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Complutense University of Madrid

Coordinates: 40°26′57″N 3°43′41″W / 40.44917°N 3.72806°W / 40.44917; -3.72806

The Complutense University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, Universidad de Madrid, Universidad Central de Madrid; Latin: Universitas Complutensis Matritensis) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of Pozuelo de Alarcón. It is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Complutum, now an archeological site in Alcalá de Henares, just east of Madrid.

Complutense University of Madrid
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spanish)
Latin: Universitas Complutensis Matritensis
Former name
Estudio de Escuelas Generales de Alcalá (1293–1499)
Universitas Complutensis (1499–1836)
Literary University
(1836–1851)
Universidad Central de Madrid (1851–1970)
MottoLibertas Perfundet Omnia Luce (Latin)
Motto in English
"Freedom will flood all things with light"
TypePublic research non-profit coeducational higher education institution
Established20 May 1293; 729 years ago (20 May 1293)
FounderCardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Academic affiliations
Compostela Group of Universities
Europaeum
IAU
Una Europa
UNICA
Utrecht Network
Budget€607,559,030
RectorJoaquín Goyache Goñi
Administrative staff
11,162
Undergraduates74,771
Postgraduates11,388
Location,
Spain

40°26′57″N 3°43′41″W
CampusUrban
2 campuses in Madrid
--Moncloa Campus
--Somosaguas Campus
ColoursRed   [1]
Websitewww.ucm.es

It enrolls over 86,000 students, making it the third largest non-distance European university by enrollment.[2] It is one of the most prestigious Spanish universities and consistently ranks among the top universities in Spain, together with the University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, UAM, and UAB in International and European league tables and surveys.[3][4] Since its foundation, it has attracted numerous scholars, intellectuals and students from all over Spain and the world, establishing itself as one of the main international centers of learning.[5] By Royal Decree of 1857, the University of Madrid was the first and only institution in Spain authorized to grant doctorate degrees throughout the Spanish Empire. In 1909, the University of Madrid became one of the first universities in the world to grant a doctorate degree to a woman.[6]

History

 
Cardinal Cisneros expanded the existing Studium Generale into a large five-college University.

On 20 May 1293, King Sancho IV of Castile granted the Archbishop of Toledo, Gonzalo Pérez Gudiel, a royal charter to found a studium generale (as universities were known at that time), named El Estudio de Escuelas Generales in Alcalá de Henares.[7] One of its alumni, Cardinal Cisneros, made extensive purchases of land and ordered the construction of many buildings, in what became the first university campus ex-novo in history: The Civitas Dei, or city of God, named after the work of Augustine of Hippo. On 13 April 1499, Cardinal Cisneros secured from Pope Alexander VI a papal bull to expand Complutense into a full university. This papal bull conferred official recognition throughout Christendom to all degrees granted by the university. It also renamed the institution Universitas Complutensis, after Complutum, which was the Latin name of Alcalá de Henares, where the university was originally located.

In the 1509–1510 school year, the Complutense University already operated with five major schools: Arts and Philosophy, Theology, Canon Law, Philology and Medicine.[8][9] During the 16th and 17th centuries, Complutense University became one of the greatest centers of academic excellence in the world. Many of the leading figures in science, arts and politics of that age studied or taught in Complutense's classrooms.[10] Special colleges were created for students of foreign origin, such as Flemish or Irish.

In 1785, Complutense became one of the first universities in the world to grant a doctorate to a female student, María Isidra de Guzmán y de la Cerda.[11] In comparison, University of Oxford did not accept female scholars until 1920,[12] and the University of Cambridge did not grant a PhD to a female student until 1926.[13]

In 1824, Francisco Tadeo Calomarde further expanded Complutense by merging it with the University of Sigüenza.[14] By a royal order of 29 October 1836, Queen Regent Maria Christina suppressed the university in Alcalá and ordered its move to Madrid, where it took the name of Literary University and, in 1851, of Central University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Central de Madrid). The university would be known under this name until its original name of "Complutense" was restored in the 1970s.

 
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, with Faculty members of the university: Albert Einstein, José Rodríguez Carracido, Blas Cabrera y Felipe, among others, on 11 March 1923.

