The UGR (founded in 1531) is a public comprehensive research university 55,000 students, 3,600 academics and 2,600 administrative and support staff. Its 26 Faculties and Schools and 124 Departments offer 96 undergraduate degrees, 164 master’s degrees and 28 doctoral programmes organized in 3 overarching doctoral schools. It has 22 research institutes and over 400 research teams working in all disciplinary fields.

The UGR is currently ranked 2nd in Spain according to the Shanghai ranking (2022) and is the leading regional university in the south of Spain, with 31 disciplines appearing in the top 500 and 8 in the top 200. As a public higher education institution, it is committed not only to quality and excellence in education, learning and research but also to activities targeting the transfer of scientific, technical and artistic knowledge to society, the betterment of society and a sustainable future for the planet.

The UGR regards internationalization as a policy priority. It has been a leading participant in the Erasmus mobility scheme from its outset, in recognition of which it received the Erasmus Gold Star Award in 2007, and continues to be the top university in incoming and outgoing student mobility today. It also has a large worldwide mobility programme for students and staff financed by the UGR’s own Internationalization Fund.

The UGR is deeply committed to multilateral cooperation, and has played a leading role in the longest-standing European university network, the Coimbra Group, which it chaired from 2010 to 2017. Since 2019 it is the coordinating institution of the Arqus European University Alliance, one of the first 17 European Universities to be funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020 programmes. It is also a member of other networks such as UNIMED, EUA, IAU or AUF.

Key partner institutions are to be found also beyond Europe in Latin America, China, Morocco, Togo, and the United States, where the UGR has a strategic partnership with the Ivy League Consortium for Advanced Study Abroad (CASA) led by Brown University.

Furthermore, the University is also very active in Erasmus+ KA2 and predecessor programmes (currently >50 EU active projects).