During the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquino, the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) conferred journalist, Ramón Lobo Leyder, with the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa. José Luis González, a UMH associate professor from the area of Journalism, sponsored the new Doctor. In the ceremony, the Gold Medal was also presented to professor and former [...]
After being approved by the Executive Board at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), the inaugural meeting of the Monitoring Commission of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the United Nations 2030 Agenda has been held. The UMH Vice Rectorate for International Relations, along with that of Inclusion, Sustainability and Athletics, has been entrusted [...]
The European Commission has presented the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) with the HR Excellence in Research Award. This distinction officially recognizes commitments by the UMH to the most demanding levels of quality in all procedures related to recruitment, working conditions, training, management, and the responsibilities of research personnel in any kind of contractual [...]
The Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) sits in fifth position in the ranking of the best Spanish universities. Likewise, in the Innovation and Technological Development classification, the UMH is third, while in terms of Teaching, it occupies fourth place. These are the conclusions of the seventh edition of the 2019 U-Ranking project, a joint [...]
The Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) is the second Spanish university in the context of Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure according to the British Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019, which classifies the world’s best universities. To rank them, this study analyzes the main performance indicators related to social impact and groups them into [...]
The Scientific Park at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) was founded in 2008 with the aim of becoming a large business space capable of accommodating and stimulating a large number of innovative and technology- and knowledge-based companies. Throughout its ten years of existence, the park has accommodated nearly 80 innovative companies, which have [...]
The Plenary of the Board of Trustees at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), in ordinary session, has approved the academic institution’s 2019 budget of 106,191,255.52 euros. This represents a 3.13% decrease in the total amount with respect to the previous year. However, this budget decrease is due mainly to reductions in two capital transfer [...]
The Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) is among the top 10 Spanish universities in the subjects of life sciences, health sciences, psychology, physical sciences, and engineering & technology according to the British Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019, which classifies the world’s best universities. This study analyzes the main parameters in teaching, research, [...]
The Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) is ranked somewhere between the 101st and 125th positions in the classification of the best European universities in terms of teaching excellence according to the Europe Teaching Rankings 2018, produced by Times Higher Education (THE). On a national level, the UMH occupies 19th position, and is third within the [...]
External financial resources acquired by the Miguel Hernández University of Elche in 2017 to conduct research grew to 8,386,794 euros. This figure is included in the 2017 UMH Research Report, which was prepared by the Vice Rectorate for Research and Innovation, the Service of Innovation and Technical Support for Education and Research (SIATDI), and the [...]