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II GREAT PLACES TO STUDY

EXCELLENCE

IN GRADUATE

EDUCATION

Management and Coordination Team:

Madrid Global

IESE Business School

Design and Layout:

Cromotex, S.A.


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GREAT PLACES TO STUDY1

2. WHY MADRID?

24. MADRID, EXCELLENCE IN GRADUATE EDUCATION

32. GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCHINSTITUTIONS

33. Site plan

34. AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITYOF MADRID

38. CARLOS III UNIVERSITY, MADRID

42. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITYOF MADRID

46. COMILLAS PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY

48. REY JUAN CARLOS UNIVERSITY

50. TECHNICAL UNIVERSITYOF MADRID

54. UNIVERSITY OF ALCAL

58. CIEMAT

62. CSIC: SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCHCOUNCIL

66. EOI SCHOOL FOR INDUSTRIALORGANIZATION

70. ESADE

74. IE BUSINESS SCHOOL(INSTITUTO DE EMPRESA)

76. IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL

80. RESOURCE DIRECTORY

Index

Spain

Madrid


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Madrid is the capital o Spain and o the Madrid Region.

6.5 million inhabitants in its Metropolitan Area and 3.3 million

in the Capital. It is the third most populous city in the Euro-

pean Union.

Capital o Spanish language and culture.

Europes third largest metropolitan area ater Paris and London.

Fourth richest city in Europe.

Home to the Cortes Generales- the Spanish Houses o

Parliament - the Government o Spain, and the home o the

Spanish Royal Family

Location: 40 2513 N 3 4221 W 40 2513 N 3

4221 W. Central zone o the Iberian Peninsula.

Average height above sea level: 667 m.

Average temperature: 12 C.

Area: 605.77 km.

Income per capita in Madrid is $40,000 and contributes 18%

o the total national GDP.

Barajas Airport, with annual passenger trafc o 50 million,

is the ourth largest in Europe and tenth in the world. It is

connected by metro and bus to the centre o the city.

The Madrid metro is the second largest underground network

in the world.

There are fve transport interchanges that connect the city bus

network to the metro and railways.

Madrid is linked by high-speed trains to the main Spanish

cities.

WHY MADRID?

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Where should I go to get my graduate education? Graduating students

throughout the world decide every year to travel abroad or their masters or

doctoral degrees and ace the dilemma o choosing the right place to study and

live, perhaps or their very rst international experience, and the number o young

people deciding to come to Madrid is increasing every year, so why Madrid?

Madrid is not just any city; it is a place ull o energy and passion with a

favour o its own, rich in heritage to explore, ull o spice and yet ocused and

highly sophisticated. In Madrid international students soon nd themselves

integrated into a multicultural environment to enjoy a city packed with

creativity and un where learning comes easy.

As the nancial, political and cultural centre o Spain, Madrid is a

modern, cosmopolitan city with a strong economy and a vibrant lie. In recent

years the growth and development o Madrid have placed it rmly within the

network o global cities as the third great European metropolis and as the

economic and cultural capital o the Spanish Speaking World.

The City o Madrid has a population o nearly three million people and is also

the capital o the Madrid Region (Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid). This regionis the economic powerhouse o Spain and also o Southern Europe; its six million

inhabitants and their readiness to succeed make it possible every day... and night.

As a large metropolitan area, Madrid is tirelessly striving to attract

productive investment, new technology businesses, scientic capability,

creative talent, international institutions, a steady fow o tourists, and the

staging o important events. Indeed, Madrid now stands out in many o theseaspects over other major cities.

A ully internationalised education system and a commitment to innovation

give the public universities o Madrid a quality o education o worldwide

renown. Moreover, Madrid is home to a growing number o prestigious scientic

institutions and research centres, and is one o the ew European capitals to

boast not one, but several o the nest business schools in the world.


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Competitive

and connected

The gentle swaying o the metro train

is more noticeable when there are

ewer people. With his suitcase beside

him, he watches the other passengers.

Sometimes, ater the nal session o the

week o his Masters program, Bernard

travels to Berlin to see his parents.

Although hes a bit late out o the

Technical University o Madrid and the

airport is on the outskirts o the City,

Metro line 8 has a station just a ew

minutes rom the campus that will whisk

him directly to Terminal 4, rom where

his plane departs. He has always loved

to fy -perhaps thats why he chose to

specialise in Aerospace Engineering.

Madrid oers an ideal setting or businessdevelopment and acilitates access tointernational markets and this is why a

large number o multinational corporations

call Madrid their home.

Madrid is a highly competitive city inthe international arena. It is actually the

third European city in attraction o oreign

direct investment. The most internationally

competitive sectors o Madrids economy are

Financial: The Madrid Stock Exchangeis ranked 4th in importance in Europe.

Two o the ten major global banks have

their headquarters in the City. Energy: Some o the most outstanding

breakthroughs in renewable energies

came out o research centres and

corporations based in Madrid and the

largest private companies operating

solar thermal platorms and wind

generators are rom Madrid.

Inrastructure: Six o the ten largesttransport-inrastructure companies in

the world have their headquarters in

Madrid.

Urban: Madrid has a unique clustero companies specialized in providing


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urban, environmental and utility

services and solutions or cities around

the globe.

Aerospace: Madrid has a strategic levelo participation in one o the most in-

fuential sectors in the global economicoutlook.

Telecom: Madrid and its telecom com-panies are present in all the continents,

especially in emerging economies.

Madrid is woring towards implementingthe Inormation Society and its RelatedTechnologies so as to equip itsel with

next-generation networks that reach 100Mbps, in order to ensure that the most

advanced services available on broadband

orm an integral part o business and

everyday lie in the city.

Madrid is a model o efciency andphysical connectivity with an unrivalledsystem o urban and intercity public

transport. The city has a modern andversatile transport inrastructure including

Barajas Airport, the ourth largest airport

in Europe and tenth in the world in terms

o passenger trac. The Metro route links

the airport with Nuevos Ministeriosstation,

located in the very centre o Madrid, with

a journey time o just 15-20 minutes and

a cost o only 2.

The Madrid Metro system is the second

largest in the world and an icon o urban

mobility that ranks Madrid amongst the

worlds best-connected cities. The city also

has a large networ o commuter trains and

a high-speed service that allows travel to

major cities such as Barcelona or Seville

in record time.

To integrate these multiple orms o

urban mobility, Madrid has a network

o transport interchanges unique in the

world or their design and technology.

Such an ecient public transport system

has led to its use compared to private

transport becoming one o the highest inEurope, urther promoting the principle o

sustainable development.


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Open and integrated

For historical and cultural reasons, and

its position as a global city, Madrid is

the natural meeting point or both the

Spanish-speaking world and the latters

interaction with the rest o the world.

Madrid is an open and inclusive citythat in recent years has welcomed the

important contribution o its growing

oreign population. In less than 10

years, the percentage o non-Spanish

has risen to around 19%, providing a

distinctly homogenous distribution o new

inhabitants throughout the city.

This process, both rapid and intense,

has been managed without signicant

tensions, thanks to the values on which

Madrid society is run: its solidarity,

tolerance, and the open and riendly

nature o the citizens o Madrid, most

o whom were immigrants themselves or

children o immigrants that settled here a

ew decades ago, and many coming rom

other regions o Spain.

Madrid is a true model or the successul

coexistence o so many dierent cultures,reinorced by the eorts o the city itsel in

its promotion and support o their dierent

national holidays and traditions. The

popular culture o the city both embraces

the new and makes it part o its own.

Our city is ully aware o the importance

o internationalisation and the City Council

itsel has recently created and Oce o

International Strategy and Action called

Madrid Global. This oce is committed

to take advantage o Madrids open and

integrating character to venture a new way

o international outreach.

