WE ARE CCUC
Presentation
The Cardenal Cisneros University Centre (CCUC) is a centre firmly committed to the training of teachers, social educators and psychologists. Our university model is centred on people, on students as agents of social transformation.
In addition to the centre’s own characteristics, we are linked to the University of Alcalá (UAH), to which it is affiliated, making us part of a broader university project with a shared commitment to quality teaching, the creation and transmission of knowledge and the extension of science and culture.
Dedicated to university education for 50 years, the University Centre is part of an international network with more than 200 years of history, the congregation of the Marist Brothers, forming part of the Marist International Network of Higher Education Institutions, made up of more than twenty universities in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
In our university model, you are the centre. You will study, reflect and experience what you learn, working in small groups to achieve greater academic richness based on critical thinking, personal work, collaborative work and participation.
MISSION
Our mission is to train professionals capable of transforming society, fostering the development of critical thinking, responsibility and freedom.
VISION
The focus of our teaching work is the quality of training, the promotion of research and the development of innovation projects.
VALUES
We believe in the Gospel as the source of inspiration for our educational style and our commitment to society, promoting solidarity, interculturalism, social justice and environmental sustainability.
EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES
- Person-centred educational style.
- Quality and rigour in university education.
- Active participation of the entire educational community, based on co-responsibility and transparency.
- Development of autonomy, creativity and responsibility.
- Attention to the spiritual and transcendent dimension of the human being, through self-knowledge.
DOCUMENTATION AND RESOURCES OF THE PEDAGOGICAL MODEL
SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES
- Bilingual Specialisation Programme.
- Programa de destrezas académicas.
- Programa TIC.
- Proyecto para el desarrollo de competencias comunicativas en castellano.
- Green Campus
- Service-Learning.
- Pastoral Project.
- Self-evaluation and commitment to improvement (360º evaluation).
METHODOLOGIES
- Problem and Challenge Based Learning (PBL/CBL).
- Cooperative learning.
- Dialogical discussions.
- Project work and interdisciplinary activities.