The University of Madrid awarded Albert Einstein a Doctor of Science degree Honoris Causa on 28 February 1923; this was the first Doctor of Science degree Honoris Causa that Albert Einstein accepted from a European university. In April 1933 the Minister for Education and the Arts, Fernando de los Ríos, announced that Einstein had agreed to take charge of a professorship in a research institute, which would bear the name Instituto Albert Einstein, under the university's School of Science.[15] However, as the political situation began to deteriorate throughout Europe, Prof. Einstein ended up accepting a similar position at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

The university greatly expanded during the 19th century, and its accommodations in central Madrid proved to be increasingly inadequate. Besides the greater number of students, after its move from Alcalá the university had been based in a number of preexisting, government-acquired properties – mainly aristocratic mansions and royal châteaux from centuries past, abandoned by their owners for more contemporary lodgings. Though they were not without their charm, the ancient buildings were not ideal as educational settings, and the early 20th century witnessed the students of the Central University attending philosophy lectures and anatomy lessons in elaborate spaces that had served as ballrooms and salons only a few decades prior.

This situation changed in 1927, when by royal decree King Alfonso XIII ceded state-held lands in the proximity of the Palace of La Moncloa to establish space for the University of Madrid. At the time, this constituted all of the land between the Royal Palace and the Palace of El Pardo, and today it comprises a vast swath of western Madrid referred to as the "Ciudad Universitaria", or University City of Madrid.

 
Engineers graduated in 1913 from the Complutense University.

A council appointed by King Alfonso XIII had decided that the new University of Madrid would require the innovative architecture and planning. A team of academics was sent on an international expedition to visit the most prestigious universities in Europe and North America, to combine the best of both continents and design the utopian academic setting. The trip took them to 19 universities in the American northeast, as well as to Paris, Lyon, Oxford, Berlin, Hamburg, and numerous other European cities, all in an effort to discern the best possible building structure. The architectural tendencies of the era, however, ended up having a greater influence than the academics' visits to Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, La Sorbonne or the University of Berlin; while the final plans from this period are hardly recognizable to anyone familiar with the contemporary campus, the buildings from the era that managed to survive the design revisions, the Civil War and the Franco regime betray the period's fondness for the German Bauhaus movement. Indeed, the original buildings, exemplary amongst them the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology, are an homage to structural functionalism and the graceful utilitarianism of the 1920s.

In the 1970s, following the political instability of the regime of Francisco Franco, the University of Madrid was renamed, dividing existing colleges between the Complutense University of Madrid and the Technical University of Madrid. When the city of Alcalá de Henares decided to open a university within the older campus buildings, it was named Universidad de Alcalá de Henares to clearly distinguish it from the Complutense University.

Today

The University of Madrid has played a major role in the political development of Spain since its founding. Its graduates have been members, at either congressional or ministerial level, in all of the governments of Spain since the Enlightenment, and their positions in the Second Spanish Republic and the post-Franco transition to democracy were particularly notable. The former first deputy prime minister, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, and the former president, José María Aznar, are both graduates of the university. The Complutense University has also played host to some of the most significant figures of the intellectual world, with a long tradition of visiting professors amongst which feature some of the greats of world academia (most notably, Albert Einstein). A significant part of the European intelligentsia flocked to its halls during the 1930s, when democratic Spain provided a refuge from the rising terrors of fascism. The contemporary Complutense University has also counted numerous Nobel Laureates not only among its graduates, but also its faculty members over the years.

 
Rectorate building of the Complutense University.

Currently, the Complutense University is the largest university in Spain. During the 2004–2005 academic year the university recorded an enrollment of 91,598 students and employed a staff of 9,500, of which over 6000 are directly involved in teaching duties; the university operates on government subsidies, grants and enrollment funds, with a current annual budget of over €500,000,000 . The university currently offers nearly 80 possible majors, 230 individual degrees, and 221 doctorate programs. The university has over 30 libraries, with over 2 million works in print, a particularly rich archive of over 90,000 historical documents, and one of the most extensive film collections in Europe.

Due to its long history in the capital, the Complutense University enjoys great support from Madrid-based institutions, at a local, national and international level. The School of Medicine operates the Hospital Clínico Universitario de San Carlos, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, and the most famous one, Hospital 12 October, as well as a number of other specialized clinics located on-campus, some of which are operated jointly with the Ministry of Health or perform specific research for the ministry. The School of Medicine is not the only one with government involvement; indeed, despite past conflicts, the Complutense University shares a close bond with the Spanish government, as both the presidential residence of La Moncloa and the Spanish Constitutional Court are located directly on-campus (with the political centre of the city at walking distance).

The School of Communications, meanwhile, enjoys equally good relations with the press (large part of its professors being former reporters, editors, or directors of major Spanish and international newspapers). Moreover, the school is known particularly for its role as one of the premiere pre-screening locales in Spain- all major Spanish film productions are screened first before an audience of Complutense students, with the main actors or production figures of the films attending a post-screening press conference. Most recently, Blanca Portillo, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas and Yohana Cobo pre-screened Pedro Almodóvar's Volver; past pre-screening visitors have included director Santiago Segura, actor Alejo Sauras, and writer E. Annie Proulx.

