The coordinator

The University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), which was created in the academic year 1985/1986, is a modern and competitive institution. Its study programme is adapted to the needs and requirements of its potential students from degrees to official masters, through to postgraduate programmes and lifelong learning. The different training alternatives at the university cover the most demanded qualifications in the areas of Arts and Humanities, Sciences, Health Sciences, Social and Legal Sciences, Engineering and Architecture.

Moreover, the UCLM has specialized programmes for learning English, French, German, Italian, Chinese or Japanese and is recognized by the Cervantes Institute as an examination centre for the Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE).

Social responsibility is a strategic aim for the UCLM community, an institution sensitive to the challenge of training not just the best professionals but also making a contribution towards the development of socially committed individuals. In this sense, the University integrates the 50 plus José Saramago University Program. It provides an alternative for those people who enjoy studying and believe it is never too late to learn. This program provides a social and educational contribution, responding to new demands, to sectors of the population who do not seek a professional qualification, but to access a type of lifelong learning that contributes towards their personal development, and to obtain a more critical and participative society, apart from nurturing development of scientific and cultural training activities which encourage encounters and generational interchange. 

Moreover, the University as alma mater of society has a continuous task of developing and educating about culture, which helps citizens to understand and adapt to the rapid changes, characterized by the times we live. All these arguments explain and act as the basis for studies without any rigid contents and enables students to choose those that best satisfy their interests and expectations. In this sense, the university offers alternatives to all those who only entrance requirement are a desire to learn.