King Juan Carlos University (Spanish: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, URJC) is a public university located in Móstoles (Spain), and distributed into four campus: Madrid, Móstoles, Alcorcón and Fuenlabrada.
It's named after king Juan Carlos I of Spain. It was created in 1996 and has the Latin motto Non nova, sed nove ("Not new things, but in a new way"). With more than 31.000 students, it is the third biggest public university in the Community of Madrid.
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