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BECOME ‘THAT’ PERSON Will I have to be THAT person for the rest of my life? Possibly not...

IT IS NOT WHAT YOU ARE...

…but who you become.

What do you want for your future?

FOLLOW YOUR HEART How your university journey can change your life.

DECISIONS: Sometimes, you only need to take small steps.

But then other times it’s like a leap into the unknown. And that’s how you feel about your future. Your decision is the key to the next few years,and it will shape the person you’ll become. Decisions like this are hard. But they’re also the ones we’re most proud of later.

Because then we see that everything made sense in the end.

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‘A letter to myself’: What you should say to stop yourself worrying about the future.

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Ten steps to find the right way for you.

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How do I choose the right degree?4 stories from those who asked themselves the same question and are now successful – and happy.

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5 top tips to get you ready for tomorrow’s job market.

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Should I study abroad? 3 reasons to come here without giving up on the world.

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What will life at university be like?

Much more than just lectures.

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Why choose CEU Valencia

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Studying in Spain as if it were London? Why diversity can open up a wealth of opportunities. ○When everything may not be enough. How we can get you ready for the social, technological and professional challenges to come.

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○The three Cs to make a better world: Comprehension, Commitment and Companionship.

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Talent pays off: when early promise becomes later success.

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○More than just lectures: reinventing what it means to be at university.

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○There’s a bit of a problem with our name.

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They have taken a step forward

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Students Lecturers Graduates

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A whole world of possibilities

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○By fields ○Dual degrees

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Everything is possible

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○Our grants an scholarships for students. ○On the record. ○Grants from the Financial Aid Excellence Program. ○Other grants and scholarships

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How to become a student

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○CEU Valencia Admissions Process

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DEAR ME...

Hello. It’s me. I’m you. Yourself in just a few years. I’d like to ask a favour of you. Today. Here. Right now.

I want you not to be afraid about deciding what to study, because whatever you decide, you’ll end up finding your place in the world.

It doesn’t matter whether you attracted to a particular profession, or if you’re still not sure whether you prefer the sciences or the humanities, blue or red, night or day. Don’t be so hard on yourself. You’ll see how everything will make sense in the end and you’ll be the person that you always knew you would be, deep down.

Right now, you just need to focus on what excites you the most. The thing that moves you just a bit more than the rest. The one fits best with the kind of person you aspire to be.

Listen to me: use your head but also your heart! That’s how you’ll get to where you want to go. Trust me: I know you best and I know what you’re capable of.

You.

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THE JOURNEY

10 STEPS

TO FIND THE RIGHT WAY FOR YOU The moment has come for you to start on the path to university. The way may seem very clear to you, as if it were a motorway to the future. Or maybe you can’t make it out so well: it’s a meandering track, full of crossroads. But either way, you’re on the right path – don’t worry!

In the words of the great Spanish poet, Antonio Machado: “Traveller, there is no path. The path is the very steps you take.” So, let’s go through the steps you should take:

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1 IDENTIFY THE PATHS YOU LIKE BEST Make a list of all the things you like and then try to identify the ones that you’re really passionate about. Passion can move mountains.

2 ELIMINATE THOSE PATHS YOU DON’T LIKE Make a list of the things you don’t like, because knowing what you don’t want is just as important as knowing what you do want. Eliminating the things you don’t like is a good way to start.

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IMAGINE WHAT THE MOST SUITABLE PATH WOULD BE LIKE Ask yourself: what do I do really well? Ask your family and friends: what do they think you’re good at? You can also ask people you know about the jobs they do. But don’t ask them the same old questions – try and go for something more exciting like: what’s the best thing about your day at work? What is it about your job that makes you proud?

If your job was a film, what film would it be? In a normal week in your job, what things are the most and least fun to do? With questions like these, you’ll get more revealing answers and better insights.

These answers will help you get a better idea of what those jobs are really like. Another thing is that you shouldn’t focus just on what people in your family have traditionally studied, or just on what the career prospects are, or on what you might earn.

Working is about much more than that. After all, what you do also has an impact on how happy you are – doesn’t it?

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MAKE USE OF ALL THE TOOLS AT YOUR DISPOSAL Take a career orientation test. Do some research and do any degree orientation or immersion activities that many universities offer. All this can really help you make up your mind.

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DO YOUR RESEARCH When you’re sure of the area you’re interested in, search the internet for information about the universities which offer degrees in that area and think carefully what you find until you find the right one for you.

Having the right information available will make it easier to make the right decision.

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EXPLORE Visit as many universities as you can, and speak to the students and lecturers there.

It’s not just about choosing what to study, but also about where – which is almost equally important.

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MAKE A ROADMAP OF WHERE YOU WANT TO GO Do you have specific destination in mind? Then all you need to do is choose your route. When you’ve made a decision, start working on achieving your objective. Don’t choose on the basis of your high school grades, as that will mean you’re choosing what you can do, rather than what you want to do. Don’t settle for your second or third choice.

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SWITCH YOUR GPS ON Go on a work placement during your degree: you’ll get an insight into what you don’t like about the industry, what you’re good at and not so good at – giving you the opportunity to keep working on it.

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RETHINK YOUR ROUTE IF YOU NEED TO Nothing is set in stone forever, not even the path you’re setting out on. If you find that the path you’ve taken isn’t what you were expecting, you can still go back, rethink and readjust the route you’ve taken. It’s nothing to be embarrassed about – neither while you’re studying nor while you’re working.

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ENJOY THE JOURNEY BEFORE IT ENDS Your path may be long or short, rocky or easy-going, but what you really must do is enjoy your time at university. It’s an important time in your life and you might not see it now, but your years at university will be exciting, intense, lively and unique. An unforgettable experience.

Welcome to the best years of your life.

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FUTURE

HOW DO I CHOOSE THE RIGHT DEGREE?

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4 STORIES FROM THOSE WHO ASKED THEMSELVES THE SAME SURFING

QUESTION AND ARE NOW SUCCESSFUL – AND HAPPY IS THAT WHAT I WANT TO BE? As you look through these pages, there may be a lot of uncertainty swirling about in your head. You want to take the next step in your education and study something you enjoy, but you’re also worried about what you’ll do with that degree – will I like the jobs on offer? Is that what I want to be for the rest of my life?

THE PERSON JOAQUÍN IS Joaquín Hernández, a journalist and head of the Alicante and Murcia area for the Antena 3 TV channel. “Waking up and wondering what adventures the day will hold in store for me is really wonderful, because each day is completely different from the last”, says this CEU Journalism graduate.

“When I started my studies at CEU, my goal was already to work for a national TV channel. At the time I thought that it was a pipe dream, but in the end I succeeded and I feel really privileged to work at such an important media company like Antena 3 TV”.

D AV I D ’ S G O A L S David Navarro, executive creative director at Ueno, in heart of SoHo in New York. “When I was a kid, I dreamt about emulating Steven Spielberg, and I went round borrowing cameras off friends and shot countless short films and animation that I’d be embarrassed to show people now, but that showed me the way to go: I wanted to learn how to make films. And that’s how I ended up studying Audiovisual Communication at CEU,” he says. “It’s there that I learnt that one of the great lessons of life: to know how to find what you really want to be. In my case, it wasn’t so much that I wanted to get involved in cinema but that I wanted to use my creative ability to tell stories.”

And that is what he does.

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One thing that might help you take your decision is that it doesn’t need

Yago Cebolla, Nursing Director at Spain’s national centre for the psychosocial care of persons with severe mental disorders (CREAP), established in Valencia by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. Yago originally wanted to study Medicine, but didn’t have the right grades. His sister encouraged him to study Nursing and now this CEU graduate is leading a team which seeks to promote the autonomy of people suffering mental disorders, with the aim being to improve their quality of life and that of their family members. Yago says

to absolutely definitive. The goals you have today may not be the ones you have tomorrow. You can readjust

that he is very happy and we’re sure he knows that his work is also making hundreds of other people happy too.

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your goals as you move forward. And hey, there’s nothing wrong with that.

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NO EXPIRY DATE Dreams don’t have expiry dates. You have your whole life ahead of you to achieve them. María Amparo Serra is a good example of this. Just over a year ago she was juggling motherhood with her job as an architect, but she had that nagging sensation that something was missing, and you can’t ignore your true calling.

So she decided to go for her dream: to be a primary school teacher. She finished her studies in Primary Education (Magisterio) in just three years and she’s now working at Ágora Lledó, one of the best schools in Castellón. “Right now I feel like the luckiest teacher in the world.

I’m as happy as if I’d just won the lottery.

I’ve got a wonderful family and a job I’m really passionate about”. What more is there to be said?

So, there’s only one rule: put your very best into every step you take ;-)

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5 TOP TIPS

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People say that we don’t even know what some jobs in the future will be called. In a world which is ever more globalized and dominated by digital culture, all the jobs out there are changing and some may even disappear. Some of the jobs created will be completely new so new, in fact, that they don’t even have a name!

SO THE QUESTION IS: HOW CAN YOU PREPARE FOR SOMETHING THAT CAN’T EVEN BE NAMED? The answer is: by keeping an open mind, by maintaining enthusiasm and by paying attention to things other people ignore. Many people forget about transferable soft skills and technological skills.

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ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN PICK UP HOW TO USE A NEW A P P Q U I C K LY ?

Being able to use the technological tools that form the basis of a profession often receives the name of adaptive technology skills. If you don’t see this in the degree curriculum, ask the university if they will give this kind of training in addition to the standard study programme, as these skills are some of the most useful to have in the job market.

