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What is Real Colegio Complutense

The Real Colegio Complutense is a non-profit organization established in 1990 by Complutense University of Madrid in cooperation with Harvard University to foster scholarly and scientific exchange between Harvard University and University Complutense as well as other prominent universities in Spain.

Through its fellowship programs, the Real Colegio Complutense serves as a privileged link between Harvard and Spanish universities to promote Spain’s culture through its academic and scientific activities.

Throughout the academic year there are a series of cultural and academic activities ranging from symposia, seminars, and conferences to concerts and film festivals.  Through the Complutense Fellows Lecture Series, which runs through the academic year, RCC Fellows present the results of their research work and studies. During the academic year the RCC presents also its Spanish Film Series. (Complutense Spanish Film Series)

Where we are

The RCC building is located at 26 Trowbridge Street in the heart of Cambridge, near the Harvard Yard and the buildings which constitute the Harvard University campus.

What we have 

The RCC building consists of three stories with office space for 25 researchers and visiting fellows and a conference room with adjacent garden.

RCC does not have dorms for Visiting Professors or Fellows. Complutense Fellows may be assisted in their lodging search by RCC staff with relevant housing information and references to the Harvard Housing Office and other services.

Who we are

Harvard/Complutense programs of the RCC are supervised by the Academic Council, which is formed by representatives of both institutions. The RCC also has a Director, Professor Angel Saenz-Badillos, responsible for the legal representation of the RCC in Spain and the U.S., and the organization and implementation of activities and decisions related to the RCC and its Academic Council. The Program Coordinator coordinates the activities of the RCC and distributes information about them. .

Members of the Academic Council

Harvard University:

Lawrence Summers, President
Bradley Epps, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
Margot N. Gill, Adm. Dean, GSAS
José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, Professor of Government
David W. Kennedy, Professor of Law
Eleanor Shore, Senior Consultant to the Office for Academic and Clinical Programs, HMS

Universidad Complutense de Madrid:

Carlos Berzosa, Rector
Carlos Andradas, Vice-Rector de Ordenación Académica
Rosario Otegui, Vice-Rector de Relaciones Internacionales

Alvaro Cuervo, Professor of Economics

Miguel Angel Alario, Professor of Chemistry

Jose Andres Sobrino, Professor of Medicine

Angel Saenz-Badillos, Director

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Felowship programs

Graduate studies and research fellowship program

Graduate Program

The goal of these fellowships and the aid program is the financial support of Spanish students who wish to pursue graduate degree programs at Harvard University. The fellowships and aid cover all areas of study, since it is the RCC’s policy to maintain the diversity of its fellowship by funding students in all possible fields. PhD candidates who have almost completed their PhD dissertations in Spain may apply to this program as "Special Students" or, immediately after having finished their PhD, as "Visiting Fellows". The graduate program fellowships are managed by the Committee on General Scholarships as part of the general financial aid system of Harvard University. This program will give preference to persons associated with University Complutense of Madrid and those from other universities under agreement with Complutense, although individuals who are not affiliated with these institutions may also apply.

Research fellowships program

The RCC offers different research fellowships and aid specially designed for professors and researchers (with a PhD) from the University Complutense of Madrid or universities with agreement with the Complutense who present a research project to be done in a period of three to twelve months. Professors and researchers from other Spanish universities, and PhD students working on the last stages of their PhD dissertations, may also present a research project. Through its agreement with Widener Library, RCC has a limited number of options available for short-term visitors (with research periods ranging from one week to three months, without financial aid) who may need to consult the library system.

A person wishing to apply for a fellowship or aid must first be admitted as a “Visiting Researcher”, “Visiting Fellow”, “Special Student”, or similar status by the center, department, laboratory, or medical unit of Harvard University corresponding to his/her area of research.

Groups of Advanced Research

The Real Colegio Complutense wants to welcome every year a research group of advanced scholarly excellence with a common general subject of investigation, in the style of the Institutes of Advanced Studies. The investigators could be of diverse disciplines, from any Spanish University or Research Center, or very prestigious foreigners. They will be committed to working in the common general subject, developing their own personal project of investigation. They will also participate in a series of seminars to which experts in that field, notable people of Harvard University and other American academic institutions will be invited. The general subjects of investigation are completely open; they could deal with any area of knowledge, and they will be selected by means of a public invitation to present projects. Preference will be given to projects that show greater newness and originality, providing an answer to the most urgent questions of our time, and whose scientific seriousness is guaranteed by the category of the participants. We'll have this summer a group of advanced research on International Economics, and the calls for grants for 2006 and 2007 are right now open.

Summer research field grants for Harvard students

Following the tradition of many Centers of Harvard University, the RCC offers research grants for short periods of individual field research in Spain. These RCC grants are awarded to outstanding undergraduate or graduate Harvard-Radcliffe students, to provide them with the opportunity to gather research data and develop contacts with scholars and institutions in their fields. The research projects must be related to papers, senior honors theses, or dissertations supervised by a Harvard professor or department, on Spanish subjects that have Spain as a central focus, such as Spain as part of the European and/or Latin American communities). (Application Information)

Courses

Every year, the RCC organizes special courses that are generally taught by Complutense and Harvard faculty. For the last five years, the RCC has offered courses on Management Research and e-Business for professors of various Spanish Universities, courses on Commercial Law, Law and Economics, executive seminars, etc. New courses on Accounting, Sociology, and Politics, etc. will be held in 2005. The courses are usually sponsored by the Fundación Rafael del Pino, CEPSA, CIS, Fundación ICO, Fundación R. Areces and similar Organizations.

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