The Faculty of Fine Arts was created in 1978, and now offers first degrees in Fine Arts, Design, and Preservation and Restoration of Artistic Patrimony; as well as postgraduate magister's and doctorate degrees.[16]

Each year, the Madrid Círculo de Bellas Artes extends special invitations to the Complutense students during its series of annual conferences featuring prominent philosophers, sociologists, and psychologists. Likewise, all of the faculties have been able to benefit greatly by lectures given by some of the most illustrious figures in recent history, of all fields, from singer-songwriter and Catalan activist Joan Manuel Serrat to historian Ernst Gombrich, from writer Umberto Eco to communist politician Santiago Carrillo. Alejandro Amenábar wrote his first film, Tesis, while still attending the Complutense University. All the on-campus scenes in the film were shot in the School of Communications, which Amenábar himself had attended, and the building itself serves as major device in the plot.

Student life and extracurricular activities

 
Professor giving a lecture at the Complutense University.

The Complutense University publishes a bi-monthly newspaper, the Gaceta Complutense,[17] and also features a fully operational radio station, Radio Complutense (107.5 FM),[18][19] which broadcasts for 12 hours daily; both are run from the School of Communications.[20]

While the university has a select number of registered dormitories, these are located on the fringes of the campus within bordering neighborhoods, and therefore no students truly live on the campus proper. Due to the costs, and the fact that university-affiliated lodging is not required, the majority of the Complutense's students live independently, either in non-affiliated dormitories or in actual apartments.

The University of Madrid is home to over 100 student political, social and sports-related groups. Aerobics, gym, yoga, swimming, tennis, diving, tai-chi, and numerous other courses are offered. In terms of team sports, the Complutense features male and female basketball, football, and volleyball divisions, as well as rugby. Chess, badminton, golf, judo, karate, table-tennis, and archery teams are also available. Internal university games are held several times a year, with all of the different schools competing; the Complutense also participates in the regional university games, held each March at the Puerta del Hierro Stadium in Madrid, and selected national competitions. All students, professors, staff members, and family of staff members have the right to be evaluated and attended to at the Complutense University Center for Sport and Fitness Medicine.

The Complutense Abroad

Besides an extensive series of accords permitting student/professor exchanges and study abroad opportunity with prestigious universities throughout the world, the Complutense University of Madrid currently operates four full-time institutions outside of Spain.[21][22]

 
Coat of arms of the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University
  • The Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts):[23] The RCC was founded as a joint cooperative institution to foster intellectual and scientific interaction between Harvard University and Complutense, with the support of HM King Juan Carlos I, HM Queen Sofia of Spain and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It follows the tradition of the Royal Spanish College, founded in 1364 to host Spanish Visiting Scholars at the University of Bologna. The RCC accord is the only one of its sort ever to have been approved by Harvard. The institution is directed jointly by the President of Harvard and the Rector of Complutense University, with an academic council formed by 5 Harvard professors and 5 Complutense professors. It permits a select number of Complutense professors to conduct their research at Harvard as visiting scholars. RCC Fellows enjoy the same privileges as Harvard's non-tenured faculty. Each year the institution hosts the RCC Fellows Lectures, a conference cycle during which the visiting scholars deliver lectures revealing the results of their investigations to an audience of Harvard professors and students. Finally, it also permits a small number of students to attend doctoral school at the university as research associates, under scholarships hosted by the Spanish royal family.
  • Collège des Hautes Études Européennes Miguel Servet (Paris, France):[24] founded upon the initiative of the Club Européen des Recteurs, the Collège des Hautes Études Européennes Miguel Servet is a Franco-Iberian center of learning and research located within the La Sorbonne. Besides specialized degrees, it offers programs focused on jurisprudence and economy within the European Union, a double-major program in Franco-Iberian law, and the Diplôme de Formation Européenne, which is operates under the auspices of the European Union and UNESCO. It was awarded a status of 'centre d'excellence', and in 1995 it opened chapters in Italy, Portugal, and South America.
  • Cátedra Complutense en la Universidad de Karlova (Prague, Czech Republic):[25] Full campus in operation, offering bachelor and doctoral degrees in partnership with Charles University (Univerzita Karlova v Praze) in Prague.
  • Cátedra Dubcek (Bratislava, Slovakia):[26] Full campus in operation, offering bachelor and doctoral degrees in partnership with Comenius University in Bratislava.

