University of Navarra

University of Navarra

Universidad de Navarra
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Navarrensis
Type	Private, Roman Catholic
Established	October 17, 1952
Chancellor	Javier Echevarría
President	Alfonso Sánchez Tabernero
Academic staff	1,569 (900 professors, and 669 adjunct professors)
Undergraduates	11,180 (c. 681 international)
Postgraduates	1,557 (1,077 international)
Location	Pamplona , Spain
Campus	Six campuses: Pamplona (279.2 acres), San Sebastián, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich and New York City.
Affiliations	CRUE, CASE, Opus Dei, Catholic Church
Website	www.unav.edu

The University of Navarra is a private university located on the southeast border of Pamplona, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei, as a corporate work of the apostolate of Opus Dei.

Through its six campuses (Pamplona, San Sebastián, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich and New York City), the University confers 35 official degrees, 13 dual degrees and more than 38 master's programs in 14 faculties, 2 university schools, 17 institutes, its graduate business school, IESE ("Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa"; in English: "International Graduate School of Management" or "Institute of Higher Business Studies"), ISSA ("Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administracion"; in English: Superior Institute of Secretarial and Administrative Studies), and other centers and institutions.

The university also runs a teaching hospital, CUN, where 2,045 qualified professionals handle more than 100,000 patients each year, and a medical center research, CIMA, that focuses on four main areas: Oncology, Neuroscience, Cardiovascular Sciences, and Gene Therapy and Hepatology.

Since 2011, the New York Times has ranked the University of Navarra within the top 60 universities in the world, placing it at number 34 in 2012.

History

Central building of the University of Navarra

The institution was founded as the Estudio General de Navarra on October 17, 1952 with the encouragement of Josemaría Escrivá. It began as a School of Law with 48 students and eight professors, under the direction of Ismael Sánchez Bella. The founder described the ideals he wanted to transmit in the university:

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After the foundation of the Faculty of Philosophy in 1955 and the Business School, IESE, in 1958, the Estudio General de Navarra was established as a university by The Holy See on August 6, 1960, and Escrivá was designated as the Great Chancellor. The university received an official accreditation from the Spanish State, on 8, September 1962.

Students

The University has a total of 11,180 students (1,758 international); 8,636 whom are pursuing a bachelor's degree, 1,581 of whom are master's degre students, and 963, PhD students.

In addition, it has agreements with other universities, including the University of Washington (USA), the University of Hong Kong(China) and the University of Edinburgh (UK).

Campus

Most of the facilities and centers are located in Pamplona, with the exception of IESE Business School, which is based in Barcelona, Madrid, Munich and New York; and the School of Engineering, Tecnun, which is located in Donostia-San Sebastián.

In January 2015, the Museum of the University of Navarra was inaugurated by King Felipe VI and houses a collection donated to the university by María Josefa Huarte Beaumont. This collection, regarded as one of the greatest collections of contemporary art in Spain, includes works by Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky, among other artists. The architect in charge of the project was Rafael Moneo. The museum also aims to increase interaction between the faculties, centers, departments and schools of the university, and to be a point of reference in the world of contemporary art.

Research

The university faculties and schools have thousands of researchers in different areas. The 8 centers and 17 institutes, located in the five campuses, carry out their research in the fields of Science and the Humanities, as well as the University Clinic of Navarra, the Center for Applied Medical Research and the Institute of Society and Culture.

Notable rankings

• The Times World University ranking (Thomson Reuters editorial group) ranks the University of Navarra among the 400 most prestigious institutions of higher education in the world.
• The QS World University Rankings (Quacquarelli Symonds) in 2013, placed the University of Navarra in the 315th position in the world.
• The newspaper El Mundo in its 2013 ranking of universities considers the University of Navarra to be the best Spanish university in the degrees of Journalism and Audiovisual Communication.

External links

• Official English language Website
• El Mundo 2007/2008 Ranking of Spain's Private Universities
• Ranking of Spain's Master Programs
• Economist Intelligence Unit's 2006 MBA rankings
• U. of Navarra site at www.josemariaescriva.info
• Article of Msgr. Javier Echevarría on the University of Navarra, published in the weekly Alfa y Omega