The rst year I was here, states Wa

Lin, a student o the Masters in Arts

at Rey Juan Carlos University, I was

unable to travel home to celebrate the

Chinese New Year with my amily. But I

was really surprised at the celebrations

that were organised in the city. The

whole neighbourhood was decorated

with multi-coloured dragons and paper

lanterns, and a parade commemorating

the Year o the Tiger was particularly

thrilling.


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Efcient and sustainable

When Alonso goes to pick up Susan in

the botanical gardens, he likes to get

there a little early to read or a while.

The atmosphere in the greenhouse

reminds him o a time some years ago,

in his native Galicia, when he helped

his ather to transer fowers rom one

pot to another. He came to Madrid to

study a Masters in Corporate Social

Responsibility at ESADE, and there

he met Susan, a New York researcher

at CSIC. At times, whilst he waits, he

is distracted by the Latin names o the

trees and, i it is autumn, he always

nishes with dozens o leaves between

the pages o his book.

Madrid is a model city in terms o

environmental and urban management

and can boast to be the second city in the

world with the largest number o trees on

its streets, only surpassed by Tokyo.

In the City o Madrid, one can breathebetter than in any other European capital.

Not surprisingly, Madrid is the European

city with the highest amount o green

spaces in square metre per inhabitant.

These areas are to be ound all over the

city so that everyone who lives in Madrid

is never more than 15 minutes walk away

rom them.

The city has a wealth o green heritage

within its own municipal boundaries,

consisting not only o the typical parks one

may nd in every city, but most notably

Madrid has vast territories o wild orests

like Monte de El Pardo, a 16,000 acresnatural reserve, is the grand, natural park

o the town o Madrid. You can nd there,

at the doorsteps o the city, wild boars,deer and thousands o old Mediterranean

oaks providing a protected breeding area

or the majestic Imperial Iberian Eagle.

Madrid is also worldwide known or

the incredible good quality o its tap


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water that comes literally rom the nearby

sierras thanks to its unique inrastructure

or supplying and distributing water.

In addition, the system o integrated

management o solid waste in Madrid is an

example that many cities are attemptingto emulate.


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Creative

and innovative

They both had butterfies in their

stomachs. Smiling, they looked at one

another, all the while aware o the

important step that they were about

to take in their lives. There they were,

in the registry oce, ready to sign the

papers. Thats how Brenda Cho and Jun

Lin elt just beore ormally establishing

their rst business. They are Chinese

but they met in Madrid: she studied

at Autonomous University and him at

Complutense. Thanks to the advice they

were given at the Technological Park o

Madrid, they were nally able to ull

their entrepreneurial dream.

Sharing knowledge is one o the undamental

objectives o Madrids Universities and

they thereore actively participate in the

creation and development o science and

technology parks that provide common

inrastructure and services or technology

based start ups. So i you are thinking ocreating your own company, while pursuing

your graduate studies, Madrid oers

outstanding opportunities and unique

locations with lab an oce space right on

campus. In this science parks you can

also have access to top o the art research

equipment that may be shared with other

spin o companies.

Research groups at universities and

business schools in Madrid are at the

rontier o knowledge and the city provides

a good background or those in search o

new challenges and this why Madrid is

becoming also a destination or young

scientist and uture business leaders.

Also the strength o our nancial sector

allows access to seed capital unds or

entrepreneurs with outstanding projects.

I your interest is artistic creativity or

design Madrid can oer plenty o resources

or you to expand your inspiration and what


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is even more important it oers you the

possibility o interacting with many people

who are also letting their imagination do

the job. In this sense Madrid has become

like a large urban design lab where many

times things just happen right on the

streets.


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A place to share great

experiences

You should come here. Its incredible.

Some subjects are dicult but it appears

that my colleagues have decided that Ill

have no problems: whenever I dont get

it, there is someone around who gives

me a hand. Then, outside class, there

is always something to do: play a game

o ootball, go to the movies, and walk

around the city... Ill tell you a little more

each day... Franois writes this message

on Facebook, in a break between classes,

to his brother Roland who is in Canada.

He is part o an exchange program at

Carlos III University and although hes

shy by nature, each day he is happier to

have come to Madrid. Ron has already

decided that next year its his turn.

European students nd that the city o

Madrid provides one o the best university

opportunities in the continent. The

Spanish capital is the main destination

or Erasmus students: 9,000 students

per year, representing 20% o total

European Erasmus Program, a scholarshipprogram unded by the European Union to

acilitate students to do one year o their

undergraduate studies in another European

country. And even more, the growth o the

Erasmus Program in Madrid is signicantly

higher than in other Spanish cities.

In addition, Madrid is the main national

target or students and proessionalspursuing an MBA (Masters in Business

Administration) rom both Europe and

Latin America. The city is home to 4 o

the worlds major business schools. The

university appeal is a key component o

the competitiveness o Madrid as a city

o the uture. With 25% o university

graduates, it has the highest level o all

major Spanish cities.

In order to achieve this extensive

international outlook, Spain has orged

vital bilateral agreements with other

countries outside the European Union.

This is the case o China, where the


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compatibility o studies even extends to

the entrance examination, and the key to

entering any Spanish public university.

One example o this internationalisation

is the large number o graduate courses,

not to mention those at the undergraduate

level, which are oered in English - either

in a bilingual ormat or in their entirety.


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A universal language

at your fngertips

O course, the chance to study in English

came as a relie. But when it came to

completing the registration, I nally

chose the option o Spanish. Michael is

a New Yorker but eels that the years he

will dedicate to his Masters in Intellectual

Property at EOI are also an opportunity

to learn Spanish that should not be

missed. It has an important role in the

high school institute where he studied,

but i he does have any problems, he

knows he can turn to James, a childhood

riend who has spent several years

pursuing a doctorate in Spanish philology

at Alcal University.

Spanish is the worlds second mother-

tongue ater Mandarin Chinese. One o the

main advantages or a student in choosing

Madrid as an academic destination is the

opportunity to also learn Spanish.

The global reach o Spanish, its

liveliness and potential in the knowledge

society in which we live, are refected in

the interest shown in the world in recent

years towards our language. More and more

people are studying Spanish and, in act,

it has become the second most studied

language on the planet. In European Union,

the number o students taking Spanish

has multiplied at all educational levels;in Eastern European countries, demand

is growing; in the USA, it is increasingly

necessary to speak Spanish to work with

the steadily expanding Spanish-speaking

population; countries such as China,

Russia and many others are beginning to

oer Spanish as an alternative to other

languages more traditionally studied.


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Modern, entertaining

and cultural

The commitment o the City o Madrid

towards culture and diverse orms o

artistic expression is present in traditional

museums like the Prado, Thyssen and

the Reina Soa, housing three o the

nest art collections in the world. In

addition, new spaces or contemporaryart have emerged such as the Mataderoor Medialab where young people canrealise their own projects. The presence o

temporary exhibitions is also constant and

showcases Madrids most important artists

o past and present.

The contrast and balance that the City

has managed to strike between the classicaland the modern has led to its inclusion on

the agendas o all artists and musicians.

Madrid has a wealth o theatres, concert

halls and cultural centres hosting important

international events: rom the varied

theatrical treats o the Autumn Festival,

to visits by the most popular rock and

pop artists, or the greatest in world operaperormances at the Teatro Real. Its streets

have inspired lmmakers and writers and

the city provides the perect space or the

creation and production o new works in

each eld that are presented each year.

The rich and varied cultural and leisure

attractions that Madrid explains the more

than 4.8 million oreign tourists who visitthe city annually.

