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U C I N T E R N A T I O N A L Vice-Rectorate for Internationalisation and Co-operation

SANTANDER AND CANTABRIA

FIND YOUR REASONS TO CHOOSE UC INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERE Share experiences Share experiences Share experiences ACADEMIC ACADEMIC ACADEMIC with students from with students from with students from five continents five continents five continents EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE A varied offer A varied offer A varied offer with approachable with approachable with approachable teaching staff teaching staff teaching staff RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH IMPACT IMPACT IMPACT High level research High level research High level research applied to the applied to the applied to the economic and social economic and social economic and social environment environment environment WELCOMING WELCOMING WELCOMING ENGLISH CAMPUS CAMPUS CAMPUS FRIENDLY Numerous facilities Numerous facilities Numerous facilities and services and services and services Study in English available to available to available to while you’re students students students learning Spanish Or vice versa

FIND YOUR REASONS TO CHOOSE UC SANTANDER SANTANDER SANTANDER Vibrant urban life Vibrant urban life Vibrant urban life CULTURAL CULTURAL CULTURAL surrounded by surrounded by surrounded by LIFE LIFE LIFE nature, the sea nature, the sea nature, the sea Festivals, exhibitions, Festivals, exhibitions, Festivals, exhibitions, and beaches and beaches and beaches lectures… at the lectures… at the lectures… at the University and University and University and in town in town in town QUALITY OF QUALITY OF QUALITY OF LIFE LIFE LIFE A relatively low cost of A relatively low cost of A relatively low cost of LINKED TO LINKED TO LINKED TO living in an easy-going, living in an easy-going, living in an easy-going, THE WORLD THE WORLD THE WORLD safe, bike-friendly safe, bike-friendly safe, bike-friendly environment environment environment An International airport An International airport An International airport with regular flights to with regular flights to with regular flights to destinations in Spain, destinations in Spain, destinations in Spain, Europe and North Europe and North Europe and North Africa Africa Africa WELCOMING WELCOMING WELCOMING CAMPUS CAMPUS CAMPUS Numerous facilities Numerous facilities Numerous facilities and services and services and services available to available to available to students students students

UC: Where we are Santander (Cantabria), Spain

UC: Who we are  A modern public institution created in 1972.  Ranked among the Top Ten Spanish Universities (out of 81) in proportional terms.  Mission: To contribute to social progress through a strong commitment to education and scientific excellence. UNIVERSITY SOCIETY INDUSTRY

UC: Outstanding Features  Research  Postgraduate Education  Internationalization

UC in figures EDUCATION & RESEARCH  Centers  Students and Schools • Undergraduates 15 (12+3) 9,974 • Master & Ph.D.  Departments 2,867 32  Faculty Staff and  R&D Groups R&D personnel 157 1,224  Research Centers  Adm. and Services Staff and Institutes 572 7

The Spanish University System Three cycles BACHELOR’S DEGREE 4 years MASTER (specialization) 1 ‐ 2 years DOCTORATE (research) 3 years Professional work

UC: Teaching Excellence ACADEMIC QUALITY  Prestigious faculty staff  Excellent (<10) students/faculty staff ratio (2 nd in Spanish universities)  5th Spanish University by academic quality (CYD Foundation 2010 Report)  1st in Library space (9.3%, compared to an average of 6.2%) 10

Studying at UC UC studies Official Studies  UC Masters, 18  Diplomas 17 • 30 Bachelor’s Degrees  Postgraduate Specialisation Courses 39 • 42 Official Masters  Continuous Training Courses 48 • 20 Ph. D. Programs  In ‐ company training (adapted to the EEES)  Senior Program  Summer Courses

