Technical School of Design, Architecture and Engineering (ESET)
CEU UCH offers degrees in English (Bachelor's degrees in architecture, veterinary medicine, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, nursing studies[4] and Gastronomy and Culinary Management), in French (Médecine Vétérinaire) and in Spanish. It boasts three modern campuses in
Alfara del Patriarca (12 km from
Valencia),
Elche (
Alicante) and
Castellón. CEU UCH currently provides teaching to over 9,250 students from all over the world, with 35% of its students being international.
International rankings place CEU UCH at the top of the 23
Spanish private universities, rankings like
Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) placed CEU UCH the second Spanish private university, after the
University of Navarra, in terms of research in 2013.[5][6] In 2014 U-Multirank, a new global
university ranking financed by the
EU which assesses the performance of more than 850 higher education institutions worldwide, placed CEU-UCH as the tenth European university in agreement to regional involvement, scientific productivity and international orientation.[7][8] THE World University Rankings 2021 and 2022 have included CEU among the best universities in the world.[9]
History
It is run by the
San Pablo CEU University Foundation which is the biggest private educational group in Spain, which includes two other universities (
CEU San Pablo University in
Madrid and
CEU Abat Oliva University in
Barcelona), as well as many primary and secondary schools. It has been associated to the
University of Valencia since the early 1970s. The history of CEU UCH dates back to 1971, when the first private school of Law was founded in Valencia. The university gained its current name in 1999. The Foundation inaugurated its work in
Valencia in 1971 and in
Elche in 1994. The
Generalitat Valenciana approved the law of the creation of the now University CEU Cardenal Herrera, which has been functioning since the 2000–2001 year. Now almost 10,000 students from around the world study in the university, with 35% of the student community being international.
The University Cardenal Herrera takes part in the Program of Academic Excellence and the Organization of the Knowledge "Platon" of the
San Pablo CEU Foundation has started in collaboration with
Harvard University and it belongs to the system of European Higher Education Area. The aim of "Platon" is the strengthening of the system of tutorships for the students and the teacher who accompanies to the implementation of a system of continuous assessment.[10][11]
Schools and faculties
CEU Cardenal Herrera University has five faculties:
Faculty of Humanities and Communication Sciences:
Degrees in Journalism, Advertising, Audiovisual Communication, Sports, and Education
Degrees in Law, Political Science, Marketing, and Business Administration
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine:
Degree in Veterinary Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences:
Degrees in Physiotherapy, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Medicine
University Masters
Faculty of Humanities and Communication Sciences :
Master in Communication and Digital Branding
Master's Degree in Creative Advertising and Branding
European master's degree in Public Relations MARPA
Master's Degree in Teacher Education Secondary Education and High School
Faculty of Law, Business and Political Science
Master's Degree in Equal Opportunities Agents (online training)
Master's Degree in Marketing
Master in Finance (with access to a PhD)
Master's Degree in policies and instruments for reducing CO 2 emissions.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Master's Degree in Clinical Practice Management and Veterinary Centers
ESET Technical School of Engineering
Master in Sustainable Architectural Design and Building Energy Assessment,
Master in Architectural Industrialisation and prefabrication,
Master in Engineering Design (with access to doctors),
Master's Degree in Technological Innovation and Technical Textiles,
Master's Degree in Fashion Design Management and Operations
Business School
Master's Degree in Management and Project Management Centres and Sociosanitarios,
Master in Cultural Management,
Master's Degree in Occupational Health and Safety
Faculty of Health Sciences
Master in Pharmaceutical Care and Pharmacy Care (with access to doctors),
Master's Degree in Care physiotherapists in Physical Activity and Sport (with access to doctors),
Specialisation master's degree in Nursing Care (with access to doctors),
Master's Degree in Neurorehabilitation,
Master's Degree in Organic Chemistry, Experimental and Industrial,
University Master Osteopathic Manual Therapy (with access to doctors),
Master in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
master's degree Specialization in Nursing Care,
Master in Pharmaceutical Care and Pharmacy Assistance,
Physiotherapeutic Care Master in Physical Activity and Sport,
Master in Neurorehabilitation,
Master's Degree in Applied Nutrition to Health,
Master's Degree in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics,
Master's Degree in Organic Chemistry, Experimental and Industrial,
Master in Food Safety,
Master's Degree in Osteopathic Manual Therapy
Elche Center
Master's Degree in Teacher Education Secondary Education and High School
Specialization master's degree in Nursing Care (with access to doctors)
University Master Osteopathic Manual Therapy (with access to doctors)
Campus
CEU Cardenal Herrera University has three different campuses located in
Alfara del Patriarca (Valencia),
Elche and
Castellón. All the main facilities, such as the central library and the International Relations Office, are located in its main campus in Alfara del Patriarca. The campus is very well connected to
Valencia city centre, with a direct
metro line (
Line 1) and frequent
bus service. It is also close to some of the privately run student accommodation residences. The university's brand new central library is a 5,000-square-metre (54,000 sq ft) building with a capacity for up to 700 students. Its learning facilities include several computer laboratories, 12 group study rooms and 7 research rooms. Audiovisual and Internet reference points are available in the Periodical and Media Libraries.