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If the answer is ‘yes’, then you’ve already on your way to possessing another key soft skill: leadership. If not, then don’t worry: you can learn to be a leader.

You can learn to be proactive when taking decisions and you can learn how to manage teams.

You must know that a good leader is self-motivated enough to never give up. So, get ready to never give up. Not giving up and showing perseverance is something which is highly valued in professions involving research and technology.

If you look it as a challenge, then you have what it takes to be an innovator. Being innovative is a key soft skill in today’s everchanging world. How many things now form part of your life which didn’t even exist five years ago? If there are a lot of them, then you already know how important innovation is in business. Learn how to adapt, learn how to deal with change before other people do, and learn to change those things that no has else has yet changed.

ARE YOU GOOD AT ORGANIZING GET-TOGETHERS WITH FRIENDS?

DOES CHANGE SCARE YOU OR DO YOU SEE IT AS A CHALLENGE?

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CAN YOU PUT YOURSELF IN OTHER PEOPLE’S SHOES TO UNDERSTAND THEM BETTER? The ability to listen to other people and really understand what they mean (which is not always the same thing as what they say), the ability to speak and express yourself in person, in written reports or in emails, and the ability to convince an audience of your ideas – all this can be learnt through training. Are you ready to begin? Then ask each university you speak to how they intend to train you how to listen and how to express yourself. These are all soft skills linked to empathy.

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DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A DEGREE AND BEING A REAL PROFESSIONAL? As well as studying for your different courses, you also need to prepare yourself for the demands of being a true professional practitioner.

Those who do this are highly valued by employers, as they add real value to their companies’ activities.

Possessing soft and technological skills will be the key to standing in the market for the jobs of tomorrow, those that have no name. Don’t forget them or you’ll need to forget about these as yet nameless jobs.

DON’T THINK ABOUT LECTURE ROOMS AND CLASSES; THINK ABOUT PLACES AND MOMENTS IN TIME A lecture room can be a workplace.

What happens there can move beyond the merely academic when you consider and try to find solutions to real cases, when the lecturer really challenges you and you find you can rise to the occasion, when you can use facilities which include the latest technology. That’s when you’re really trying out those skills which your future career will require of you, whatever you study, whichever job you

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end up doing, even if it’s one of those that we still don’t have a name for,

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SHOULD I STUDY ABROAD? 3 REASONS TO COME HERE WITHOUT GIVING UP ON YOUR WORLD You must have heard it a million times. You’ll have heard it at school, at home, on Instagram and even on Netflix. “Challenge yourself, go for your dreams, be the best you can be” which translates as, “study, learn languages, think about your future, get ready to be a citizen of the world and build a career that knows no borders.”

Now the time has come to choose a university. If the world is getting smaller, should I choose a university just because it’s near my house? Or should I choose a university which fits with my life-goals, regardless of where its campus is? Should I choose a university 3000 kilometres away from here in another country?

If the world really is getting smaller, is there a point to studying at an international university?

Absolutely there is. Although it’s also true is that you don’t have to go to London or Boston to find a university like that.

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Why study at an international university?

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YOU CAN HAVE FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD: F R O M G E R M A N Y, BRAZIL OR THE USA The more international students there are, the greater the chances of making friends from all over the world. On an international campus, surprises await you every day, as all you have to do is just walk down the corridors of your faculty building to go to lectures or to grab a coffee and you’ll bump into people speaking a range of different languages. Broaden your horizons by making friends with people from other countries: find out how they think and how they learn, and enrich your outlook by working together with other young people from the other side of the world.

When lectures finish, you’ll have to show them how you can have fun here. You can show them your culture, the way you like to celebrate and your way of life. Can you imagine meeting your friends and introducing them to your classmate from Mexico, Denmark, France or Colombia?

Because your time at university is not just about what you do on campus, but away from the campus too. The more people of the same age you know from other countries, the more you will realize that, while we are different, ultimately we have so much more in common than what separates us. And discovering the

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things we share is a great thing for the future, isn’t it?

On a university campus shared by so many different nationalities, it would be hard not to end up with friends from Sweden, Taiwan or Brazil. And let’s not shy away from the possibility that you might fall in love with that Italian boy or that girl from Canada you keep bumping into in the library.

Having the world in one campus

Imagine making friends with someone from Norway and spending Christmas there – if you don’t mind the cold, of course. means being able to have friends from five continents – and that could mean summer trips to see where they’re from, or inviting them to your house to show them what a real paella is, or having a wide network of professional contacts across the world when you graduate.

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DO YOU SPEAK “ I N T E R N A T I O N A L” ?

With an international accent It is highly possible that you have taken some language lessons in school. Or maybe you have studied in a bilingual one. Or maybe you just happen to know some basic Spanish or Italian because you love to travel to those countries. No matter your circumstances, we are sure that you know way more than you think. So, why not take advantage if it?

Studying in another language Why not? If you think you can follow classes, study and do the exams in another language, go for it!

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This will allow you to improve your language skills and start shaping an international profile from the first day you set foot on campus.

Interacting in or Spanish…

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Comment on your last weekend with a classmate from Sweden, participate in a Campus Life activity with a Peruvian friend or attend a workshop led by an international lecturer. Living in a Spanish environment will make you improve your Spanish skills. It doesn’t matter if you discuss about football, a TV show or what your plans for Friday night are. Speak Spanish, relate in Spanish, sing in Spanish, have fun in Spanish!

Learn languages right in class But of course we offer you language classes for free throughout your degree! We are aware that speaking different languages will boost your future job opportunities and will make your résumé stand out from the rest. We put all the learning tools available at your fingertips, so you can end up your studies being a bilingual professional in your field.

Yes, you can do it!

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YO U C A N D O I T… SPREAD YOUR WINGS!

Staying at home doesn’t mean that you won’t be able to have the opportunity to spend a period of time studying in another country. One of the great advantages of international universities is the agreements they have in place with other universities across the world. These agreements seek to promote international student mobility, especially of those who want to study part of their degree abroad or to undertake an international placement. So, you could easily begin your studies in Spain and finish them in the United States, for example.

The experience of spending a term abroad studying or on a placement abroad is a wonderful opportunity to put to the test what you know and can do. It also gives you a great

On a university campus that boasts more than 70 nationalities, you’ll feel like you’re spending half of every day in another country. chance to get to know yourself better and develop both personally and professionally. Most university students who have benefited from mobility programs acknowledge that they felt unsure of themselves in their first few days abroad, but also that they came home with a wealth of great memories and valuable experiences which helped them grow as people and bring them out of their comfort zones. So, if they were able to do it, why not you?

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WHAT WILL LIFE AT UNIVERSITY BE LIKE? MUCH MORE THAN JUST LECTURES You’ll soon be starting a new stage of your life – one which many look back on as the best years of the lot. You know that this period will be crucial for your future career, but maybe you don’t realize that it’ll be mean much more than that. It will really change your life forever. There are countless examples in film, books and TV series like “How I met your mother” about how the bonds between friends or even couples were made at university.

Some people just go through university. But the best way is to really live it.

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LECTURES AREN’T EVERYTHING There are lectures to go to, notes to make, group work to do, tutorials to attend, exams to sit, and more.

Studying for a degree can be pretty intense: dealing with everything that comes with it maturely and with enthusiasm will take you a long way.

But if you organize your time right, there’s a lot more you can do. And we’re not talking about doing more academically. Because a life that’s just lectures, eating and sleeping

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sounds pretty boring, doesn’t it?

Being a university student is also about doing sport and being a member of different societies and clubs – perfect if you want to try out drama, photography, literature, debating, university radio, charity and volunteering activities, amongst other things. There’s sure to be some activity on campus that will stir your interest.

It’s important to remember that your development as a person is just as important as your formal education.

And it’s not just because employers prefer candidates to have interests that go beyond the purely professional – it’s also about finding out who you really are.

I F Y O U ’ R E H E S I TAT I N G , TA K E T H E L E A P .

I F YO U ’ R E B R AVE , HELP SOMEONE WHO’S H E S I TAT I N G .

IF YOU ’ RE A , LOOK FOR A B WHO’ LL COMPLEMENT YOU. I F Y O U L I K E T O S I T AT T H E BAC K , HAVE A C O FFEE N OW AND THEN WITH THE ONES AT T H E F R O N T.

HAPPINESS IS O N LY R E A L WHEN SHARED Take part in campus life activities which give you the chance to get to know other students who are interested in the same things as you.

Some of them might be on the same degree as you, but others won’t be.

And it won’t matter! Meeting students from other subjects will be an enriching experience and give you a greater insight into the university and life itself. That’s what Campus Life is all about.

I F Y O U A TA L K E R , F I N D SOMEONE WHO LIKES LISTENING – BUT REMEMBER TO STOP NOW AND THEN.

IF THERE’ S A GOOD FILM ON T H U R S D AY, TA K E S O M E O N E W I T H YO U TO S E E I T.

I F T H E R E ’ S A C O N C E R T, DON ’T GO ON YOUR OWN .

IF YOU NEED HELP ON YOUR F I R S T D AY, J U S T R A I S E YOUR HAND AND SOMEONE WILL COME TO YOU.

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University life can be full of new and stimulating experiences, and remember that all of them will mean that bit more when shared.

The friends you make at university are for life.

You’ll remember your days at university for many years. So try to do something different every day and most especially do it in company.

NOTHING GROWS IN THE COMFORT ZONE There might be a university activity that you feel like trying, but you’re not sure if you’ll be any good at it.

Maybe it’s paddle tennis, or singing in the choir, or playing and recording music, or learning how to make your own ceramics – it doesn’t matter what it is. Try to do new things and to listen to new people – it’s the best way to learn.

