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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
leadership o companies based in Madrid.
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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
demanded by a globalised world.
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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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> City of Madrid
Region of Madrid
Autonomous University o Madrid Carlos III University, Madrid
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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 I decided to study at the
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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
Founded in 1990, Carlos III University Graduate Studies and Degree taught
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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.
GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
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
sharing and standards in order to be ranked
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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-
I received a solid training in
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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
To maximize the
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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
Complutense University o Madrid GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
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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
Undergraduates: 87,000
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
Comillas Pontical University is one othe oldest academic institutions o the
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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.
GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
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
f t d l i it k
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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
R J C l U i it
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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.
Undergraduates: 23,300
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
has always been committed
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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.
GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
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
Undergraduates: 23,300
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.
Undergraduates: 23,000
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.
GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
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