Aula Universitaria del Estrecho Universidad de Cádiz

National Network
Spain
Address

Vicerrectorado Campus Bahía de Algeciras
Algeciras
Spain

Telephone
+34 956 573600
Telephone (other)
+34 956 580376
Fax
+34 956 573757
E-Mail
jrafael.gomez@uca.es
E-Mail (2)
algeciras@uca.es
Mobile Phone
+34 626 857 396
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
2002
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
  2. Research
General Information
The University Classroom of the Straits is formed by the University of Cádiz (UCA), the Algeciras´city council and the University of Abdelmalek Essaâdi of Tanger-Tetuan (UAE). The University of Cádiz is in charge of the academic direction and for the general coordination of all actions. Its staff includes a General Director, an Academic Sub-director in Morocco, a Project Manager, a Technician and two administrative staffs. Its annual budgetary resources reached 85.000,00 € (from a private bank, BSCH, which sponsors it), plus a technician and an administrative staff member paid by the County Council of Cadiz and the City Council of Algeciras. Either the UCA or the UAE make their facilities available in Spain and Morocco for all the actions.
Mission and Objectives

The University Classroom of the Straits is a stable structure for the cooperation between universities. Its activity began in the geographical context of the Gibraltar Strait, but it is open to the cooperation with others universities in the north of Africa.
Their mains goals are to strengthen the relations between Morocco and the province of Cádiz, across the educational and research cooperation as essentials keys of a shared development in a geographical area, the Gibraltar Strait, so in need of it.

Main Projects / Activities

The University Classroom of the Straits has a current annual program whose main strategy matters are settled every year by its main board. The actions of this program will be proposed by UCA or UAE´s members in order to follow these strategy matters.
The sorts of actions that can be proposed are: seminaries, courses and language courses, fellows programs, professionals meetings, colloquiums, publications and audiovisuals.
In addition, we develop several projects such as Interreges or AECI calls for proposals.

Contact (1) Full Name
Jesús Gómez Morales, Projects area
Head of the organisation
Francisco Trujillo Espinosa, Pro vice chancellor of the Algeciras´ Campus and University Classroom of the Straits Director
Contact (2) Full Name
Francisco Trujillo Espinosa, Director