University of Alcala

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University of Alcalá

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ The University of Alcalá (UAH) is a public institution founded by Cardinal Cisneros in 1499. One of Europe’s oldest universities, its influence has been felt both near - it is one of the earliest examples of a planned university town- and far (its articles of constitution have served as a model for various Latin American universities). Its alumni include some of the most famous names of Spanish culture, such as Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo and Tirso de Molina. Alcalá de Henares was also the birthplace of Cervantes, the creator of the greatest figure in Spanish literature, Don Quixote de la Mancha. In recognition both of its cultural importance and its impressive

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architectural inheritance, in 1998 the University was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Located in the center of Spain, the university is 30 kilometres east of Madrid and is easily accessible (20 kilometres) from Madrid’s Barajas airport.

The cradle of Cervantes is alive with the activities of the university and offers an exceptional environment in which to pursue academic goals. Alcalá de Henares also offers numerous opportunities for enjoying culture and the arts.

Every year the university’s ancient assembly hall, the “Paraninfo Universitario”, plays host

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to the most important Spanish literary award ceremony, the Cervantes Prize. Also, jointly with Spain’s Public Ombudsman, every two years in the same assembly hall the University of Alcalá awards the King of Spain Prize for Human Rights, in recognition and encouragement of outstanding contributions made by Spanish and Latin American organizations to the defence and advancement of human rights and democratic values.

Today, the University of Alcalá is a modern institution which offers a wide range of degrees in all fields of knowledge. It is also one of the first universities in Spain to be fully adapted to the European Higher Education Area.

The university presently enrolls nearly 30,000 students, two-thirds of whom are reading for undergraduate degrees taught by a teaching

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staff of 1,800 professors, lecturers and researchers. The university is also proud of its modern and efficient administration, attended by approximately 800 service staff.

Students have access to up-to-date facilities such as the On-Line University, which makes available teaching materials for more than 900 subjects. Alcalá also houses 26 fully equipped computer rooms, and provides WIFI networks in all buildings, along with a laptop computer lending service.

The university has 16 libraries seating 2,700 readers and a large digital collection which includes over 16,000 different e-journals. The university’s teaching and research staff also enjoy access from their work centres to the more than 10 million volumes held in the National Library Repository located on the university’s Science and Technology Campus.

Future Campus Extension in Guadalajara

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The quality of the university’s library service has earned it the European Excellence Seal 300+.

WHAT AND WHERE CAN I STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ?

The University of Alcalá offers degrees in five branches of knowledge: Arts and Humanities, Social and Legal Sciences, Sciences, Health Sciences, and Engineering and Architecture.

Its approximately 20,000 undergraduate students are spread across its three campuses: A university with a rich humanistic tradition The Historical Campus houses the humanities, architecture, the social sciences and law.

In the vanguard of science and technology Situated on the city’s outskirts, the Science and Technology Campus is home to the Sciences, including the Health professions, and Engineering.

An expanding university 25 kilometres to the east, the Guadalajara Campus is well-connected with both Alcalá de Henares and Madrid. A variety of degrees in

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the Social Sciences, Health Sciences and Architecture are taught here. A new campus is presently under construction, as is the Guadalajara Science and Technology Park, which will have modern, sustainable buildings occupying a total area of 70,000 square metres.

WHAT ABOUT POSTGRADUATE DEGREES?  Scholarships and grants are available to read for most UAH degrees.  More than 9,500 students enrol in the University of Alcalá for their postgraduate training.  The University of Alcalá offers more than 200 postgraduate degrees, comprising research masters, taught masters, doctoral programmes and specially designed expert programmes, all adapted to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). It is one of the Spanish universities with the largest number of graduate degrees and lifelong ongoing education courses.  All degree programmes include work experience internships in companies or research institutes.

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FEATURES:

 One or two academic years in length.  Master programmes with study loads of 60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits (two, three or four semesters).  University Expert programmes with study loads ranging from 30 to 60 ECTS credits.

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Institute for North American Studies.

HOW CAN I LEARN SPANISH LANGUAGE AND SPANISH CULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ?

Spanish language and Spanish culture are taught at the University of Alcalá (UAH) in three different programmes, which by themselves or as a whole satisfy the needs of our potential students.

 Campus-based or online teaching.  Period of study adapted to academic year or calendar year.

A UNIVERSITY WITH AN INTERNATIONAL VOCATION  Around 600 agreements with universities from five continents allow our students to complete part of their degrees in other countries.  Over 5,000 students from more than 60 different nationalities study at the University each year.  The UAH offers scholarships and grants for postgraduates such as the Miguel de Cervantes Scholarships or grants for the Benjamin Franklin University Research

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 Alcalingua is the UAH’s Center for studying Spanish as a Foreign Language. It offers both directly-taught and distance-learning classes during the fall and spring semesters as well as during the summer term. It also provides courses in Spanish for specific purpose, such as Spanish for business, Spanish for tourism, etc. Alcalingua is

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University of Alcalá as visiting or exchange students if they are attending a regular programme at another university and can demonstrate knowledge of Spanish language at a level equal to or higher than level B1 of DELE. Students interested in Spanish language and/or Spanish culture usually take courses pertaining to the B.A. degrees of Hispanic Studies, History, Humanities and/or Modern Languages and Translation.

COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH moreover one of the sites which awards the official Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE).

The University is firmly committed to research as the engine of innovation and change.  It is ranked among Spain’s top universities in terms of number of doctoral theses, patents and research output1.

 The Franklin Institute teaches courses in Spanish Language and Culture for foreign students in both Spanish and English during the fall and spring semesters in addition to the summer term. Regular classes are complemented with a variety of cultural activities, such as visits to museums, theatres, governmental institutions, trips to historical cities, etc. Its calendar and grading systems are adapted to those of the American university system.

 Through its Science and Technology Parks, the university fosters relations between the academic world and the business community, thus fomenting the creation of innovative companies in R+D intensive sectors.

 Foreign students can also join regular undergraduate and graduate classes at the

(1) According to the results of the “Ranking de 2009 en investigación de las universidades públicas españolas” produced by the University of Granada (published in Psicothema 22.2, 2010, pages 171-179)

 In collaboration with Spain’s Council for Scientific Research, the university is host to

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the Prince of Asturias Institute of Molecular Medicine and the Ramón y Cajal Institute of Biomedicine, and, in collaboration with the Madrid Regional Government, the Madrid Institute for Advanced Water Research.  Through its own institutes and other research support centres, the university gives its backing to interdisciplinary research in the fields of the social sciences and humanities.  The university boasts four associated

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teaching hospitals where students may do their internships: the Prince of Asturias University Hospital, next to the Faculty of Medicine; the Ramón y Cajal Hospital and the Gómez Ulla Central Military Hospital, both in Madrid; and Guadalajara’s University Hospital.  The UAH is strongly committed to environmental responsibility and sustainability. Part of this effort involves the Juan Carlos I Botanical Garden, a green space occupying 260,000 square metres on the Science and Technology Campus and home to more than 12,000 species. The UAH also manages a project for researching, preserving and disseminating knowledge about plant-life and the environment.

SUPPORT The UAH provides a wide range of guidance services. These include individualised pedagogical attention, beginning with the assignment of a permanent personal tutor when students first enrol in the university.

Also available are professional Psychological Services and Educational Workshops which advise students regarding study techniques and ways to improve achievement levels.

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The University of Alcalá is firmly committed to helping you realize your full potential.

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The University of Alcalá

CAN THE UNIVERSITY HELP ME FIND A JOB?

 Runs an in-company work experience programme comprising more than 2,000 educational cooperation agreements.

Its location in the heart of the business and industrial zone known as the “Henares Corridor” and its unstinting support for students and recent graduates favour the university’s links with the world of work.

 Organises annually the ALCAJOB employment fair, which enables thousands of students and graduates to meet and exchange views with more than 100 companies.

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 Runs an employment pool with more than 500 job offers a year.  Operates a professional guidance programme in which over 1,000 students and recent graduates take part each year. The programme enables participants to design business projects with guidance from experts from the university.  Runs programmes for entrepreneurs with a view to fostering and setting in motion the entrepreneurial projects of recent graduates.

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 The UAH’s Employment Office provides general guidance on looking for jobs, and assists employers in obtaining and selecting student CVs.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES Arts & Humanities - Grado en Estudios Ingleses - Grado en Estudios Hispánicos - Grado en Historia - Grado en Humanidades - Grado en Lenguas Modernas y Traducción - Grado en Lenguas Modernas y Traducción (Guadalajara)

Sciences - Grado en Ciencias Ambientales - Grado en Biología - Grado en Química

Health Sciences - Grado en Biología Sanitaria - Grado en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte - Grado en Enfermería - Grado en Enfermería (Guadalajara) - Grado en Farmacia - Grado en Fisioterapia - Grado en Medicina

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Law & Social Sciences - Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas - Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas (Guadalajara) - Grado en Comunicación Audiovisual (Guadalajara) - Grado en Contabilidad y Finanzas - Grado en Derecho - Grado en Economía - Grado en Economía y Negocios Internacionales - Grado en Educación Social (Cardinal Cisneros Associated School) - Grado en Magisterio de Educación Infantil (Guadalajara) - Grado en Magisterio de Educación Infantil (Cardinal Cisneros Associated School) - Grado en Magisterio de Educación Primaria (Guadalajara) - Grado en Magisterio de Educación Primaria (Cardinal Cisneros Associated School) - Grado en Turismo - Doble grado en Derecho y Administración y Dirección de Empresas - Doble grado en Turismo y Administración y Dirección de Empresas

