Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) is URJC is a young public university with several campuses in the greater Madrid area, whose mission is to foster innovative research and high-quality education in one of Spain’s fastest-growing regions. URJC has managed to grow up to almost 50,000 students and nearly 1,100 lecturers, being currently the second largest among the six public Universities in Madrid in terms of students. URJC has a strong international projection, with an academic community comprising 5,000 foreigners from 60 countries.
European Projects Office (EPO) URJC has established an European Projects Office (EPO) to strengthen the participation in international research activities. EPO collaborates in two main ways: on one hand attending and handling both administrative and financial issues from the different projects and actions, and on the other hand assisting the researchers and the projects/actions individually by providing support in different tasks regarding Technology Transfer, IP management and support, Open Access, Technology Watch and so on. The EPO has a staff with a technical and financial background, and skills to develop the above described activities. Additionally, the EPO has a delegation located in the Office of the Madrid Region in Brussels whose primary mission is to serve as liaison and interface, between researchers and the European institutions. Since 2016, URJC has been involved in more than 70 European projects with a total of EU funding up to about € 13 MM (including two Starting Grants, two Consolidator Grants and two Proofs of Concept from ERC), of which 37 belong to the H2020 Programme. URJC has actively participated in the Marie Sklodoswska Curie Actions, both acting as hosting institution for researchers, and participating in Individual Fellowships actions.
KEY RESEARCH AREAS
As a multidisciplinary academic and research entity, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos promotes research aimed at economic and social development, promoting and enhancing the research activity, dissemination and transfer of knowledge and research results to society. The promotion of R&D&i activities is carried out through collaborations with companies and institutions, and participation in national and international calls that allow our researchers to develop their research lines contributing to the generation, expansion and dissemination of knowledge, and the advancement of science and technology.
Main research areas in URJC are:
• Science and Engineering
• Renewable and clean energies
• Environment, resources and sustainability
• Green Technologies
• Valorization of wastes
• Climatology and climate change
• Biochemistry
• Design of materials with innovative properties Computing Engineering and ICT
• Simulation engineering and modelling
• Software engineering
• Open Source Software
• Software Design & Development
• Computer animation
• Cyber Security
• Cloud computing
• E-learning
• Numerical analysis (simulation, optimization, modelling tools)
• Biomechanics
• Medicine and Surgery
• Psychology
• Medical microbiology
• Immunology Social Sciences
• Protection of citizens (goods and people)
• Labour economics
• Countering violent extremism
• Criminal justice
• Social structure (inequalities, social mobility, interethnic relations).
• Legal History and Humanistic sciences
• Communication Sciences