Universidad a Distancia de Madrid

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Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, UDIMA
LogoUDIMA.jpg
Type Private University, Virtual
Established14 June, 2006
FounderRoque de las Heras
Affiliation European University Association
President Arancha de las Heras
Academic staff
252
Students15.181
Address
Carretera de La Coruña, km 38,500, vía de servicio, n.º 15, 28400
,
Collado Villalba, Comunidad de Madrid
,
Spain
Language Spanish language
Website www.udima.es

The Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, UDIMA, is a private online university based in Community of Madrid, Spain. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate (master's and doctoral) courses using online digital tools. It is located in the Madrid town of Collado Villalba.

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Institution

It was approved by the Madrid Assembly in 2006. It means the final step in the growth and extension of the CEF - Centro de Estudios Financieros, created in 1977, and the transition to the university level. It was Spain's third online university and the first private one. [1] It was created by Law 1/2006, of 14 June, on the Recognition of the Private University "Universidad a Distancia de Madrid". [2]   Teaching activity began in the 2008-2009 academic year, after the reforms of the University Law. [3] It then opened with five undergraduate degrees: Law, Business Administration and Management, Labour Sciences and Human Resources, Psychology and Tourism. [4]

During the 2014-15, academic and teaching structure was reorganised and five faculties were created. From the first five bachelor's degrees in 2008, the number increased to sixteen in the 2020-21 academic year, as well as 30 university master's degrees, 16 professional master's degrees, one doctorate, two inter-university master's degrees, and 421 UB-specific degrees through collaboration with companies. [5]

UDIMA has obtained certification of the official study plans presented to the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) and has been authorised by the Dirección General de Universidades (Directorate General of Universities) for the implementation of the degrees; the Agency for Quality, Accreditation and Prospective Studies of the Universities of Madrid (ACAP) is the entity in charge of monitoring them. [6] UDIMA is a member of the European University Association.

Teaching activity

The university is organized into four faculties, a technical school and an associate center, that offer bachelor's degrees, double degrees, university master's degrees, doctorates and UB-specific degrees. The

In parallel to this regulated education, UDIMA offers more than a hundred specialised courses with its own degrees, in collaboration with companies and during the summer university.

Methodology

Within the framework of European education under the EHEA (European Higher Education Area) Agreement,  UDIMA provides online teaching through digital resources, virtual classrooms and individual tutorials. [1]

Bibliographic and educational resources

The university has 335,443 online bibliographic resources, 15,686 physical resources (112 journals and 7,578 books), 3,044 open virtual classrooms and 11 blogs. [5]

Research and Innovation

Throughout the 2020-21 academic year, UDIMA is involved in 45 research projects with 20 research teams; it has 1 patent and has published 60 articles in indexed scientific journals. It also has 32 publications and 16 communications in conferences, forums and congresses. [5]

Cooperation and International agreements

The Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, UDIMA, has partnership agreements with several public and private entities. These include the collaboration agreement with the University of Guadalajara (Mexico), 2018, for exchange in the field of teaching and research; [7]  the agreement with Euroinnova Business School and the European Institute of Business Studies (INESEM Business School (https://www.inesem.es)): since 2019, two training activities have been offered jointly.

UDIMA has signed a total of 96 international university cooperation agreements and 75 Erasmus+ bilateral agreements, and belongs to 4 international networks and associations. Among the agreements signed in 2021 it is worth highlighting:

Agreement with the Instituto Cervantes for external academic internships for its students; [8] Agreement with the government of the Dominican Republic for the delivery of the "Master's Degree in Criminal Analysis and Investigation" for Dominican security forces; [9] Agreement with the Official College of Doctors of Madrid for the delivery of various free courses; [10] Agreement with the Spanish National Organisation for the Blind (ONCE) for internships. [11]

Job placement

Among the different activities for the labour market insertion of its students, it has created an employment platform dependent on the CEF-UDIMA Employment and Entrepreneurship Department, for the interaction between students and companies in an efficient way. In 2020, the job bank managed 2,314 job offers, 874 internship offers, 1,440 job offers, 787 new agreements, 94 agreements signed, 1,587 students on internships, 234 extracurricular, 1,353 curricular and 725 job orientations. [5]

Disputes

The digital newspaper "El confidencial" published an article in June 2013 about UDIMA: according to the union CSI-F, students did not fail at UDIMA. This information was denied by the university and by the same union CSI-F. [12]

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  2. ↑ Comunidad de Madrid (2006-08-09), Ley 1/2006, de 14 de junio, de Reconocimiento de la Universidad Privada «Universidad a Distancia de Madrid» (UDIMA), pp. 29846–29849, retrieved 2021-10-20
  3. ↑ Jefatura del Estado (2007-04-13), Ley Orgánica 4/2007, de 12 de abril, por la que se modifica la Ley Orgánica 6/2001, de 21 de diciembre, de Universidades, pp. 16241–16260, retrieved 2021-10-20
  4. ↑ Memoria de actividades del Grupo CEF.- UDIMA (1977-2020). Centro de Estudios Financieros. 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "La UDIMA en cifras". Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (in Spanish). 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  6. ↑ "Resultados de evaluación - Madrid.org - PortalACAP". 2014-05-29. Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  7. ↑ Convenio con la Universidad de Guadalajara,México, 2018.
  8. ↑ "BOE.es - BOE-A-2021-6429 Resolución de 14 de abril de 2021, del Instituto Cervantes, por la que se publica el Convenio con la Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, SA, para la realización de prácticas académicas externas de sus estudiantes". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  9. ↑ enmp, Por (2021-02-12). "EL IES-ENMP, EL MESCYT E INTERIOR Y POLICÍA, FIRMAN ACUERDO PARA AUSPICIO DE MAESTRÌA". Escuela Nacional del Ministerio Público (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  10. ↑ "ICOMEM y Grupo CEF-UDIMA firman un acuerdo de colaboración". ILUSTRE COLEGIO OFICIAL DE MÉDICOS DE MADRID (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  11. ↑ admin. "Los alumnos del CEF.- y de la UDIMA podrán realizar las prácticas laborales en la ONCE". www.once.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  12. ↑ "CSI-F no es responsable del informe sobre la Udima, publicado en El Confidencial"

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