Alexandra listens with headphones to

the description o Las Meninas... Beore

coming to study in Spain, she had already

visited the Prado Museum during a study

tour she made rom Moscow. She is not

exactly sure why, but she has a certain

eeling or this museum. Furthermore,

the title o the painting could be a good

name or the musical group that she

has ormed with three riends rom the

Masters in Humanities at IE.


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Health care

The doctor has said that he must wear

the cast or a couple o months. The

sprain was serious. He elt it the moment

he put his oot down. A companion had

to take him to the Emergency Room

o the Ramn y Cajal Hospital where

they attended him quickly. Magnus is a

Swedish student at Comillas Pontical

University . He is a member o the

Faculty basketball team taking part

in the Inter-university Trophy. In

the middle o the nal game against

CIEMAT, he trod awkwardly and ... On

leaving the hospital, he consoles himsel

with the hope that at least his team-

mates may have won the tournament.

Madrid is the European city with the

largest number o university hospitals.

Foreign students living in Madrid are

able to benet rom a quality Universal

Healthcare System listed tenth in the

rankings produced by the World Health

Organization (WHO). Furthermore, theemergency network SAMUR (Municipal

Emergency and Rescue Assistance Service)

is responsible or eciently responding to

health emergencies that occur on public

roads within the municipality o Madrid.


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From Madridto the heavens

Madrid is a paradise or leisure and whether

you want to relax during the day or spend

a night out in the bars or dancing clubs

everything is always open since Madrid is

a city that is always awake.

Madrids cuisine is one o the eatures

most valued by those who come to Madrid

rom other countries since it is incredibly

varied and, alongside Madrids traditionalcocido madrileo and delicious tortillade patatas, visitors can sample the mostsophisticated and rened menus prepared

by some o the best ches in the world.

The city o Madrid has two ootball

teams in the Premier Division o the

Spanish League: Real Madrid and Atletico

Madrid, both European Champions so i

you like going to the stadium to eel the

thrill o Football (Soccer) and watch the

most amous world players Madrid is your

city.

Within the same city o Madrid there

are lots o opportunities or sports like the

bicycle green route that surrounds Madrid

or the many sports acilities like the indoor

swimming pools.

Northwest o the city centre Madrid hides

its most precious jewel the Guadarrama

Sierra where we enjoy landscapes o

astonishing beauty and grandeur like the

Valsan Valley the largest White Pine orest

in Europe crowned by winter snow-covered

mountain tops ideal or skiing or hiking.

The geographical location o Madrid at

the very centre o the Iberian Peninsula

makes it easy to reach any part o Spain

ater a journey o just a ew hours, so you

can easily visit: the northern shores o the

Cantabrian Sea, backed by the Picos de

Europa and the Pyrenees; or Levante and

Andalusia, sun-drenched beach paradises

washed by the Mediterranean.

With every step, he approaches the

end. Breathing becomes more arduous.

They climb part o the morning but

think o the moment in which they will

nally reach the top. At 2,248 metres,

Pealara is the highest mountain in the

Sierra de Guadarrama, in the province o

Madrid. Every year, Thomas rejoins his

ormer Masters group at IESE Business

School to climb here. The diculty, eort

and satisaction are common to both

the mountain and the program that he

attended ... and he likes to remember

them together.


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THE SPANISH SYSTEM: A PART OF THEEUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA

Madrid oers great opportunities and value

or students who are looking or the right

place and institution to pursue a masters

or doctoral degree. This is why every year

more young students and researchers rom

around the world decide to come to our city

or their graduate education. Here they can

also learn Spanish and get access to the

immense opportunities oered by a city

that is a bridge between Europe and the

Americas and is also home to some o the

most relevant multinational companies in

elds like banking, engineering, telecomor aerospace.

Spains university system has been

recently adapted to the European Higher

Education Area (EHEA) so ater obtaining

an undergraduate degree in our years

students can continue their education

with a masters degree and then with a

doctoral degree.

The City o Madrid does not own

or operate any particular university or

business school. Public universities in

Madrid are sel-governing organizations

that are nanced and supervised by

the Government o the Madrid Region

(Comunidad de Madrid) under the auspices

o the Ministry o Education o Spain.

Nevertheless, the Madrid City Govern-

ment is ully aware o the extreme impor-

tance these institutions have or the whole

o the city and is thereore an active mem-

ber o the Governing Council o most uni-

versities and is highly involved in many

ways with universities through dierent

cooperation ormulas.

Graduate studies, leading to a Mastersdegree

The requirements to obtain an ocial

Masters degree in Spain are:

60 to 120 credits obtained in graduate

classes.

From 1 to 2 years o enrolment.

Masters thesis dissertation (worth 6 to

30 credits).

Foreign Students, those that hold an

undergraduate degree not ocially recog-

nised in Spain or Europe can enrol by:

Ocial recognition o their degree under

the current legislation.


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Authorisation by the host university

(ater checking that their courses and

studies are o an equivalent academic

level to the corresponding Spanish

degrees).

Spain has a special bilateral treaty

with some countries that automaticallyrecognises the validity o undergraduate

degrees or pursuing graduate studies.

China is one o these countries, so

Chinese students can directly apply to

Spanish universities.

Some universities and especially business

schools oer proessional Masters Degree

programs that are not ocially recognised,but with a highly practical scope and

geared to specialised business sectors.

Some o these programs are widely

recognised by the private market, or

example the executive masters in business

administration.

Graduate studies, leading toa Doctoral degree

Requires prior possession o a University

Master degree, or an undergraduate

degree o more than 300 credits such

as Medicine or Architecture.

There are two phases in the doctoral

track: the study phase, which requires

60 credits at least, and the research

phase which ends with the Doctoral

Thesis Dissertation which must be

based on original work o research in the

appropriate eld and must be approvedby an academic tribunal.

In some programs the Masters degree

counts as credits towards the study

phase o a doctoral track and gives direct

access to research.

Requires public deence o doctoral

thesis, an original work o research in

any eld. No time limit (but usually 3-4 years).


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EXCELLENT UNIVERSITIES AND BUSINESSSCHOOLS: QUALITY EDUCATION ATEUROPEAN AND WORLD CLASS STANDARDS

Madrid City and Region are home to six

public universities and a wide range

o private universities. It has one o the

largest university systems in Europe, withalmost 300,000 students and 5,000

doctoral students each year:

Universidad de Alcal de Henares (UAH). Universidad Autnoma de Madrid (UAM). Universidad Carlos III (UC3M). Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). Universidad Politcnica de Madrid (UPM). Universidad Pontifcia Comillas. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC).

In Madrid you can also nd our o the

worlds leading business schools:

IESE Business School. IE Business School. Escuela Superior de Administracin

y Direccin de Empresas (ESADE). Escuela de Organizacin Industrial (EOI).

The Universities o Madrid have ully

adapted their programs to the new European

University Common Framework that under

the Bologna Treaty seeks to establish a

single university system throughout Europe

with the ollowing eatures:

A single, compatible and lexible

university system to give European

students and graduates greater mo-

bility.

Establish levels o transparency and

quality through evaluation processes.

Make the system more attractive andcompetitive internationally.

Align education with the ongoing

globalisation process.

The Bologna Treaty also introduces a

common quality management system or

European universities that will increase

educational opportunities without weak-

ening the academic level and proessionalstrength o the programs.

46 countries are involved in building

this quality educational community with

the assistance o:

ENQA (European Association or Quality

Assurance in Higher Education).

Shared norms, like those o the ESG

(European Standards and Guidelines or

Quality Assurance).

The oundation o a register o European

agencies, such as the EQAR (National

Agency or Quality Assessment and

Accreditation).

Many graduate programs oered in

Madrid have international recognition

and reputation and some even get their

students rom scholarship programs that

select outstanding graduate students

worldwide, like the Erasmus Mundus

Scholarships which are similar to theAmerican Fulbright Scholarships, but

sponsored by the European Commission

to attract talent beyond the borders o

the European Union, mainly outstanding

graduate students rom China, India,

Russia and the United States.