You’re young! You’ve got time to come and go, to fall and still get up. Don’t stop yourself from trying something new that might make you happy. In short, you need to move out of your comfort zone and stop limiting yourself to what you already know.

Being able to move out of your comfort zone requires emotional intelligence and optimism: it’ll help you develop your leadership skills.

And there’s only one way to learn how to make that leap: by experiencing new things.

Get out of your comfort zone. You will be uncomfortable at first – that’s the point – but excitement awaits.

EXPERIENCE NEW IDEAS.

EXPERIENCE NEW C O N V E R S AT I O N S .

EXPERIENCE NEW PEOPLE.

EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS TO READ, DANCE AND SHARE.

E XPERIENCE YOUR OWN M O T I VAT I O N T O M A K E THE WORLD A BETTER PL ACE, ADD IT TO YOUR C L A S S M AT E S ’ M O T I VAT I O N A N D M AY B E TO G E T H E R YO U CAN GO MOVE THE WORLD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

D O N ’ T S H Y AWAY: EXPERIENCE.

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WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE READY TO MEET THE WORLD STUDYING IN SPAIN AS IF WERE LONDON? WHY DIVERSITY CAN OPEN UP A W E A LT H O F OPPORTUNITIES In the end, there’s no escaping from the fact that choosing a university is a crucial decision. And it’s a big decision all round: for the young student in particular, for his or her parents, for the future and for the present. Choosing where to study might well be more important than choosing what to study. You can always change degree if you feel you’ve made a mistake, but you have to take other issues into account, such as university life.

Having a comprehensive and well-rounded education is becoming ever more important – many influential voices are in agreement on this point. But a truly international university is not just based on mere words. It can’t just be about being able to study in English. It’s not just about people from different countries being present on campus.

It goes deeper than this: it must be about the very fibre of what the university is.

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A DIVERSITY OF CULTURES AND EXPERIENCES The CEU Cardenal Herrera University decided to make the leap to internationalization some years ago.

It wanted to build a university where different cultures, languages and ways of expressing oneself could come together with one purpose: education.

Today, the CEU community has more than 6000 students, and 2500 of them are from abroad. To make this possible, its whole range of services have been changed, there’s been a strong drive towards digitization and for the promotion of languages, and a great focus has been placed on extracurricular events and activities.

The University wants its students to enjoy life on campus, by celebrating the Chinese New Year or the French Semaine du Goût, or by taking part in simulations of United Nations debates or the European Languages Week. It’s a great way of getting students to display their cultural values to those who may not know much about them.

Diversity is at the very heart of the CEU Cardenal Herrera University.

That’s why the University doesn’t just have international degree programs, but also seeks to offer our students truly international experiences from the very first day of lectures.

ENRICHED THROUGH DIVERSITY: REAL EXPERIENCES IN THE LECTURE ROOM It can be felt throughout the campus: the international dimension is present in everything the University does.

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You’ll often see small groups of students, from Norway, the USA, Chile or France, working together in our lecture rooms. They’ll be in the same practical training group and they may well submit assignments together: experiencing a diversity of cultures, tastes and ways of working is always enriching. This has a truly positive influence on our students’ outlook.

PABLO (SPAIN, 2ND YEAR STUDENT IN P O L I T I CA L S C I E N C E / I N T E R N AT I O N A L R E L AT I O N S A N D B U S I N ES S M A N AG E M E N T ) :

“The whole experience of being at an international university is really enriching: you can practise speaking other languages and there’s always a chance of being able to visit your friends’ countries in the future!”

But diversity is not only present in the friendship you can strike up, but also in the very way in which you can study. CEU can offer you international pathways for the Communication degrees, the dual degree program in Business Management offered jointly

by CEU UCH and Fachhochschule in Münster, study visits to American universities, and you can even choose to study Pharmacy in Spanish or in English – and Medicine, Dentistry, amongst other options.

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IVONNE (NICARAGUA, 1ST YEAR STUDENT ON SPANISH PAT H WAY T O A D V E R T I S I N G ) :

It’s always nice to meet other Latin American students. Having other latinos around me makes me feel at home.

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BREATH THE DIVERSITY IN: REAL EXPERIENCE AWAY FROM LECTURES Learning is also about understanding difference, and so at CEU you’ll do a lot of learning outside of lectures.

“Getting out there” is a compulsory part of the CEU curriculum.

For all our Bachelor’s Degrees, a great deal of student learning takes place outside the lecture hall: clinical placements, visits to companies and professional fairs, and international mobility programs.

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J O Y C E , A 5 T H Y E A R D E N T I S T RY S T U D E N T, WENT TO STOCKHOLM:

“I’d recommend anyone to challenge themselves by applying for an Erasmus+ grant. They can experience a different lifestyle while making friends for life.”

S I M O N E TA , A 3 R D Y E A R L AW S T U D E N T, W E N T T O R O M E :

“Taking part in Erasmus+ is a great experience that all students should have.”

The Mobility Office works with institutions from across the world in order to offer CEU students the chance to study or undertake a placement inside and outside the European Union.

You could easily spend a semester at some of the best universities in Europe,

And then, when you come back from these international experiences, you’ll see that the CEU Cardenal Herrera University is not so different from the leading universities in Europe.

With more than 250 international

such as the Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), the University of Bologna (Italy) or the Sorbonne (France).

mobility agreements in place, the most difficult thing will be to choose a destination.

AT C E U S T U D E N T S A R E . . . … STOCK MARKET E XPERTS WHO CAN HANDLE THE P R E S S U R E O F WA L L S T R E E T, THANKS TO BLOOMBERG T E C H N O LO GY.

… AR C H ITECTS WH O TR AVEL TO BERLIN, COPENHAGEN OR TOK YO E VERY YE AR AS PA RT O F T H E C O N N E C T· A WORKSHOP.

… NURSES WHO FINISH THEIR PLACEMENTS WITH EM PLOYM ENT CONTR ACTS AT K I N G ’ S C O L L E G E , LONDON.

PROFESSIONALS WHO KNOW NO LIMITS OR BORDERS: WHY NOT? The future of Europe needs citizens who can think globally and work in multinational and flexible teams.

That’s why teaching methods have to evolve constantly and students are given the resources to develop their soft skills. The goal is for students to have become global professionals by the time they come to graduate.

For the CEU Cardenal Herrera University, a global professional is someone who starts off studying in Spain and ends up working in Sweden, Japan or Canada. The only way to achieve this is through an international and diverse university education.

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CAITLIN (USA, 2ND YEAR STUDENT ON PHARMACY):

“There are many opportunities and really fun things to do in Valencia so you just have to step outside your comfort zone!”

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YOU’LL MAKE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE FROM A RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS AND CULTURES.

I T ’L L BE E X AC T LY T HE SA ME, BECAU S E THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM MORE THAN 70 COUNTRIES ON CAMPUS.

YOU’LL SPEAK A FOREIGN LANGUAGE E V E R Y D AY.

YOU WILL HERE TOO, IN THECORRIDORS, LABS, CANTEENS, OUTSIDE LECTURES, ETC.

YOU’LL BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS.

WHEN YOU’RE MEETING PEOPLE FROM ALL FIVE CONTINENTS, YOU WILL HERE TOO. YOU’LL BE NEAR HOME, BUT IT’LL BE AS IF YOU’RE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY FOR HALF T H E D AY.

YOU’LL BE ABLE TO DO INTERNATIONAL PLACEMENTS AND TAKE PART IN EXCHANGE SCHEMES.

THERE ARE ALWAYS MORE INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY PLACES THAN APPLICANTS FOR E V ERY Y E A R. SO GE T YOUR SUI T CASE OU T.

YOU’LL GRADUATE AND BE READY FOR A CAREER THAT KNOWS NO BORDERS.

JUST THE SAME HERE – WE DON’TBELIEVE IN BORDERS ANY MORE.

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A CAMPUS AND A GATEWAY TO THE EUROPEAN UNION And remember: there are now students from more than 70 different countries studying at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University.

The average number of international students on campus is one of the measurements of the international development of universities, and it is also a measure of the atmosphere and the style of working present in every lecture room. In 2010 the CEU Cardenal Herrera University launched its internationalization strategy. Many people said it was impossible for a university in the Valencia region to become truly international in the way some US universities are, but the fact is that today 31% of the University’s students are international. So, you can see that the CEU Cardenal Herrera University has become one of the most international in Europe and one at which the day-to-day life on campus approaches that of universities in the USA. These are the official data from Spain’s Ministry of Education and they show that the average percentage of international students in Spanish universities is 2.5%. So, with a percentage of 31%, the CEU

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Cardenal Herrera is 28.5% above the Spanish average. In fact, it is also above the average number of international students at US universities too, which comes in at 16.5%. You might find that hard to believe (we sometimes do!). But you can check this out in two ways: you could come for a walk around our campus when lectures are on and mingle with the students milling about, or you can look up the international student figures for yourself on the internet and start comparing.

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How we can get you ready for the social, technological and professional challenges to come Young people today are said to form part of “Generation Z”. Many of them will lead the changes of the future: over the next 30 years, the world as we know it will change in many, many different ways. The fourth industrial revolution will bring changes to our lifestyles and our workstyles – and young people will be the drivers of these changes. That’s why it’s so important for you to take full advantage of your time at university in order to prepare yourself for the challenges that await you.

Studying for a degree naturally means taking in all the appropriate knowledge required to be a professional in that field. But, as in almost every arena, success means being able to stand out from the rest.

