The Universidad de Murcia (UMU) was founded in 1915 and is a public university in the South of Spain. It has more than 30.000 students, with a teaching and researching staff of 2.643 people spread over 5 university campuses, with 21 faculties and 5 affiliated centres. UMU offers 54 Degrees, 75 Master’s Degrees and 36 PhD Programmes. UMU is the most important research organization in the Murcia Region and leads the participation in the Horizon Europe (HE) Programme. There are currently 346 Research groups, 19 of them awarded as Excellence Research Groups by Fundación Séneca (Science and Technology Agency of the Murcia Region).
In 2020, UMU was awarded the "HR Excellence in Research" quality seal by the EC recognising universities and institutions that generate and support a stimulating and favourable environment for research work.
Since 2022, UMU is part of EuniWell, the European University for Well-Being, an alliance of universities seeking to improve the well-being of society and the environment in a sustainable way through joint teaching and research programmes. EUniWell was launched in 2020, in the second pilot phase of the European Commission's European Universities Initiative.
UMU has extensive experience in hosting European and International research projects.