About
Founded in 1979, UCA has more than 21.000 students, approx. 1.800 staff/professors, 847 administration workers, 194 research groups and around 2.100 scientists. UCA leads the “CAMPUS DE EXCELENCIA INTERNACIONAL DEL MAR” (CEIMAR), a campus whose mission is to become an international reference in teaching and research in marine themes including the Science, Engineering and Humanities (a strategic alliance of universities, research centres, science and technology parks and innovative companies of the South of Spain, Portugal and the North of Morroco). UCA is the coordinator of the European University of the SEAS (SEA-EU), an alliance of 6 initially European Universities (UCA (Spain), Bretagne Occidentale in Brest (France), Kiel (Germany), Gdansk (Poland), Split (Crotia) and Malta). Recently, 3 universities have joined the alliance: University of Parthenope (Italy), the University of Algarve (Portugal) and the university of Nord (Norway).UCA participates or has participated in 24 H2020 projects and currently participates in 14 Horizon Europe Projects, 3 of them MSCA-PF, 1 MSCA-DN and 2 MSCA-Staff Exchange. In addition, UCA participates in European projects of other calls as LIFE, EU4Health, PRIMA and Interreg.
Destination: Innovative Research on Democracy and Governance
HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-DEMOCRACY-01: Tackling gender-based violence against politically active women and LGBTIQ people HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-DEMOCRACY-03: Government in transition – how governments change the way they work and prepare the civil service for the future HORIZON-CL2-2027-01-DEMOCRACY-02: Women’s, LGBTIQ and minority rights in a context of autocracy, conflict and geopolitical shiftsHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-DEMOCRACY-04: Addressing the impact of artificial intelligence, cyberviolence, and deepfakes on equality, democracy and inclusive societiesHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-DEMOCRACY-05: Development aid and democratic governanceHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-DEMOCRACY-08: Global Human Rights and EU values
Destination: Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations
HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-05: Long-term contribution of basic skills to productivity, innovation, competitiveness and economic growthHORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-07: Fostering competences for the green transitionHORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-08: Strengthened implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and a focus on inclusion, integration, and healthHORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-09: Rethinking long-term care policy in the face of EU demographic shiftsHORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-10: Fostering cooperation and integration between SSH and STEM research and innovation in the EUHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-TRANSFO-06: Closing the learning gap: uncovering causes and effective policy interventions for declining youth skills in mathematics, reading, and scienceHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-TRANSFO-08: Scaling and deploying innovations in migration management
Destination: Innovative Research on European Cultural Heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries
HORIZON-CL2-2027-01-HERITAGE-04: Culture, heritage and creative industries for health and well-beingHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-HERITAGE-05: Re-imagining the creative economy: the interplay between the cultural and creative sectors and industries and the social economyHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-HERITAGE-06: Future-proofing sustainable cultural tourismHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-HERITAGE-07: Societal impact of cultural heritageHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-HERITAGE-08: Safeguarding & transmission of intangible cultural heritage