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The University would be known under this name until its original name of 'Complutense' was restored in the 1970s.Īlfonso XIII, King of Spain, with Faculty members of the University: Albert Einstein, José Rodríguez Carracido, Blas Cabrera y Felipe, among others, on 11 March 1923. By a royal order of 29 October 1836, Queen Regent Maria Christina suppressed the university in Alcalá and ordered its move to Madrid, where it took the name of Literary University and, in 1851, of Central University of Madrid ( Spanish: Universidad Central de Madrid). In 1824, Francisco Tadeo Calomarde further expanded Complutense by merging it with the University of Sigüenza. In comparison, University of Oxford did not accept female scholars until 1920, and the University of Cambridge did not grant a PhD to a female student until 1926. In 1785, Complutense became one of the first universities in the world to grant a doctorate to a female student, María Isidra de Guzmán y de la Cerda.

Special colleges were created for students of foreign origin, such as Flemish or Irish. Many of the leading figures in science, arts and politics of that age studied or taught in Complutense's classrooms. During the 16th and 17th centuries, Complutense University became one of the greatest centers of academic excellence in the world. In the 1509–1510 school year, the Complutense University already operated with five major schools: Arts and Philosophy, Theology, Canon Law, Philology and Medicine.

It also renamed the institution Universitas Complutensis, after Complutum, which was the Latin name of Alcalá de Henares, where the University was originally located. This Papal Bull conferred official recognition throughout Christendom to all degrees granted by the University.

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On 13 April 1499, Cardinal Cisneros secured from Pope Alexander VI a Papal bull to expand Complutense into a full university. One of its alumni, Cardinal Cisneros, made extensive purchases of land and ordered the construction of many buildings, in what became the first university campus ex-novo in history: The Civitas Dei, or city of God, named after the work of Augustine of Hippo. On, King Sancho IV of Castile granted the Archbishop of Toledo, Gonzalo Pérez Gudiel, a Royal Charter to found a studium generale (as universities were known at that time), named El Estudio de Escuelas Generales in Alcalá de Henares. Ĭardinal Cisneros expanded the existing Studium Generale into a large five-college University. In 1909, the University of Madrid became one of the first universities in the world to grant a doctorate degree to a woman. By Royal Decree of 1857, the University of Madrid was the first and only institution in Spain authorized to grant doctorate degrees throughout the Spanish Empire. Since its foundation, it has attracted numerous scholars, intellectuals and students from all over Spain and the world, establishing itself as one of the main international centers of learning. It is one of the most prestigious Spanish universities and consistently ranks among the top universities in Spain, together with the University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, UAM, and UAB in International and European league tables and surveys. It enrolls over 86,000 students, making it the third largest non-distance European university by enrollment.

It is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Complutum, now an archeological site in Alcalá de Henares, just east of Madrid. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of Pozuelo de Alarcón. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world. The Complutense University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Madrid, Universidad Central de Madrid Latin: Universitas Complutensis Matritensis) is a public research university located in Madrid.