CAMPUS OF INTERNATIONAL EXCELLENCE

In July 2009 the Spanish Ministry o

Education launched a program called

Campus o International Excellence which

seeks to recognize the top university and

research locations in Spain. This program

has the ollowing objectives:

Promote the international reputation

and enhance the strengths o the

Spanish university system.

Provide these campuses with more

unding.

Improve the quality o teaching and

research in Spanish universities.

Achieve advances in innovation.


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Foster strategic public and private

collaborations between universities,

other research institutions and busi-

nesses located within the campus.

Promote diversity and specialisation

with a ocus on excellence, and develop

knowledge ecosystems which contributeto regional economic development,

social cohesion and employment.

Four o the ve Spanish universities

designated as Campus o International

Excellence are located in Madrid: Univer-

sidad Carlos III, Universidad Autnoma

University with Consejo Superior de

Investigaciones Cientcas (CSIC) and

Universidad Complutense with Universi-

dad Politcnica.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMMUNITY

Madrid is proud to be an open city, where

people o many nationalities live and work

together; a diversity that extends through

all proessions and specialties. A large

number o students and researchers romother regions o Spain and rom many other

countries (particularly Latin America and

Europe) make an important contribution to

the international dimension o university

education in Madrid.

Madrid has also become a popular

destination among Asian students, especially

students rom China. In addition, an increasing

number o Students rom the US and Canada

are coming to Madrid. So our city is becoming

a true hub o young people rom the ve

continents who come to enjoy the quality oour education and the good lie o our city. In

the case o business schools, the percentage

o oreign students is close to 50%.

People are attracted to Madrid because it

combines, like no other city in the world, two

contradictory elements: ocus and passion.

Madrid knows when it is time to be serious

and proessional but it also knows when it

is time to disconnect and enjoy lie with a

ull passion. Madrid is a unique cocktail

combination and very ew global cities oer

both ingredients in the same cup.

Some Chinese students know about

this uniqueness o Madrid. In 2010, the

Madrid City Council launched the Mad-

Shan 2010 Scholarship Program to help

bring Chinese students to Madrid. Thisprogram was designed to encourage a better

understanding between Madrid and China

through education and exchange programs,

to help promote a better integration o the

Chinese community in Madrid.

EXCELLENT LINkS BETWEEN UNIVERSITYAND BUSINESS: CREATING OPPORTUNITIESFOR EMERGING PROFESSIONALS IN SPAINAND LATIN AMERICA

The connection o universities and business

schools with the business world creates a

strong bridge that acilitates new graduates

access to positions o responsibility in many

large Spanish multinational companies.

The headquarters o the largest Spanish

multinational companies are in Madrid.

These are companies that are global

benchmarks in their sectors:

Finance: Madrids stock market is thethird most important in Europe and

two o the worlds ten largest banks are

based in Madrid.

Renewable Energy: In this sector Spain

is leading the way.

Telecommunications: The worlds,

leading mobile phone company in terms

o market value is in Madrid.

Inrastructure Engineering, Constructionand Management: Madrid is home to six

o the top ten companies in this industry

and many airports, highways and other

large inrastructures projects are under the

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Urban Utilities and Architecture: Madrid

is a model city with top notch streets,

transport systems and utilities and is

home to a unique cluster o companies

specialized in oering high tech solutions

to cities around the world.

Another key advantage o studying in

Madrid is the opportunity to learn Spanish.

This allows access to a wide range o uture

careers possibilities, not only in Spain but

throughout Latin America and the US. The

emerging economies o the Americas have

become an important uture market in

which Spanish companies are strategically

placed due to their cultural and linguistic

connections. These companies have a strong

presence in most Latin American countries.

Knowledge o Spanish also encourages

recruitment by large multinationals that

invest in the continent. The opportunity

oered by the commodity markets o Latin

America attracts large European, American

and Chinese multinationals.

Excellent human capital: R&D resources

Madrid benets rom a superb intellectual

capital that ranks 8th in OECD regions with

the highest percentage o population with

higher education in European cities. This is

one o the most important actors enablingit to be a competitive and developed city. In

recent decades, higher education has become

widespread, resulting in levels o graduate

studies being higher than most European

countries, even compared to the U.S.

Madrids society is a community

o highly-educated and highly-skilledindividuals that allows the city to meet the

needs o businesses, which are ever more

demanding in this respect, and also lead

and develop the processes o innovation

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MADRID, SCIENCE CAPITAL OF SPAIN

Madrid is headquarters or Spains major

national research centres and national

laboratories. Both the national and theregional governments make substantial

investments in Madrid in scientic research

and technological innovation every year.

24.8% o all researchers in Spain live

and work in Madrid. Each year, Madrids

universities produce 14,000 graduate

students qualied in the dierent branches

o science and technology. Madrid is

home to 47 o the 126 research centres

and institutes o the Spanish National

Research Council (CSIC) the largest

research institution in Spain.

In addition to CSIC, Madrid has a

network o National Institutes and R&D

Laboratories covering the most diverse

areas and allowing students and researchers

access to world class research acilities and

laboratories. These centres are recognized

worldwide and have strong connections

with the leading international centres.

CIEMAT, or example, is the National

Centre or Research in Energy and the

Environment. It is a large public research

organisation with acilities across Spainand headquarters in Madrid. Some o

the most relevant advances in renewable

energies have come rom this centre, like

commercial wind power turbines or solar

thermal platorms.

In the elds o biomedicine and humanhealth Madrid also hosts a network o three

world class National Research Centres

ocusing their work in Cardiovascular

Disease (CNIC), Oncology (CNIO) and

Neurological Disorders (CIEN).

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The Madrid Regional Government

has also taken important steps to at-

tract talented scientists to Madrid. In

2006 it created a set o 8 institutes or

advanced studies called IMDEA (Insti-

tuto Madrileo de Estudios Avanzados)

that are hiring high level scientists romaround the world oering them very

competitive contracts and a research

tenure career track. IMDEA is consoli-

dating Madrid as a European region o

excellence in scientiic and technology

research ields. IMDEA develops its ac-

tivity in cooperation with public univer-

sities and important companies based

in Madrid, steering quality research to-wards the demands o people and the

market, encouraging the private sector

to participate actively in designing sci-

ence and inancing it. At present, IM-

DEA ocuses its action in eight research

ields: Water, Food, Social Sciences,

Energy, Materials, Nanoscience, Net-

works and Sotware.

Madrid has contributed very much

to the advancement o science and

knowledge and many research teams

rom Madrid are at the top o their eld

o specialization. Internationally, this act

is not widely known, as English, French

or German speaking research teams and

institutes normally receive the most media

attention. However, according to data

collected by the Thompson International

Science Citation Index, Spain is the 9 th

country in the world in terms o scienticproduction, representing 3% o the whole

world production with nearly 30 % o

this coming rom the Madrid Region. Our

research teams are especially good in elds

like: molecular biology, neuroscience,

nanotechnology, systems science, or

engineering.

Excellent platorms or transerringthe results o research into business

In Madrid, the connection between

academia and society involves a continuous

fow o ideas and entrepreneurial initiative.

Increasingly, academic institutions are

becoming aware o the importance o

applying and transerring those skills

acquired through university research to

real lie.

All levels o the administration -

national, regional and local - are

implementing aggressive plans to enable

the transer o knowledge rom research

institutions to the private sector. The most

relevant o these are the Science Parks

created by the universities themselves with

the help o the three levels o government

as well as the private sector.

