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Contents
02 Letter from the Rector
12 Research and Innovation
04 The University in figures
13 Quality and Evaluation Department
06 Academic Offer
14 Scholarships and Financial Aid
08 Educational project
15 Social Responsibility
10 Work placements, employment and entrepreneurship
16 This too is Francisco de Vitoria
11 International Partnerships
18 The UFV in pictures
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Letter from the Rector “To plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit”. This old adage from Nelson Henderson is an exhortation to live our lives in a spirit of transcendence, aware that the good we desire has deep roots, requires time to mature, and is the fruit of the efforts and commitment of those who planted the seed. This is to a large part the work of the teacher and also all those who day after day play their part in transforming society through our students, their ideas and ideals, transforming them into concrete actions. This year has been one of sowing seeds, as we have started studies in Gastronomy, Criminology and International Relations. A new tree, still growing, has started to bear its fruits and the UFV’s International Business School and ADEN have already seen the graduation of their first students.
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In the area of research, Inmaculada Puebla Sánchez and Daniel Ballesteros Calderon have obtained their Doctorates at the UFV, while another eight of our professors have done likewise at other universities. The Universidad Francisco de Vitoria is gradually earning itself deserved recognition for offering quality education with a difference. As opposed to the instruction and control inherent in other paradigms, this university bases its teaching philosophy on inspiration and accompaniment, while never losing sight of our demanding objectives. We firmly believe in showing our students all that they are capable of achieving in all areas of life, inviting them to lose themselves in the service to others and accompanying them along their journey. Having answered this calling, many of our students have lived their university years to the full.
Among them, of special note is Miguel Revuelta Espinosa, a Computer Engineering student, whose efforts have been recognised with the Optimus Award. And so we embark on another year’s adventure, sowing seeds with the untiring transcendental spirit I earlier referred to, well aware of our responsibility, excited about our mission and convinced that it as necessary to put all our efforts into its success as it is to look to Heaven and ask He, who is capable of all, to bless our efforts and reward them with yet more fruits.
Daniel Sada Castaño.
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The University in figures UFV Campus 5 Degree Faculties
Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences Faculty of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Educational Sciences Faculty of Engineering and Architecture Faculty of Communication Sciences
Higher Vocational Training Centre - CETYS Postgraduate Studies and Consulting UFV-ADEN International Business School Institute for Integral Executive Development (IDDI) Le Cordon Bleu Madrid
University Community Undergraduates: 4,137 Teaching faculty: 465 lecturers Mentors: 52 Administration and Peripheral Services Staff: 336
International Partnerships
Students who have studied abroad: 63 Number of international undergraduates (inbound) 295 Total number of foreign exchange agreements: 150 International mobility of faculty: 9 outbound, 7 inbound
Teaching Academic Offer: Higher Technical, Degree, Postgraduate and Doctorate Studies Doctorates with the UFV: 10 (Updated in July 2015) Work placement agreements: 2,826 collaborating companies
Excellence Excellence Grants awarded to students from surrounding municipalities with a collaboration agreement: 31 Excellence Grants awarded by Madrid Regional Government: 17 University Leadership School, Debating Society, Becas Europa Programme 6 | UFV Annual Report 2014-15
Academic Organisation
Degree Adaptation Courses 3 Degrees: 21 Double Degrees: 14 Official Master’s Degrees: 13 Master’s Degrees proper to the university and tertiary programmes: 7 Doctorate programmes: 1
Students with grants: 25%
Grants
Evolution of the total number of UFV students
8,307
7,146 5,284 2012-2013
2013-2014
Evolution of students by type of studies 2012-2013
2013-2014
2012-2013
2014-2015
2014-2015
2013-2014
3,541
3,818
4,137 2014-2015
2012-2013 2012-2013 1,909 1,992
1,896 1,144
2013-2014 2013-2014
930
533
280
Másteres Master’sUniversitarios Degrees and y Doctorado Doctorates
275
2014-2015 2014-2015
295
Másteres de Título Internacionales UFV-Awarded Master’s DeInternational Propio,specialist Cursos de grees, courses and Undergraduate students Especialistas y MBA* International
Grado students Undergraduate
*New: 2014/15 course: 13 students
Course
Master’s Degrees and Doctorates
UFV-Awarded Master’s Degrees, specialist courses
International MBA*
International Undergraduate students
Undergraduate students
Total UFV students
CETYS Students
Le Cordon Bleu Madrid Students
2014-2015
1,896
1,979
13
295
4,137
8,307
435
879
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Academic Offer Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences • Business Studies • Law
• Degree in Gastronomy - New! • Degree in Criminology - New!
