Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | |
 Seal of the Autonomous University of Madrid | |
Other name | UAM, La Autónoma |
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| Motto | Latin: Quid Ultra Faciam? |
Motto in English | What Else Shall We Do? |
| Type | Public autonomous university |
| Established | 6 June 1968[1] |
Academic affiliations | EUA, CRUE, SSU |
| Budget | €334.4 million (2020)[2] |
| Rector | Amaya Mendikoetxea Pelayo |
Academic staff | 2,505 (2015/16)[2] |
Administrative staff | 1,036 (2015/16)[2] |
| Undergraduates | 21,203 (2015/16)[2] |
| Postgraduates | 6,701 (2015/16)[2] |
| 3,818 (2015/16)[2] | |
| Location | Madrid , Spain 40°32′43″N 3°41′46″W / 40.5453°N 3.69611°W |
| Campus | Rural, 650 acres (260 ha) |
| Colours | Green[3] |
| Website | www.uam.es |
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The Autonomous University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; UAM), commonly known as la Autónoma,[4][5] is a Spanish public university located in Madrid, Spain. The university was founded in 1968 by royal decree. UAM is widely respected as one of the most prestigious universities in Europe. According to the QS World University Rankings 2022, UAM is ranked as the top university in Spain and has consistently ranked as #1 in Spain in the El País University rankings, published annually. Among its notable alumni, which include every president that the Supreme Court of Spain and Constitutional Court of Spain has had, is the current King of Spain, Felipe VI, who studied the Licenciatura en Derecho (Law) and is the president of UAM’s alumni society.
The campus of the university spans a rural tract of 650 acres (260 ha), mostly around metropolitan Madrid. Founded in 1968, its main campus, Cantoblanco, is located near the cities of Alcobendas, San Sebastián de los Reyes and Tres Cantos. UAM's Cantoblanco Campus holds most of the university's facilities. It is located 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Madrid and has an extension of over 2,200,000 m2 (24,000,000 sq ft). Of these, nearly 770,000 m2 (8,300,000 sq ft) are urbanised and about a third of them garden areas. UAM offers 94 doctorate programs in all of the universities studies. It also offers 88 master's degrees. According to a study carried out by the newspaper El Mundo, in 2021, UAM was the best university in the country to study Biology, Nursing, Medicine, Physics and Law, within the 50 careers with the highest demand.
- ^ "Decreto-ley 5/1968, de 6 de junio, sobre medidas urgentes de reestructuración universitaria" (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. 6 June 1968. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Resumen de datos relevantes de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2015-2016" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Manual de Identidad Visual Corporativa - website of the Autonomous University of Madrid
- ^ Opazo, Héctor (6 June 2020). "Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain". www.uam.es. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Alvarez, Antonio (5 October 2015). "Universidad Autonoma de Madrid - UEA". www.uea.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.