Congress Venue

The XXIInd World Congress of Political Science will be held at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid at the Moncloa Campus.

The Complutense University was founded by Cardinal Cisneros in the ancient town of Complutum, the present day Alcalá de Henares, by a Papal Bull granted by Pope Alexander VI in 1499. Its true history, however, can be traced back to May 20th 1293, the date on which Sancho IV of Castile created the Estudio de Escuelas Generales de Alcalá which two centuries later became Cisneros' Complutense University. In the academic year 1509-1510 there were five Faculties : Arts and Philosophy, Theology, Canon Law, Letters and Medicine. In 1836 during the reign of Isabel II, the University was moved to Madrid, to calle San Bernardo, and was then called the Central University. Later, in 1927, a university campus was planned in the Moncloa area on land granted for this purpose by Alfonso XIII. This was at the height of the ‘Silver Age' in Spanish culture. Teachers at the Complutense during this period included José Ortega y Gasset, Manuel García Morente, Luis Jiménez de Asúa, Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Blas Cabrera. During the Civil War the Ciudad Universitaria was turned into a battle front, with the destruction of Faculty buildings and institutions on the campus and part of its rich scientific, artistic and bibliographical heritage as well as the loss of many prestigious members of the teaching staff. In 1970 the Government embarked on a reform of higher education and the Central University was renamed the Complutense University, in reference to its origins. At the same time the Somosaguas campus was created to house most of the Social Science faculties and provide more space on the Moncloa campus.

The campus is easily accessed by metro. The buildings used for the World Congress are right in front of the metro station Ciudad Universitaria. All the meeting rooms that will be used for the World Congress will have air conditioning. Selected university cafeterias will be open for the duration of the Congress so delegates will be able to purchase snacks, coffee, soft drinks and meals.  

Here is a map of the university campus http://www.ucm.es/centros/webs/en/pags.php?tp=Localizaci%F3n&a=localiz&d=plano.php.