Fundada en 1989, la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid es una de las siete universidades públicas emplazadas en la Comunidad de Madrid junto a la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, la Universidad de Alcalá y la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid is a public university in Madrid, Spain. Its three campuses are located in the municipalities of Leganés, Colmenarejo and Getafe. It is a small institution well-known for the quality of its teaching and academic research, its international orientation and its higher than average study workload. Its name refers to Charles III of Spain.