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"> The Universities of Madrid </h2> <div class="story"> <h3> The Public Universities:</h3> <p> <strong><a href="http://www.ucm.es/" target="_blank">Complutense </a></strong> <br /> Founded in 1499<br /> Students: 92.000<br /> <br /> <strong><a href="http://www.uam.es/" target="_blank">Autónoma</a></strong><br /> Founded in 1968<br /> Students: 33.000<br /> <br /> <strong><a href="http://www.upm.es/" target="_blank">Politécnica</a></strong><br /> Founded in 1971 <br /> Students: 40.000<br /> In the 70's the technical subjects were taken form the Complutense and la Politécnica was found containing only these subjects.<br /> <br /> <strong><a href="http://www.uah.es/" target="_blank">Alcalá</a></strong> <br /> Founded in 1977<br /> Students: 23.000<br /> Alcalá de Henares was actually the found place of La Complutense, which was later moved to Madrid. Therefore the year 1977 does not indicate the founding of the first Alcalá university, but of its current installment. <br /> <br /> <strong><a href="http://www.uc3m.es/" target="_blank">Carlos III</a></strong><br /> Founded in 1989<br /> Students: 17.000<br /> <a href="http://www.urjc.es/" target="_blank"> <br /> <strong>Rey Juan Carlos</strong></a><br /> Founded in 1996<br /> Students: 18.000</p> <p> Both Carlos III and Rey Juan Carlos have been built in the southern suburbs of Madrid to mix up these pure labor towns with academics. Actually a town called Villaverde, only a little bit North of Getafe, holds the record for the highest crime rate in whole of Spain. Unfortunately I don't have any numbers if the original plan worked out, but I can only notice that neither Leganés of Getafe are very nice places to live, although without the students the situation would probably be worse. </p> <h3> The Private Universities</h3> <p> Except for the old catholic Pontificia, all private universites have been founded within the last 15 years. Before the 90s they were simply not allowed. Today they only attract the rich crowd, since a student will have to pay e.g. about 3000 € per semester (at the Europea) to study at these universities. For the normal students these places have the air of "paying for the grade", although at least the facilites I have visited are of excellent quality. </p> <p> <strong>Pontificia Comillas</strong><br /> Founded in: 1890<br /> Students: 6.200</p> <p> <strong>San Pablo CEU</strong><br /> Founded in: 1993</p> <p> <strong>Alfonso X</strong><br /> Founded in: 1993 <br /> Students: 11.000</p> <p> <strong>Nebrija</strong><br /> Founded in: 1995<br /> Students: 3.000</p> <p> <strong>Europea</strong><br /> Founded in: 1995</p> <p> <strong>Camilo José Cela</strong><br /> Founded in: 1998<br /> Students: 3.000</p> <p> <strong>Francisco de Vitoria</strong><br /> Founded in: 2001 </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>Universities</li> <li><a href="free.html">Free Time & La Marcha </a></li> </ul> <h3> Carlos III</h3> <ul> <li><a href="carlos_general.html">General Information</a></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.upm.es/" target="_blank">Politécnica de Madrid</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) ? 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