Miguel Hernández University of Elche 4.11

The Miguel Hernández University of Elche, is a Spanish Public University, open to the world, offering prestigious education, excellent research, and quality services facilitating the comprehensive development of its students and their insertion into the labor market. It is located in the province of Alicante and was established in 1996. Its name commemorates the Spanish poet Miguel Hernández.The UMH offers bachelor's degrees, Master’s and PhD programs adapted to the European Higher Education Area in the fields of the arts, experimental and technical sciences, engineering, and health and social sciences at its four university campuses (Elche -main administration offices-, Altea, Orihuela and Sant Joan d'Alacant).The UMH is particularly concerned about its students entering the labor market. Here, the University has excelled, achieving excellent results thanks to 6,000 businesses maintaining collaboration agreements with the University. Moreover, the UMH has been confirmed to be an academic institution committed to quality, as it was recently renewed with the European Seal of Excellence Gold level for the third time. The UMH is the only Spanish university to obtain this on three occasions.The UMH has also fostered partnerships with other national and international institutions to promote student mobility and attract foreign students. In its bid for its internationalization, the UMH has set in motion a complete program of activities to facilitate foreign academic stays and to receive students who wish to further their education within our classrooms.Quality research characterizes the UMH, as a study done by the Observatory of Research Activities in Spanish Universities (IUNE) on research productivity by Spanish universities shows. Their study places the UMH in the third position for 2011 in terms of annual scientific production per faculty member and accredited 6-year research periods per faculty member. UMH research activities are strongly related to their socioeconomic surroundings, but many of its laboratories possess levels of excellence recognized nationally as well as internationally.