AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID

The Autonomous University of Madrid is an institution consolidated in research and teaching excellence, its main hallmarks are:

Public university with strong social commitment. Sustainable, sound and supportive.
Concerned about the continuous improvement of the teaching quality to favour the teaching-learning process. It is positioned amongst the 200 best universities in the world.
Strong in high-quality research: it has several university research institutes of its own and others in collaboration with the Higher Council for Scientific Research.
Commitment to innovation as an driver of social and economic development, through collaboration with society and companies, in training and research programmes, as well as through joint research and innovation laboratories.
Prestige and international projection, with a significant relevance in the international rankings of universities, especially amongst the newest universities.
Integrator of new technologies as an opportunity for continuous improvement.
Alliance with other institutions:
- National scope: the Campus of International Excellence CEI UAM+CSIC together with other agents and institutions, were constituted to promote the development of a campus that plays a role in the leadership and cohesion of the educational, social, cultural and economic sphere of North Madrid, via its integration into region close to the Campus,.
- International scope: integrated within the network of young European research universities with the aim of promoting joint initiatives in the field of research and teaching, as well as encouraging mobility.

UAM data (academic course 2019-2020)

2 campuses, 9 faculties and technical schools and 4 affiliated university schools
43 research centres and institutes
44 official bachelor's degrees, 47 doctoral programmes, 100+ masters and 100+ own studies and continuing education
22,800+ students, 2,600+ teachers and 1.000+ administrative and services staff
365 doctoral thesis
136 national research projects and 36 European projects
641 contracts and agreements
32 new patent applications and 25 coownership agreements
29 lectureshipS and 16 knowledge-based companies

Groups of the UAM in the IRYCIS

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