International rankings

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[27]201-300 (2019)
CWTS World[28]206 (2019)
QS World[29]212 (2020)
THE World[30]501–600 (2020)
USNWR Global[31]355 (2020)

Notable faculty

Alumni

In recent years, the university's notable alumni include 7 Nobel Prize recipients, 18 Prince of Asturias Awardees, 7 Miguel de Cervantes Prize recipients, as well as prime ministers of Spain, European commissioners, presidents of the EU Parliament, a European Council secretary general, European Central Bank Executive Board members, a NATO secretary general, a UNESCO director general, an IMF managing director, Spanish royalty, and heads of state. Over the course of seven centuries, the University of Madrid has provided invaluable contributions in the sciences, fine arts, and political leadership. Alumni include renowned philosophers (José Ortega y Gasset, Ignatius of Loyola, Thomas of Villanova), writers (Federico García Lorca, Antonio de Nebrija, Pedro Calderón de la Barca), scientists (Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Severo Ochoa, Andrés Manuel del Río, Ricardo Rubio), historians (Juan de Mariana, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda), military leaders (Don John of Austria, Alexander Farnese), and foreign leaders (Cardinal Mazarin, José Rizal).

See also

Notes and references

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  2. ^ . Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Ranking Web of Universities- Spain". Webometrics. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Universities in Spain". 4ICU.org. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Most international universities in the world". Times Higher Education (THE). 28 January 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  6. ^ "La primera mujer universitaria Española: María Goyri".
  7. ^ . Biblioteca Histórica Marqués de Valdecilla. UCM. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. ^ . Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  9. ^ . Biblioteca Histórica Marqués de Valdecilla. UCM. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  10. ^ Fernández Luzón, Antonio (2005). La Universidad de Barcelona en el siglo XVI. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. pp. 72–73. ISBN 84-475-2851-0.
  11. ^ Universidad de Alcala (UAH) - Madrid. "Universidad de Alcalá". Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  12. ^ . University of Oxford. 7 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  13. ^ . Young Exceptional Gifted Students. ZCI, Inc. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  14. ^ Frías Balsa, José Vicente (1977). "El venerable Palafox y Mendoza, doctor en cánones por Sigüenza" (PDF). Wad-al-Hayara (in Spanish) (4): 223–231. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022.
  15. ^ Sánchez Ron, José Manuel; Glick, Thomas F. (1983). La España posible de la Segunda República: la oferta a Einstein de una Cátedra extraordinaria en la Universidad Central (Madrid, 1933). Madrid: Editorial de la Universidad Complutense. ISBN 9788474910759.
  16. ^ "Faculty of Fine Arts". www.ucm.es. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  17. ^ . Archived from the original on 20 November 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2006.
  18. ^ [1] 10 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ [2] 12 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1 June 1999). "Universidad Complutense de Madrid :: Página principal". Ucm.es. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  21. ^ "Universidad Complutense de Madrid :: UCM". Ucm.es. 1 June 1999. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  22. ^ "Universidad Complutense de Madrid :: UCM". Ucm.es. 1 June 1999. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  23. ^ . Realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  24. ^ "Collège des Hautes Études Européennes – Miguel Servet". Chee-mservet.fr. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  25. ^ "Univerzita Karlova – UK". Cuni.cz. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  26. ^ "Univerzita Komenského". Uniba.sk. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  27. ^ . Shanghai Ranking. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  28. ^ "CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019". CWTS Leiden Ranking. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  29. ^ "QS World University Rankings – Complutense University of Madrid". Top Universities. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  30. ^ "World University Rankings – Complutense University of Madrid". THE World University Rankings. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  31. ^ "Best Global Universities – Complutense University of Madrid". U.S. News Education (USNWR). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  32. ^ "José María de Azcárate, historiador del Arte". El País (in Spanish). 19 July 2001. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