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture • Architecture • Computer Engineering - UFV-Awarded Expert in Robotics Certificate
Double Degrees • Excellens Programme: double degree in Business Studies + Law + Integral Leadership Programme • Business Studies + Marketing • Law + Labour Relations and Human Resources
• Law + Criminology + Private Detective Certificate • Law + International Relations • Business Studies + International Relations
Faculty of Educational Sciences • Infant Education • Primary Education • Physical Activity and Sport Sciences
Faculty of Bio-Medical Sciences • Medicine • Biotechnology + UFVAwarded Expert in Biotechnology Research Methodology Certificate • Nursing Double Degrees • Biotechnology + Pharmacy 8 | UFV Annual Report 2014-15
• Physiotherapy • Psychology Pharmacy + UFV-Awarded Expert in Biotechnological Applications and Biopharmaceutical Company Management
Faculty of Communication Sciences • Journalism - UFV-Awarded Expert in Journalism, Specialising in Multimedia Certificate • Audiovisual Communication + two UFV-Awarded Certificates to choose from: - Expert in Animation and Real Time 3D Applications - Expert in the Direction and Production of New Formats in Digital TV and Film • Advertising • The Fine Arts + UFV-Awarded Expert in Animation and Real Time 3D Applications Certificate • Design + two UFV-Awarded Certificates to choose from: - Expert in Multimedia and Interactive Graphic Design - Expert in Fashion Design
Double Degrees • Journalism + Audiovisual Communication • Audiovisual Communication + Advertising • Design + Advertising • The Fine Arts + Design • The Fine Arts + Audiovisual Communication • Journalism + Advertising • Journalism + International Relations
Degree Adaptation Courses • Adaptation Course to Degree in Computer Engineering • Adaptation Course to Degree in Labour Relations and Human Resources • Adaptation Course to Degree in Primary Education
Master’s and Expert Courses • Master’s Degree in Fashion Communication and Marketing • Expert in Mediation Course (family and civil-commercial matters) • Higher Education Course on Economic Intelligence and Expert Analysis • Fundamental Anthropology Seminar • Latin American Programmes, UFV-Awarded Specialist certificates • University access for those over 25 and 45 • Aptitude test in Spanish Positive Law • In-company training programmes or in colllaboration with other institutions
University Master’s Degrees • Master’s degree in Humanities • University Master’s degree in Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, vocational training and languages • University Master’s degree and title as Specialist in Educational Centre Quality Management • University Master’s Degree in Advanced Therapies and Biotechnological Innovation • Master’s Degree in Big Data for Economic Intelligence (Univeristy Master’s Degree in Open Source Technologies Analysis). • University Master’s Degree in Business Management. Executive MBA • University Master’s Degree in Lawyership (Access and Exercise of the Legal Profession) • University Master’s Degree in Labour Lawyership • University Master’s Degree in Political Action, Institutional Strengthening and Citizen Participation in the Rule of Law • University Master’s Degree in Work Hazard Prevention • University Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance • University Master’s Degree in Audio-Visual Journalism • University Master’s Degree in Radio and Television Direction and Production
Business School
Doctorates • Doctorate in Biotechnology, Medicine and Biomedical sciences
• International MBA. • Mater’s Degree in International Trade • Advanced Marketing and Sales Management course • Advanced Project Management course • Advanced Financial Strategy Management course UFV Annual Report 2014-15 | 9
An educational project centred around the person The UFV’s mission is to help each of our students discover and develop their very best. They are taught the skills, key competences and talents needed to carry out their future profession, helping them to identify and appreciate the values and attitudes to make them integral people who see their job as a service centred around the person.
