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Launched in 1975, the University of Málaga is one of the most dynamic and fast-growing research and education institutions in Spain. The University of Málaga has 18 faculties, offers 51 degrees and has 36,400 students (among them 25% in Engineering and 14% in Experimental and Health Sciences), and 2,400 researchers (27% in Experimental and Health Sciences and 18% in Engineering).

The most active and related entrepreneurship research fields at the University of Málaga are ICT, Environment and Renewable energies (roughly 70% of the total). Many of its research projects are also financed through other European, national and regional government programmes. Therefore, the University of Málaga has a great deal of experience in European research programmes, participating in numerous projects within the European Framework Programme and having over 20 active projects within the 6th and 7th Framework Programmes.

The University of Málaga has among its main objectives the application of theoretical knowledge into business practice, taking advantage of new technologies. This specific function is covered by the University Institutes Building that the University of Málaga owns in the Parque Tecnológico de Andalucia (Technological Park of Andalusia, PTA) a perfect link between the academic institution and business elite.

The connection that the University of Málaga and the PTA enjoy is extremely close. The park is a place where top-notch technology is produced, which explains why the University of Málaga develops its more innovative projects in this park. The construction of the new BIOCOMPUTATION Building in the park, the only one of its kind in Andalusia, is a good example of this.

Over little more than 25 years, the University of Málaga has become a significant promoter of culture in the city, while at the same time providing a considerable base for future technology and research. The University of Málaga is one of the points of the so-called “productive triangle” of the city, which also comprises the airport and Andalusia’s Science and Technology Park. The Technology Park is bound to the University of Málaga through highly-qualified professionals, the constant flow of ideas, and advanced technologies.

Research tools

In response to new changes in the European Programmes for R&D and the excellent projection in recent years by the research community, the Office of European Projects of the University of Málaga has been created to respond to new demands and needs by its researchers, to encourage participation and facilitate the management of European research projects, technological development and innovation.

Málaga University Research Results Transfer Office is entrusted with the tasks of promoting and managing the activities for the generation, organisation and dissemination of the expertise generated in the university, along with scientific and technical collaboration, facilitating interrelations between University researchers in a business and social environment and encouraging their participation in the different programmes for the promotion of R&D&I activities.

Research Support Central Services (SCAI) is part of the University of Málaga, and gives integral, centralised technical and scientific support both to different research groups of the University of Málaga and to public institutions and private companies.

Ever since its creation in the mid-1990s, the SCAI has consolidated its position as a provider of high added value to the University of Málaga, facilitating the development of the different lines of research carried out at the university and supporting the creation of new lines. Moreover, it has become one of the most notable indicators of the evolution of research at the University of Málaga.

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Website: www.uma.es