UCAM, UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE MURCIA

“A university, a place of knowledge and wisdom, supported by a three-legged stool: teaching, research and evangelisation, together with two fundamental pillars of the institution: internationalisation and sport”.

UCAM is a private university located in Murcia in south-eastern Spain. It was founded in 1996 by José Luis Mendoza Pérez and, currently, offers undergraduate and graduate academic programs taught by faculty and researchers engaged with the quality of the education provided. The university is characterized by a firm commitment to Catholic orthodoxy and the moral and social doctrines of the Church. UCAM aims to contribute to the transmission of human knowledge and the development of research, from the critical, responsible, and creative freedom of the person, according to gospel principles. The university developed a system of quality management applied to teaching, research, and services to ensure the human relations among all members of the university community to make more effective educational work and research.

It maintains connections with over 200 other universities worldwide. Preparation for working life is part of the education program at UCAM, which also has an established network of business contacts to help ensure employment for its alumni after graduation.

The university has different locations and centres, the main campuses being those located in Murcia and Cartagena. It also offers training in Madrid and via online, with many examination centres throughout the country. At the heart of the campus is the Monastery of Los Jeronimo’s, an 18th-century edifice. The monastery forms the main administration building, which thus resembles a cloister in structure: four hallways forming a rectangle around a central open courtyard. The Campus consists of spacious and luminous classrooms, a library, an assembly hall, meeting and work rooms, computer, multimedia and language rooms, laboratories and a cafeteria- dining room.