Medical students study at a newly built medical school building in
Castellón de la Plana, which is an attractive town about an hour away from Valencia. The town is very close to
Benicàssim, which is a popular beach resort. Despite its quiet and relaxed atmosphere, students can still enjoy great nightlife in the historical centre of Castellón de la Plana. The town is home to a large university hospital.[12]
Student life
At the moment, there are around 10,000 students in the university from all around Spain, especially
Valencia,
Murcia,
Majorca,
Ibiza, and
Albacete. Every year 700 students from other countries come to study their degree at the university, adding to those who come under European Exchange Programmes like
Socrates,
Erasmus and
Leonardo.[13]
The CEU Cardenal Herrera University has its own facilities for practical training of students, as the Center for Media Production and Multimedia, of 3,300 square metres (36,000 sq ft), with television sets, radio and photography, the Veterinary Hospital, a reference in the area of Valencia, the Zoological Faculty, with various types of livestock, the University Dental Clinic, with outpatient care, laboratory practices in basic biomedical sciences and clinical simulated for the area of health. They also have a Central Library Newspaper Library, with 700 seats for consultation and over 100,000 volumes.[14][15]
The CEU Cardenal Herrera University publishes a monthly newspaper, The Rotary Diary,[16][17] and also features a fully operational radio station, Radio CEU, which broadcasts for 12 hours daily and media company CEUMedia which has more TV Channel; both are run from the Faculty of Humanities and Communication Sciences
The university features a number of social and sports-related groups. The university counts on a strong
Erasmus-support group and every school features a Tuna, La Tuna del CEU-Cardenal Herrera (traditional Spanish band), which compete in the nationwide competitions and CEU Theatre, a formation in the classroom and the human growth across the art of the theatre.
In terms of sports,
aerobics,
gym,
yoga,
tennis,
diving,
tai chi, and numerous other courses are offered. In terms of team sports, the CEU UCH features male and female basketball, soccer, and volleyball divisions, chess, table-tennis and more. CEU UCH hosts regular sport competitions such as golf, football and volleyball tournaments. Internal university games are held several times a year, with all of the different schools competing.
CEU UCH offers Summer University which help eternal and new students, the formation in June and July the courses organize in the frame of the Summer university. Also offers Spanish language course' which the International Office helps foreign students with the procedures necessary to study at the university, and also with finding accommodation or learning Spanish. The university runs two Spanish courses per academic year for international students
Academics
CEU UCH's academic programs operate on a semester calendar beginning in late September and ending in June.
El Mundo's "Spain Best Universities Annual Report", placed CEU UCH in 6th position in 2006[19] 2008[20] and its Degree in Audiovisual Communication ranked fourth "Spain Best Universities to study Audiovisual Communication" in 2006,[19] 2010,[21] 2011, 2012[22] and 2013. El Mundo said: "The facilities, practical work in small groups and personalized attention are aspects of the race that contribute to achieving and maintaining fourth".[23]
CEU UCH was highly ranked by many international university rankings in 2013.[24]
Placed in percentage of publications in
journals[28]
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U-Multirank, an independent ranking with financial support in its initial years from the
European Union, stands for "multi-dimensional ranking of higher education institutions". The first ranking assesses the overall performance of 879 universities, 1,200 faculties and 5,000 study programmes from 74 countries placed CEU-UCH as the tenth European university in agreement to regional involvement, scientific productivity and international orientation [29] U-Multirank was launched on 13 May 2014.[30]
As of 2021 and 2022, CEU Cardenal Herrera University has been included in
THE World University Rankings, scoring particularly highly for citations of its research and for international outlook and is one of the leading Spanish institutions in these areas.[31]
Research institutes
GROUPS AND RESEARCH
The CEU Cardenal Herrera University has opened research projects in collaboration with
Generalitat Valenciana. Some of these lines of research examining issues such as the neural effects of consumption of drugs and
alcohol, diseases such as
leukemia or
diabetes,
drug design and media
Internet. The university has three research institutes: the IDYCA (Institute of
Drugs and Addictive Behavior), the IDIT (Institute of
Design, Innovation and Technology) and IDEA (Institute for Environmental law and Ethics).[32] In July 2013, CEU-UCH and
Karolinska Institutet from Sweden signed the student's partnership and exchange agreement[33]
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine:
Endocrinology and pathophysiology of reproduction in ruminants and horses,
Research Group on Experimental and Applied veterinary surgery,
Improving food security in the production system and its derivatives,
Veterinary ophthalmology,
Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases,
Pathology and Animal Health,
Food safety in meat products,
Ethology and Animal Welfare Section[34]
Faculty of Health Sciences:
Application of computational methods to the design and development of new compounds with biological activity,
Pharmaceutical Care and Rational Use of Medicines,
Cellular and molecular biology of cancer,
Adult mesenchymal cells in the control of the inflammatory process in humans,
Brain damage and Neuroregeneration,
Development of dosage forms of application to the skin,
Design and synthesis of compounds with therapeutic activity,
Molecular diagnostics in clinical microbiology,
Study of human milk: composition, manipulation and functional properties,
GIDRAQ (Group for Research and Resource Development in Chemical Analysis),
Neurodegenerative and neuroprotective mechanisms[35]
CEU Dentistry Clinic, equipped with dental laboratories, X-ray and sterilization rooms. In addition to this, has advanced technology and equipment as directed by the European guide lines in the dentistry industry.