Some o these Science Parks are

already a reality. For example the Madrid

Science Park located at the Universidad

Autnoma de Madrid oers high quality

oces, lab space and development

services or spin-o and start-up

companies. More than 100 companies

coming out o the university have been

involved in this program, one o the mostsuccessul in Europe.

Other universities like Technical

University o Madrid or Carlos III University

have Science Parks and Enterprise

Development units that help students and

aculty create their own startups.

Madrid is a city located at the oreront

o the academic and scientic world andis the capital city o a region and a country

committed to excellence, providing quality

in Graduate Education and a priority

destination or students and researchers

who want to excel in their careers.

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GRADUATE EDUCATIONAND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

1. AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

2. CARLOS III UNIVERSITY, MADRID

3. COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

4. COMILLAS PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY

5. REY JUAN CARLOS UNIVERSITY

6. TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

7. UNIVERSITY OF ALCALA

8. CIEMAT9. CSIC: SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

10. EOI SCHOOL FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION

11. ESADE

12. IE BUSINESS SCHOOL (INSTITUTO DE EMPRESA)

13. IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL

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The Autonomous University o Madrid(UAM) is a public institution viewed as areerence in terms o both a Spanish andInternational university. Recognised notonly or the high quality o its research,it is also renown or its entrepreneurial

approach, its ongoing quest or teachingexcellence and its commitment to socialresponsibility. Its international reputationis enhanced by numerous exchange andtraining programs with universities romaround the world - involving students,aculty, and non-teaching sta.

In 1968, the Autonomous Universityo Madrid began its work across veaculties: Faculty o Science, Faculty oPolitical Science, Faculty o Economicsand Trade, Faculty o Law, Faculty oArts, and Faculty o Medicine.

GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES

The Autonomous University o Madrid

is the key Spanish university in termso research into areas such as physics,

mathematics - whose department is one

o the leaders in Europe - Nanotechnology,

Advanced Materials, and Bioscience. Its

campus plays host to its own university

research institutes and others shared with:

The Spanish National Research Council

(CSIC) via the Institute o Mathematical

Sciences; the Severo Ochoa Centre orMolecular Biology; the Alberto SolsInstitute or Biomedical Research; the

Theoretical Physics Institute; and the FoodResearch Centre. In addition, UAM has

six aliated hospitals o which three are

also research institutes: La Paz Hospital,

La Princesa Hospital and the Jimnez

Daz Foundation, with over two thousand

researchers.

Among its wide range o undergraduate

and graduate programs are degrees o

both proessional and academic renown.

Although its commitment to research is

best known or those areas where it has

a close relationship with the CSIC, one

should not overlook other areas where it

maintains a high proessional prole: such

as Law, with a large number o internships

and whose aculty actively participate in

the European University Centre o PekingUniversity. In addition, the University

oers degrees such as the Masters in

Contemporary Art in collaboration with the

National Art Museum, Reina Soa, one o

the most important museums o Madrid,

Undergraduates: 23,288

Graduates: 3,355

Professors: 344

Associates: 861

Assistants: 1,671

UNIVERSIDAD AUTNOMADE MADRIDAUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY

OF MADRIDwww.uam.es


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or the Masters in International Relations

and Arican Studies.

The Autonomous University o Madrid

is an entrepreneurial institution in many

ways, and one o the most important o

these is in the creation o companies.

It is actively involved in the Madrid

Science Park, a centre or assisting in the

creation o companies and strategically

located in the northern part o the

Community o Madrid (one o the most

active Communities in research and

development in Spain). Its aim is to

transorm scientic knowledge, and the

capacity or technological developmento the dierent players in the region, into

sustainable progress and opportunities

or improved social welare.

Graduate opportunities at the Autono-

mous University o Madrid are organised and

nanced primarily by the activities o the Uni-

versity with other institutions (through interna-

tional agreements), participation in programssponsored by the European Union (European

Programs), by the Ministry o Foreign Aairs

and Cooperation (AECID: Spanish Agency or

International Cooperation or Development)

and other national and international bodies.

The University oers International

Scholarships or Graduate Studies, such as

those awarded by the Ministry o ForeignAairs and Development, the Spanish

Agency or International Cooperation or

Development (AECID), the Ford Foundation

and the Carolina Foundation.

The Campus o International Excel-

lence project UAM / CSIC conrms that

UAM is, and consistently aims to be, an

internationally recognized environmentthat is attractive to students, aculty and

administrative and service sta, with a

clear vocation or high-quality teaching

combined with a prestige or talented and

consolidated research.

I decided to study at the

Autonomous University

o Madrid or the prestige

it has in the area where

I wanted to complete my

training. Furthermore, themulticulturalism that Madrid

can boast helped me encounter

people with similar interests to

mine, in addition to having many

Arab and Islamic centres that are

not ound in other places.

Achebe Samraa (Morocco)

Masters in Arabic and Islamic Studies

The Madrid Science Park is the

incubation centre or technology-

based companies emerging rom

the campus, created by teachersor undergraduate and graduate

students.

Jos Ramn Dorronsoro Ibero

Vice President or Innovation, Shared Learning

and Technology

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Founded in 1990, Carlos III University(UC3M) is one o the youngest inter-nationally renowned academic centresin Madrid. The quality o its teaching,research, innovation and commitment tosocial responsibility have made this univer-

sity one o the ve International Campuseso Excellence (CEI) identied by the Min-istries o Education and Science andInnovation in Spain and an InternationalCommission o Experts. The Universityconsists o three campuses located inGetae, Legans and Colmenarejo, andenjoys modern acilities and excellentcommunication links with the city centre.

The academic and research activityo the university is conducted in Englishand Spanish at its three centres: theSchool o Social Sciences and Law; theFaculty o Humanities, Communicationand Documentation; and the Schoolo Engineering, which covers areas oEngineering and Science.


Despite Carlos III University o Madrids

relative youth, it already possesses an

impressive track record in research

and innovation. It oers a program o

Graduate Studies and Degree taught

in English and Spanish adapted to the

European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

Ater satisying the conditions or quality

research, innovation, internationalisation

and commitment to social responsibility

that characterise the institution, theuniversity has recently received the ocial

designation as International Campus o

Excellence. The main objective o the

Campus o Excellence at Carlos III is to

develop a model o a sustainable, intercity

campus located in the Region o Madrid,

in order to conduct research, knowledge-

Students: 17,333Departments: 27

Teaching and research staff: 1,893

Full-time lecturers holding doctorates: 766

Professors: 116

Associate Professors: 439

UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III,MADRIDCARLOS III UNIVERSITY,

MADRIDwww.uc3m.es

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g

among the best European Universities in

the areas o Social Sciences, Engineering

and the Humanities.

Its campus operates along three un-

damental principles: internationalisation,

interdisciplinarity, and innovation andquality - all designed or the attraction o

top talent.

The opportunities presented by the

university include: Masters programs

taught in English and in Spanish adapted

to European standards; Doctoral programs;

and a program o continuing education or

various proessional and business sectors- 18 graduate programs, 26 ocial

masters, 41 University-acredited masters,

and 7 specialisation courses.

Carlos III University works closely with

public institutions such as the Spanish

National Research Council (CSIC),

university medical centres such as the

Gregorio Maran Hospital and the GetaeHospital, private companies such as the

European Aeronautic Deence and Space

Company (EADS), and entities or the

sharing o knowledge such as the Legatec

Science Park located in Legans.

UC3M possesses a strong, interna-

tional presence as shown by the programs

it oers: Masters programs taught in Eng-

lish and designed in collaboration with

various European universities; special pro-

grams or visiting oreign lecturers; joint

research projects in networks o excel-

lence, involving some o the nest Euro-

pean and American universities.

