Systems of Higher Education in an international Comparison: Spain<title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../CSS/2col_leftNav.css" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <div id="masthead"> <h1 id="siteName"> Systems of Higher Education in an international Comparison: Spain</h1> <h1 id="subTitle"> Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Carlos III, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia</h1> <div id="globalNav"> <a href="../educationalsystem/school.html">Educational System</a> | <a href="../universitylife/living.html"> University Life</a> | <a href="../work/internship.html">Work</a> | Madrid | <a href="../valencia/valencia.html">Valencia</a>| <a href="../authors.html">Authors</a></div> </div>  <div id="content"> <h2 id="pageName"> Universidad Carlos III de Madrid </h2> <div class="feature"> <h3> <img src="images/2006_1123leganes0003.jpg" alt="Main entrance of the technical campus" width="397" height="528" />General Information </h3> <p> The university Carlos III was named after the Spanish king Carlos Tercero (or Charles the Third), who ruled Spain in the 18th century. In contrast to its name sponsor the UC3M is a very new university that was founded in 1989. It is a public university with 3 campuses in the three suburbs of Madrid Getafe (where the main campus is located), Leganés (the technical campus) and Colmenarejo in the Sierra de Guadarrama.</p> <p> By this year about 17.000 students are studying at UC3M and are taught by about 1.200 lecturers. Furthermore there are about 400 staff members running the university.</p> <p> A very interesting difference to German universities is the fact, that the universites rector is elected by all members of the university. Since the students naturally form the majority, this means that the rector is elected by the students. A result of this is an election campaign where all candidates present there program and students are able to learn to know there new "bosses".<br /> Although this is a great opportunity for students to decide how the university is going to look like in the future, only about 30 percent have voted in the last election.</p> <div> <em>Author: Arno Scherhorn</em></div> </div> </div>  <div id="navBar"> <div id="sectionLinks"> <h3> The City of Madrid</h3> <ul> <li><a href="geography.html">Geography, Population & Administration</a></li> <li><a href="sights.html">Sightseeing</a></li> <li><a href="living.html">Living in Madrid</a></li> <li><a href="work.html">Working in Madrid</a></li> <li><a href="universities.html">Universities</a></li> <li><a href="free.html">Free Time & La Marcha </a></li> </ul> <h3> Carlos III</h3> <ul> <li>General Information</li> <li><a href="carlos_geography.html">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="carlos_technicalcampus.html">Technical Campus </a></li> <li><a href="carlos_thedegree.html">The Degree </a></li> <li><a href="carlos_communication.html">Communication</a></li> <li><a href="carlos_comparison.html">Comparison</a></li> </ul> <h3> Universidad Politécnica de Madrid</h3> <ul> <li><a href="upm_history.html">History</a></li> <li><a href="upm_facts.html">Facts & Figures </a></li> <li><a href="upm_locations.html">Faculties & Locations</a></li> <li><a href="upm_fi.html">Faculty for Computer Science</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="relatedLinks"> <h3> Related Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.uc3m.es/" target="_blank">Universidad Carlos III</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.tum.de/" target="_blank">TU München</a></li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div id="siteInfo"> (C) 2008, Stefan Edbauer, Arno Scherhorn, <a href="http://www.juergentreml.de/">Jürgen Treml</a> </div> <br /> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3475788-1"); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); </script> </body> </html>