Carlos III University

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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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motto Homo homini sacra res
founding 1989
Sponsorship state
place Getafe , Leganés , Colmenarejo , Puerta de Toledo
country Spain
Rector Juan Romo
Students 21047
Employee 1971
Website www.uc3m.es

The Carlos III University of Madrid ( Spanish : Universidad Carlos III de Madrid , UC3M for short ) is a state university in Spain. It was founded in 1989 and has a campus each in Getafe , Leganés , Colmenarejo and a campus near the Puerta de Toledo in the center of Madrid . Around 17,000 students study 40 different courses at the university. The UC3M is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Spain.

Getafe Faculty of Social and Law

The university is named after King Charles III. named by Spain , who ruled in the sense of "enlightened despotism" (span. Despotismo Ilustrado) and as an absolutist monarch promoted education, among other things. The motto of the UC3M comes from Seneca and is “Homo homini sacra res” (German: “Man is holy to man” ).

In the field of teaching, the university has four centers:

  • Getafe Campus: Faculty of Social Sciences, Law, Humanities, Documentation and Communication
  • Leganés campus: Technical University
  • Colmenarejo campus: different faculties
  • Campus Puerta de Toledo: Masters courses

The university maintains numerous exchange programs with German universities.

The Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. programs in business administration and economics are among the most renowned in the country and have taken top positions in European rankings. At the beginning of 2010, the Carlos III University of Madrid was named "Campus de Excelencia Internacional" in a competition initiated by the Spanish Ministry of Education. UC3M is listed in the QS University Ranking Top 50 Under 50 2015 as one of the 50 best universities under the age of 50 worldwide. The student body consists of about 20% international students and a large number of the study programs are offered in English.

See also

Web links

Commons : University of Carlos III  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.uc3m.es/about-uc3m/uc3m-history-mission-statement
  2. ↑ https://www.uc3m.es/about-uc3m/governing-boards-organization/president
  3. ↑ https://www.uc3m.es/about-uc3m/our-students
  4. ↑ https://www.uc3m.es/about-uc3m/facullty
  5. ↑ "El Mundo" 50 Carreras 2009 .
  6. ^ "El Mundo" 250 Masters 2009 .
  7. ^ Department of Economics, U. Carlos III de Madrid .
  8. ↑ CYD Report 2008 Chapter 6 . Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 6, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fundacioncyd.org
  9. ↑ http://www2.educacion.es/campus-excelencia/convocatoria-2009/campus-seleccionados.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www2.educacion.es  
  10. ↑ Ranking QS . Retrieved November 25, 2015.