Profile of the university:http://www.uc3m.es/Home

Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) was established by an Act of the Spanish Parliament on 5 May 1989, within the framework of the University Reform Act of 1983. From the outset it was intended to be a relatively small, innovative, public university, providing teaching of the highest quality and focused primarily on research.

Rankings of the university:

UC3M is included in the QS Top 50 Under 50, a ranking of the world's top 50 universities established within the last 50 years.

Profile of the Department of Economics: http://www.eco.uc3m.es/

The Department of Economics has been ranked number 38 worldwide by the QS World University Rankings by Subject.