From its very start, Carlos III Univer-

sity has oered bilingual qualications

(English-Spanish) and degrees taught en-

tirely in English, which has enabled it to

attract overseas students and teachers

without allowing language to be an obsta-

cle. This eature is characteristic o both

its bachelors and graduate degrees, ena-

bling access to both students and lecturers

rom the very earliest stage o university

education.

Madrids Carlos III University encour-

ages the international mobility o its stu-

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dents and teachers through more than

400 agreements with universities around

the world and a remarkable Erasmus pro-

gram network. Currently, over 28% o thestudents graduating each year are involved

in some orm o international exchange.

In addition to this is the development o

Masters programs with universities and

business schools in Belgium, Denmark,

France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Germany,

Sweden, UK and the US, among others.

Among its current international initiatives

is the opening o an oce in Brussels,resulting rom a collaborative agree-

ment with three other Spanish universi-

ties (A-4U) to promote the incorporation

o scientic activity in university research

programs within the European Union.

Carlos III University is the leading

Spanish university in competitive research

(Cotec Report into Technology and Inno-

vation in Spain, 2006) and the secondSpanish university in quality rating o

its doctoral research programs (84.2%)

according to an external assessment o the

quality o Spanish universities (ANECA,

2008). The University has been ranked

g

economics as a result o the

courses and seminars I attended,

and the continuous interaction

and exchange between lecturers

and ellow students. It was also a

valuable experience or me to beselected captain o the Econometrics

Team o the University in order to

participate in the competition o

European graduate programs held in

Amsterdam, The Econometric Game.

It involves 20 o the best European

universities and in the only three

times the UC3M has participated weended up twice in the second place

and champions once.

Mario Rodolo Stucchi (Argentina)

PhD in Economics

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52 in their publishing output in Econom-

ics journals according to he University o

Tilburg (Netherlands) who select the hun-

dred best universities in this eld. In the

ranking prepared by the European Eco-

nomic Association the University appears

as the rst Spanish University and the

ninth European. In terms o research

the University Carlos III is worldwide rec-ognized says Robert F. Engle, Nobel

Prize in Economics, 2003, New York Uni-

versity. Other areas o the University - such

as Law, Humanities and Engineering - also

hold prominent positions worldwide.

internationalisation o our

university, we decided to have

the possibility o recruiting

PhDs rom other countries, and

rom the very beginning we

started oering degrees - both

undergraduate and graduate -

ully bilingual, or completely in

English.

lvaro Escribano

Vice-Chancellor or International Relations, Carlos III

University, Madrid

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(UCM)s tradition and history havemade it a reerence point in Spain. Thisreputation or quality is clearly seen in thehigh standards o its teaching sta, theimportance o its research and researchacilities, and its cutting-edge laboratories.Complutense University is also a superbacademic institution and stands amongthe most prestigious in Europe. InNovember 2009, it was recognized, alongwith the Technical University o Madrid,as a Campus o International Excellence.

UCM is the Spanish public universitymost in demand rom Spanish students,

attracting more than 40% o all studentsrom the Region o Madrid. Its total numbero students each year is an impressive87,000, o which 6,025 are Spanish romoutside the Region o Madrid (a gure thataccounts or 50.05% o the total fow intothe Region) and 5,403 rom outside Spain(1,422 rom the EU and 3,981 rom the

rest o the world).

The choice o study programs at Madrids

Complutense University is the widest in

Spain. It oers more than 60 degrees

adapted to the EHEA and more than 100

ocial masters in prestigious academic

and scientic elds such as: Arts andHumanities, Sciences, Health, Social and

Legal, Sciences and Engineering, and

Architecture. It also oers over 107 o its

own degrees.

This diverse range o opportunities

attracts a high number o overseas

students to its graduate courses. The

university also oers an InternationalMasters with universities that include

the Sorbonne, La Sapienza, Ratisbona

and others, and with universities in

Latin America that include institutions

in Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa

Rica and Chile. In addition, Complutense

oers a diverse range o 600 doctoral

programs to its more than 5,000 graduate

students.

UCM houses the second largest

library in the country, surpassed only

by the National Library, with more than

3 million volumes and a stock o more


Graduates: 8,855

Faculty: 7,021

UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSEDE MADRIDCOMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY

OF MADRIDwww.ucm.es


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the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

D it it i d l it thWith a well-earned reputationThe wider projection o this


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than 232,000 historical texts, including

works such as the thirteenth-century

Hebrew Bible and the only survivingexample in Spain o Newtons Principles

o Mathematics. The newspaper libraryreceives more than 40,000 scientic

journals and periodicals and is one o the

leading sources o scientic journals or all

Spanish universities. The general archive

o the UCM (AGUCM) has played a much-

valued role in the development o Spanishuniversity research. It currently holds

approximately 80,000 items, equivalent

to about 9 km o documentation. Its

oldest document dates rom 1487, while

the bulk o the documentation dates rom

Despite its size and complexity, the

management o the archive has been

quality certied AENOR ISO 9001:2000.

The extent o UCMs internationalisation

is clearly evidenced by the impressive fow

o Erasmus students studying at UCM eachyear. This number has been increasing each

year since 2004-2005, reaching 2,000

in recent years. UCM has agreements

or Erasmus student exchange with 602

European universities.

In addition, UCM has cooperation

agreements with 340 universities distrib-

uted throughout the world. Through theseagreements, UCM has welcomed more

than 500 non-Spanish students since

2005, and has placed over 400 o its own

students with universities outside Spain.

Under these agreements, each year,

approximately 50 teachers rom UCM

enjoy teaching and research placements

at oreign universities.

or the high standard o its

teaching and research, UCM

stands as a public university

that aims to provide quality

undergraduate and graduate

education. Its programs cover

most elds o science and the

humanities, oering variety

and quality in all its degree

courses, which have earned

considerable social, proessional

and international recognition.

Complutense is renown or thespecicity o its graduate studies

in all branches o science and

or its internationalisation and

innovation.

Covadonga Lpez Alonso

Vice-Chancellor o the European Higher Education Area

Masters degree is essential.

The combination o theory and

practical experience it oers

enables one to understand the

inner workings o a parliament,

and the logic that is needed or

the design o legal norms; issues

that strengthen my chosen

calling or the exercise o Public

Rights in my country through its

institutions.

Luis Felipe Nava Gomar

Student rom the Universidad Anahuac del Sur(Mexico).

Masters in Law, Parliamentary Law, Elections and

Legislative Studies

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the oldest academic institutions o theCatholic Church. With a style based on theteaching tradition o the Society o Jesus(Jesuits), a private entity which operatesmany other universities around the world,Comillas has combined its experience indelivering high quality education with thecontinuous updating that social changerequires.

Comillas was born out o ICAI, theuniversity ounded in Cantabria morethan a century ago. In 1908, it began itsprestigious mission in teaching technologyand between 1950 and 1960, along withICADE, it became a pioneer in providinggraduate studies and joint-degrees inSpanish universities.

As part o its ongoing pursuit oexcellence, Comillas is renowned or itsunique style o training based on: theselection o its students, small groups,

its personalised attention and tutorialsthat run rom the very beginning to theend o the students studies, a criticaland demanding environment, and thetransmission o Christian, humanisticvalues.


Comillas strengthens and promotes its

graduate programs (both in Masters and

PhDs) with Teams, Institutes and Chairs

conducting research into a variety o

dierent areas. An example o the quality

o these aspirations is the international

recognition the University has received

or its outstanding work in the eld o

electrical technology and alternativeenergy, becoming the only Spanish

university that operates an International

Erasmus Mundus PhD, and one o just13 granted across Europe to all areas o

learning. In the case o Comillas Pontical

Number of students:

Undergraduates: 6,855 (7.46% non-Spanish)

Graduates: 2.138

Faculty: 949

Assistants: 109

UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIACOMILLASCOMILLAS PONTIFICAL

UNIVERSITYwww.upcomillas.es

In addition to the Erasmus Mundus,

Comillas oers a large number o ocialBeyond the potential career

t iti thi M t

The Erasmus Mundus doctorate

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University, this involves its program in

Sustainable Energy Technologies andStrategies(SETS).

