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Jaume I University

The Universitat Jaume I (UJI) is the only public university in the province of Castelló. Located on the temperate eastern coast of Spain, it has four faculties and an academic community of around 14,000 students and more than 2,200 teachers/researchers and specialist/administrative staff that contribute to fostering critical awareness and the social, economic and cultural development of the Mediterranean provinces.

Founded in 1991, the UJI has gained a reputation for its rigorousness and scientific relevance. It currently ranks among the top 4.5% of universities in the world as well as the leading Valencian university and the third in Spain in terms of the number of high-impact researchers. It has a Science, Technology and Business Park that allows companies and research groups to interact and also a Research Centre for Robotics and Underwater Technologies, which is the first of its kind in the Valencian Community.

The UJI also stands out for its international outlook, which is a key aspect guiding all its activities. Nearly 10% of its postgraduate students are from abroad and each year more and more students enrol in mobility programmes. It currently has academic links with more than 300 universities worldwide, three international clubs and a network of ambassadors in more than 60 countries that supports its ambitious Internationalisation Plan for the coming years.

184 research groups and 14 research institutes

4 faculties

397 agreements with foreign universities and other institutions

+100 ambassadors around the world

More than 300 days of sunshine a year

www.uji.es/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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University Paris Nanterre

Paris Nanterre University, created as an annex to La Sorbonne University in 1964, is located in the west of Paris, next to La Défense, the largest business district in Europe. Including four campuses (Nanterre, Ville d'Avray, Saint-Cloud, and La Défense), the university welcomes more than 34,000 students every year, 17% of them international students.

Paris Nanterre University covers the entire field of human and social sciences (arts and literature, social sciences, law and political science, economics and management, psychology and education) as well as mathematics, energetics, and the sciences of sports and physical activities.

A research-intensive university, Paris Nanterre University counts 6 doctoral schools, 1,000 teachers/researchers, and 250 researchers affiliated to one of the 40 laboratories of the university. Its scientific activity relies on outstanding documentary facilities such as La Contemporaine (a unique library, archive center, and museum on contemporary worlds), a training center for book trades, and the MSH Mondes.

Its 32-hectare main campus, the largest in the Paris area region, provides a unique green environment to its community. It supports more than a thousand student housing units, several food services as well as a wide variety of cultural and sports facilities: a theatre, an exhibition hall, the House of Students, a Learning Lab, a series of physical activity and relaxation facilities including an Olympic-size swimming pool, etc. More than 60 student associations also contribute to making the campus a vibrant community on a daily basis.

Open to the world with over 400 international partner universities in 70 countries, Paris Nanterre University has also developed numerous partnerships with the surrounding community and socio-economic stakeholders, mainly related to its areas of expertise and to its lifelong learning programs.

5,600 and more international students

45 research centres

17 % international students

40 % of international students in Ph.D. studies

4 campuses

8 faculties

800 and more researchers

university.parisnanterre.fr/