Integral • Humanistic education applied to each degree course • Leadership seminars and workshops • An education in social responsibility that includes work placements in social institutions in order to ensure a total understanding of humanistic values • Educating the key competences and skills of the person, by means of mentoring • Tutorials
University life • Student societies: Debates society, Social Work Volunteer groups, Be the Change, Primary school teacher Society, Company generation initiative, Inventarte and Musgoletus. • The John Henry Newman Institute • Pastoral care • Sports • Volunteer Work • Cultural Activities
Professional Reality • Professionals that share their real work experiences in their teaching • Work placements in the final years • 2,826 collaborating companies in which our students gain work experience
International
Biotechnology graduate Mar Cabeza Cabrerizo in Africa researching Ebola. 10 | UFV Annual Report 2014-15
• Cambridge University training and examining centre • English classes a part of all study plans • The Language Centre also offers classes in French, German and Italian, among others • Academic trips • More than 150 International Exchange partnerships throughout Europe, Asia and America for students and teachers interested in spending 6 months to a year abroad
Most highly-valued lecturers by the students, 13-14. Since its beginnings as a Centre Attached to the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, the UFV has carried out teaching faculty evaluation by means of surveys to its students. This evaluation has always been for the good of the teaching staff, as the information obtained allows for an accurate appreciation of their work, the areas in need of improvement being identified and solutions found in readiness for the following academic years.
Most highly-valued lecturers by their students, 2013/14.
Optimus Award This annual award is in recognition for the most outstanding student in each year, taking into account their dedication, hard work and commitment in all areas of their comprehensive education, according to that explained in our Ideology and Educational Project.
2014/15 Optimus Award finalists. From left to right: Alejandro Puga, Macarena Sáez and Miguel Revuelta.
In the picture, Miguel Revuelta Espinosa (degree in Computer Engineering), winner of the Optimus Award 2014, together with Alejandro Puga Gómez (double degree in Business Studies and Marketing) and Macarena Sáez Morales (degree in Nursing). UFV Annual Report 2014-15 | 11
Work placements, employment and entrepreneurship Professional reality: supporting students and former students The aim of our educational project is to enable our students to stand out in their future professional careers as real references for those with who they share their day-to-day working lives. Our Work Placements and Employment Department helps students by providing them with the necessary vital skills to make their search for work a success. Moreover, a Job Bank is offered, which focusses mainly on finding our recent graduates their first professional opportunity.
2,826
The department also has an area dedicated to international work openings for those wishing to find a career abroad.
collaborating companies for our students to gain work experience.
WORK PLACEMENT INFORMATION Active agreements
1,189
Work placement offers
1,416
Work placement programme broadcastings
Entrepreneurship The UFV endeavours to foment and foster a culture of entrepreneurship by means of seminars, training courses together with legal, financial and economic guidance for all the many different projects. To this end, every year the UFV, through its Business Incubator and the Research Results Transfer Office, holds the Innova competition, an initiative that rewards entrepreneurship and innovation. In 2014, first prize went to the 1reto.com project, a fun social media platform dedicated to beating challenges. Second and third prizes went to the Bejoins Project and The Jobers Project, respectively. 12  |  UFV Annual Report 2014-15
Places covered
42 831
EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION National work contracts International work contracts
112 4
International Partnerships We have 150 undergraduate exchange agreements registered with universities in the five continents. The inbound students come from 20 different countries.
Main countries of origin
International Mobility NÂş students
U.S.A.: 30
Outbound
63
Inbound
295
Total mobility
358
Mexico: 71 Italy: 32
150 registered undergraduate exchange agreements with universities in the five continents Germany: 37 France: 40
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Research and Innovation Teaching and research, as extensions of wisdom in all fields of knowledge, are the basic cornerstones of what we do. For many years now, the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria has been developing research programmes focussed on service to society, in search of excellence. Our objective is to obtain results that help meet the anthropological implications of the various research projects in all areas of knowledge.