That’s why, at CEU, we believe that our students’ years at the University have to take them beyond the realm of the lecture room and our degrees have to be something more than just a qualification to put on your CV. One of the goals we set ourselves is to make sure our graduates can lead projects, speak confidently in public, work in international teams and adapt to dynamic environments. Let’s have a look at some of our initiatives to help you do just that.

FORWARD. TOMORROW IS TODAY This program will provide you with training in all the skills you need to improve your employability (some of these are mentioned above, but others include positive thinking, change

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management, creativity, innovation, and conflict resolution). And it is available to you right from the very first year and completely integrated into the rest of campus life. The Forward program is made up of talks, seminars, activities, and personal appointments with counsellors. It’s everything you as a student need to gain access to an enhanced version of yourself, giving you more options in the job market.

The Forward program is available to CEU students free of charge. By taking part in this project, you can learn about how to use job search tools, the importance of your online brand, the secrets of companies’ selection processes and also the international career opportunities available to you.

CEU EMPRENDE There’s a certain attitude required to be an entrepreneur. And the entrepreneurial attitude is something that can be learnt.

This program aims to develop an entrepreneurial attitude among those students who would like to strike out on their own, professionally speaking. Each student is assigned an entrepreneurship tutor who supports them throughout the process, from the development of the initial idea through to implementation.

CEU Emprende aims to bring out the full potential of our students’ creativity, thinking, innovation and all the other attitudes and skills necessary for a business project to meet with success.

And all with the support of expert and active businesspeople, available to advise tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.

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A PERSONALIZED ROADMAP FOR PRACTICAL TRAINING At CEU, we think it should be a priority for all our students to come into contact with the reality of their chosen industry as soon as possible. That’s why the Careers Service team works hard to create the right opportunities for our students. The aim is to provide students with experiences which will both make them stand out from the rest and also provide them with opportunities for personal growth.

Students are given support as they construct their own build their own practical training roadmap, in order to choose placements which will suit their profiles. Students can choose from agreements with more than 5000 companies, enabling them to choose the most appropriate path for their needs.

The more practical training you receive, the more complete your education and your CV will be, making you a more rounded and attractive professional in the job market.

WORKING MEANWHILE In some European countries and the USA, many students also have a

part-time job while studying for their degrees. This provides them with some extra income and also gives them their first taste of employment, taking them outside of the student bubble.

Working Meanwhile is the ideal program for those who want to work and study at the same time. With it, CEU can bring together job offers from the likes of IKEA and Mango, help students put their applications together and smooth out any bureaucratic problems to help them gain their first student job.

The normal lectures given at any university provide you with the knowledge you’ll need for your career.

But what really will really make the difference in tomorrow’s uncertain but still competitive job market will be the ability to adapt your skills throughout your career to suit professional needs.

CEU seeks to produce graduates who have received a comprehensive education in values, skills and attitudes which will enable them to find roles in which to grow and become prestigious professionals in their field.

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ARCHITECTURE:

There are several challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry.

For example, we have an aging population, which means that we need to improve the drugs available for the treatment of chronic illnesses, and you also have an increasing demand from patient associations for effective treatments for rare diseases.

Another thing we must tackle is the need for hospitals and universities to work together so that we can find a way of transferring pre-clinical results into real solutions for the target populations.

Given that more than 50% of the world population now lives in cities, the architecture and urban planning of the future must address the challenges posed by globalization, climate change and social transformation by means of a new paradigm based on rehabilitation, regeneration and the re-use of what already exists in our cities. In the same way, as José María Ezquiaga has said, what we need is a profound exploration of how the typological, architectural, technological and urban strands of knowledge can be brought together to give cutting-edge solutions for the new ways of living and inhabiting.

LUCRECIA MORENO ROYO, VICE-DEAN FOR PHARMACY

DANIEL MONLEÓN BALANZÁ, PROFESSOR IN URBAN PLANNING W H AT T HE F U T URE WILL BE LIKE IN SOME INDUSTRIES – OUR LECTURERS’ VIEW

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LAW: New technology is starting to give rise to profound change in the legal system and its manner of operation, nationally and internationally. We’re now seeing new and important issues emerge, such as legal tech, smart contracts, blockchain and cybersecurity. At CEU, we’re well aware of the need to look forward and stay one step ahead of the coming changes and new trends in the legal industry. It’s crucial that we provide our students with the knowledge and skills they’ll need to be the kind of professionals that society will be crying out for in the near future.

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JOURNALISM: The future of journalism will go hand in hand with that of democracy: to be or not to be. And this will depend on its gaining more independence. It must resist the bravado, threats and attempts at blackmail from those who do not want their biased and dogmatic visions of the world to be scrutinized. In print or online, it will continue to provide considered opinions and critiques on the events around us, in order to shape the opinions of society, which also has to believe in itself. It will use new media, new methods, new ways of using information and new manners of expression, but the principles will remain the same. Journalism will still be journalism.

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VETERINARY MEDICINE: The veterinarians of the future will have to deal with a range of major challenges affecting the welfare of animals in people’s homes, on farms and in the wild. We will need to consider how to develop animal production systems which are both environmentally friendly and able to generate safe products which can feed the many millions of people living on the Earth in coming decades – and do so in a sustainable fashion.

JUAN MANUEL CORPA ARENAS, CHAIR PROFESSOR IN HISTOLOGY AND PAT H O L O G I C A L A N AT O M Y

ADVERTISING: The only thing clear is that the world of advertising has dramatically changed. The advertising market is an ever-evolving and thus unpredictable reality, although there are some undeniable core concepts such as transformation, anticipation, innovation, creativity, a bit of justin-time, and a lot of ready-to-go.

These are some of the elements which will determine your career as a future Advertising Professional. It has forever been like this, and it isn’t going to change any time soon. It will continue to be a highly demanding and extremely challenging job.

Technology will continue to run through our actions, allowing us to interpret data and drive our decisions for a more creative, tailormade communication. Advertising and PR are linked to the people and their relationships, so it will become increasingly necessary to interact with brands. And this will, of course, force us to find new solutions.

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DRIVING CARS

Within a few years, self-driving cars will be roaming our streets and they will be able to understand traffic signals, connect to navigational aids like Google Maps, avoid traffic jams and make emergency calls when necessary. Will this have any impact in the way we design cars? Will we be forced to use new digital marketing tools to bring customers to the shops?

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USING CASH

Carrying cash around or having to stop to get money out at the cash machine will be a thing of the past – we won’t even need credit cards. Everyone will use their mobiles or even their fingerprints to pay in the future. How will this affect the binding of a legal agreement? Will banks become pointless intermediaries?

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What is the future of TV consumption?

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USING PASSWORDS

The number of passwords we all need to remember today is mind-boggling: to access social networks, to start our computers, to look at our bank accounts, and on and on. But soon, we’ll all be using technology that can identify us much more easily – such as face recognition. Will this change Security Management? What about International Relations or migratory flows?

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CHARGING OUR MOBILES

Has your phone run out of battery in the worst possible moment? Don’t worry about it, because those days are gone.

The mobiles of tomorrow won’t need to be plugged into a cable to charge – it’ll all be done over Wi-Fi. Will this change TV consumption? The content?

Will it change the way brands engage with us through Social Media?

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USING TEXTBOOKS

In a few years, schoolkids’ rucksacks will no longer be fit to burst with textbooks. They’ll just have tablets and laptops on which they can read e-books.

These will be easier to update, cheaper to produce and much, much lighter, Will the role of the teacher change? Will it have an impact on our day-to-day life?

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3 Cs to make a better world: Comprehension, Commitment and Companionship

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It might seem difficult for one person to make a better world, but the small contributions made by millions of people can end up making a real difference. If we add what one student does, to what his or her classmates do, to what their fellow students at the same faculty do, to what all the students at the University do, then we have the beginning of a real change.

The CEU Cardenal Herrera University aims to provide its students with a wellrounded education, as experts from all over the world agree that the best professionals are also good people, and we place the focus on three values, with which we can all build a better world.

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This is about seeing the world with our own eyes, understanding the reality faced by people in situations different to our own and also the potentially huge impact on others of what falls within our personal responsibility.

At CEU, one of the ways in which we view education is in terms of two simple but powerful concepts: learning and service.

And we can see this comprehension and understanding in the case of Raquel, a young Medicine student. She jumped at the chance to participate in a volunteering mission to the Philippines, organized by her lecturers. She spent her time there drawing on the knowledge and skills she possessed to provide medical care to those living in poverty. This mission taught Raquel that studying Medicine is about much more than just working hard to pass exams, and that being a doctor is about much more than having a stethoscope draped around your shoulders. And she also learnt that when you devote time to help others, YOU ALWAYS GET BACK MUCH MORE THAN YOU GIVE. You can also see comprehension and understanding in the actions of a group of students and lecturers from the Department of Education Science who travelled to Nicaragua, moved by their conviction that the real meaning of their profession lay in using their knowledge and skills to improve the word we live in. During their time in Nicaragua, the volunteers worked with children, families and their teachers. The mission provide

“I’d like to thank the University for organizing projects like this, for giving us the opportunity to have this experience, and for helping us, once again, to be better people”.

RAQUEL CARRERES, 5TH YEAR CEU MEDICINE STUDENT IN CASTELLÓN

the participants with great personal satisfaction and it is a great example of what having a vocation really means: putting yourself at the service of those in need.

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That is what Daniela did when she took part in one of the volunteering projects run by the Chair of Solidarity, starting off by giving English classes to children from vulnerable families. This stint as a volunteer was what led her to decide to focus her career on

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working with children and on raising their awareness of the importance of dental health – a great way to put her dentistry knowledge and skills at the service of the community.

