{"id":3572,"date":"2016-08-08T15:30:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T15:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alliance4universities.eu\/en\/?page_id=3572"},"modified":"2023-08-01T11:06:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T11:06:48","slug":"highlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alliance4universities.eu\/en\/highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-1r64uzo-fcb5492d9b208d57ac2afc8ecd934977 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3572'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1qo2khw-f194101e70e96f2546b3d1c63d875ff7\">\n.flex_column.av-1qo2khw-f194101e70e96f2546b3d1c63d875ff7{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1qo2khw-f194101e70e96f2546b3d1c63d875ff7 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1ooh704-09bab5fee928a5c88c7d27de1154fab5\">\n.flex_column.av-1ooh704-09bab5fee928a5c88c7d27de1154fab5{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1ooh704-09bab5fee928a5c88c7d27de1154fab5 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  a-box first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1mqewj8-d3e53ca99c6724af56ce885bba921933 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The A4U is a strategic partnership between four top teaching and research universities: UAM, UAB, UC3M and UPF. Each has been designated a <strong>Campus of International Excellence<\/strong> by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, and all are excellently positioned in the most important international rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Listed below are just some of the projects and indicators that bear witness to the quality of the Alliance\u2019s teaching and research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1kx2kw4-2b9e6ad5fb3e733a6082ee0d30d7228c\">\n.flex_column.av-1kx2kw4-2b9e6ad5fb3e733a6082ee0d30d7228c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1kx2kw4-2b9e6ad5fb3e733a6082ee0d30d7228c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  a-box first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1jm9wqs-f4179d9adef542809812460e2c59e213 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>Quality teaching with an international profile<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A broad and varied <strong>academic offer<\/strong>, including 10 Erasmus Mundus programmes, as well as a growing selection of undergraduate, master\u2019s degree and doctoral programmes taught in English.<\/li>\n<li>A highly internationalized <strong>community<\/strong>: 35% of postgraduate candidates are international students.<\/li>\n<li>A firm commitment to <strong>equal opportunity<\/strong>, embodied in each university\u2019s own <strong>scholarships and grants<\/strong>, as well as the joint mobility grants for the joint bachelor\u2019s degree programme.<\/li>\n<li>Close collaboration with the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) to raise and enhance the partner universities\u2019 international profiles.<\/li>\n<li>Increasing number of <strong>agreements<\/strong> with top universities around the world, with special emphasis on emerging countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1hnk1ic-f4059acc6677867afc457fa25922f51e\">\n.flex_column.av-1hnk1ic-f4059acc6677867afc457fa25922f51e{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1hnk1ic-f4059acc6677867afc457fa25922f51e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  a-box first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1fu4puc-1466a0d8a3fd13715568ac4e5fb2a0cc '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>Highly competitive research in Europe<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00adPromotion of strategic collaboration between <strong>Madrid and Barcelona<\/strong>, the two most competitive R&#038;D regions in Spain.<\/li>\n<li>\u00adExcellent results in the EU\u2019s <strong>7th Framework Programme<\/strong>: 325 projects entailing a total of \u20ac131.5 million in funding, accounting for 25% of all funding awarded under the programme to Spain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intense research activity<\/strong>, leading to a 358% increase in the funding obtained in Europe between the 5th and 7th Framework Programmes. Funding per project has also grown, by 200%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1elj4x0-1c87bcfda97bd4b1da65c06656afc3d0\">\n.flex_column.av-1elj4x0-1c87bcfda97bd4b1da65c06656afc3d0{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1elj4x0-1c87bcfda97bd4b1da65c06656afc3d0 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  a-box first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1cok2hg-0e00425cc2ed50e36ef984f1b17ed334 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>Benchmark joint projects<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00adPromotion of research in Europe through the Brussels-based <strong>OPERA<\/strong>, a permanent joint office tasked with promoting the participation of Alliance researchers in European projects and seeking to influence European research policy.<\/li>\n<li>\u00adLaunching of <strong>IUNE<\/strong>, a database to enable evaluation of the research conducted at Spanish universities, recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education.