1. Alliance 4 Universities
At the forefront of research,
Academic excellence,
And technology & innovation

2. What is Alliance 4 Universities?
A strategic partnership of four leading Spanish public universities
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

3. What is Alliance 4 Universities?
Why these four universities?
National leaders in teaching and research, which feature prominently in international rankings (all of them included in the world Top 50 Under 50 of QS ranking 2015)
Recognition of the four universities as Campuses of International Excellence by the Spanish Government
A comprehensive academic offer, being in the top 10 position in Europe in several research fields

4. What is the Alliance 4 Universities?
Why these four universities?
A-4U universities have a strong international focus with agreements with leading universities in the world
35% of graduate students are international students, and a large proportion of their faculty has had international exposure
The four universities have scholarship programs for international master and PhD students.
Officially supported by the Spanish Government through agreements with the Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX).

5. Facts & Figures

6. Facts & Figures University Figures Founded in 1968 1989 1990
Total number of students
48.784
34.704
19.872
11.989
International students
8.381
2.696
3.186
3.052
Bachelor degrees 81 53 40 22
Master Degrees
143 68
101 25
PhD Programmes 79 49 19 9
QS 2015
WW ranking:190
Spanish Ranking: 3
WW Under 50: 10
WW ranking:186
Spanish Ranking: 2
WW Under 50: 9
WW ranking:314
Spanish Ranking: 8
WW Under 50: 33
WW ranking:295
Spanish Ranking: 6
WW Under 50: 27
ARWU 2015
WW ranking:201
Spanish Ranking: 5
Times Higher Education 2015
WW ranking:146
Spanish Ranking: 1
WW Under 50: 12
WW ranking:301
Spanish Ranking: 4
WW Under 50: 71
WW ranking: 601
Spanish Ranking: 21
WW Under 50: 101
WW ranking:164
WW Under 50: 15

7. Facts & Figures Erasmus Figures
European ranking outgoing Erasmus students
University
Ranking Position
Number of students
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 22
896
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 26
858
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 28
842
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona 74
568
European ranking incoming Erasmus students
University
Ranking Position
Number of students
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 19
893
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 20
887
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 26
797
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona 89
464

8. Combined Strengths

9. Research EU-Funded Research
A-4U enhances the strategic collaboration between Madrid and Barcelona as the two most R&D intensive regions in Spain
25% of the Spanish university participation in EU 7th Framework Programme
358% increase in total EU-funding from FP5 to FP7
352 FP7 projects with a total EU-funding of 131,5 m €
200% increase of the ratio €/project from FP5 to FP7

10. English-taught programmes
Academic Offer
English-taught programmes
10 Erasmus Mundus programmes.
More than 80 master programmes in a range of areas.
PhD programmes in Economics and Business Administration, Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Political Science, and Medicine.
9 undergraduate programmes in International Business and Economics, Engineering, Education, Global Studies, Bioinformatics.

11. Objectives and Joint Actions

12. Objectives and Joint Actions
A-4U Objectives
Enhance the international mobility of students, researchers and academics
Promote English-taught degrees offered by the A-4U universities
Establish partnerships for research collaboration worldwide
Raise the international profile of the A-4U universities

13. Objectives and Joint Actions
A-4U Joint Projects
Advancement of European research activities through a permanent office in Brussels (OPERA), which facilitates the participation of A-4U researchers in European programmes and the influencing in European research policies
Creation of an information database for the evaluation of research in Spanish universities, recognized by the Ministry of Education of Spain
Offer of a joint undergraduate programme in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) since 2013
Development of a joint internationalisation strategy

14. Objectives and Joint Action
Main activities in joint internationalisation
Establishing relationships with leading universities in emerging markets’ countries (India, Brasil, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Iran, Gulf countries).
Participation in European programmes of worldwide international mobility
Follow-up actions (signature of MoU; institutional visits to Spain; exploration of common areas of interest; organization of thematic conferences and seminars)

15. Joint Mobility Projects
Participation in European Programmes of International Mobility (K 107)
A4U is leading an international mobility project under the Erasmus+ Framework, with universities from Russia and South Africa for the period
The project manages 100 mobilities (incoming and outgoing), addressed at bachelor, master and PhD students, and faculty members (incoming and outgoing)
A4U wishes to increase the number of mobility programmes with non-European countries

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