Charles III University of Madrid

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The University Carlos III of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, UC3M short ) is a public university in Spain. It was founded in 1989 and maintains a campus in each Getafe, Leganés and in Colmenarejo which are suburbs of Madrid, respectively. Studying at the University approximately 17,000 students in 40 different courses.

The university is after King Charles III. appointed by Spain, who reigned in the sense of "enlightened despotism " (Spanish Despotismo Ilustrado ) and as an absolutist monarch promoted will include the formation. The motto of the UC3M comes from Seneca and is " homo sacra res homini " ( German: "Man is the holy people. ").

In the area of ​​teaching, the university has three centers:

• Faculty of Social Sciences and Law (Getafe, Colmenarejo )
• Humanities, documentation and communication (Getafe )
• Institute of Technology ( Leganés)

The University maintains numerous exchange programs with German universities.

In early 2010, the university was in a competition initiated by the Spanish Ministry of Education as a " Campus de Excelencia Internacional " excellent.