Studying at UC BACHELOR’S DEGREES ENGINEERING SOCIAL SCIENCES  Chemical Engineering  Business Administration and Management  Civil Engineering  Early Childhood Education and Primary  Computer Systems Engineering Education Teaching  Electrical Engineering  Economics  Energy Resources Engineering  Geography and Land Planning  Hotel and Tourism Management  Industrial Electronic Engineering and  Labour Relations Automatic Control Systems  Industrial Technologies Engineering  Law  Marine Engineering SCIENCES HEALTH SCIENCES  Maritime Engineering  Mechanical Engineering  Mathematics  Mining Resources Engineering  Physics  Logopaedics  Nautical Engineering and Maritime  Medicine ARTS AND HUMANITIES Transport  Nursing  Telecommunication Technologies  Hispanic Studies  Physiotherapy Engineering  History

Studying at UC LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES HEALTH SCIENCES OFFICIAL MASTERS   Access to the Profession of Lawyer Advances in Neurorehabilitation of ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE  Business Administration communicative and motor functions   Business and Information Technologies Clinical and Basic Aspects of Pain  Chemical engineering   Economics: Instruments of Economic Analysis Genetic, Nutritional and  Civil Engineering  Hotel Administration and Management Environmental Conditioning Factors  Civil Engineering Research  Learning and Teaching of Second Languages for Growth and Development  Coast and Port engineering   Marketing Management (Tourism Businesses) Health Care Research  Computing engineering   Research and Innovation in Educational Contexts Integrated Management and  Construction Research, Technology and  Secondary Education Teacher Training Research in Chronic Wounds Management in Europe  Mental Health Research  Environmental Engineering ARTS AND HUMANITIES  Molecular Biology and Biomedicine  Environmental Engineering Research  Transnational Research in  Industrial Engineering  Contemporary History Physiotherapy  Industrial Engineering Research  From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Master's  Integrated management of water systems Degree: The Construction of Europe between the SCIENCES  Integrity and Durability of Materials, Ancient and the Mediaeval Worlds Components and Structures   Historical and Territorial Heritage Mathematics and Computing Modern History: 'Monarchy of Spain' 16 th ‐ 18 th  Marine Engineering   New Materials  Mining engineering  Centuries Physics, Instrumentation and the  Nautical Engineering and Maritime  Prehistory and Archaeology Environment Management   Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language Theoretical Chemistry and  Telecommunication Engineering  Territorial Resources and Planning Strategies Computational Modelling

UC Ph.D. studies  First Spanish University with a Doctoral School  Ph. D. studies offered in a variety of fields linked to the lines of research carried out in 32 departments  In the latest assessment, 65% UC doctoral programmes obtained the highest Quality Standard granted by the Spanish Government. Doctoral Programs with the Excellence Award from the Spanish Ministry of Education Compared to other Universities of similar size (up to12.000 undergraduate students)

UC: Outstanding in Research RANKINGS  Research is one of the most relevant features of the UC.  Ranked in the top 150 ‐ 200 Universities in the world in Physics ( Shanghai ranking )  According to the most important Spanish rankings, the UC is among the Top Ten Universities in proportional terms.  1 st in research output/budget ratio  2 nd Public University in research quality (Scimago 2014).  10 th Spanish University in international collaborations  Scimago Institutions Ranking World Report, 2012 ( España )  Observatorio IUNE (Investigación en Universidades españolas)  G9, Univalue

Academic and entrepreneurial support Top universities and networks Harvard University Cornell University Leading multi ‐ sector companies

Research and Knowledge Transfer FLTQ: A TOOL TO KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER  Created in 1999 to promote the links between the University and private companies.  Established companies and research groups work together in an atmosphere dedicated to R&D projects .  Iberoamerican University network of  A new forum to establish incubation of companies created in 2006. contacts between researchers  The target is to facilitate the transfer of the and companies results of the research to society. 17

La Universidad de Cantabria es la 44ª del LA sistema universitario español por tamaño, pero es: UNIVERSIDAD  La 4ª Universidad más productiva DE globalmente de España. CANTABRIA.  La 1ª Universidad en rendimiento investigador. Rankings  El Área de Ingeniería Oceánica se posiciona la 6ª de las mejores universidades del mundo (Ranking Shanghai 2017).  Universidad más transparente del país. Fuente: Elaboración propia 18

LA UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA. U ‐ Ranking 19