Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 5412557 220799892 2008-06-21T17:11:30Z 89.101.92.101 +pt {{Infobox_University |name = Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |native_name = |image = [[Image:logo_uc3m.jpg|150px|Universidad Carlos III de Madrid]] |motto = ''"Homo homini sacra res"'' |established = [[1989]] |type = [[Public school|Public]] [[University]] |rector = [[Daniel Peña]] |city = [[Getafe]], [[Leganés]] and [[Colmenarejo]] |state = [[Community of Madrid|Madrid]] |country = [[Spain]] |students = 17,000 |campus = [[Urban area|Urban]] (2) & [[Rural]] (1) |nickname = UC3M |colors = Blue, Yellow and White |website = [http://www.uc3m.es www.uc3m.es] }} The '''Universidad Carlos III de Madrid''' is a public university in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]. Its three campuses are located in the municipalities of [[Leganés]], [[Colmenarejo]] and [[Getafe]]. It is a small institution well-known for the quality of its teaching and academic research, its international orientation and its higher than average study workload. Its name refers to [[Charles III of Spain]]. ==History== The '''Universidad Carlos III de Madrid''' was founded in [[1989]] with the objective of providing an efficient, high quality public undergraduate and graduate education. The philosophy that has guided the university since its origins is one of creating responsible free-thinking people with a sensitivity to social problems and an involvement in the concept of progress based on freedom, justice and tolerance. ==Schools== The university consists of three schools: *The '''School of Social Sciences and Law''', located in [[Getafe]] and [[Colmenarejo]]. *The '''School of Humanities, Documentation and Communication''', located in [[Getafe]]. *The '''Higher Technical School''', located in [[Leganés]]. ==Campuses== The university's three campuses are located in the municipalities of [[Getafe]], [[Leganés]] and [[Colmenarejo]]. The adjacent towns of Getafe and Leganés lie 10 km to the south of Madrid and each of them has a population of about 150,000 inhabitants. Colmenarejo, about 7,000, is located 35 km to the northwest of the capital. All the campuses are easily accessible by car, bus, subway or train, and their state-of-the-art buildings are surrounded by wide green spaces. [[Image:sabatini.jpg|thumb|250px|''Sabatini'' building in Leganes Campus.]] [[Image:Universidad-carlos3.jpg|thumb|250px|Faculty in [[Getafe]].]] ==Education== The university offers curricula fully adapted to the EU [[Bologna Process]]. It is well-known for the quality of its teaching and academic research, its international orientation and its higher than average study workload.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} It offers bilingual degrees <ref>{{cite web | title=U. Carlos III Bilingual Degrees Catalog | url=http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/gral/ES/ESCU/esbilingue.html }}</ref>, taught both in [[English language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]], in [[Economics]], [[Business]], [[Actuaries]] and [[Finance]], and [[Computer Engineering|Computer]], [[Industrial Engineering|Industrial]] and [[Telecommunications engineering]]. It also offers joint degrees in Economics and Law and in Economics and Business. All students, regardless of their concentration, must fulfill a [[Humanities]] requirement, and elementary fluency in a foreign language, generally English but also [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]] or [[Italian language|Italian]], is also required. ==Rankings== The undergraduate degrees in [[Business Administration]], [[Economics]] and [[Law]] are ranked first, second and third respectively among those offered by public universities in Spain <ref>{{cite web | title="El Mundo" ''50 Carreras 2006'' | url=http://aula.elmundo.es/aula/especiales/2006/50carreras/concertados.html }}</ref> , and its Master and Ph.D. programs also rank top in the country <ref>{{cite web | title="El Mundo" ''250 Masters 2006'' | url=http://aula.elmundo.es/aula/especiales/2006/250masters/ }}</ref>. The Deparment of [[Economics]] <ref>{{cite web | title=Department of Economics, U. Carlos III de Madrid | url=http://www.eco.uc3m.es }}</ref> is among the 50 best worldwide, and in the top 10 in [[Econometrics]] <ref>{{cite web | title=www.econphd.net | url=http://www.econphd.net/rankings.htm }}</ref>. ==References== <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;"><references /> </div> ==External links== *[http://www.uc3m.es/ Official website] *[http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/gral/ES/ESCU2/escu2.html List of undergraduate degrees] *[http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/gral/TC/postgrado.html List of graduate degrees] *[http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/eng/dpto/dp.html List of academic departments] *[http://www.eco.uc3m.es/english/ Department of Economics] *[http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/dpto/EMP/ Department of Business Administration] *[http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/serv/ORI/InternationalRelationsOffice.html International Relations Office] *[http://esn.uc3m.es Erasmus Student Association] *[http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/serv/ORI/sererasmus.html Useful information for Erasmus students] *[http://maps.google.es/maps?ll=40.316262,-3.726736&spn=0.005150,0.008122&t=k Getafe Campus in Google Maps] *[http://maps.google.es/maps?ll=40.332398,-3.765618&spn=0.005150,0.008122&t=k Leganés Campus in Google Maps] *[http://maps.google.es/maps?ll=40.544379,-4.012209&spn=0.005150,0.008122&t=k Colmenarejo Campus in Google Maps] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1989]] [[Category:Universities in the Community of Madrid]] [[de:Universität Carlos III]] [[es:Universidad Carlos III de Madrid]] [[it:Università Carlos III]] [[la:Universitas Carolus III Matritensis]] [[pt:Universidade Carlos III de Madrid]]