We can see the same values in our CEU Nursing students too. Marina,

“Society demands that we devote time to others” LORETO PEYRÓ, VICE-DEAN OF NURSING

Ana, Elena, Carly and Marta have provided company and basic care to elderly people at the Casa Asilo de las Hermanitas de Ancianos Desamparados and the Cottolengo care homes in Valencia.

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COMPANIONSHIP is the last piece of our puzzle. It’s about bringing people together and enabling ideas, knowledge and viewpoints to be shared, in order to contribute to the construction of a fairer and more humane world for everyone.

This is the spirit behind the Delivering Better Lives project, which aims to improve the quality of life in children with a disability. The project is led

by Physiotherapy lecturers and students who wish to promote social integration through sport.

Companionship shines out in one of our graduates in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication.

With her short film “¿Lo ves?”, Patty shows us the real day-today life of people with albinism.

As she has this genetic condition

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“The audience will put themselves in my shoes, understand the way I see the world and feel the way I feel in certain situations”.

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herself, Patty reminds us of the need to dream and to realize that the only limits are the ones we set ourselves.

Miguel Ángel has also shown us, if we want a world for everyone and which involves everyone, we must look beyond ourselves and drive initiatives which bring people together. His contribution is the Xmile project, a short film which can be experienced via the five senses: it can be seen and heard, but it can also be smelt, tasted and touched.

It is a work created with all of our sensory capabilities in mind.

COMMITMENT LORETO PEYRÓ, VICE-DEAN OF NURSING

The CEU community wants everything it does and makes to contribute to making the world a better place, with no limits on time or space.

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TALENT PAYS OFF: WHEN EARLY PROMISE BECOMES LATER SUCCESS WHAT IS SUCCESS? It’s not easy to find a definition which everyone can agree on. Dictionaries offer us some hints to the core of the concept: success means that something has reached a happy ending, but success also means that something is perceived to be good and is celebrated by others.

So, whatever it is that makes us happy when we achieve something after working hard, that is success. But also, once the achievement has happened, if it is also good for others and achieves recognition from them, then that is a resounding Success with a capital S!

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To achieve the first part of success, the “happy ending”, we need to call on every inch of our talent, to take a project right to its conclusion – for which success is only one of the possible outcomes, as you wait in hope for the results of your efforts.

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E A R LY PROMISE Sometimes, in the process of moving from promise through to the final outcome, it’s good to be able to call on the initiative of promising young talent. So, getting four Medicine students together to research the issue of high-blood pressure is a success. But when their research wins two awards at the conference of the Spanish Society for High Blood Pressure and another from the Spanish Society for Bone and Mineral Metabolism Research, this is no longer just a happy ending: recognition has been achieved and from the professional association of Spanish medicine, no less. This Success was achieved by the Pablo Serrano, Esther Ruiz, Daniel Gil, Blanca Carreras, Bettina De Berardinis and Andrea Gea, all Medicine students, under the coordination of their lecturer, Dr Enrique Rodilla.

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of-Degree Project in the Valencia region over the last two years, the Fundación Caja de Arquitectos also chose him for an Arquia grant, out of all the architecture students in the whole of Spain. José Luis was the seventh CEU UCH student to receive an Arquia grant in six years. And it was the third edition running that a CEU UCH student had achieved first prize for an end-of-degree project from the Colegio de ArquitectosCV, after the awards had previously gone to Loreto Navarro and Pedro Terrades. Success, after Success, after Success!

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How about another example? For the promising young talent studying Architecture at CEU, the happy ending is to finish their End-ofDegree Projects: success. But when professional architects consider these projects to be the best that they have seen over the last two years, then such recognition can only mean that it is a fully fledged Success. No one knows it better than José Luis Moreno Delgado: on the same day that , the professional

It’s true that professional recognition doesn’t always come so soon.

Sometimes, it comes as the crowning moment of an entire career, as the reward for an exemplary record, in both the lecture hall and in professional activity, all day, every day.

The Valencian regional government awarded this year’s Communication Prize for Advertising to Chari García Cubells, a lecturer who has taught on the Advertising degree at CEU from its very first year, nurturing creativity in every one of her students. This success in her everyday work has been joined by professional Success: she was recognized at these awards as

association of architects in Valencia, the Colegio de Arquitectos-CV, gave him an award for the best End-

a leading woman in the advertising world with a long career behind her. A star in industry and in the lecture hall.

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HAILED BY EUROPE Sometimes success is acknowledged by the professional peers you rub shoulders with; but sometimes, recognition of your Success is international. Imagine the European Union recognizing your Success once, and then afterwards doing it again. Susana Sanz Caballero, professor of international law at CEU, has now been awarded two Jean Monnet Chairs. In today’s Europe, in which xenophobia, populism, scepticism and the breaking of old alliances is on the increase, the challenge of those holding a Jean Monnet Chair is to research, educate and communicate to the wider public in order to ensure that the DNA of the EU endures: human rights and values are at its very core.

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is the first faculty of a private university to be approved and accredited by the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE). This Success, in the form of recognition from this official European body, is the happy outcome of the hard and unstinting work of the whole Faculty and the University. It is a reward to be celebrated.

At CEU we don’t know whether our students will achieve success or Success, but everything is in place to ensure talent is rewarded.

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“INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECTING D I F F E R E N T R E S U LT S ” Albert Einstein

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They are the focus of all the changes that lecturers have made and are making to their manner of “giving a class”. The first fundamental change of the 21st century in higher education came right at the beginning, with the foundation of the European Higher Education Area at the turn of the millennium.

The paradigm shifted from one of “teaching” to one of “learning”.

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Ever since then, the whole university community in Spain has undergone a period of reflection, reconsidering every year how best to make students the masters of their own learning. Every lecturer has to ensure his or her students acquire certain competences specific to their course, rather than merely transmit knowledge. It’s a complex process the involves much more than just what goes on during lectures.

Equipment and facilities which can reproduce a professional environment can really help those on either side of the learning process.

Simulation can be a powerful learning method and at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University we have the right facilities. A classroom becomes a dentist’s surgery, an intensive care unit, a television studio or a newspaper newsroom.

Sometimes the nature of a particular course may mean that those advanced learning facilities can’t be used. So, if the objective is, for example, to develop critical or creative thinking, then it is up to the lecturer to create the right conditions for this.

And that decision is always based on the students’ characteristics. The flipped classroom, the case method and project-based learning are just some of the possibilities.

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activity, the notion of Learning and Service has become more and more important. It is a combination of perhaps the best possible approach to learning with the provision of relief to those less well-off. And this can be achieved by a group of designers helping a Third World community to improve their object-crafting processes, by a group of teachers assisting students from vulnerable backgrounds with their homework, or by a group of communication specialists designing an advertising campaign for an NGO.

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LIVING LIFE TO THE FULL AT UNIVERSITY These times of change have demonstrated the importance of transferable skills. Many courses consider the same problem from different perspectives and there are opportunities for students from different degrees to come together to share what they know for mutual benefit – always a rewarding experience.

And then, perhaps even more importantly, we have soft skills: the ability to communicate effectively, to lead, to work in a team, and to adapt to change. These can’t simply be picked up by going to a few lectures. Honing such skills requires a sustained effort, and that’s why CEU provides its students with a whole range of activities – taking place outside the lecture room, but still at the University – to practise them. These range from book clubs to drama groups: the students themselves drive what shape these initiatives take.

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The CEU Cardenal Herrera University has built a complete innovation ecosystem in which new experiences in teaching are shared with all teaching staff and celebrated every year.

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OK, we know: there’s a bit of a problem with our name. Officially, we are the CEU Cardenal Herrera University. But we usually just call ourselves “CEU”.

And then sometimes we qualify that depending on where we are: “CEU Valencia”, or “CEU Elche”, or “CEU Castellón”. But we don’t mind – on the contrary, we like it because CEU is who we are.

We are CEU because we form part of the San Pablo CEU University Foundation. This is an institution with more than 80 years of experience in education. You might be surprised to learn that there’s a CEU university in Madrid, a CEU university in Barcelona, a university college in Seville, and 10 CEU schools in different parts of Spain, along with other CEU training colleges. Putting this altogether, it is probably the biggest socially-inspired educational institution in Spain.

What not many people know is that CEU doesn’t have an owner, in the sense there’s no private company behind it taking the profits. The Foundation was established by

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the Catholic association known as the Asociación Católica de Propagandistas. The initiative came from a few young people in 1933 who, through their efforts and talent, wished to establish a foundation that would be at the service of society.

And its legal status as a foundation means that it must reinvest all of its profits back into its activities. So, all the money that the foundation makes is then poured back into making what we do better – no-one takes away any profits, there are no shareholders, and no-one receives any dividends.

That’s why we’ve invested more than 90 million euros in the Valencia region – the Comunitat Valenciana – since 2010.

We have used this money to improve our facilities and the services we provide, directly and indirectly creating employment, all to benefit our students.

Only last year, we invested more than four million euros in student grants.

Many people don’t know that 32% of CEU students receive a grant of some kind. So, around 1 in 3 students receive a helping hand – something not many other universities can say.

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“I’ve always been one of those people who really liked writing and when I was child I would fill pages and pages with different things. I started out studying Architecture for a few years, but then I realized that what I was doing wasn’t making me happy.

I listened to my father’s good advice, as he’d always thought that I had good communication skills, and then I decided to make a change in what I was studying.

