King Juan Carlos University King Juan Carlos University King Juan Carlos University (, URJC) is a Spanish public research university located in the southern area of the Community of Madrid (Spain), with four campuses at Móstoles, Alcorcón, Vicálvaro and Fuenlabrada. It is named after former king Juan Carlos I of Spain and has the Latin motto "Non nova, sed nove" ("Not new things, but in a new way"). It was established in 1996 by the government of the Community of Madrid. With 44.916 students, it is the second-biggest public university in the Community of Madrid, behind the historical Universidad Complutense. URJC is one of
King Juan Carlos University preschool education, international relations, visual arts and dance, and criminology, among others. In 2007 Juan Velarde Fuertes, Iñaki Gabilondo, Luis del Olmo and Antonio Mingote were awarded honorary doctorates from King Juan Carlos University. In January 2008, Bernardo Kliksberg became the first foreigner to receive an honorary doctorate degree from the university along with Jaime Gil Aluja, José Antonio Pastor Ridruejo and Fernando Sánchez Calero. In 2011, honorary doctorates were awarded to Harald zur Hausen, Ramón Tamames and Peter Waldmann. In 2014 James A. Yorke, distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Maryland and recipient of