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La Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (U.A.M.), es una universidad pública que se fundó en 1968, momento en que sus facultades estaban dispersas por diversos edificios de la capital española. No obstante, la localización actual de esta universidad es el Campus de Cantoblanco, al norte de la ciudad de Madrid, junto a Alcobendas y San Sebastián de los Reyes. Dicho Campus, con 2.252.000 m² de superficie total, se inauguró el 25 de octubre de 1971.

The Autonomous University of Madrid is a Spanish Public University established in 1968, along with the Autonomous Universities of Barcelona and Bilbao (now University of the Basque Country) during of one of Spain’s most ambitious educational reforms, which took place during the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Since 1971, the university's main campus has been located in Cantoblanco, a rural area in the northern outskirts of Madrid, and, despite of being part of the Municipality of Madrid, the campus is nearer the towns of Alcobendas and Tres Cantos. Throughout its history, UAM has been one of Spain’s most prominent Higher Education Institutions, being ranked first amongst Spanish Universities by the El Mundo University Supplement (known as "Campus"), The Times Higher Education Supplement and the Academic Ranking of World Universities elaborated by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_University_of_Madrid