Facts & figures

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The University of Granada dates back as far as the Middle Ages with the founding of the Madrasa Yusufiyya in 1349 by Yusuf I, the Sultan of Granada.听Accordingly, it is considered one of the most important universities in the world in terms of its historical value.

National and international ranking agencies collectively indicate that the UGR听continues to make strides as a higher education institution, including it among the top 3% of universities worldwide.听The 2018 edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) places the University of Granada in 278th position in the world and as the third-highest ranked university in Spain, reaffirming its position as an institution at the forefront of national and international research.

Founding of the UGR: 1531

Current rector: Pedro Mercado Pacheco

Entity	#
Faculties听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听 22
Schools	听听 4
Associate schools	听听 1
Departments	听124
Research institutes	听听16
Research centres	听听听5

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Bachelor鈥檚 degrees	#
Arts and Humanities听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听 15
Social Sciences and Law听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听 21
Sciences	听 11
Health Sciences	听听 9
Technology, Engineering and Architecture	听听 7
International Dual Degrees	听 12
Double Bachelor鈥檚 Degrees	听 14
Total	听 89

Master鈥檚 degrees	#
Arts and Humanities听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听 20
Social Sciences and Law	听 34
Experimental Sciences	听 17
Health Sciences	听 23
Technology, Engineering and Architecture	听 13
Interdisciplinary Programmes	听听 1
Total	108
鈥�..of which are Erasmus Mundus Programmes听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听 3
鈥�..of which are Double International Master鈥檚 Degrees听听听听听听听听听听听	听 10
鈥�..of which are blended learning programmes	听 15
鈥�..of which are bilingual (English-Spanish)	听听 5
鈥�..of which are taught completely in English	听听 3
鈥�..of which are interuniversity programmes听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听 18

Doctoral programmess	听听 #
Doctoral School in Health Sciences (EDCS)	听6
Doctoral School in Science, Technology and Engineering (EDCTI)	听 10
Doctoral School in Humanities, Social Sciences and Law (EDHCSJ)	听 12
Total	听 28

Undergraduate students听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听 Percentage	听听 Totals
Female听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 59.6%	听听28,068
Male听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 40.4%	听听19,028
听	听听听听听听听听听Total	听听听 47,096
Background of undergraduate students	听	听
From Granada听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 20,693	听听 43.9%
From other Spanish provinces听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 22,312	听听 47.4%
From abroad听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听 4,091	听听听 8.7%

Master鈥檚 degree students听
TOTAL	听听听听听听听听5,785
鈥f whom are international students听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 941 (16%)

Doctoral students	听
TOTAL听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听听3,077
鈥f whom are international students听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听 913 (30%)
鈥f whom are graduates from foreign universities听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听听听488
Theses submitted between 1/10/2017 and 31/05/2018听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听听听 204
Theses conducted within the framework of a cotutelle agreement (in 2016-2017)	听听听听听听听听听听听11%
Theses with International Doctorate Mentions in 2016-2017听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听 68 (30%)

Other programmes and courses (No. of students)	听听听听
Online (on MOOCs etc.)听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听 30,158
Mediterranean Summer School听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听 3,787
Open and lifelong learning (students over 50)听听听听	听听听听听听听听听听听925
UGR-specific programmes (t铆tulos propios)听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听听听998
Language students (at听CLM)	听听
Spanish as a foreign language (CLM)听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听听3,346
Other languages听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听听1,683
Total CLM language students听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听听5,029

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Academic and administrative staff

Academic and research staff听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听 3,621
Teacher-student ratio听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听听 1:15
Administrative and support staff听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听听听听听 2,345

Overview of international mobility (2017-2018)	听听听听听听听听听
International incoming students received	听听听听2,905
UGR students on international mobility programmes	听听听听2,606
Total	听听听听 5,511
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Erasmus+ Programme 2017-2018	听
No. of international higher education institutions with which the UGR maintains mobility agreements听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听 1,000+
International mobility places offered to UGR students听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听 5,557
International mobility places allocated to UGR students (sent abroad)	听听听听 2,161
International mobility places offered to foreign students to study at the UGR	听听听听 6,591
International mobility places allocated to foreign students to study at the UGR (received by UGR)	听听听听 2,070
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UGR International Mobility Programme	听
International students received by the UGR听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 358
UGR students who completed a mobility period abroad听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 369
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Staff mobility	听
UGR teaching staff who completed a mobility period abroad听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 283
International teaching staff received by the UGR听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 313
UGR staff who received specific training abroad through mobility programmes听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 154
International staff who completed training at the UGR through mobility programmes听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听听听听听 408
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General indicators of internationalization	听
No. of UGR faculties and schools with internationalization strategies	27 (100%)
Percentage of graduates with considerable international experience abroad	21%
Percentage of UGR academic and research staff with considerable international experience abroad	19.5%
Percentage of international students on master鈥檚 degree	16%
Percentage of international students on doctoral programmes	30%
Percentage of publications jointly produced with other international researchers or research groups	56%
No. of international doctoral students, postdocs, and visiting lecturers and researchers received on mobility programmes	410
% of courses with a significant international dimension	40%
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Double, joint and multiple degrees	听
Undergraduate level	12
Master鈥檚 degree level	10
International double degrees integrated with a master鈥檚 degree	听 2
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International academic cooperation projects	听
No. of active projects	33
No. of active projects coordinated by the UGR	10
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Networks and groups	听
No. of international networks and associations in which the UGR is involved	46
International bilateral and multilateral agreements signed in 2017-2018	90
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Language policy	听
No. of foreign languages in which the UGR currently offers free language accreditation exams (B1 level or higher) for undergraduate students	听听 11
No. of students who applied to sit language accreditation exams	2,114
No. of international students enrolled on Spanish language courses at the Modern Languages Centre (CLM)	3,346

Overview	听
Academic and research staff	3,621
Research groups	500+
Research lines	1,564
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Performance in international rankings	Spain	World
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)	3rd	278th
CWTS Leiden Ranking	4th	251st
No. of academic subjects in ARWU ranking	34
No. of academic subjects in ARWU world top 100	听 5
Highly Cited Papers in 2016 (Web of Science)	27
Percentage of papers in top 10% of most cited papers in the world (Web of Science 2016)	10.2%
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Research projects	听
FP7 projects (until 2017)	66
H2020 projects (until 2017)	52
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Knowledge transfer	听
New patents (2017-2018)	听15
International Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications	听听9
New university spin-off companies created (2017-2018)	听听6
Total active university spin-off companies	听 65
No. of services and products offered by UGR spin-offs	287

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University structure

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Internationalization

Research and knowledge transfer