Research institutes and forums Francisco de Vitoria Institute of Economic and Social Research (IIES)
John Henry Newman Institute
Knowledge Management Study and Research Centre (CEIEC)
Robert Schuman Institute of European Studies
IIES Documentation Centre Biomedical Research Institute Family Studies Centre Francisco de Vitoria BioethicsInstitute Latin American Forum
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3eras School of Rare Diseases European Documentation Centre Innovation Institute Youth and Adolescence Study Centre
Quality and Evaluation Department Commitment and planning that go beyond Curricula Planning
Quality Assurance Area Maintenance and Revision of our Internal Quality Assurance System Maintenance of the ISO 9001:2008 Certificates for the library, hall of residence, management and the Quality and Evaluation Department Renewal Process of the Accreditation of Official titles
Institutional evaluation, analysis and future planning Teaching faculty evaluation DOCENTIA Programme Institutional Evaluation Analysis and Future Planning
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Scholarships and Financial Aid At the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, our wish is that no student is denied his or her chance to study for financial reasons alone. To this end, the Study Help Service offers our students a wide range of grants and scholarships. This year, 1,050 scholarships have been granted, meaning that more than 25% of our students enjoy some form of financial aid.
Distribution of scholarships granted Grants from local councils: 31 Siblings at the university: 96 Family misfortune: 2 Collaborating institutions: 93 Brilliant academic record: 213 Large families: 309 UFV Support: 216 Internships programme: 55 Grant for Artistic Merit: 1 Former students: 18 Final year grants: 16
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Social Responsibility Social responsibility at the UFV is a voluntary commitment that is taken up by each and every member of our educational community.
With the University Community Students Our main objective is to shape committed people and competent professionals • The subject of Social Responsibility comprises both theory and practical work in 60 institutions Employees Our premier responsibility • No school days; enjoying a work-family balance • Continuous training • Healthy living Parents • Cultural and educational activities for the students’ parents
With the environment • Awareness campaigns to reduce energy, paper and water consumption • Promoting recycling • Ecological on-campus car wash service • Car-sharing platform in the university community
In the local area • Excellence grants awarded to the most brilliant academic records in 21 municipalities in the Autonomous Community of Madrid. • Sponsorship of cultural and charity activities organised by the municipalities • Youth education: Inter-municipal Schools Debating Tournament • Sponsorship of the Pozuelo de Alarcón girls’ basketball team
With the University Community
With Society
With the environment
In the local area
With Society • Research • Summer School • Collaboration agreements with institutions • Fundación Altius Francisco de Vitoria: I cook up employment and 1 kilo of help
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This too is Francisco de Vitoria Institute for Integral Executive Development (IDDI) The Institute for Integral Executive Development (IDDI), belonging to the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, is a centre which specialises in managerial training and business consultancy. IDDI is renowned for its innovative methodology and services, centred around the transformation of behviours in order to obtain effective managerial development. Research Areas: Executive Education, International Coaching School, In-Company Programmes
UFV-ADEN International Business School Last year, the UFV, together with ADEN, a Business School with 27 centres in 17 countries, set up the International Business School. This year, the Business School has proved to be one of the fastest-growing and promising educational institutions in Spain and Latin America. The School’s aim is to give its students real-world knowledge, skills and acquired abilities and to subsequently find them work opportunities in multinational companies. With a clear and committed focus centred on people, the UFV-ADEN International Business School offers practical, excellent, innovative and socially responsible training, providing its students with an an enlightening and transforming experience and the necessary skills to become agents for change in the organisations they work in, leading in a responsible, open and interdisciplinary manner. The UFV-ADEN Business School uses interactive methodologies such as Simulators, recognised as one of the most effective ways to develop new skills, change attitudes, reinforce knowledge and achieve the impact desired in the workplace.
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Le Cordon Bleu
Fundación Altius Francisco de Vitoria
After opening its doors on our campus in 2011, it has grown to be the French culinary institution’s third-largest centre, behind Paris and London. Le Cordon Bleu was founded in the city of Paris in 1895 and now has more than 50 schools in 20 countries.
This is the UFV’s Foundation, carrying out the university’s mission by means of social action caring for the most vulnerable groups within our society with the aim of ensuring their social, work and cultural integration.
The School finished this last academic year with 879 students enrolled in its courses on haute cuisine.
Of the many social actions it carries out, of note is the ongoing ‘1 Kilo of Help’ initiative and the the social accompaniment project, ‘I Cook Up Employment’, which is carried out in partnership with the Madrid Food Bank and has as its objective the finding of work for society’s most vulnerable groups.
