SiS Newsletter - September 2010 - I. P.: Uty. of Castilla...

The University of Castilla-La Mancha

The University of Castilla-La Mancha is located at the Community of Castilla-La Mancha, in the heart of Spain with an area of 79,000 square kilometres, which represents 15% of Spain’s total territory. The region consist of the provinces of Albacete, Cuidad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo, the latter being home to the capital.

Castilla-La Mancha enjoys an amazing variety in geography and a climate which is fundamentally continental. The region’s economy mainly centres on agriculture with grain such as wheat, barley and oats, together with olives, grapes, purple-skinned garlic and saffron being the main crops. Most of the industry is based in the largest centres of population and with the exception of Puertollano’s petrochemical industry, the rest are chiefly capital goods and consumer goods industry such as furniture, building materials, leather, shoes, cutlery, textile and food (wine and cheese). The 400-Year Anniversary of the Publication of Don Quixote has led to an expansion in the tourism sector. Trade, transportation, service and especially tourism have provided more and more people with employment.

The University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) was created on June 30th, 1982 through the union of different university centres into a single institution. The UCLM began its first academic year in 1985. Nowadays, the University has over 29,000 students (27,500 graduates and 1,500 postgraduate and Ph. Students), 830 foreign students from more than 60 different countries, 2.200 professors, and 1,300 staff.

UCLM has endowed all of its four campuses (Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca and Toledo) with great autonomy managed by the Campus Vice-Rectorates. Its headquarters, the Rectorate, is located in Ciudad Real and interrelates with the other campuses by means of a fiber optic network that enables multi-videoconferencing and a series of internal voice and data communications in real time.

The University of Castilla–La Mancha is ready to face the challenges in the road ahead. We open up to this future with the serenity, intelligence and optimism bestowed by the challenges overcome in the two decades of complete devotion to the region’s progress, well beyond the mere role of generating and getting across science and culture.

The UCLM is also an open gateway to educational quality, the promotion of research culture, the design of future policies; in other words, the University’s acquired commitment to the society of Castilla-La Mancha.

Improving the International relations is a priority in the global strategy of University of Castilla-La Mancha. Academic bilateral agreements with US Universities allow the exchange of students and other academic collaborations (Texas A&M University, Universty of Arizona, Chicago State University, among more than twenty others). Currently, the University of Castilla-La Mancha aims to develop programs of study abroad with U.S. universities.

Specific and more detailed information about the University of Castilla-La Mancha, such as academic programs, academic authorities, University regulations and admission and registration dates and procedures can be found at:

http://www.uclm.es/english/ (English)
http://www.uclm.es/ (Spanish)
http://www.uclm.es/ori/convenios/mostrar_convenios.asp?pais=ESTADOS%20UNIDOS%20DE%20AMERICA (agreements with U.S.A.)
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