University Rey Juan Carlos (Rey Juan Carlos University) is one of the six public universities in the Madrid Complutense next to the Carlos III, the Polytechnic of Alcalá and the region. His name is homage to King Juan Carlos I and was created by Law 7 / 1996 of July 8, 1996, with the Latin motto Non nova, sed nove (not new stuff, but a new way "). Its advertising slogan is Public and ready for you. According to data from 2008-2009, the URJC is the fourth public university in the Community of Madrid in the number of students.
University organization.
URJC is divided into four campuses, the most important located in Móstoles, for hosting the Chancellor. Each campus is composed of one or more schools and university faculties:
-Móstoles Campus is since 1998 the headquarters of the College of Experimental Sciences and Technology (Scetis) and since 2007 the School of Computer Engineering (ETSII).
-Alcorcón Campus houses the Faculty of Health Sciences since 1997 and the University Hospital URJC.
-Vicálvaro Campus (Madrid) is the headquarters of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences (FCJS) since 1998.
-Fuenlabrada Campus houses since 2000, the Faculty of Communication Sciences and School of Tourism, which since November 2009 was renamed Faculty of Tourism, and since 2005 the School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSIT).
Each school or college is governed autonomously with a dean or director of school and is divided into departments.
Among other educational and research structures of the URJC we can name:
Affiliated centers:
-School of Business Management and Marketing (ESIC) in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid).
-ESERP School (Madrid).
Colleges:
-Instituto Superior de la Danza Alicia Alonso (Fuenlabrada).
-Humanities Institute (Vicálvaro).
-Institute of International Legal Studies (Vicálvaro).
-Public Law Institute (Vicálvaro).
University Centers:
-University Language Centre (Vicálvaro), which provides regular courses in English, French, German, Italian, Chinese and Spanish for foreigners.
-Documentation and Research Centre of the European Union Emile Noël (Vicálvaro).
-Cooperation and Volunteer Centre (Alcorcón).
-University Center for Applied Social Studies (Vicálvaro).
-Center for Economic Studies of Madrid (Vicálvaro).
-Latin American Studies Center (Móstoles).
-Studies Center of the Olympic Movement (Vicálvaro).
Center for Intelligent Information Technologies and Applications (CETINIA)
Incubator (Vicálvaro).
-Legal Office (Vicálvaro).
-Technology Support Center (Móstoles).
-Center for Innovation, Technology Transfer and Knowledge (Móstoles).
-Laboratory Network URJC (REDLABU).
-Center for Advanced Research and Education, located in the so-called Papal Palace of Aranjuez (Madrid).