We saw the news in Chile about the 15-M movement in Spain and that’s when I realized that the world was changing and that news reporting is so important – and that it can have an impact on world politics. A world was being born, a new way of reporting, and I wanted to be part of that.”

“My day always starts the way everyone’s does: I read the news about the latest events. The difference is that journalists always hone in on the key questions. Then I have a good breakfast of different types of fruit, I stick a notepad and pencil in my bag, and I’m off to lectures. I always sit right at the front, because it’s easier to learn without any distractions. If you’re not sure, always ask. And go by the library before you go home too. And then there are lots of activities and hands-on things you can do here. CEU is full of opportunities and you have to take them.”

“The international atmosphere is the big thing. It’s so enriching to be able to find out about other cultures and talk to people from other backgrounds. And that network of contacts is what really makes the difference between someone who’s always stayed in the same place and another who’s gone abroad to study alongside people who are from all over the world. And then you’ve got the lecturers. They really look out for you and you can see that really motivated to ensure we learn and become well-rounded professionals. The university has helped me to mature, to be more consistent in what I do and to have real hunger for success. Now I have that drive to be better, to make the most of my talents in every area, especially professionally.”

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Antonio Tarín A 5 T H Y E A R P H A R M A C Y U N D E R G R A D U AT E . N O W A N O L D H A N D , H E ’ S P O S I T I V E A N D PA S S I O N AT E AT E V E RY T H I N G H E D O E S . Y O U C A N S E E I T I N H I S S M I L E .

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“It’d been a long time coming!

When I was at secondary school, I loved doing Biology and that’s when I knew I had to study one of the sciences. When I got my final grades, I took a good look at my options and I saw that, by choosing Pharmacy, I’d be able to help people and make a positive contribution to their health.

That’s what made me choose this degree and five years later I can say that I’ve never regretted choosing Pharmacy.”

“The day-to-day routine is hard, but still enjoyable. We have some courses with a lot of material to go through and that is time-consuming. We also have workshop sessions in smaller groups where we go into some of the things we’ve seen in lectures in more depth or where we can learn how to handle some of the computer programs used in the lab.

And then you’ve got the practicals.

So, you end up spending all day at university. You might have lectures in the morning and practicals later in the afternoon, or the other way around. I also try and take part in as many activities as I can because I really enjoy doing that. So, I was a student volunteer on the Small World Initiative (SWI) research project. Doing that has made it possible for me to work with my lecturer Teresa Pérez Gracia, a Professor of Microbiology – who’s a real role model for me – and

“I didn’t know anything about CEU other than what I read on website. When I got here and I did the admission interview, I was made to feel very welcome. And then later, as a CEU student, I’ve been really lucky with most of my lecturers. My personal tutor in first year was fantastic and then when I met Teresa Pérez and started to learn more about microbiology, then I thought “this is definitely the place for me.” The lecturers are really demanding of us, but the relationship between them and the students is really good and they’re very helpful. If you need anything, they’re there for you.”

also with a great group of other students who are now my friends.”

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VOCATION “I felt no calling for an academic career when I finished my degree.

But I started to do my doctorate while I was working at a business school, and I got a call from someone at CEU. They wanted me to teach at the University, on the condition that I did the rest of my doctorate here. So, I did that and that’s how I got hooked on research and most especially on teaching and university administration, two of the areas of university life that I most enjoy. I’ve always had administrative roles.”

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TODAY’S CHALLENGES

AWAY FROM CEU:

“A CEU legal education is becoming more and more sought after. Society continues to show great confidence in the University’s expertise and experience in producing top legal specialists. Ensuring that that is still the case now and in the future is one of my priorities.

Founder of the Valencia branch of Women CEO

And then, of course, there’s also the issue of how to adapt law studies to the new social reality facing us, including issues such as internationalization and digitization, without losing sight of the fundamentals of a legal education.”

“We want to be the go-to association for women in senior management positions and those who aspire to that. At WomenCEO, we want to help female professionals to get the training they need, to enable them to discuss issues relevant to them, and also to provide networking opportunities.”

Manolo Bañó FOUNDER OF THE CEU DESIGN SCHOOL. HE’S BEEN TEACHING THE “DESIGN ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS” COURSE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, AND YET HE’S STILL JUST AS ENTHUSIASTIC – AND INSPIRES AS MUCH ENTHUSIASM IN OTHERS – A S I F I T W E R E H I S F I R S T D AY O N T H E J O B .

VOCATION “To change the world through design. For 20 years now, communities of craftspeople living in poverty in countries like Kenya, Senegal, Mali, Ecuador and Peru, have been able to sell more of their products and at a higher price through our actions, helping them to gain an income which improves their lives. Lecturers and students have shown their commitment by selflessly volunteering to help them in improving their product designs, enhancing their quality and appeal to western markets.”

TODAY’S CHALLENGES

AWAY FROM CEU:

“To transmit the enormous social value of design to the new generations of CEU lecturers, by inculcating in them the full range of values implicit in being a CEU lecturer.”

“Sister Moon” “The challenge was to make a folding chair which didn’t look like one, as it was meant to be a piece of interior furniture. It needed armrests, it had to be comfortable and wood was to be the main material. My business partner was another CEU lecturer, Marcelo Martínez Lax, and we decided to do away with the usual folding systems for furniture of this type. We developed a new system using invisible hinges, which would enable the chairs to be folded without compromising on the aesthetics. The Sister Moon chair has selected by the Barcelona Design Museum as one of the 2000 most important objects, from 1930 until today, as part its permanent collection on product design and cultural heritage.”

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“I graduated in Veterinary Medicine at CEU UCH in 2008. Then I did a year’s general residency at the Universitat Autónoma in Barcelona and after that I went to London, to the Royal Veterinary College, to do a residency on anaesthesia and analgesia for a year. Afterwards, I did a three-year residency at the European College of Veterinary, again on anaesthesia and analgesia. When I finished, I wanted to explore the issue of chronic pain and so I start studying for a doctorate in London, researching neuropathic pain in dogs. I’m now working on becoming a diplomate in veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia at the Royal Veterinary College, where I’m also a lecturer.”

“It all started when I was a student at CEU UCH, because the Anaesthesia Service there is quite sophisticated.

I started out in this world with the Anaesthesiology lectures given by Dr José Ignacio Redondo. I liked working on anaesthesia because it’s one of the specialties which involves many different issues. You have to monitor the state of the animal while it is under anaesthesia until it wakes, meaning that you have to have a very wide range of knowledge about internal medicine, diagnostic imagery, the surgical procedure the animal is undergoing, etc. And then one of the most important things about anaesthesia is controlling pain, diagnosing it, assessing it and treating it, and that is my main research area.”

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VERDICT ON TIME AT CEU “I had a wonderful time during my years at CEU. I learnt a lot and it really helped me to decide what I wanted to do with my life in the future. I met some great people who I’ve now got the chance to work with. Coming back now, I can see that the CEu Cardenal Herrera University has really moved forward a lot. There are new lecturers with a lot to contribute, there’s a real desire to push things to the next level, to contact people across the world and to reproduce the approaches of other universities. And it’s also been a real pleasure to talk to all my old lecturers again.”

David Rodríguez A N A D V E R T I S I N G G R A D U AT E A N D N O W H E A D O F S T R AT E G I C P L A N N I N G AT C H E I L WORLDWIDE IN SPAIN.

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“I’ve worked as a creative in traditional and digital advertising agencies. That’s where I learnt to think in a different way, gaining a creative outlook that I still cultivate, and I worked with some people who were much sharper than me. They made me see that my mind is more analytical than intuitive.

Afterwards, I started my own company, getting first-hand experience of the difficulties involved. During that stage of my career, I learnt how to understand the industries my clients are involved in, how to take care of the business an agency has, and how to place creativity within a broader context than just that of advertising.

After these two experiences of working as a creative and as an entrepreneur, I discovered planning, the work I feel most comfortable doing. And that’s really what I can bring to the table.

With my experience as a former creative and entrepreneur, I can really look at solving business problems through ideas, helping brands to make themselves relevant to people.”

“I’m approaching my new role with real enthusiasm and curiosity, viewing it as a challenge. I get a real buzz from being able to help Samsung and the rest of the companies I work with to be brands that form a real part of people’s lives, by making them feel more relevant. The challenge that I have is to be of real use to everyone: clients, creatives and accounts.

I’m really curious as to how we’re going to build a different kind of agency, one that doesn’t just make ads, but also, through our creativity, helps to resolve business problems, bringing together and analysing information and data from different sources: retail, campaigns, digital browsing, events, etc. I think that is the great challenge for planners today.”

VERDICT ON TIME AT CEU “The University provided me with a range of opportunities, some of which I took advantage of and others which I lets slip through my fingers. But the ones I took advantage of included being able to do a placement in Buenos Aires and to participate in activities with real companies, at the Winner Decide event and advertising fairs, for example. But the best thing for me was the people there. The lecturers I had and the students I shared lectures with. The lecturers were the ones who really got me hooked on advertising.

And, you know, it’s their doing that it really is an addiction now. And now I know it’s because they’re hooked on it too, just as I am now or even more. And then the other students I met during my time there inspired me too, because I wanted to be like them. Many of them are now major figures in the industry, having imbibed that can-do culture.

That culture is something that CEU is really good at creating.”

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What makes us different?

Our experience: our School was the first university-level design school in the Valencia region.

the production of innovative research projects at the University.

Employability: The professional outlook: taking a project-based and practical approach, our school has close links with business enabling us to offer our students their first steps in the profession. There are prestigious visiting lecturers and study visits to major European studios, amongst other activities.

