Universidad de Castilla La Mancha - UCLM (reviews)

I’m currently studying abroad as a Mexican student in UCLM in Ciudad Real, and what I have gathered so far from my courses in Business Administration is that there is great room for improvement in the way they are taught. I have been able to see that they are already trying to implement new teaching methods and more modern examples; although, most of the classes are still just listening to a seminar like kind of class, with little interaction and practical ways of learning.
On the other hand, the environment is really good full of student life with a surprisingly big Erasmus present in the city, people from all around Europe can be seen on campus and on classes; however, even though I do not know with certainty, I think there are very few, if not any, courses in the English language, all of the classes are in the native (Spanish) language.

My experience on the campus of Albacete has been, at best, easily improved. Teachers do not worry the least about the students, neither at the time of teaching nor at the time of preparing them. Obsolete notes that have not been renewed since that professor entered the uni.
There are teachers who are dedicated to research and those who do not care about teaching, others that despite the criticism received in the surveys carried out by the university and the mass protests of the students continue doing what they really want without paying attention to the teaching guide that they publish.
Fewer and fewer people registered and more dropouts mid-degree and changes to other universities to finish the degree.

In terms of technical skills I do believe it is a really good university. Since I studied Computer Science in Ciudad Real, I think the professors were quite good and they prepared me for the industrial world. They only bad thing would be that the facilities are improvable, the computers are pretty old. But this is not a very big deal in the end since nowadays we all have our own equipment.

The faculty of t.social de Cuenca is small, so you feel more “familiar”. The location is good, it is 15 min from the center. As it was built in the 90’s the facilities are practically “new”. In addition, the majority of teachers communicate their passion for social work, are highly qualified and have good treatment with students. However, there are also exceptions that are not at all familiar with this profession and / or have no ability to teach. On the other hand, I think that to be a faculty of social work there is very little student movement on social issues.

I have been studying at this faculty for two years, it is a fairly large faculty that has several buildings for the different grades that exist, with a large number of laboratories to carry out the different practices of all the subjects that you are studying. The faculty in general is quite good, always with some exceptions, and in terms of the location of the campus, it is on the outskirts of Ciudad Real, but being a small city the distance from the downtown area is not very big.

I start by saying that I don’t know how well or how badly the rest of the faculties of Ciudad Real will do, but specifically mine, the Faculty of Law and CCSS, has a terrible organization. It’s true that just like everywhere there are teachers of all kinds, etc… But in general, I’m not happy. It seems to me that it has a lot to work on and leaves a lot to be desired.

In my experience there is a lot of lack of organization, the teachers do not have any control of schedules, they change classes, and they do not deal with changes or complaints. Learning is not given as much importance as appearances, and issues of faith, assistance or volunteering are taken into account more than knowledge.

Fue este año cuando empecé a cursar en el grado de Geografía y Ordenación del Territorio. A pesar del bajo número de alumnos que tenía nuestro curso(cinco matriculados), jamás pensamos en una posible extinción del grado. Y así fue, en mitad del primer cuatrimestre nos enteramos todos de que el decano y el rectorado van a tomar la decision de extinguir el grado. El departamento de Geografía junto con el Colectivo Estudiantil comenzamos a informar a toda la gente del campus y de la universidad mediante un referéndum, huelgas estudiantiles, encierro en la facultad y decenas de movilizaciones tanto a nivel estudiantil como del profesorado. Pues, no podiamos permitir que una region tan extensa como Castilla-La Mancha no disponga en un futuro de unos estudios territoriales y ambientales y se deje de enseñar una ciencia social tan fundamental por el simple hecho de “no ser rentables”. ¿Desde cuando la educacion tiene ser rentable? Durante las movilizaciones recibimos muchos apoyos de facultades de toda España, del Colegio de Geografos e incluso se aprobó unna moción de censura en el ayuntamiento de Ciudad Real “en contra del cierre del grado”. Las medidas del rectorado se han llevado a juicio y se ha decidido que el grado de Geografía dejará de ofertarse el año que viene. Nosotros nos quejamos de la inactividad del decano para publicitar el grado y de desechar las opciones que se dieron para publicitarlo desde el Colectivo Estudiantil. A esto le sumamos la poca información que nos han dado desde arriba ante una posible desaparición del grado, ya que no nos han dejado tiempo para reaccionar.
Todo lo demás ha sido un año increible en cuanto a conocimientos y profesores. Me duele de verdad que otros alumnos que quieran cursar esta carrera tengan que salir de su región, eso si pueden permitirselo…

Me encuentro actualmente estudiando Magisterio de Primaria en la universidad de Castilla la Mancha, concretamente en el campus de Toledo.
En lo que concierne a mi grado, el porcentaje de prácticas que llevamos a cabo es muy alto, lo que nos prepara de una forma más adecuada para practicar la docencia en un futuro.
Respecto al campus, yo me encuentro en la fabrica de armas, se podría decir que por su estructura es muy similar a la de las universidades americanas y esta tan solo a 15 minutos andando del casco histórico.