The Universidad Autónoma de Madrid is the first Spanish institution and the third European university according to the QS Ranking of the World’s Top 50 Universities under 50 years old. Founded in 1968, this university offers an extensive range of studies, organized into eight schools, as well as several affiliated centers, like the Red Cross Universitary School of Nursing and the ONCE School of Physiotherapy.
With more than 25.000 students and 3.000 academic staff members, this university has two campus: the prestigious Faculty of Medicine, close to Madrid´s La Paz Hospital, and the Cantoblanco Campus, which is situated 15 km to the north of Madrid, immersed in nature. In addition, this campus has an excellent connection with the city center, including a train station, with direct line to Puerta del Sol in 20 minutes. It has, as well, several services buildings, like a sports complex, Music and Language Learning centers, student residences and a Doctoral School.
Besides its great studies offer, this university has an ambitious employability plan and numerous agreements with other institutions, inserted in the framework of the Campus de Excelencia UAM-CSIC. Thereby, research excellence areas like Mathematics, Nanotechnology and Theoretical Physics have earned a prestigious international reputation.
The Autonomous University of Madrid, also known as UAM, is a public institution that was founded in 1968. The university’s main Cantoblanco campus is in the northern outskirts of Madrid. A medical campus is located a few miles south of the Cantoblanco site, near the La Paz University Hospital, where students can study medicine, nursing, biochemistry, and human nutrition and dietetics. UAM tuition is a bit higher for international students than for domestic students, and some university housing is available for both undergraduate and graduate students.
UAM, which uses a semester-based academic calendar, has divisions covering a variety of subjects, including business and economic sciences, law, medicine, philosophy and the arts, psychology, science, and teacher training and education. The university also encompasses the Escuela Politécnica Superior, an engineering school; the La Salle Center of Higher Education; and other affiliated schools. The primary language of instruction is Spanish, though some English-taught courses and degree programs are available. English-taught master's offerings include programs in biotechnology and theoretical physics, as well as a program in microfinance for entrepreneurship. Undergraduate degree programs generally last four years, and master's programs last a year or longer. Research institutions at the university include several institutes and centers jointly operated with the Spanish National Research Council as well as other Spanish universities, such as the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Institute for Theoretical Physics.
