering Business Management • Economics • International Economics and Development • Innovation Economics and Management • Special Education• Advanced Financial and Tax Law• Advanced Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology • Advanced Studies in Political Communication • Advanced Studies in Social Education • Advanced Studies in Labour and Employment • Advanced Studies in Islam in Contemporary European Society (EMUI)
• European Union and the Mediterranean: Historical, Cultural, Political, Economicand Social Basis (EMUI)
• Business Finance • Teacher Training for Secondary and Vocational Education and Language
Teaching • Documentation, Library and Archive Management • Government and Public Administration • Gender Equality in the Social Sciences • Financial Institutions and Markets (CUNEF)• Contemporary Latin-American Studies. International University Master• Research in Business Management, Marketing and Accountancy • Research in Education• Journalism Research: Discourse and Communication • Democratic Leadership and Political Communication • Defence Logistics and Financial Management • Environment: Human and Socio-Economic Dimensions • Social Sciences Research Methodology: Innovation and Applications • Research Methods and Techniques Applied to Social Work• Data Mining and Business Intelligence • Women and Health • Audiovisual Heritage. History, Restoration and Management • Professional Multimedia Journalism • Planning and Management of Tourist Destinations• Defence Policy and International Security• International Politics: Sector and Area Studies • Occupational Risk Prevention. Specialty in Applied Ergonomics and
Psychosociology• Educational Psychology• Work, Organizational and Human Resource Management Psychology • Social Psychology • Psychopedagogy• Applied Sociology: Social Problems • Geographic Information Technologies • Community Social Work, Evaluation and Management of Social Services
Educational OppoEducational Opportunities
Engineering
Bachelor’s Degrees (8)• Video Game Development• Computer Engineering • Electronic Communications Engineering • Geological Engineering • Computer Science Engineering• Mathematical Engineering • Materials Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Software Engineering
Master’s Degrees (6)• Control Systems Engineering • Geological Engineering • Computer Engineering• Mathematical Engineering • Chemical Engineering: Process
Engineering• Statistical and Computational Data
Processing
Educational OppoEducational Opportunities
Double Bachelor’s Degrees (10)
• Political Sciences - Philosophy• Law - Business Administration • Law - Political Sciences • Law - Philosophy • Law - Labour Relations and Human Resources • Economics - Mathematics and Statistics• Histoy - Classical Philology• Computer Engineering - Mathematics • Mathematics - Physics• Sociology - Intenational Relations and
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Complutense Qualifications
These are specialized in-house courses, not included in the official degree plans, which offer opportunities for professional, scientific and technical development and specialization.
The UCM offers 182 Complutense Qualifications:• 114 unoffcial master’s degrees• 31 university specialization courses• 37 university expert courses
Lifelong Learning
The lifelong learning courses respond to society’s demand to update different kinds of knowledge and to develop personal and professional competences.
The different course types available include: • Lifelong Learning Diplomas• Lifelong Learning Certificate Courses
Continuing EducaContinuing Education
Other Training anOther Training and Learning Opportunities
Center for Modern Languages
The Center for Modern Languages provides students with an effective modern language learning resource within the university itself, with 32 languages available.
University for more Mature Students
The end aim is to create an academic-scientific-cultural space for the over 55s. At present the Programme has two cycles: the First Cycle includes three academic years of 150 hours per year; the Second Cycle includes specialization seminars of 45 hours per year.
Complutense Center for Spanish Teaching
The Complutense Center for Spanish Teaching offers Spanish language and culture courses for foreign students, especially those from the European Higher Education Area.
Student ServicesStudent ServicesThe Student House. The Center for students and their associations, with a permanent presence in many different academic professional and personal areas.
COIE. The Center for Employment Orientation and Information assists students and Complutense graduates to find their place in the labour market.
Compluemprende. The University Enterprise Office, created to offer support for members of the University and their business projects. It includes the Advice and Information Center for the Campus Enterprise Programme, which is part of the Madrid Community’s Portal de Emprendedores.
Virtual Campus. Aims to support traditional, face-to-face learning, offering a series of services to facilitate and broaden communication between students and teachers.
Student ServicesStudent Services
Studentships and grants. These may be general, for mobility, collaboration, excellent academic performance, for people with disabilities, for study abroad… and UCM Practical Training Scholarships.
University Residences.The UCM has 38 student residences, 5 belonging to the University and 33 public or privately owned.
UCMtic. The UCM has computer rooms to encourage the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Your access is free of charge.
Student Insurance.Students of the UCM under the age of 28 have, among other benefits, the right to medical assistance and drug benefits.