External links

  • Official site

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Coordinates 40 26 57 N 3 43 41 W 40 44917 N 3 72806 W 40 44917 3 72806 The Complutense University of Madrid Spanish Universidad Complutense de Madrid UCM Universidad de Madrid Universidad Central de Madrid Latin Universitas Complutensis Matritensis is a public research university located in Madrid Founded in Alcala in 1293 before relocating to Madrid in 1836 it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of Pozuelo de Alarcon It is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Complutum now an archeological site in Alcala de Henares just east of Madrid Complutense University of MadridUniversidad Complutense de Madrid Spanish Latin Universitas Complutensis MatritensisFormer nameEstudio de Escuelas Generales de Alcala 1293 1499 Universitas Complutensis 1499 1836 Literary University 1836 1851 Universidad Central de Madrid 1851 1970 MottoLibertas Perfundet Omnia Luce Latin Motto in English Freedom will flood all things with light TypePublic research non profit coeducational higher education institutionEstablished20 May 1293 729 years ago 20 May 1293 FounderCardinal Francisco Jimenez de CisnerosAcademic affiliationsCompostela Group of Universities Europaeum IAU Una Europa UNICA Utrecht NetworkBudget 607 559 030RectorJoaquin Goyache GoniAdministrative staff11 162Undergraduates74 771Postgraduates11 388LocationMadrid Spain40 26 57 N 3 43 41 WCampusUrban2 campuses in Madrid Moncloa Campus Somosaguas CampusColoursRed 1 Websitewww ucm esIt enrolls over 86 000 students making it the third largest non distance European university by enrollment 2 It is one of the most prestigious Spanish universities and consistently ranks among the top universities in Spain together with the University of Barcelona Pompeu Fabra University UAM and UAB in International and European league tables and surveys 3 4 Since its foundation it has attracted numerous scholars intellectuals and students from all over Spain and the world establishing itself as one of the main international centers of learning 5 By Royal Decree of 1857 the University of Madrid was the first and only institution in Spain authorized to grant doctorate degrees throughout the Spanish Empire In 1909 the University of Madrid became one of the first universities in the world to grant a doctorate degree to a woman 6 Contents 1 History 2 Today 3 Student life and extracurricular activities 4 The Complutense Abroad 5 International rankings 6 Notable faculty 7 Alumni 8 See also 9 Notes and references 10 External linksHistory EditSee also University of Alcala Cardinal Cisneros expanded the existing Studium Generale into a large five college University On 20 May 1293 King Sancho IV of Castile granted the Archbishop of Toledo Gonzalo Perez Gudiel a royal charter to found a studium generale as universities were known at that time named El Estudio de Escuelas Generales in Alcala de Henares 7 One of its alumni Cardinal Cisneros made extensive purchases of land and ordered the construction of many buildings in what became the first university campus ex novo in history The Civitas Dei or city of God named after the work of Augustine of Hippo On 13 April 1499 Cardinal Cisneros secured from Pope Alexander VI a papal bull to expand Complutense into a full university This papal bull conferred official recognition throughout Christendom to all degrees granted by the university It also renamed the institution Universitas Complutensis after Complutum which was the Latin name of Alcala de Henares where the university was originally located In the 1509 1510 school year the Complutense University already operated with five major schools Arts and Philosophy Theology Canon Law Philology and Medicine 8 9 During the 16th and 17th centuries Complutense University became one of the greatest centers of academic excellence in the world Many of the leading figures in science arts and politics of that age studied or taught in Complutense s classrooms 10 Special colleges were created for students of foreign origin such as Flemish or Irish In 1785 Complutense became one of the first universities in the world to grant a doctorate to a female student Maria Isidra de Guzman y de la Cerda 11 In comparison University of Oxford did not accept female scholars until 1920 12 and the University of Cambridge did not grant a PhD to a female student until 1926 13 In 1824 Francisco Tadeo Calomarde further expanded Complutense by merging it with the University of Siguenza 14 By a royal order of 29 October 1836 Queen Regent Maria Christina suppressed the university in Alcala and ordered its move to Madrid where it took the name of Literary University and in 1851 of Central University of Madrid Spanish Universidad Central de Madrid The university would be known under this name until its original name of Complutense was restored in the 1970s Alfonso XIII King of Spain with Faculty members of the university Albert Einstein Jose Rodriguez Carracido Blas Cabrera y Felipe among others on 11 March 1923 The University of Madrid awarded Albert Einstein a Doctor of Science degree Honoris Causa on 28 February 1923 this was the first Doctor of Science degree Honoris Causa that Albert Einstein accepted from a European university In April 1933 the Minister for Education and the Arts Fernando de los Rios announced that Einstein had agreed to take charge of a professorship in a research institute which would bear the name Instituto Albert Einstein under the university s School of Science 15 However as the political situation began to deteriorate throughout Europe Prof Einstein ended up accepting a similar position at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton New Jersey The university greatly expanded during the 19th century and its accommodations in central Madrid proved to be increasingly inadequate Besides the greater number of students after its move from Alcala the university had been based in