Comillas oers a large number o ocial

Masters and PhD courses through its

School o Engineering (ICAI), the Faculty

o Law and Business Administration

(ICADE), its Institute o Migration Studies,

the Faculty o Humanities and Social

Sciences, and its School o Nursing and

Physiotherapy.

The wide range o degree programs

oered by Comillas Pontical University is

characterized by:

Proessional opportunities: 92 percento graduates nd work or pursue urther

studies within six months o graduation.

Partnering with companies and institutions:with over 3,340 internships in the 2008-

09 academic year.

Quality o the students: who have beenawarded a high percentage o those

scholarships given by the Madrid Region

or excellence.

An extensive network o internationalpartners: with more than 250prestigious universities rom across 5

continents, refecting the high degree o

internationalisation o our students.

opportunities this Masters

provides me, I am learning a lot;

not only rom teachers but also

rom my classmates. The Masters

has allowed me to grow as a

person and helped me to better

map out my proessional uture

both in Europe as well as Arica.

I have more skills and resources

than beore, more knowledge and

more condence in mysel. I am

thinking about continuing my

studies via a doctorate, but at thesame time I eel ully capable to

work as a technic or researcher

in the sphere o international

cooperation or development and

migration.

Aimard Kimani Bakala (Congo-Brazzaville)

Masters in International Cooperation or

Development

refects a model o university work

that is open to both businesses

and social needs. At Comillas, in

the case o engineering, this is

something we have been operating

or over 25 years through

the Institute or Research in

Technology (IIT) in The School

o Engineering (ICAI) with its

research into the subject o energy

(regulation, decision systems

and intelligent networks) and

sustainability, among other things.Julio Martnez

Vice-Chancellor or Research, Development

and Innovation

Rey Juan Carlos University was oundedin 1996 with the goal o providing a

The Faculty o tourism at

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in 1996 with the goal o providing acomprehensive education to students:combining theory with practical learningin laboratories and companies, in orderto acilitate their prompt entry into thelabour market. The University is organisedacross our campuses located in Mstoles,Alcorcn, Fuenlabrada and Viclvaro, and aFoundation whose headquarters is locatedin the centre o Madrid.

Being the newest public universityin Madrid has allowed the university ayounger and more fexible teaching sta,and to benet rom modern and innovative

acilities. Rey Juan Carlos University wasnamed ater the current Spanish monarchand has helped to energize the South oMadrid, whilst at the same time satisyingits academic demands. Not surprisingly,

one o its central pillars is its proximity tosociety and business.


Graduates: 4,700

Faculty: 1,789

UNIVERSIDAD REY JUANCARLOSREY JUAN CARLOS

UNIVERSITYwww.urjc.es

Rey Juan Carlos University

possesses great international

prestige. I chose tourism because

I think it is a market that has

high potential in the uture, and

because tourism management in

China is still in its early stages

o development. I would like to

learn new theories and ideas

relating to the tourism market in

order to implement them in my

own work in the near uture.

Chen Wang (China)Masters in International Tourism Management

GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES Rey Juan Carlos University

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The educational opportunities at Rey Juan

Carlos are in the areas o Health Sciences,

Computing Science, Experimental Science

and Technology, Arts, Communications,

Tourism, Telecommunications, Legal and

Social Sciences. The University activelypromotes cooperation projects with

companies and scientic and cultural

institutions. It does so because the

permeability o the social and productive

environment is one o its primary objectives

in order to create the right conditions or

achieving academic excellence and the

highest standards o proessional training

or their students.

Rey Juan Carlos University works closely

with the international scientic community

and actively participates in exchange

programs or its teachers and students. It

has signed international agreements with

universities in Europe and the Association

o Latin American Graduate Universities

(AUIP) or graduate scholarships.

Alcorcn Campus, linked to HealthSciences, works in close collaboration

with the Hospital de Alcorcn. Mstolesocuses on Experimental Sciences and

Technology and maintains direct relations

with the Technology Centre o Mstoles,

in addition to housing the Centre or

Technological Support (CAT) and the Centre

or Innovation, Knowledge and TechnologyTranser (CINTEC)

Given its commitment to Madrid

society and the environment in which

it operates its academic activity, the

University promotes various Chairs and

Masters noted or their objective to

improve coexistence, such as the Chair

o Urban Mobility in collaboration withthe Municipal Transport Company (EMT).

Other Research Chairs are unded and

supported by several leading companies

and institutions rom a variety o sectors,

such as the National Intelligence Centre

(CNI), Iberdrola, KPMG Asesores SL,

UNESCO, Janssen-Cilag. The University

also supports research teams with IMDEA

(Madrid Institute or Advanced Study) inthe eld o Chemical and Environmental

Engineering and IMDEA-Water.

The creativity and entrepreneurship

o teachers and students are channelled

through the business incubator promoted

by the Agency or Driving Business o

the Madrid City Council. Research and

technological innovation are one o itskey pillars, as well as an commitment to,

and ties with, the abric o business in a

fuid university-industry relationship that

enables the university to be prepared to

meet the challenges o the 21st century.

has always been committed

to Quality Graduate teaching,

linked to the needs o the

market and business and with

an important international

dimension.

Pilar Laguna

Vice-Chancellor o Masters and Diplomas

From its beginnings in the early 18thcentury up until the present, the Technical


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century up until the present, the TechnicalUniversity o Madrid (UPM) has assumedthe challenge o bringing modernity andtechnical advances to society, and tocontribute to scientic development andgrowth on a universal scale.

Putting science to the service omankind, and ensuring that the resultso its research directly improve the liveso individuals, are thereore the mainobjectives o the Technical University oMadrid. The eort and dedication o allits members has allowed it to become aleading technical university in Spain, as

well as a centre o international renown.

To this end, the 20 Schools that makeup the university, supported by their 18resident advanced research centres -covering all branches o engineering andarchitecture - present an educationalperspective based on the most cutting-edge principles and where interaction

and collaboration between all participantsconsistently attain the highest levels oexcellence.


The Masters programs at the Technical

University o Madrid were designed under

the two pillars o interdisciplinarity andinternationalisation. What dierentiates

UPMs students is that, within thisramework, its aim is to provide graduates

with a unique level o expertise and

proessionalism they can, in turn,

recognise in themselves. This philosophy

has produced Masters programs that bring


Graduates: 5,000

Faculty: 3,350

UNIVERSIDAD POLITCNICADE MADRIDTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

OF MADRIDwww.upm.es

together the diverse possibilities oered

by engineering in order to address issues

medical science but also those o the indus-

try and services related to the sector.

training centres and oreign research

centres and takes an active role in


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y g g

arising in science and society today.

Due to the high level o specialisation

o its centres, the Technical University o

Madrid is able to oer a graduate program

that combines learning in those areas inwhich it has demonstrated itsel a leader,

such as: Architecture and Urbanism, Aero-

space and Naval Engineering, Mining Engi-

neering, Agro-Forestry Engineering, Civil

Engineering, Environmental Engineering,

Industrial Engineering, Telecommunica-

tions, Inormation Technology and Commu-

nication and Management and Innovation.

In several o these elds, Spain itsel occu-

pies a leading position in the international

context.