<\/li>\n<li>\u00adOffer of an <strong>interuniversity bachelor\u2019s degree programme<\/strong> in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, launched in 2013 and including study periods in both Barcelona and Madrid. An interdisciplinary programme with a strong international component, it is one of the system\u2019s most popular undergraduate programmes.<\/li>\n<li>\u00adImplementation of a <strong>joint internationalization<\/strong> strategy. Attention should be called to the Alliance\u2019s institutional missions in emerging countries (India, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Iran and the Gulf countries), which seek to sign new mobility and academic cooperation agreements in regions considered strategic priorities and to boost the Alliance\u2019s participation in European international mobility programmes.<br \/>\n\u00ad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1bbdvms-5eccab7606827a5c4817b45d173ecd37\">\n.flex_column.av-1bbdvms-5eccab7606827a5c4817b45d173ecd37{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1bbdvms-5eccab7606827a5c4817b45d173ecd37 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  a-box first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-192ea7o-26f662f287de3c6ca23279506ff8e73f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>Position in the main international rankings<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div class='avia-data-table-wrap av-4cp5gk-55ecd06894a8cf06799ed53bfa68da0f avia_scrollable_table avia-table-1'><table  class='avia-table avia-data-table avia_pricing_default  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Table\" ><tbody><tr class='avia-heading-row'><th class='avia-center-col'><\/th><th class='avia-center-col'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alliance4universities.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/logo-uab-fondo-blanco.jpg\" \/><\/th><th class='avia-center-col'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alliance4universities.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/logo-uam.jpg\" \/><\/th><th class='avia-center-col'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alliance4universities.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/logo-uc3m.jpg\" \/><\/th><th class='avia-center-col'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alliance4universities.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/logo-upf.jpg\" \/><\/th><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-center-col'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.topuniversities.com\/university-rankings\/world-university-rankings\/2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QS 2024<\/a><\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 149<br \/>\nSpanish ranking: 1<br \/>\nWW Under 50 2018: 12<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 199<br \/>\nSpanish ranking: 4<br \/>\nWW Under 50 2018: 10<br \/>\n<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 319<br \/>\nSpanish ranking: 7<br \/>\nWW Under 50 2018: 27<br \/>\n<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 310<br \/>\nSpanish ranking: 6<br \/>\nWW Under 50 2018: 30<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-center-col'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shanghairanking.com\/rankings\/arwu\/2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARWU 2022<\/a> <\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 201-300<br \/>\nSpanish ranking: 2-5<br \/>\n<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 301-400<br \/>\nSpanish ranking: 6-8<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 901-1000<br \/>\nSpanish ranking: 35-40<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 301-400<br \/>\nSpanish ranking: 6-8<br \/>\n<\/td><\/tr><tr class=''><td class='avia-center-col'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/world-university-rankings\/2023\/world-ranking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE 2023<\/a><\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 183<br \/>\nSpanish Ranking: 2<br \/>\nYoung University Ranking: 18<br \/>\n<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 301-350<br \/>\nSpanish Ranking: 5<br \/>\nYoung University Ranking: 66<br \/>\n<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 801-1000<br \/>\nSpanish Ranking: 20<br \/>\nYoung University Ranking: 151-200<br \/>\n<\/td><td class='avia-center-col'>WW ranking: 156<br \/>\nSpanish Ranking: 1<br \/>\nYoung University Ranking: 17<br \/>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1zugbo-66035702a7de4e250fdcdd8991c12fd6\">\n.flex_column.av-1zugbo-66035702a7de4e250fdcdd8991c12fd6{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1zugbo-66035702a7de4e250fdcdd8991c12fd6 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  gray-contact-box first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kkqr3acl-5ac81b01ee2923d144a91abbcef20386 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>PRESENTATION MATERIALS<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alliance4universities.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/A-4U-Presentation.pptx\" 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