Higher Vocational Training Centre Francisco de Vitoria - CETYS By means of Higher Vocational Training, CETYS provides the alternative to a University Degree, the options being the two main educational avenues open to those seeking higher education in Spain. After two years’ practical, hands-on training, the Higher Technician certificates awarded in the speciality studied are official, and allow subsequent direct access to university degree study. Moreover, at the UFV, we have a range of dynamic content validation plans, depending on the studies that each student has just completed. Logically, the University Degrees and Vocational Training Certificates link together extremely well. In the academic year 2014-15, 95 students went on to study a Degree course at the UFV after having completed their Higher Vocational Training with CETYS. UFV Annual Report 2014-15 | 19
The new academic year begins
Academic year inauguration ceremony.
Welcoming the international students. 20  |  UFV Annual Report 2014-15
Celebrating the integration of our Degree in Business Studies and Gastronomy, with music.
Inauguration of the UFV-ADEN Business School in C/Orense, Madrid.
The Rector welcomes the new teaching staff.
Florentino Portero Rodríguez, President of the International Relations Degree Advisory Board.
Rosario Barrios Cobo, named general manager of Le CordonBleu Madrid.
Isolino Pazos Villas, director of the new Degree in Gastronomy.
María Lacalle Noriega is named vice-rector of Academic Organisation and Quality. UFV Annual Report 2014-15 | 21
Academic Excellence
Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain receive students of the 10th Edition of the ‘Becas Europa’ Programme.
Daniel Ballesteros Calderón (on the left), presents his thesis. 22 | UFV Annual Report 2014-15
Miguel Revuelta Espinosa, winner of the Optimus Award, 2014.
Inmaculada Puebla Sánchez presents her thesis.
Relaciones Externas
Delegates from the UFV’s Humanities Faculty visit the Universidad de Guinea.
Agreement with the European Society for Person Centered Healthcare.
The Pharmacy Degree department signs an agreement with the Madrid Association of Pharmacists.
Inauguration of the 3eras School of Rare Diseases.
The UFV jointly organises the Interuniversity Congress “Saint Teresa of Ávila”.
Inauguration ceremony of the III Edition of the Intermunicipal Scholarly Debating Tournament. UFV Annual Report 2014-15 | 23
University Life
Research meeting of the Research Results Transfer Office (OTRI).
Law undergraduates visit Navalcarnero prison. 24 | UFV Annual Report 2014-15
Constitution Assembly of the Council of Delegates.
Women’s football team in the Intermunicipal World Cup tournament.
Marko Koskinen, founder of the first democratic school in Finland, gives a conference.
‘Corpus and Diccionario’ Conference, with José Antonio Pascual Rodríguez, vice-director of the Royal Spanish Academy.
The UFV’s Department of Journalism organises a round table with local council election candidates.
Emilio Tuñón Álvarez gives a conference to Architecture students as part of the Cultural Activities programme.
Opening of the Emerge exhibition, sponsored by the Fundación AXA.
Conference held by UNESA president Eduardo Montes Pérez del Real.
III Edition of the Innova entrepreneurship competition, sponsored by Restaurante Botín. UFV Annual Report 2014-15 | 25
University Life
Education and Innovation at UFV.
The Computing Engineering department visits Germany. 26 | UFV Annual Report 2014-15
The Nursing department celebrates its Patron Saint’s day, St. John of God, with an excursion to Avila.
Creative Advertising day.
Educational course bythe University Leadership School (ELU).
Seminars and debate given by the Associación de Víctimas del Terrorismo (Victims of Terrorism Association).
Presentation of the Musgoletus student society.
Together with the Ambassador for Kenya, the UFV condemns the Garrisa University College attacks.
Congress regarding NATO, organised by the Robert Schuman Institute.
The month of the Virgin Mary is celebrated with the university Holy Rosary. UFV Annual Report 2014-15 | 27
University Life
Presentation of the Newman Institute’s book El Sentido busca al Hombre (Meaning in Search of Man).
The Criminology department gives a course on graphology. 28 | UFV Annual Report 2014-15
Eduardo Torres-Dulve gives a conference.
Pozuelo’s local Renault dealer gives a van to the university’s Altius Fundación to help in the project “I Cook Up Employment”.
End of the Academic Year
End-of-year closing ceremony at the Halls of Residence.
The International Relations department enjoy a summer course in the Holy Land.
Summer festival at the Educational Community.
Missions in Ethiopia. UFV Annual Report 2014-15  | 29
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