Science and Innovation Week 2025

Exploring the Past, Understanding the Present, Creating the Future.

From November 3 to 16, 2025.

UC3M is organizing over 50 science outreach activities, free and open to the public.

Discover the R&D&I carried out at the University through guided tours, workshops, roundtables, exhibitions, demonstrations, conferences, and more.

Find information about the events on each activity’s web page, where you can make your reservations.

Questions and suggestions: oidci@uc3m.es

#ScienceInnovationWeek

• 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM.
  Courses and workshops: The Wonder of Micro-Robotics.
  Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 3 PM -  5 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Learn and experience real human-vehicle interaction situations in an autonomous vehicle.
  Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 4 PM- 5:30PM
  Round tables and lectures: Science and Dogmatism in the 21st Century.
  Getafe Campus.
  More info
• 5 PM - 6 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Create and Launch Your Own Rocket!
  Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 6 PM - 6:45 PM.
  Round tables and lectures: From Powder to Metal Part: Discover the Sustainable 3D Revolution.
  Leganés Campus (Room 1.0.F01).
  More info

• 10 AM - 11 AM.
  Courses and workshops: Heating recycled asphalt with an experimental Fresnel prototype to reduce its environmental impact.
  Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 11 AM - 1 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Experience the spatial sound of the music of the future.
  UC3M Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 12 PM - 2 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Would you be able to identify a sexist news story?
  UC3M Madrid–Puerta de Toledo Campus.
  More info

• 10:30 AM - 12 PM.
  Open days and guided tours: Discover the heart of the Science Park and CESyA.
  C3N-AI of the UC3M Science Park – Leganés Tecnológico.
  More info
• 11 AM - 12 PM.
  Round tables and lectures: Between echo chambers and plurality: how do social networks influence us?
  Getafe Campus.
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• 12 PM - 1:30 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Europe is useless (or so my feed says).
  European Parliament Office in Spain.
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• 5 PM - 5:30 PM.
  Open days and guided tours: The evolution of the book in UC3M’s rare book collection: a journey from 1504 to 1795.
  Getafe Campus.
  More info
• 5 PM - 6 PM.
  Escape Room: Science Code: the enigma of the lost archive (escape room).
  Leganés Campus (Rey Pastor Library).
  More info
• 6 PM - 8 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Hack your body perception with wearable sensory technology and improve your emotional well-being.
  Madrid-Puerta de Toledo Campus (UC3M).
  More info

• 10 AM - 11:30 AM.
  Courses and workshops: Detectives in the Digital Age: Social Media and Disinformation.
  UC3M Madrid–Puerta de Toledo Campus.
  More info
• 10 AM - 12 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Building Nesting Boxes for Birds on the Getafe Campus.
  Getafe Campus (Room 18.0.A.11).
  More info
• 10 AM - 1:30 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Don’t Fall into Cybercriminals’ Traps.
  Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Ready Surgeon One: The Future of Medicine in the Present.
  Leganés Campus.
  More info

• 10 AM - 12:30 PM.
  Open Days: Come meet our robots!
  UC3M Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 11 AM - 1 PM.
  Round tables and conferences: Is AI a real danger to humans?
  Peñalba Cultural Center (Collado Villalba).
  More info
• 4 PM - 6 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Learn how to build an airplane step by step.
  Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 4 PM - 6 PM.
  Contests and awards: Soft robotics challenge: grab, manipulate… and win!
  UC3M Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 5 PM - 6 PM.
  Open Days and guided tours: Revealing the invisible: the journey of microbes and moving air.
  C3N-AI, UC3M Science Park.
  More info
• 5 PM - 6:30 PM.
  Open Days: Turbulence: the scientific art of disorder.
  Leganés Campus (UC3M).
  More info
• 6 PM - 7:30 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Discover plasma, the fourth state of matter: where science becomes a show.
  UC3M Leganés Campus.
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• 7:30 PM - 9 PM.
  Courses and workshops: About waves and the wave nature of light.
  UC3M Leganés Campus.
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• 9:30 AM - 11 AM.
  Courses and workshops: Pocket organs: how science creates "mini bodies".
  Leganés Campus.
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• 10 AM - 11:30 AM.
  Open Days and guided tours: Science of Law and everyday life through the collection of the National Archaeological Museum.
  More info

