Julio Luis Martínez, ICAI-ICADE Rector, talks with AFA Press

AFA Press had the chance to interview Rector of Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-ICADE Julio Luis Martínez. The institution is a Jesuit-administered Catholic institution located in the middle of Madrid which has more than seven thousand collaborative agreements with international and Spanish companies, apart from 240 universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Shanghai International Studies University and King’s College London included.

In the last times ICAI-ICADE has signed collaborative agreements with four top Chinese Universities. According to Martínez, “These agreements are working very well; however we would like to extend them. Initially, the Chinese government only wished to sign agreements with public universities, although they now want to give their students the option to come and study here. A representative from the Chinese Embassy came to Comillas to visit the university and find out more about it, with a view to bringing us on board. This is the first step for us: once we are authorized by the Chinese government to receive graduate-level exchanges, we will be able to work with more universities”.

He explains there are two main key factors for the success of his University (ranked 4th in industrial engineering in all Europe). These are high academic standards and employability. These two factors are well sided by an individual attention to all students, business contacts, professors with experience in companies and a tough selection process in order to full the university with the best students.