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Established
  
October 17, 1952

Administrative staff
  
1,408

Phone
  
+34 948 42 56 00

Founder
  
Josemaría Escrivá

Chancellor
  
Fernando Ocáriz Braña

Undergraduate tuition and fees
  
10,500 EUR (2016)

Total enrollment
  
11,125 (2014)

Founded
  
17 October 1952

University of Navarra

Type
  
Private, Roman Catholic

President
  
Alfonso Sánchez Tabernero

Academic staff
  
1,569 (900 professors, and 669 adjunct professors)

Address
  
Calle de Irunlarrea, 1, 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain

Subsidiaries
  
IESE Business School

Notable alumni
  
Joaquín Navarro‑Valls, John Masso, Yolanda Barcina, Ramón Calderón, José Horacio Gómez

Similar
  
Public University of Navarre, Tecnun, University of the Basque C, Complutense University of Madrid, University of Deusto

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The University of Navarra is a private non-for-profit 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.

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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.

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History

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:

"We want learned men to be formed here, with a Christian understanding of life; we want this environment, suitable for quiet reflection, to cultivate science rooted in its most solid principles, so that this light might shine over all the roads of knowledge"

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 degree 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.
  • References

    University of Navarra Wikipedia