The School is lively, with a busy calendar of enriching activities for students and staff. Our students receive practical training with the latest and most innovative technology, easing

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• You can undertake certified complementary training in skills in demand across the industry.

• You will develop a project portfolio, which will become your calling card.

The international dimension: brush up your language skills, participate in international exchanges, go on international placements or undertake completely international Bachelor’s Degrees. These are just some of the ways our students can build a truly international profile.

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

Bachelor’s Degrees •

Architecture | EN |

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Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development | ES |

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Spanish Pathway to Design | EN + ES |

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Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development + Specialist Diploma in Spatial Design | ES |

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Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development + Specialist Diploma in Graphic and Media Design | ES |

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Journalism | ES |

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Advertising and Public Relations | ES |

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Dual Degree in Audiovisual Communication + Journalism | ES |

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Dual Degree in Audiovisual Communication + Advertising and Public Relations | ES |

Dual Degree in Advertising and Public Relations + Marketing | ES |

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Dual Degree in Advertising and Public Relations + Journalism | ES |

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Spanish Pathway to Journalism | EN + ES |

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Spanish Pathway to Advertising | EN + ES |

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Spanish Pathway to Audiovisual Communication | EN + ES |

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Advertising and Public Relations + Specialist Certificate in Political Marketing and Communication | ES |

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Dual Degree in Journalism + Political Sciences | ES |

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Dual Degree in Journalism + Audiovisual Communication | ES |

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Dual Degree in Journalism + Advertising and Public Relations | ES |

Journalism + Specialist Certificate in Sports Journalism | ES |

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Advertising and Public Relations + Specialist Certificate in Fashion Communication | ES |

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COMMUNICATION SCIENCES

What makes us different?

Our experience: offering degrees in this area for more than 30 years and the first to do so in the Valencia region.

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Prestigious advertising competitions such as ADVenture, Winner DECIDE and Naranja BELOW.

Cutting-edge facilities and activities for students: •

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Audiovisual and multimedia production centre (TV studios, radio studios, editing facilities, darkrooms, digital image processing facilities, etc.).

Radio CEU (20 hours of in-house programming, 28 different programs, and more than 120 student participants).

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Programa Creadores (a program to promote and facilitate student productions).

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Possibility of additional training (certificate courses in sports journalism, fashion communication and political marketing).

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Bachelor’s Degrees •

Business Management | ES |

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Marketing | ES |

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Dual Degree in Business Management + Law | ES |

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Dual Degree in Business Management + Marketing | ES |

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Dual Degree in Marketing + Advertising and Public Relations | ES |

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Spanish Pathway to Business Management | EN + ES |

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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING

What makes us different?

Cutting-edge facilities

A real-world focus

The use of the case method means that the environment in which learning takes place has to be different. So, you will not just be learning in the lecture hall, as you will also have to show your mettle: during company visits, when you present projects in front of an audience of company directors, when using the business strategy simulation systems in the computer rooms, and in The Hub (the only place on campus where you can’t speak in your native language). Other eye-catching facilities include the Bloomberg Room, where students can see real-time movement in the financial markets.

You will be ready for the careers of the future, as we focus on: internationalization, innovation and creativity in the strategic management of resources.

And all while being in contact, right from the start, with leading professionals.

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Visiting lecturers, will also be key players at major organizations and they will share their experiences with you.

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Visits to companies and other training activities to help you gain first-hand knowledge of different industries.

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Support and assistance for your entrepreneurial initiatives, via CEU Emprende.

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Bachelor’s Degrees •

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Law | ES |

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Public and Private Security and Safety | ES |

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Dual Degree in Political Science + Business Management | ES |

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Dual Degree in Political Science + Journalism | ES |

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Dual Degree in Political Sciences + Advertising and Public Relations | ES |

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Dual Degree in Law + Political Science | ES |

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Dual Degree in Law + Business Management | ES |

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Dual Degree in Law + Advertising and Public Relations | ES |

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Law + Specialist Certificate in International Law and European Law | ES |

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Law + Specialist Certificate in European Integration and Foreign Markets | ES |

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LAW, POLITICAL SCIENCES AND SECURITY AND SAFETY

What makes us different?

Our experience and our record: more than 35 years experience teaching Law. Program to prepare candidates for the civil service exams (Programa de IntensificaciĂłn en Oposiciones): from the second year onwards, we offer this program on a free and non-compulsory basis, so that students can approach the civil service exams with confidence. There are two streams: notaries and civil registers; and judges and prosecutors.

The international dimension: an intense focus on the areas required to work international relations (free language lessons for all our undergraduates, international placements, specialization via Certificate Courses in International and European Law. Giving you the edge in the job market: extra training such as the Certificate Course in Political Communication and Marketing, offered in addition to the Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science.

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What makes us different?

The experience that comes with being the leading educational group in the country: more than 75 years of experience as a group and has facilities right across Spain.

Bachelor’s Degrees •

Pre-School Education | ES |

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Dual Degree in Primary Education + Pre-School Education | ES |

Direct contact with the profession: many of our lecturers are also practising school teachers and the theory students learn about in lectures is combined with placements in schools.

Five free extras to boost your employability: everything a newly-qualified primary school teacher needs for success in the job market (Integrated Teacher Employability Plan): • Qualification in the use of English in the classroom • Qualification in the use of Valencian in the classroom • Qualification in teaching the Roman Catholic religion • Preparation for civil service exams • Accreditation of transferable skills Innovation in education: we collaborate with research institutes, associations and businesses in Spain and across the world.

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Bachelor’s Degrees •

Nursing | ES |

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Spanish Pathway to Nursing | EN + ES |

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Pharmacy | EN + ES |

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Pharmacy | ES |

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Physiotherapy | ES |

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Kinésithérapie | FR + ES |

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Medicine | EN + ES |

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Dentistry | ES |

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Dentistry | EN + ES |

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Nutrition and Human Dietetics | ES |

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Optics and Optometry | ES |

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Dual Degree in Physiotherapy + Nursing | ES |

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HEALTH SCIENCES

What makes us different?

Our international outlook: degrees taught in English and more than 31% of our students are international.

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Pharmacy: students undertake practical training in the laboratory and voluntary placements throughout their degree at the University pharmacy, hospitals, pharmaceutical and cosmetics laboratories, drug distribution companies and research facilities.

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Medicine: provision of high-quality practical training via agreements with hospitals across the Valencia region for the provision of clinical training from the third year onwards.

Comprehensive preparation within the curriculum for the MIR exam (to access residency places) right from the first year.

Interdisciplinaryand patient-focused education across the health disciplines.

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Nursing: pre-clinical practical training using cutting-edge simulation technology, with Nursing and Medicine students receiving inhospital practical training from the second year onwards and tutors in most healthcare facilities.

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Dentistry: pre-clinical training using cuttingedge simulation technology. From the third year onwards, students undertake practical training in the University’s own dentistry clinic, the Clínica Odontológica Universitaria.

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The best possible facilities: laboratories with the latest equipment, advanced simulation facilities, the University’s dentistry clinic, the University pharmacy, etc…

Physiotherapy: practical training right from the first year. The most extensive placement periods in Spain.

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GASTRONOMY

What makes us different?

Innovation: first educational institution in Spain to bring together training in gastronomy and hospitality business management skills.

International outlook: with us you can learn languages, do international placements and live and learn alongside students from across the world.

Business management: the objective is to create the right learning environment for students to grasp the business and economic dimensions of the dynamic gastronomy industry.

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What makes us different?

Our Faculty’s record: with more than 20 years’ experience, the Faculty is member of the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE) and the International Veterinary Student Association (IVSA). It is the only faculty of a private university in Europe to be EAEVE-accredited, this means that the veterinary studies at our Faculty meet the most stringent quality requirements set by the Education Committee of the European Union.

Our students’ employability is our focus:

Our international outlook. Students from many different countries sit alongside each other in our lectures. It is the only veterinary faculty in Spain to offer three different language streams (Spanish, French and English).

Vet Hospital. At our veterinary hospital, we receive cases referred to us from other clinics across the Valencia region and our students participate in shift duties.

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A wide range of collaboration agreements in place, such as the Zooc and the Aquarium.

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The best facilities for your practical training.

Teaching and Research Farm. Our students experience practical training from the very beginning with small and large animals.

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WHY STUDY A DUAL DEGREE AT CEU VALENCIA?

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remember that the CEU Cardenal Herrera University specializes in offering dual degrees and we make it easy for you: we arrange compatible timetables, customized study paths and, of course, you won’t have to pay double the price. Check out the information below on dual degrees: our speciality.

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When you graduate, you will have two official university degrees, not a single joint degree. That is why the dual degrees at CEU are designed to meet your needs, with customized study paths to suit the pace you need to study at and to take into account any international study visits. We will take care of everything with regard to the credit recognition system – let us worry about it.

Studying for a dual degree will give you two degree qualifications, but you will not have to pay the full annual fees for both programs. As a rough guide, if one degree costs you 100 euros, the dual degree will cost you 130. Just ask us for more details.

TWO DEGREES AT YOUR OWN PACE AND AS FLEXIBLE AS YOU NEED

DUAL DEGREE AND D O U B L E T H E P A Y - O F F, BUT NOT DOUBLE THE PRICE

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CEU is the private educational institution which devotes the most resources to grants in Spain. One of the objectives of the San Pablo CEU University Foundation’s activities is to facilitate student access to grants and scholarships.

To do this, we carefully consider each student’s individual circumstances.