Faculty of Humanities and Communication Sciences:
Communication, participation and environmental awareness on the Internet,
Communication campaign analysis and news coverage in the press,
Bioethics Research Group,
GIDYC. Research Group on disability and communication,
OIMED (Centre for Research in Digital Media)
Technical School of Design, Architecture and Engineering (ESET):[36]
Algorithms and numerical methods for large systems,
Biomedical Engineering,
Composites,
Robotics and Industrial Control. Students participate on
Solar Decathlon many years. The U.S.
Department of EnergySolar Decathlon is an international competition that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient
solar-powered house. The competition is presented by the
U.S. Department of Energy and organized by the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). There is also a
Solar Decathlon Europe, which was established by a 2007 agreement between the United States and Spain.[37][38][39] Students participate on
Eco-marathon, too. The Eco-Marathon is an annual competition sponsored by
Shell, in which participants build special vehicles to achieve the highest possible
fuel efficiency.
Faculty of Law, Business and Political Science
Cooperation and Development,
Deliberative democracy, communication and citizenship,
Taxation and climate change,
ADEC Group (Water: law, business, political science and communication),
Research Group in financial economics,
Research Group on International Protection of Human Rights,
Legal protection of investors in emerging markets unregulated rights GHG emission,
The region as a historical paradigm,
International Financial Reporting Standards in the field of International Carbon Markets,
Religion and Right to Environment
Valentín Fuster is a Spanish
cardiologist – the only cardiologist to receive the two highest gold medal awards and all four major research awards from the world's four major
cardiovascular organizations: The Distinguished Researcher Award (Interamerican Society of Cardiology, 2005 and 2009), Andreas Gruntzig Scientific Award[47] and Gold Medal Award (
European Society of Cardiology, 1992-2007 respectively), Gold Medal Award and Distinguished Scientist (
American Heart Association, 2001 and 2003 respectively), and the Distinguished Scientist Award (
American College of Cardiology, 1993).[48] Fuster made news in 2006 when he managed a patient who underwent successful combined
heart and
lungtransplant, which
New York Magazine named one of the year's "11 medical marvels".[49] In November 2012, Dr. Fuster received the highest honor given by the American Heart Association, the Research Achievement Award.[50] Dr. Fuster has ranked among the Top Doctors in the US for the past 13 years and is considered in the top 1% of physicians in the United States by Castle-Connolly.[51]
Bishop Carlos BeloSDB,
GCL (born 3 February 1948) is an
East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop. Along with
José Ramos-Horta, he received the 1996
Nobel Peace Prize for work "towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor". Bishop Belo's labours on behalf of the East Timorese and in pursuit of peace and reconciliation were internationally recognised when, along with
José Ramos-Horta, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1996. Bishop Belo capitalised upon this honour through meetings with
Bill Clinton of the United States and
Nelson Mandela of South Africa. In 1995, he also won the
John Humphrey Freedom Award from the Canadian human rights group
Rights & Democracy.[57] In July 2004, Bishop Belo took up missionary work in
Maputo, the capital of Mozambique and this year was awarded an honorary doctorate from CEU Cardenal Herrera University
Stanley G. Payne (born September 9, 1934, in
Denton, Texas) is a historian of modern Spain and European
Fascism at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison. He retired from full-time teaching in 2004 and is currently
Professor Emeritus at its Department of History. Payne uses a lengthy itemized list of characteristics to identify fascism, including the creation of an authoritarian state; a regulated, state-integrated economic sector;
fascist symbolism; anti-liberalism;
anti-communism, and anti-conservatism.[58] He sees elimination of the autonomy or, in some cases, complete existence of large-scale
capitalism as the common aim of all fascist movements.[59]