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Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)
Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) is a public university in Madrid, Spain, founded in 1968.
- Type
- Public university
- Location
- Madrid, Spain
- Founded
- 1968
- Teaching language
- Spanish, English (some master's)
- Academic calendar
- Semester
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The Autonomous University of Madrid (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM) is a public research university founded in 1968. Its main Cantoblanco campus lies in the north of Madrid, while the Faculty of Medicine is located next to La Paz University Hospital.
UAM is organised into faculties of sciences, economics and business, law, philosophy and letters, psychology, teacher training and education, medicine, and the Higher Polytechnic School (engineering and computing), together with affiliated centres. The Cantoblanco campus forms part of a wider science hub with several research institutes of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), giving the university strength in physics, chemistry, biology and materials science.
Teaching is mainly in Spanish, with some English-taught master's degrees. Undergraduate admission is through the EvAU/PAU entrance exam or equivalent foreign qualifications, and public fees are set by the Community of Madrid. Student residences are available near the campus.
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Courses at Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) are taught in Spanish, English (some master's).
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Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) was founded in 1968.
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