The University of Granada (1531) is a public, comprehensive research university with more than 53,000 students, 3,600 academics, 1,900 administrative and support staff. Its 27 Faculties and Schools and 124 Departments offer 62 undergraduate degrees, 106 master’s degrees and 28 doctoral programs organized in 3 overarching doctoral schools. It has 15 research institutes and over 400 research teams working in all disciplinary fields.
The UGR is currently ranked 2nd in Spain according to the Shanghai ranking (2020) and is the leading regional university in the south of Spain, with 35 disciplines appearing in the top 500. It is also ranked between 501 to 510 of the QS World Universities Ranking, with a very high research output and a qualified XL size. As a public higher education institution it is committed not only to quality and excellence in education, learning and research but also to activities targeting the transfer of scientific, technical and artistic knowledge to society, the betterment of society and a sustainable environment.
The UGR has played a leading role in the longest-standing European university network, the Coimbra Group, which it chaired from 2010 to 2017. It is also a member of other networks such as UNIMED, EUA, IAU or AUF. Key partner institutions are to be found in Latin America, China, Morocco, Togo, and the United States, where the UGR has a strategic partnership with the Ivy League Consortium for Advanced Study Abroad (CASA) led by Brown University.
The UGR regards internationalization as a policy priority. It is a leading participant in the Erasmus mobility scheme from its outset, in recognition of which it received the Erasmus Gold Star Award in 2007. It also has a large worldwide mobility program for students and staff financed by the University of Granada’s very own Internationalization Fund. Furthermore, it is also very active in E+ KA2 and predecessor programs (currently >70 EU active projects). One of its latest achievements is the coordination of the Arqus European University Alliance, one of the first 17 European Universities funded under the Erasmus+ program.
The students that choose the University of Granada as the destination of their studies abroad will be taught at the Center of Modern Languages, which is an international leader in the provision of study abroad programs for undergraduate students. At the Center of Modern Languages, international students enjoy a singular multicultural and multilingual atmosphere. Outside the classroom, specialist guides take students to monuments, buildings, places of interest and to the different neighborhoods of the city, offering information on history, legends, traditions and customs, art, society and economics. The Center is fully equipped with a library, the most up-to-date audio-visual aids both in classrooms and in language laboratories set up for multimedia and audio-video activities.
Academic: GPA of 3.0 or above on their studies to date
English Language:
– IELTS: 6
– TOEFL iBT: 80
– Duolingo English Test: 100
31 August 2024 – 20 December 2024
Applicants
Applicants : 470 students
GPA : 3.00-4.00
TOEFL iBTS Score : 104-114
IELTS Score : 6-8.5
Duolingo English Test Score : 80-145
Awardees
Awardees : 25 students
GPA : 3.25-3.94
TOEFL iBT Score : –
IELTS Score : –
Duolingo English Test Score : 110-145
Available Courses
The aim of this subject is to provide the students with the tools needed to interact in Spanish with a standard degree of fluency.
The objective of this course is to develop the strategies and tools necessary to understand and communicate in daily situations in the target language.
The basic aim of this course is to offer a general perspective of Spanish literature since its origins until the present. We shall study different periods with different authors with the most important works as well as the most important literature.
This subject offers a general approach to the demographic and socio-economic changes that have taken place in Spanish Society, giving special attention to the last 50 years and the current economic recession.
The aims of the course are to introduce the students to this subject through a historical-artistic approach to the main stylistic languages which define the special characteristics of Spanish art.
In this subject our aim is to offer a general view of the History of Spain. We would study the most important political, economical, social and cultural aspects of Spanish History.
This course aims to explaining and studying in depth the basic points considered the basis of Latin American culture. Cultural aspects of different fields will be covered and interrelated through explanations, articles, and media resources.
This course aims to study and explain the basic points considered to be the basis of Spanish culture. Cultural aspects of different fields will be covered and interrelated, whenever possible. At the same time a thorough and detailed study will be undertaken of the phenomena considered universally to be genuinely Spanish.
The main objective of this subject is to give the students an overall view of the Arab-Islamic world through its history and culture. Thus, the program is divided in five chapters that include Arab-Islamic history from its beginning to the present time, rendering special attention to the Islam as a fundamental religious and cultural phenomenon in Arab history, as well as to the socio-political development of Al-Andalus.
The elements that affect the development and competitive positioning of multinational organizations are the focus of international strategic management (MNEs). This requires an understanding of both the external international business environment and the internal nature of the firm, its structure and strategy. A company’s strategy provides the context within which managers decide what to do, and what not to do, with respect to resource allocation, market selection and organizational development.
The aim of the course is to give students basic knowledge of the cultural and political interaction between the Arab world and the West during their common history. This course will cover topics such as the long-term impact of the penetration of Europe into the Islamic World, Orientalism, and Occidentalism, Islamic immigration into western societies, the impact of 9-11 and the Iraq war, and the role of oil and the Middle East conflict.
This survey course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive approach to local self sustainable practices, models and cultures in the Mediterranean region. Through revision of bibliographic references and local case studies, students will understand the basics of traditional and innovative local self-sustainable projects in the Mediterranean context.
This subject focuses on the analysis of the factors influencing the Spanish and Latin American economies. The Spanish economic sectors, its most relevant characteristics and the evolution and the economic history of Spain will be examined.
This course is designed to present the current situation and the challenges of the Environmental Policy of the European Union, particularly problems of enforcement due to the different national interests and commitments of EU Member States.
The aim of this course is to teach the basic foundations of contemporary politics and history in Spain while also describing the main elements which constitute the political system of the European Union.
This subject will familiarize the student with the characteristics of the process of internationalization, the market entry strategies into the international markets, the process of selection of the target international markets, the process of segmentation and positioning in the international markets, and the decisions regarding the standardization and adaptation of the international marketing-mix.
This course is intended to; on the one hand, offer a generic view of the most important aspects of the Spanish health system and its comparison with other European systems, as well as their institutions and to cover some specific aspects of diseases of interest, in a context of scientific and technical vocabulary. On the other hand, the course also aims to identify what factors, together with the health system, determine the level of health of a population.
The aim is to provide the student with a theoretical-practical knowledge of some aspects of mathematics whose presence in pre-university teaching is usually scarce, null, or of a purely formal approach, but which contribute to improving not only the mathematical culture in general but also the capacity to understand and solve a great diversity of real problems and their conditioning factors.