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Universidad de Extremadura (Spain)

Founded in 1973, the UEx, with over 24,000 students enrolled, is nowadays a dynamic institution, which is still in the process of growing. The University has campuses in Badajoz, Cáceres, Mérida and Plasencia, towns which preserve their rich historical past (two are World Heritage Centres). These strategic locations allow for a wide dissemination of the University’s teaching throughout Extremadura, while offering international students varied activities, life styles, and, above all, the hospitality of their peoples in a unique geographical location, which is a stone’s throw from cities like Madrid or Seville or the border with Portugal.

The undergraduate degree programmes are designed to serve the interests of students while meeting the needs of the society in which the University is embedded. Surfing the UEx website reveals that the different Schools and Faculties offer degree programmes that range from the more traditional to the most up-to-date, although, in all cases, the approach is in line with modern European guidelines and an increasing emphasis on offering opportunities for work experience that will ease graduates’ entry to the job market. Furthermore, the UEx offers post-graduate, Master’s and Doctorate courses and programmes inspired and implemented by its prestigious research groups.

The UEx embodies 17 own centres and two more that are attached, in which there are 149 different areas of knowledge. As far as Uex range offered is regarded:

• 75 Degree and first cycle and second cycle Degrees.
• 15 Second cycle of long cycle Degrees.
• 5 Double Degrees.
• 24 University Master’s Degrees.
• 16 University Master’s research Degrees.

The University of Extremadura is strongly committed to continuously improving the quality of its activities and the service it provides to society, both in the field of research, seeking excellence in its groups and in carrying out research that is increasingly embedded in the local area where it takes place, translating into a true engine for regional development, as well as in the teaching sphere, offering a range of studies designed according to quality criteria to enable students to obtain degrees that prepare them perfectly to join the labour market, start their own businesses and generate wealth.

This commitment to quality has meant that, since 2009, all the Centres have had Quality Assurance Systems (QAS) positively certified by ANECA (National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation), while the DOCENTIA-UEx Programme, also certified by ANECA, to Evaluate Professors’ Teaching Activity, has also been set up.

The ever-growing number of UEx staff involved in improving the quality of the institution is making it possible to extend the culture of continuous improvement to a larger number of activities and services.

Faculties and University Centres

• Centro Universitario de Mérida. Director: D. Miguel Macias Macias. Avda. Sta Teresa de Jornet 38, 06800, Mérida. Tlf: 0034 924 387 068.
• Centro Universitario de Plasencia. Director: D. José Antonio Vega Vega. Avda. Virgen del Puerto, 10600, Plasencia. Tlf: 0034 927 427 000.
• Centro Cultural Santa Ana. Director: Dña. Carmen Fernández Daza Álvarez. C/ Ortega Muñoz 32, 06200, Almendralejo. Tlf: 0034 924 661 689.
• Escuela Politécnica. Director: D. Luis Mariano del Río Pérez. Avda. Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres. Tlf: 0034 927 257 195.
• Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería y terapia Ocupacional. Director: Dña. Rosa María Rojo Durán. Avda. Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres. Tlf: 0034 927 257 450.
• Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte. Dean: D. Guillermo Olcina Camacho. Avda. Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres. Tlf: 0034 927 257 460.
• Facultad de Derecho. Dean:D. Jaime Rossell Granados. Avda. Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres. Tlf:0034 927 257 305.
• Facultad de Estudios Empresariales y Turismo. Dean: D. Francisco Javier Ortega Rossells. Avda. Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres. Tlf:0034 927 257 480.
• Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Dean: D. Luis Merino Jerez. Avda. Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres. Tlf:0034 927 257 400.
• Facultad de Formación del Profesorado. Dean: D. Víctor M. López Ramos. Avda. Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres. Tlf:0034 927 257 050.
• Facultad de Veterinaria. Dean: Julio Jesús Tovar Andrada. Avda. Universidad s/n, 10071, Cáceres. Tlf:0034 927 257 106.
• Escuela de Ingenierías Agrarias. Director: Francisco Pulido García. Crta. De Cáceres, 06071, Badajoz. Tlf: 0034 924 661 689.
• Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales. Director: D. Fermín Barrero González. Avda. de Elvas, 06071, Badajoz. Tlf: 0034 924 289 600.
• Facultad de Biblioteconomía y Documentación. Dean: D. Agustín Vivas Moreno. Avda. de Elvas, 06071, Badajoz. Tlf: 0034 924 286 400.
• Facultad de Ciencias. Dean: D. Manuel González Lena. Avda. de Elvas, 06071, Badajoz. Tlf: 0034 924 289 046.
• Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales. Dean: Dña. Carmen Muñoz Rodríguez. Avda. de Elvas, 06071, Badajoz. Tlf: 0034 924 289 520.
• Facultad de Educación. Dean: D. Zacarías Calzado Almodóvar. Avda. de Elvas, 06071, Badajoz. Tlf: 0034 924 289 300.
• Facultad de Medicina. Dean: D. Pedro Bureo Dacal. Avda. de Elvas, 06071, Badajoz. Tlf: 0034 924 289 466.

International Relations

The International Relations Office at the University of Extremadura was created in the academic year 1989/1990. It sets, channels, consolidates and promotes relations of the University of Extremadura with Higher Education Institutions and national and international agencies. It also promotes the development in UEx of interuniversity cooperation and mobility programmes, by promoting the participation of students, teaching and research staff and administrative staff and services of our University in such programmes.

Furthermore, the International Relations Office coordinates all efforts of cooperation and collaboration between universities in the field of education and training. Some of the functions performed are:

• Design and coordination of projects
• Partner Search
• Technical advice to university students interested in the different projects
• Search for funding for project implementation.
• Establishing agreements and bilateral agreements with Higher Education Institutions that facilitate the implementation of activities under different programs.
• Development, dissemination and resolution of the calls.
• Organization of the mobility of students, faculty and Administrative and Services Staff of the University of Extremadura participating in the Inter-University Cooperation and Mobility Programmes.
• Organization of stay for students, teachers and officials from other universities that develop in the  stays at the UEx.
• Financial management of activities and projects.
• Preparation of technical and financial reports.