Similarly, UPM is providing rm and

decisive impetus in its research and innova-

tion in new elds that technological develop-

ment is opening up to science. A particularly

visible consequence o this is the BIOTECH

program, designed to intensiy the involve-

ment o new technologies and telecommu-

nications in the biomedicine eld rom a

multidisciplinary perspective, and in close

collaboration not only with members o bio-

y

Around 5,000 students graduate rom

UPM each year, 20% o which have partici-

pated in international mobility programs and

have completed internships in collaborating

companies. Currently, the university hasmore than 5,500 graduate students, includ-

ing those on Masters programs and doctoral

students, and each year around 200 o its

students are awarded their PhD.

Internationalisation

UPM believes that international education

is the most eective way to open theminds o students to other liestyles and

ways o working, while enabling them to

be in direct and continuous contact with

the scientic advances emerging rom the

international scientic community. This

is essential in order or individuals to be

integrated seamlessly into a multicultural,

constantly changing environment.

As part o its graduate opportunities,

UPM includes 16 graduate programs

entirely in English and about 50 programs

with a semester in English. The University

has orged multiple partnerships with

prestigious student and teacher mobility

programs, such as the renowned ErasmusMundus. As a direct result o this policy,30% o its graduate students are now

drawn rom oreign universities.

In 2004, UPM successully initiated

various institutional activities with Asian

universities, particularly in China, through

exchange programs or teachers and

students. Annually, about 50 graduate

students now participate in research

exchange programs with leading Chinese

technical universities.

I believe it is very important

to have an education directed


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Research and Shared knowledge

The Universitys contribution to new

knowledge and understanding in the eld

o science is also extremely signicant.

This is abundantly clear in the large

number o articles and papers it publishes

in scientic journals and that it regularly

presents at conerences. The university

is host to many excellent research teams

operating in a diverse range o areas and

whose work plays an actively part in the

design and development o its Masters

and Doctoral programs.

In addition, UPM has other units

whose activities complement the research

structures o the University: laboratories

(such as Nanotechnology, Biogenetics,

Solar Energy, large electromagnetic

anechoic chambers, wind tunnel, water

channel) and its research centres (such as

the Centre or Automation and Robotics,

Biomedical Technology Centre, Centre or

Transportation Research, etc.).

As an additional way to unnel all this

activity, UPM has created a 100 Ha Science

and Technology Park in order to implement

a program or entrepreneurs that includes

a business incubator and venture capital

entity, to promote partnerships between

research and development centres and

spin-ocompanies.

UPM has always enjoyed strong

relationships with business, and these

alliances have provided the opportunity

or student internships, whether oriented

to research or to proessional practice.

to have an education directed

by leading experts in the eld.

Im currently working on optical

design methods or solar energy

systems and I have published

two papers in conerences and

one in a related journal.

Wang Lin (China)

PhD in solar energy, optics, UPM

Beyond their academic training,

our students acquire skills in an


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The link with the proessional world

has been a key hallmark in the design

and development o the Masters at the

university. They are designed so that

the students are able to complete their

training within a company with the goal

o a thorough intellectual education ully

integrated with a broad proessional

perspective.

This close interaction is most evident

in UPMs international recognition or its

training o senior business leaders. This

is evidenced by the Centre or HigherEducation Development, Germany (in itsmost recent 2009 Excellence Ranking)awarding UPM the rank o Excellent in the

eld o macroeconomics, or the excellence

and internationalisation o UPMs teaching

sta and their students. In addition, UPM

is currently the leading Spanish university

in management training, as refected

by Fortune magazine in its ProessionalRanking o World Universities (PRWU),

citing its students as leaders o the most

prestigious companies in the country.

our students acquire skills in an

environment o research excellence

and shared learning, characterized

by its multidisciplinary approach

and internationalisation, and which

includes all active players in the

scientic and industrial abric

o our environment. Our main

objective is that the University

is an engine o development or

society, giving our students the

skills needed to respond to the

problems and challenges that willconront them.

Jos Manuel Pez

Vice-Chancellor o International Relations


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The University o Alcal (UAH) was oundedby Cardinal Cisneros more than ve hundredyears ago, placing it among the oldest oSpanish and European universities. Itsheadquarters are located 30 kilometresrom Madrid, in the historic town o Alcal,a World Heritage site, although it conductsits teaching and research activities inMadrid and in nearby Guadalajara.

The Universitys teaching program isinnovative in design: through its UniversityInitiation Courses or Zero Courses andits personalized tutorials, directed inparticular at those students beginningtheir studies; its modern classrooms andlaboratories; its 14 libraries; and a wholenetwork o companies and institutionsthat provide practical internships.


Graduates: 8,000

Faculty: 1,750

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALUNIVERSITY OF ALCALwww.uah.es

The Universitys acilities are spread overthree campuses: Alcal City (humanities,


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social-legal, and architecture); themodern External Campus (science andengineering), which incorporates a Scienceand Technology Park hosting several dozencompanies with particular interest in the

areas o research the university is engagedin; and Guadalajara, 20 km rom Alcal(teaching training, construction, tourismand nursing). The University also benetsrom the aliated Madrid hospitals oGmez Ulla and Ramn y Cajal.


The University o Alcal oers a wide rangeo graduate and doctoral programs, aimed

at those areas or which this centre is seen

as an international academic reerence:

Biomedical Research is among themain strengths o the University o Alcal,

with a campus which is home to the

Prince o Asturias Institute or Molecular

Medicine, and is in the process o building

the new acilities o the Cajal Research

Institute or neurobiology (both under the

auspices o the Spanish National Research

Council). In addition, the University has

our associated hospitals or both teaching

and bio-sanitary research activities: the

Prncipe de Asturias University Hospital

(in Alcal de Henares), the Guadalajara

University Hospital, the Ramn y Cajal

Hospital, and Gmez Ulla Central Hospital

or Deence (all in Madrid).

The Teaching o Spanish is one othe main attractions or many students

coming rom Asia, and has established

UAH as the essential reerence point

or this area o study. This reputation

is well-deserved. Many great humanists

have passed through this university:

among them Ignatius de Loyola, ounder

o the Order o Jesus (to which San

Francisco Javier also belonged), Antonio

de Nebrija, ounder o La GramticaEspaola, Lope de Vega, and UAHsown ounder: Cardinal Cisneros. For

this reason, the teaching o Spanish

has become a key magnet or attracting

oreign students. In addition to the

wide range o university residences

belonging to UAH, the city o Alcal

has collaborated in providing a network

Within my own proession o

Industrial Engineering, I had the


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o accommodation options or students

o Spanish, the University providing

accommodation or 1,200 students in

addition to those provided by local host

amilies. The graduate degree that most

epitomises this eld o learning at the

University is the Masters in Teaching

Spanish as a Foreign Language.

Latin American Connection: UAHsclose ties with Latin America began too

ar back to be remembered. Currently, via

its Institute or Latin American Studies

(IELAT), UAH oers Masters and Doctoral

programs combining the specics o

education with contemporary Latin America

and its relationship with the European

opportunity to gain experience in

the eld o investment projects

and corporate nance. With

the Masters in Finance rom

the International Centre orFinancial Training (CIFF) at the

University o Alcal, I sought

to expand my understanding

and amiliarity with the world

o capital markets and banking

business.

The City o Madrid has a lot toattract the graduate student.

As well as playing host to a

large number o companies rom

diverse sectors, it is one o the

most important and infuential

cities in Europe. It is the nancial

centre or Latin America and

home or people rom all over the

world.

Jos Fernando Meja Villa (Colombia)

Researcher in SUN Microsystems Laboratory or

Computational Finance

Union. These have shown themselves to

be o great appeal to teachers coming

rom the Americas as well as or students

has its headquarters in the nancial

centre o Madrid. It is run jointly by UAH

and Banco Santander ith the aim o

The University o Alc

madrid excelence in graduate education

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