Current Research Plans
• EU Research Plan (Framework Programme)
• National Plan for Research & Development and Technological Innovation
• Community of Madrid Regional Plan • UCM Research Plans
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Office of ResearchSupport
• European R&D Office • OTRI: the Research Knowledge
Transfer.• Office network support research
centers UCM
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• UCM Vivarium • Archaeometry and Archaeological Analysis • Brain Mapping• Ultra-Rapid Laser Center• Cytometry and Fluorescence Microscopy• X-Ray Diffraction • Mass Spectrometry• Correlations Spectroscopy• Genomics and Proteomics • Geochronology and Geochemical Isotopes• ICTS National for Electronic Microscopy Center• Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Laboratory• Elemental Microanalysis• Nuclear Magnetic and Electron-Spin Resonance• Research Assistance Workshops:
Modeling/Simulation/Graphics, Electronic, Mechanical, Glass
• Behavioral Analysis Techniques• Physical Techniques • Geological Techniques
Research Assistance Centers and ICTS (18)
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University Institutes and Research Centers (37)
• Economic Analysis • Industrial and Financial Analysis • Science of Administration • Environmental Sciences • Mathematics • Musical Sciences • Religious Studies • Criminology • Comparative Law • European Law and Regional Integration• Parliamentary Law• Human Rights• Development and Cooperation Aid• Drug Addiction• Embryology • Biofunctional Studies• International Studies • Critical Legal Studies• Political Studies for Latin America and Africa
• Euro-Mediterranean University Institute (EMUI)• Healthcare Evaluation• Industrial Pharmacy• Geosciences• Neurochemical Research• Feminist Research • “Ramón Castroviejo” Ophthalmologic Research Center• Modern Language and Translation • Applied Magnetism • Interdisciplinary Mathematics • Mediation and Conflict Management• Methodology and History of Legal Science • “Ortega y Gasset” Institute • Pluridisciplinary Institute • “Menéndez Pidal” Seminar • Madrid Theatre• Institute Knowledge Technology • Social Transformations
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Near 600 Research Groups
Madrid Science Park
Joint initiative by the “Universidad Complutense de Madrid” (UCM) and “Universidad Autónoma de Madrid" (UAM) to encourage quality scientific research.
935 international cooperation agreements in 77 countries675 in Europe217 in the Americas27 in Asia13 in Africa7 in Oceania
UCM Centers outside Spain“Real Colegio Complutense” at HarvardCollège des Hautes Études Européennes "Miguel Servet" (Paris)
Erasmus ProgrammesErasmus + NILS, Europaeum, DAAD, Erasmus Mundus, Jean Monet, Erasmus PAP, Tempus…
International ConInternational Context
Complutense Arts Center (c arte c)This museum-based area offers a view of the historical and artistic heritage and also acts as a dynamic forum for new art trends, culture and social integration.
Music• Concerts • Music on Campus • UCM Symphony Orchestra• The Complutense University Choir • Choral groups (“Coro Microcosmos”,
“Cantores de Santo Tomás”, “Coro Gospel” and “Capilla Renacentista”)
• The Chamber Orchestra• The Pulse and Plectrum Orchestra• “Complutense Big Band”
Complutense University Spanish Dance GroupCinema and TheatrePlastic ArtsSummer Course in “El Escorial”The Complutense Summer SchoolComplutense Latin American SchoolYouth Prize
Cultural ActivitiesCultural Activities
The UCM has five large sports facilities on campus.
The UCM competes in a wide range of sports: basketball, football, indoor football, rugby, volleyball, handball, etc.
Sports School: tennis, padel tennis, swimming, yoga, bodybuilding, belly dancing, gym jazz, self-defence, pilates, fitness…
Open schedule for individual sport at the sports centers.
Program Helps High Level Athletes.
• Official In-house Competition “Trofeo Rector”• Madrid University Championships• Spanish University Championships• Cross• Chess tournament…
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Develop and maintain a reputation for educational excellence.
Attract and retain highly qualified personnel.
Enhance the educational experience for personnel and students.
Remain committed to internationally competitive research.
Contribute with our knowledge to the overall growth of resources in the European Community.
Encourage the admission of students from different cultures.
International AgeInternational Agenda
Services to the UCM university community (students, teaching staff, administrative and service staff).
Medical and psychological assistance.
Family Care (financial assistance, summer school, etc.).
Gender Equality Unit.
Office for Attention to Diversity and Inclusion.
Social PolicySocial Policy
Population: with around 3,165,000 inhabitants, Madrid is the 3rd largest city in the EU in terms of population.
Area: 605,8 Km².
Transport: 13 Metro lines (the second biggest underground network in W. Europe); about 200 city bus routes, more than 300 suburban bus routes, light metro, 10 commuter train lines, the AVE, “Adolfo Suárez” Madrid-Barajas international airport…
Universities: Madrid has 7 public and 8 private universities.
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Museums: more than 70 including the outstanding“Museo del Prado ““Centro de Arte Reina Sofía “Thyssen-Bornemisza
Most famous buildings and monumentsRoyal PalaceTemple “Debod”“Cibeles“ Square“Puerta de Alcalá““Neptuno” Square“Plaza Mayor”
Parks and Gardens including the famous“El Retiro” Park“Real Jardín Botánico”“Sabatini” Gardens“Campo del Moro” GardensWest Park
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The city of Madrid is renowned worldwide for the number of trees adorning its streets.
In addition, the city has more than 130 libraries, including the National Library; almost 200 cultural centers, 5 newspaper and journal libraries, more than 50 cinemas and approximately 70 theatres and 200 art galleries.
Departamento de Estudios e Imagen Corporativa UCM