• 10 AM - 11 AM.
  Courses and workshops: Scientific adventure: discovering the secrets of Physics.
  UC3M Leganés Campus.
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• 10 AM ‑ 12 PM.
  Cursos y talleres: Tu asistente de escritura inteligente: descubre la IA en la corrección lingüística.
  Campus de Leganés de la UC3M.
  Más info
• 10 AM ‑ 1 PM.
  Cursos y talleres: Mejora de la biodiversidad en el Campus de Colmenarejo.
  Campus de Colmenarejo.
  Más info
• 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM.
  Mesas redondas y conferencias: Flash Talks: viajes de 10 minutos a los mundos de la energía, el arte, los números y la comunicación.
  Campus de Leganés.
  Más info
• 11 AM - 1 PM
  Cursos y talleres: Sin barreras, sin límites: certificados digitales para identificarte desde tu teléfono móvil.
  Ayuntamiento de Leganés.
  Más info
• 11 AM - 12:30 PM.
  Cursos y talleres: ¿Me lo dices o me lo cuanticas? Las tecnologías que te rodean.
  Campus de Leganés.
  Más info
• 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM.
  Jornadas de puertas abiertas y visitas guiadas: ¿Cómo obtener los biocombustibles renovables del futuro a partir de cualquier tipo de biomasa?
  Campus de Leganés.
  Más info
• 6 PM ‑ 7 PM.
  Jornadas de puertas abiertas y visitas guiadas: El color de la temperatura: explorando la refrigeración con cámaras termográficas.
  Campus de Leganés de la UC3M.
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• 6 PM ‑ 7 PM.
  Mesas redondas y conferencias: Sensores bioinspirados: cómo la naturaleza nos puede enseñar a medir la aerodinámica.
  Campus de Madrid-Puerta de Toledo de la UC3M.
  Más info

• 10 AM - 11:30 AM.
  Courses and workshops: We Are All Trainers: Discover How Artificial Intelligence Learns.
  Municipal Auditorium Montserrat Caballé (Arganda del Rey).
  More info
• 10 AM - 1 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Improving Biodiversity on the Colmenarejo Campus.
  Colmenarejo Campus.
  More info
• 12 PM - 1:30 PM.
  Courses and workshops: We Are All Trainers: Discover How Artificial Intelligence Learns.
  Municipal Auditorium Montserrat Caballé (Arganda del Rey).
  More info
• 4 PM - 6 PM.
  Courses and workshops: Introduction to 3D Printing.
  Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 5 PM - 5:30 PM.
  Open days and guided tours: The Evolution of the Book in UC3M’s Rare Book Collection: A Journey from 1504 to 1795.
  Getafe Campus.
  More info
• 5 PM - 6 PM.
  Escape Room: Science Code: The Mystery of the Lost Archive (Escape Room).
  Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 6 PM - 7:30 PM.
  Courses and workshops: How to Optimize Vehicles with Helium Bubbles and Artificial Intelligence?
  Leganés Campus.
  More info

• 10 AM - 12 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: Monitoring nest boxes for birds at the Leganés Campus.
  Getafe Campus.
  More info
• 10 AM - 1 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: Improving biodiversity at the Colmenarejo Campus.
  Colmenarejo Campus.
  More info
• 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: Rover Mission: Program and solve mazes with Scratch.
  UC3M Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 12 PM - 1 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: Artificial intelligence and audiovisual creation. Create images and sounds with Gen AI.
  Getafe Campus.
  More info
• 12 PM - 2 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: From sketch to pixel with Blender: how 3D magic is created in film and animation.
  UC3M Getafe Campus.
  More info
• 5 PM - 8 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: Thrust science in action: how an airplane engine works.
  Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 7 PM - 9 PM.
  Theater and Science: Wellness by subscription.
  Leganés Campus.
  More info

• 10 AM - 1 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: Improving biodiversity at the Colmenarejo Campus.
  Colmenarejo Campus.
  More info
• 11 AM - 1 PM.
  Roundtables and Conferences: In the Climate Spotlight.
  Pedrezuela Municipal Auditorium.
  More info
• 12:30 PM - 2 PM.
  Roundtables and Conferences: The Galileo Case: What Have We Learned? Lessons from the History of Science.
  Colmenarejo Campus.
  More info
• 4 PM - 6 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: Breaking Barriers in STEM through Art: the TechLARP Project.
  UC3M Madrid-Puerta de Toledo Campus.
  More info
• 5 PM - 6 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: Locating Sound: Acoustic Technology to See What We Hear.
  Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 6 PM - 7:30 PM.
  Contests and Awards: The Enigma of the Vanishing Propeller: An Interactive Cluedo.
  UC3M Leganés Campus.
  More info
• 6 PM - 8 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: Moving in the World from Another Body: Multisensory Technology to Rediscover Our Body.
  Madrid-Puerta de Toledo Campus.
  More info

• 5 PM – 7 PM.
  Courses and Workshops: Feel My Steps and Experience Your Movement: Body Sonification Workshop with Devices.
  Madrid-Puerta de Toledo Campus.
  More info

UC3M is participating in this science outreach event organized by the Community of Madrid, through the madri+d Knowledge Foundation, whose goal is to actively involve society in research and development processes in science, technology, and innovation.