Architecture &Engineering - Grado en Arquitectura - Grado en Ingeniería de Computadores

- Grado en Ingeniería de Edificación - Grado en Ingeniería Electrónica de Comunicaciones - Grado en Ingeniería Electrónica y Automática Industrial - Grado en Ingeniería en Sistemas de Telecomunicación - Grado en Ingeniería en Tecnologías de la Telecomunicación - Grado en Ingeniería Informática - Grado en Ingeniería Telemática - Grado en Sistemas de Infomación

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WHERE CAN I LIVE?  In modern residence halls (either in shared flats or individual apartments), all equipped with common spaces for relaxation, study and cooking, as well as Internet connections, laundry and maintenance service.  Also available is the pioneering intergenerational “Vive y Convive” programme through which students share housing with elderly people. We offer free flat search and flat share services.

WHAT CAN I DO WHEN NOT STUDYING? The welcoming nature of the Spanish people and, more particularly, of the inhabitants of Alcalá and Guadalajara, the lively student scene and the local cultural and leisure attractions are all good reasons for choosing the University of Alcalá.  The university’s own installations and other facilities providing special access for UAH students make available a wide variety of sports: aikido, fencing, horse-riding, archery, volleyball, athletics, rugby, climbing, tennis, basketball, golf, swimming, sailing, diving, hiking, mountaineering, and winter sports, to name but a few.

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 The Writing School, Foreign Language Centre, Language Laboratories, voluntary activities, massage and physiotherapy room, film club, orchestra, choir, university traditional music group … these are just some of the options available to make your time at the university as much fun as possible, as well as personally enriching.  Quality train and bus connections between the three campuses and facilities for renting bicycles.  Both Alcalá de Henares and Guadalajara have a large student population and offer many leisure and recreational options (cinemas, theatres, museums, restaurants, bars, nightclubs …).  The University of Alcalá is conveniently situated a half hour from Madrid by bus, train, or private transport. Madrid provides all the opportunities for leisure one would expect to find in one of Europe’s leading capital cities.  Excellent communications by coach or high speed train allow UAH students to reach the rest of Spain rapidly and comfortably (Toledo, Córdoba, Granada, Seville, Barcelona, Valencia…).

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POSTGRADUATE STUDIES OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY MASTERS 2010-2011 (Completion of these Master Degrees permits entry into PhD Programmes) Health Sciences - Dianas Terapéuticas en Señalización Celular: Investigación y Desarrollo - Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica - Fisioterapia Manual del Aparato Locomotor - Salud Pública

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Sciences - Antropología Física: Evolución y Biodiversidad Humanas - Ciencias Policiales - Ciencia y Tecnología desde el Espacio - Clima, Energía y Riesgo Ambiental - Hidrología y Gestión de los Recursos Hídricos - Química Fina - Química Inorgánica Molecular - Restauración de Ecosistemas

Architecture & Engineering - Administración de Sistemas Informáticos - Automatización de Procesos Industriales - Ciencia y Tecnología desde el Espacio - Dirección de Proyectos Informáticos - Informática Pluridisciplinar - Ingeniería del Software para la Web - Proyecto Avanzado de Arquitectura y Ciudad - Sistemas Electrónicos Avanzados. Sistemas Inteligentes - Sistemas Informáticos y Redes - Tecnologías de la Información Geográfica - Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones

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Law & Social Sciences - Análisis Económico Aplicado - Comunicación y Aprendizaje en la Sociedad Digital - Contabilidad, Auditoría y sus Efectos en los Mercados de Capitales - Derecho - Dirección de Empresas de Turismo - Dirección de Organizaciones e Instalaciones de la Actividad Física y del Deporte - Documentación - Integración Regional - Management y Gestión del Cambio - Memoria y Crítica de la Educación - Protección Internacional de los Derechos Humanos

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Education - Docencia Universitaria - Enseñanza del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera - Formación de Profesores de Español - Formación del Profesorado de Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria, Bachillerato, Formación Profesional y Enseñanza de Idiomas

Arts & Humanities - América Latina Contemporánea y sus Relaciones con la Unión Europea: una Cooperación Estratégica - Arqueología y Gestión de Patrimonio en el Interior Peninsular - Comunicación Intercultural, Interpretación y Traducción en los Servicios Públicos - Cultura e Ideología en la Génesis de Europa - Estudios Norteamericanos - Filología Clásica - Historia del Drama

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USEFUL ADDRESSES - Postgraduate Studies www.uah.es/postgrado - International Programmes www.uah.es/internacionales - Alcalingua www.alcalingua.com - Franklin Institute www.institutofranklin.net - Accommodation ciu@uah.es - Consejo de Estudiantes http://consejoestudiantes.uah.es - Employment Office and Psychological Services www2.uah.es/orientacion/orientacion.htm

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WHERE DO I GO FOR MORE INFORMATION? Visit our website:

www.uah.es Or contact the University Information Centre:

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