a number of preexisting government acquired properties mainly aristocratic mansions and royal chateaux from centuries past abandoned by their owners for more contemporary lodgings Though they were not without their charm the ancient buildings were not ideal as educational settings and the early 20th century witnessed the students of the Central University attending philosophy lectures and anatomy lessons in elaborate spaces that had served as ballrooms and salons only a few decades prior This situation changed in 1927 when by royal decree King Alfonso XIII ceded state held lands in the proximity of the Palace of La Moncloa to establish space for the University of Madrid At the time this constituted all of the land between the Royal Palace and the Palace of El Pardo and today it comprises a vast swath of western Madrid referred to as the Ciudad Universitaria or University City of Madrid Engineers graduated in 1913 from the Complutense University A council appointed by King Alfonso XIII had decided that the new University of Madrid would require the innovative architecture and planning A team of academics was sent on an international expedition to visit the most prestigious universities in Europe and North America to combine the best of both continents and design the utopian academic setting The trip took them to 19 universities in the American northeast as well as to Paris Lyon Oxford Berlin Hamburg and numerous other European cities all in an effort to discern the best possible building structure The architectural tendencies of the era however ended up having a greater influence than the academics visits to Harvard the University of Pennsylvania La Sorbonne or the University of Berlin while the final plans from this period are hardly recognizable to anyone familiar with the contemporary campus the buildings from the era that managed to survive the design revisions the Civil War and the Franco regime betray the period s fondness for the German Bauhaus movement Indeed the original buildings exemplary amongst them the Schools of Medicine Pharmacy and Odontology are an homage to structural functionalism and the graceful utilitarianism of the 1920s In the 1970s following the political instability of the regime of Francisco Franco the University of Madrid was renamed dividing existing colleges between the Complutense University of Madrid and the Technical University of Madrid When the city of Alcala de Henares decided to open a university within the older campus buildings it was named Universidad de Alcala de Henares to clearly distinguish it from the Complutense University Today EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message University City of Madrid The University of Madrid has played a major role in the political development of Spain since its founding Its graduates have been members at either congressional or ministerial level in all of the governments of Spain since the Enlightenment and their positions in the Second Spanish Republic and the post Franco transition to democracy were particularly notable The former first deputy prime minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and the former president Jose Maria Aznar are both graduates of the university The Complutense University has also played host to some of the most significant figures of the intellectual world with a long tradition of visiting professors amongst which feature some of the greats of world academia most notably Albert Einstein A significant part of the European intelligentsia flocked to its halls during the 1930s when democratic Spain provided a refuge from the rising terrors of fascism The contemporary Complutense University has also counted numerous Nobel Laureates not only among its graduates but also its faculty members over the years Rectorate building of the Complutense University Currently the Complutense University is the largest university in Spain During the 2004 2005 academic year the university recorded an enrollment of 91 598 students and employed a staff of 9 500 of which over 6000 are directly involved in teaching duties the university operates on government subsidies grants and enrollment funds with a current annual budget of over 500 000 000 The university currently offers nearly 80 possible majors 230 individual degrees and 221 doctorate programs The university has over 30 libraries with over 2 million works in print a particularly rich archive of over 90 000 historical documents and one of the most extensive film collections in Europe Due to its long history in the capital the Complutense University enjoys great support from Madrid based institutions at a local national and international level The School of Medicine operates the Hospital Clinico Universitario de San Carlos Hospital Gregorio Maranon and the most famous one Hospital 12 October as well as a number of other specialized clinics located on campus some of which are operated jointly with the Ministry of Health or perform specific research for the ministry The School of Medicine is not the only one with government involvement indeed despite past conflicts the Complutense University shares a close bond with the Spanish government as both the presidential residence of La Moncloa and the Spanish Constitutional Court are located directly on campus with the political centre of the city at walking distance Auditorium of Universidad Complutense The School of Communications meanwhile enjoys equally good relations with the press large part of its professors being former reporters editors or directors of major Spanish and international newspapers Moreover the school is known particularly for its role as one of the premiere pre screening locales in Spain all major Spanish film productions are screened first before an audience of Complutense students with the main actors or production figures of the films attending a post screening press conference Most recently Blanca Portillo Carmen Maura Lola Duenas and Yohana Cobo