Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - URJC (reviews)

Studying in URJC has been an average experience overall, organization and responsivennes is mostly low leading to a lower rating, as well as some courses that are unnecessary or lectures that are repeated semester after semester. Nevertheless, there are teachers and courses that make it all worthy, that actually prepare their classes and bring really good material regarding content as well as support materials and ideas.
Work load isn’t very high if you are consistent, but if you usually leave everything for the last week, you will have rough weeks before exams starts and might be tense during exam week.
The environment there is very nice, many people willing to get to know you, to create friendships and probably contacts for future projects.

I think the most remarkable skills that I have learned during the programme were the analytics ones. The critic eye you start to research any issue, especially advertising and communication. Also, it is important at this stage when you learn to work in a team of people you don’t know, it brings you closer to the way working in real life is.

I study at Rey Juan Carlos University, I am in my third year of my degree, I only have to do my internship next year and the TFG. I consider my degree to be very complete since I have studied both analytical and creative marketing, seeing how the logistics and distribution of a company work up to CRM and customer acquisition and loyalty techniques. I have carried out projects to create products, campaigns, new services, etc. So in general I can say that my degree is quite practical apart from being theoretical.

If I had to say something that I didn’t like about my university, it’s above all that it is public, they don’t pay much attention to the students, you can hardly complain or ask why since they are so many students, they don’t pay attention.

However, I recommend that other students take my degree, since I consider that in the academic field they are very professional, the basis of the degree is very complete and you end up very prepared for the world of work.

I am a Irish student in Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. And I can honestly say I love it here. Studying abroad has definitely opened my eyes to a new culture and language. My course is taught in English. I find it easy to understand. The university is well managed and you can find staff that speak English if you don’t understand Spanish.

My experience was wonderful! I studied a BA in International Relations, which was really interesting and offered me an extensive knowledge of the subject. The University is specialized in the political branch of International Relations, which is why I decided to study there. It also offers many opportunities for students to carry out international exchanges and a wide variety of internship programs. Definitely… an enriching experience in every way!

The school is relatively young which might be a limitation in matter of experience but I believe that it is more of an advantage. URJC is the leading University in Spain regarding international student mobility and international communication with new English bachelors. I believe that in today’s world and climate this is one of the most important aspects that a University should have. They are also quite modern and offer great opportunities so really at the end of the day if you want to grab the opportunity it is waiting for you and it’s all about what you do with it.
The teachers are quite good in majority with a few very bad exemptions so the University definitely needs to work on that but all else is truly great if you are an ambitious and responsible student.

In my case, my degree has not been offered for a long time; certain faults that I see I attribute to that. For example, the offer of subjects does not cover as many possibilities nor does it touch as many areas as in other universities, nor do many come close to what would be the working life, having great deficiencies and great redundancies.
I hope this changes and adjusts.
I know that there have been professors who have tried to do so and since the University it has not been accepted.
As for the facilities, everything is fine.
The offer of schedules is very limited, I do not think that it tries to adapt to the real lives or to the possible diverse circumstances of those of us who study here.
There are a number of activities such as quite interesting talks, seminars and colloquia, just as acceptable, but insufficient for me with what a university should really be; there are even less extracurricular organizations, they could promote it, but it is not the sole responsibility of the URJC but also of those who study here and what we want, expect and demand from our student experience.
I do not think that this is a unique problem of this University but of the very concept of this that has been diluted over time.
As for the Rectorate, there have been many controversies in recent years. This does not give us any confidence and, personally, I think it gives the image that this University is a company at the service of people and groups outside it, and that study, knowledge and learning are really nothing more than a circumstance.
I don’t rate it as bad or very bad because, after all, it is possible to study there; the organization does not leave to be desired and in my experience, they are lucky to have quite good teachers. The problems I see are more basic to the University itself.

I think this university has a great amount of career choices, such as lots of double-majoring careers and masters, while being a public university. However, the lack of a good digitalisation, the incompetence of a couple of teachers and the continuous feeling that everything is the same as high school, could be a set back. The scandals about the grading of certain politicians left the university in a bad state but I can assure that this phenomenon does not happen in the normal environment.