UCAM and maintained a partnership with Banco Santander, through Santander Universities, which is now extended with the creation of the new Chair of Entrepreneurship Santander-UCAM in the food sector;
Through a pioneering initiative which will be held shares of innovation and research in this important sector.
Likewise, both institutions will develop the 'Business Club' project that will bring regional, national and international companies to the university community of the UCAM.
Among the new collaboration also is noteworthy momentum Industrial PhD program at the Catholic University of Murcia.
For its part, Banco Santander continues by providing students different institution scholarships that allow them to improve their education or enter the labor market;
segue calling and international mobility grants in the area of ​​Latin America, Asia and Europe.
With regard to cultural activities, Banco Santander will support its sponsorship, for example, activities of the Symphony Orchestra of the UCAM, or the lecture series "Sports, Securities and University '.
In the act have intervened José Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM, and Luis Rodriguez de la Fuente, Territorial Director of Santander, for whom "this Chair is an initiative of important draft and pioneer in Murcia, since the weight of the agro supposed approximately 23% of GDP in the region. "
They have also been present in the development of the José Luis Mendoza Garcia, director of Institutional Relations of the University;
Juan Manuel Nunez Blanco, director of Institutional Banking;
David Lopez, director of the Santander office on campus and Jose Maria Garcia de los Rios, director of Conventions.
Banco Santander supports these academic initiatives through Santander Universities, which has agreements with 1,200 universities worldwide, supports over 4,500 university projects a year and in 2018 will be allocated 1,700 million euros in support of higher education.
Source: UCAM