We take his or her previous academic performance into account, and this is why part of our grant program includes scholarships for new students who possess, on the one hand, an exceptional academic record, and who have also shown true institutional and social commitment.

Students can receive these grants from the first year right through to graduation, on the condition that they maintain a high level of academic performance and commitment.

Of course, we also take into account our students’ social, economic and family circumstances. The Grant Commission considers each application and distributes awards on the basis of the evidence provided of the students’ needs and circumstances. Our aim is to do what we can to ensure our students can study with us in the best possible conditions.

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ON THE RECORD

ANDREU JIMÉNEZ, AN ADVERTISING AND P U B L I C R E L AT I O N S U N D E R G R A D U AT E “I’d encourage anyone to apply for a CEU grant. I didn’t think it was possible and in the end I got one. That is how I’ve been able to study what and where I wanted.”

I VÁ N H E R R Á I Z , A J O U R N A L I S M U N D E R G R A D U AT E “The grant has given me the chance to study at one of the best universities for journalism. I’m very grateful”.

S I LV I A VA L L E S P Í , S T U D Y I N G D E N T I S T R Y “Not only has the grant given me some extra financial support, but it has also pushed me to work harder in my degree. I need to perform well if I want the award renewed, and this will make me a better professional in the future.”

MAITE GONZÁLEZ, STUDYING PRE-SCHOOL A N D P R I M A R Y E D U C AT I O N “If studying at CEU Valencia is your dream, you can apply for a grant. You can even ask for one every year! You can do whatever you want, wherever you want.”

J O A N S EG U R A , S T U DY I N G L AW A N D T H E C E R T I F I C AT E I N I N T E R N AT I O N A L A N D E U R O P E A N L AW “I’ve been very lucky because this grant has made it possible for me to choose the university I wanted. CEU offers you so many opportunities and you just have to take them”.

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GRANTS FROM THE FINANCIAL AID EXCELLENCE PROGRAM Grants from this program are available for several degrees.

The key characteristics of the program are: ◦Our commitment to talented and hard-working students A typical award amounts to 65% of the cost for each academic year, but can be up to 100%.

Keep it up and CEU will keep on investing in you: guaranteed Grants from the Financial Aid Excellence Program are renewed each academic year, so long as you continue to meet the academic requirements. So, if your average grade is at least as good the minimum which appears in the grant agreement, then you’ll continue to receive the grant for as long as this is the case, right up to graduation.

If you keep it up, there’s no risk, even though the award needs to be renewed each year. This is our promise: if you keep on performing, we’ll keep on helping you. ◦Time is in your favour and you’re free to choose We’ll let you know if you’ve been awarded a grant from this program in early July.

We’ll notify you then so that you’ll still be free to make your choice about your university studies. If we tell you you’ve got a grant, then you’ll also know that you have a place at our University and that you have all the advantages of the Financial Aid Excellence Program. And if we tell you that you haven’t got an award, then you still have time to choose what you want

to do: to continue through our admissions process, or, if you prefer, you can ask us to return any fees paid for registration and you can exercise your freedom and choose another university.

It’s important to remember that if you cancel your application to study at the university in good time, with a simple email, then the refund of your registration fee is guaranteed. It’s that easy: no further explanation or procedure is required.

ELIGIBILITY Any candidate who has obtained an average grade of 7 in the first year of your Baccalaureate or its international equivalent (i.e. your penultimate year of study at school before university) can apply. You must have undertaken appropriate studies to prepare for university access at a duly recognized educational institution.

ASSESSMENT For the award of the grants, the Commission will take into account the following factors as worthy of merit when assessing candidates: a. Having a higher grade than other candidates and one which is deemed to be excellent by the Commission. b. Evidence of proficiency in one or more languages. For the purpose of establishing each candidate’s level of ability, the typical standards and certificates will be accepted. The only languages

benefit from a reduction up to 100% of your academic fees which will be considered to be advantageous are Spanish (in the case of non-native speakers) and foreign languages, i.e. not those which are official languages alongside Spanish in one of Spain’s autonomous regions. c. The social and extracurricular activities undertaken by the candidate. For this purpose, the candidate may submit documentation to demonstrate their participation in these activities and/or letters of recommendation from the persons under whose guidance these activities were performed. d. Family income.

To apply for one of these grants, send an email to financialaid@ uchceu.es

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If you get the highest grades one year, you get an exemption the next year!

OTHER GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTS FOR ACHIEVING A MATRÍCULA DE HONOR There’s a reward for those students with a truly outstanding academic record: a grant where the only criterion is academic excellence.

• Those students who begin their university studies on the back of achieving an overall grade of MATRÍCULA DE HONOR (the highest possible grade) during their Baccalaureate (preuniversity studies) will be able to undertake the first year at the CEU Cardenal Herrera University free of charge.

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• The achievement of a MATRÍCULA DE HONOR grade in one of the degree courses will automatically mean that, for the following academic year, the student will receive an exemption from the tuition fees corresponding to the same number of credits as the course in which this grade was achieved.

So, for example, if a CEU UCH student achieves a Matrícula de Honor grade in a course which corresponds to 9 ECTS credits, then, for the following academic year, the student will receive a discount corresponding to the cost of those 9 ECTS credits. If a student receives such a grade in several courses which amount to 36 ECTS credits, then the discount for the following year will correspond to 36 ECTS credits. A complete study-year for a Bachelor’s Degree is made up of 60 ECTS credits.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION GRANTS Our international collaboration grants enable students to combine their studies with participation in institutional activities for a set weekly number of hours, in exchange for a monthly payment. Such students are usually referred to as becarios or interns.

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Every academic year, the CEU Cardenal Herrera University offers a wide range of collaboration grants for different faculties and services, and the activities typically concern university life or internationalization.

· International Relations · Campus Life · Languages Service

Conditions and characteristics: •

The money will be deposited each month in the account designated for this purpose by the student. The amount may vary depending on the type of activity, but the standard monthly payment is 255 euros while activity is ongoing, in periods between the months of September and May.

The entry period for applications begins in May and a public announcement is made in mid June.

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There are no activities for the grant recipients to undertake during official examination periods, to enable them to properly prepare for their exams.

Any such weeks without activity do not affect the amounts paid to students, as this remains constant every month.

· Sports Service •

◦The criteria for awards vary depending on the types of activities concerned – you can check what these are when the grants are announced. In general, the most important factors to consider are: the suitability of candidates for the activity concerned given the degree they are studying, their academic records, their knowledge of languages and their family’s financial circumstances.

· Other University Services

To apply for one of these grants, write an email to scholarships@uchceu.es If you are Spanish, you can check out the information on other possible grants and their specific requirements here: https://www. uchceu.es/nuevo-alumno/grado/ becas-precios

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COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION

You need to fill in a straightforward form on the University’s website www.uchceu.com/en

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UPLOAD YOUR DOCUMENTATION

Make sure you’ve put all the academic documents required on the online admissions platform. If the degree you’re applying for is not taught in your native language, then you will have to sit a level test.

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PREENROLMENT

If your application is successful, you will receive a notification with all the instructions you must follow to settle the pre-enrolment fee and the Hospitality Pack..

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Once you have undergone the preenrolment, you can enrol at the General Secretary’s Office of the campus you will be studying at.

Please contact us for further details on the special admission requirements for Medicine and Médecine Vétérinaire.

For more detailed information, go to: www.uchceu.com/en/new-student

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A P P L I C AT I O N FOR ADMISSION To apply for admission, you have to fill in a straightforward form which you can find on our website.

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LANGUAGE TEST Those applicants who wish to undertake their studies in a language other than their mother tongue must provide official certificates to prove the level they possess, or undertake our language test. It’s important that applicants are aware of the language requirements of the degree they wish to study before reaching this stage.

UPLOAD YOUR DOCUMENTS Once you have started the admissions process, you have to submit all the academic documentation required for us to be able to assess your application and then select an interview date.

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P RE ENROLM E NT In general and except in special circumstances, applicants will be notified within 48 hours of the interview and admissions test about whether or not their application has been successful.

Those applicants that have been accepted must then register to officially reserve their place.

The reservation of an applicant’s place will only be confirmed once the pre-enrolment fee and the Hospitality Pack fee have been paid and the registration form has been filled in and submitted.

ENROLMENT Once the student has registered and the enrolment period has opened, he or she may request an appointment to complete the enrolment formalities at the University’s General Secretary’s Office.

PERSONAL INTERVIEW The interview can take place either in person or via Skype. This is a key stage in the admissions process, as not only does it allow us to meet each applicant and gain knowledge about his or her aptitudes and motivation, but it also enables us to gather important information for the admissions process: perhaps the applicant is still waiting to receive an important document, or the applicant will not have reached 18 years of age when the academic year begins, etc.

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About the admission process The admissions process for international students has been designed to make things as simple as possible for applicants who do not live in Spain. That’s why every step of the registration process for any of the degrees at the University can be carried out via the Internet: there’s an online form and intranet for applicants

and there are specific communication channels open to future students on Social Media.

Official enrolment can only be completed once applicants have all fulfilled all the legal requirements for admission to the University.

DISCOVER HOW TO BECOME A STUDENT STEP

BY STEP YOUR CONTACT POINT AT CEU VALENCIA international@uchceu.es +34 96 136 90 02 www.uchceu.es

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BE YOURSELF. BE ONE OF US. People who don’t give up e a s i ly.

People who dare to do s o m e t h i n g n ew.

To b e b r a v e .

To b e t h e m s e l v e s .

People like you.

They’re the ones we admire.

Will you join us?

We l c o m e to C E U. We l c o m e h o m e.

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