pre screened Pedro Almodovar s Volver past pre screening visitors have included director Santiago Segura actor Alejo Sauras and writer E Annie Proulx The Faculty of Fine Arts was created in 1978 and now offers first degrees in Fine Arts Design and Preservation and Restoration of Artistic Patrimony as well as postgraduate magister s and doctorate degrees 16 Each year the Madrid Circulo de Bellas Artes extends special invitations to the Complutense students during its series of annual conferences featuring prominent philosophers sociologists and psychologists Likewise all of the faculties have been able to benefit greatly by lectures given by some of the most illustrious figures in recent history of all fields from singer songwriter and Catalan activist Joan Manuel Serrat to historian Ernst Gombrich from writer Umberto Eco to communist politician Santiago Carrillo Alejandro Amenabar wrote his first film Tesis while still attending the Complutense University All the on campus scenes in the film were shot in the School of Communications which Amenabar himself had attended and the building itself serves as major device in the plot Student life and extracurricular activities Edit Professor giving a lecture at the Complutense University The Complutense University publishes a bi monthly newspaper the Gaceta Complutense 17 and also features a fully operational radio station Radio Complutense 107 5 FM 18 19 which broadcasts for 12 hours daily both are run from the School of Communications 20 While the university has a select number of registered dormitories these are located on the fringes of the campus within bordering neighborhoods and therefore no students truly live on the campus proper Due to the costs and the fact that university affiliated lodging is not required the majority of the Complutense s students live independently either in non affiliated dormitories or in actual apartments The University of Madrid is home to over 100 student political social and sports related groups Aerobics gym yoga swimming tennis diving tai chi and numerous other courses are offered In terms of team sports the Complutense features male and female basketball football and volleyball divisions as well as rugby Chess badminton golf judo karate table tennis and archery teams are also available Internal university games are held several times a year with all of the different schools competing the Complutense also participates in the regional university games held each March at the Puerta del Hierro Stadium in Madrid and selected national competitions All students professors staff members and family of staff members have the right to be evaluated and attended to at the Complutense University Center for Sport and Fitness Medicine The Complutense Abroad EditBesides an extensive series of accords permitting student professor exchanges and study abroad opportunity with prestigious universities throughout the world the Complutense University of Madrid currently operates four full time institutions outside of Spain 21 22 Coat of arms of the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University The Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts 23 The RCC was founded as a joint cooperative institution to foster intellectual and scientific interaction between Harvard University and Complutense with the support of HM King Juan Carlos I HM Queen Sofia of Spain and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts It follows the tradition of the Royal Spanish College founded in 1364 to host Spanish Visiting Scholars at the University of Bologna The RCC accord is the only one of its sort ever to have been approved by Harvard The institution is directed jointly by the President of Harvard and the Rector of Complutense University with an academic council formed by 5 Harvard professors and 5 Complutense professors It permits a select number of Complutense professors to conduct their research at Harvard as visiting scholars RCC Fellows enjoy the same privileges as Harvard s non tenured faculty Each year the institution hosts the RCC Fellows Lectures a conference cycle during which the visiting scholars deliver lectures revealing the results of their investigations to an audience of Harvard professors and students Finally it also permits a small number of students to attend doctoral school at the university as research associates under scholarships hosted by the Spanish royal family College des Hautes Etudes Europeennes Miguel Servet Paris France 24 founded upon the initiative of the Club Europeen des Recteurs the College des Hautes Etudes Europeennes Miguel Servet is a Franco Iberian center of learning and research located within the La Sorbonne Besides specialized degrees it offers programs focused on jurisprudence and economy within the European Union a double major program in Franco Iberian law and the Diplome de Formation Europeenne which is operates under the auspices of the European Union and UNESCO It was awarded a status of centre d excellence and in 1995 it opened chapters in Italy Portugal and South America Catedra Complutense en la Universidad de Karlova Prague Czech Republic 25 Full campus in operation offering bachelor and doctoral degrees in partnership with Charles University Univerzita Karlova v Praze in Prague Catedra Dubcek Bratislava Slovakia 26 Full campus in operation offering bachelor and doctoral degrees in partnership with Comenius University in Bratislava International rankings EditUniversity rankingsGlobal OverallARWU World 27 201 300 2019 CWTS World 28 206 2019 QS World 29 212 2020 THE World 30 501 600 2020 USNWR Global 31 355 2020 Notable faculty EditAntonio Bru born 1962 theoretical physicist and permanent professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics Jose Maria de Azcarate 1919 2001 art historian author researcher curator and professor specializing in medieval Castilian art and Renaissance sculpture Azcarate was the Chair of History of Medieval Art at Complutense University of Madrid from 1973 until his death in 2001 32 Maria Angeles Duran born 1942 sociologist and economist Gonzalo Trancho born 1955 professor in the Zoology and Anthropology Department Juan Luis Arsuaga born 1954 professor in the Paleontology Department of the Faculty of Geological Sciences Fernando Savater born 1947 professor of Ethics in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Complutense University David Hernandez de la Fuente born 1974 professor in the Department of Classics at the Complutense University Alicia Gomez Montano born 1955 professor of journalism at the Faculty of Information Science Gonzalo Alvarez Chillida born 1958 tenured professor of the history of Thought and Social and Political Movements at the Complutense University Maria Vallet Regi born 1946 tenured professor of inorganic chemistry and heads the Smart Biomaterials group at the Complutense University Manuel Sanchez Cuesta born 1942 professor of Ethics in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Complutense University Alfredo Alvar born 1960 associated professor at the Complutense University specialized in modern history Alumni EditMain article List of Complutense University of Madrid alumni In recent years the university s notable alumni include 7 Nobel Prize recipients 18 Prince of Asturias Awardees 7 Miguel de Cervantes Prize recipients as well as prime ministers of Spain European commissioners presidents of the EU Parliament a European Council secretary general European Central Bank Executive Board members a NATO secretary general a UNESCO director general an IMF managing director Spanish royalty and heads of state Over the course of seven centuries the University of Madrid has provided invaluable contributions in the sciences fine arts and political leadership Alumni include renowned philosophers Jose Ortega y Gasset Ignatius of Loyola Thomas of Villanova writers Federico Garcia Lorca Antonio de Nebrija Pedro Calderon de la Barca scientists Santiago Ramon y Cajal Severo Ochoa Andres Manuel del Rio Ricardo Rubio historians Juan de Mariana Juan Gines de Sepulveda military leaders Don John of Austria Alexander Farnese and foreign leaders Cardinal Mazarin Jose Rizal See also EditUniversity of Alcala Complutensian Polyglot BibleNotes and references Edit Manual de uso de la Marca Universidad Complutense de Madrid Colores corporativos PDF Complutense University of Madrid Archived PDF from the original on 9 October 2022 Retrieved 1 February 2020 Estudiantes 2011 2013 Universidad Complutense de Madrid Archived from the original on 7 December 2013 Retrieved 3 December 2013 Ranking Web of Universities Spain Webometrics Retrieved 3 December 2013 Universities in Spain 4ICU org Retrieved 3 December 2013 Most international universities in the world Times Higher Education THE 28 January 2020 Retrieved 17 December 2020 La primera mujer universitaria Espanola Maria Goyri La herencia de la universidad medieval Biblioteca Historica Marques de Valdecilla UCM Archived from the original on 18 November 2011 Retrieved 21 July 2015 Resena historica Universidad Complutense de Madrid Archived from the original on 18 March 2010 Retrieved 5 October 2019 La fundacion cisneriana el Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso Biblioteca Historica Marques de Valdecilla UCM Archived from the original on 18 November 2011 Retrieved 21 July 2015 Fernandez Luzon Antonio 2005 La Universidad de Barcelona en el siglo XVI Barcelona Universitat de Barcelona pp 72 73 ISBN 84 475 2851 0 Universidad de Alcala UAH Madrid Universidad de Alcala Retrieved 21 July 2015 Women at Oxford University of Oxford 7 June 2010 Archived from the original on 4 March 2012 Retrieved 6 May 2010 YEGS Hall of Fame Young Exceptionally Gifted Students Young Exceptional Gifted Students ZCI Inc Archived from the original on 25 March 2018 Retrieved 21 July 2015 Frias Balsa Jose Vicente 1977 El venerable Palafox y Mendoza doctor en canones por Siguenza PDF Wad al Hayara in Spanish 4 223 231 Archived PDF from the original on 9 October 2022 Sanchez Ron Jose Manuel Glick Thomas F 1983 La Espana posible de la Segunda Republica la oferta a Einstein de una Catedra extraordinaria en la Universidad Central Madrid 1933 Madrid Editorial de la Universidad Complutense ISBN 9788474910759 Faculty of Fine Arts www ucm es Retrieved 9 January 2019 Gaceta Archived from the original on 20 November 2005 Retrieved 30 May 2006 1 Archived 10 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine 2 Archived 12 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine Universidad Complutense de Madrid 1 June 1999 Universidad Complutense de Madrid Pagina principal Ucm es Retrieved 13 November 2011 Universidad Complutense de Madrid UCM Ucm es 1 June 1999 Retrieved 13 November 2011 Universidad Complutense de Madrid UCM Ucm es 1 June 1999 Retrieved 13 November 2011 Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard Realcolegiocomplutense harvard edu Archived from the original on 24 November 2011 Retrieved 13 November 2011 College des Hautes Etudes Europeennes Miguel Servet Chee mservet fr Retrieved 13 November 2011 Univerzita Karlova UK Cuni cz Retrieved 13 November 2011 Univerzita Komenskeho Uniba sk 10 April 2007 Retrieved 13 November 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities Complutense University of Madrid Shanghai Ranking Archived from the original on 29 January 2020 Retrieved 1 February 2020 CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019 CWTS Leiden Ranking Retrieved 1 February 2020 QS World University Rankings Complutense University of Madrid Top Universities Retrieved 1 February 2020 World University Rankings Complutense University of Madrid THE World University Rankings Retrieved 1 February 2020 Best Global Universities Complutense University of Madrid U S News Education USNWR Retrieved 1 February 2020 Jose Maria de Azcarate historiador del Arte El Pais in 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