University of Navarra
Universidad de Navarra | |
The university logo | |
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Navarrensis | |
Type | Private, Roman Catholic |
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Established | October 17, 1952 |
Chancellor | Javier Echevarría |
Rector | Ángel José Gómez Montoro |
Academic staff | 1,924 (1,502 professors, and 422 TAs) |
Undergraduates | 10,153 (c. 558 foreigners) |
Postgraduates | 4,667 (938 foreigners) |
Location | , |
Campus | Four campuses: Pamplona (279.2 acres), San Sebastián, Madrid, and Barcelona |
Affiliations | CRUE,Opus Dei, Catholic Church |
Website | www.unav.edu |
The University of Navarra is a private pontifical university based at 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. It is widely considered Spain's top private university, and is also ranked among the most distinguished institutions of higher education in Europe.
The University confers 27 official degrees and administers more than 300 postgraduate programs (including 33 doctoral programs and 13 master's programs) through 10 schools, 2 superior colleges, 2 university schools, its world-renowned 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"; engl.: Superior Institute of Secretarial and Administrative Studies), and other centers and institutions. The university also runs one of Spain's most distinguished teaching hospitals and the largest medical research center in Spain called CIMA in addition to various community outreach and volunteer initiatives.
History
The institution began as Estudio General de Navarra on October 17th, 1952 with the inauguration of its School of Law with 48 students and eight professors under the direction of Josemaría Escrivá. The founder wished the future university "... to be a place where people acquire a high level of learning and a Christian outlook on life. We want it to be a place which encourages deep thought and reflection, so that learning is soundly rooted in true principles, and shines its light along all the paths of knowledge."
After the founding its School of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1955 and its graduate business school, IESE, in 1958, the Estudio General de Navarra was established as a university by The Holy See on August 6, 1960, and received official accreditation from the State of Spain on September 8, 1962.
Since gaining university status, the university has gone by the name of Universidad de Navarra and has established several other schools and academic centers.
On October 30, 2008, ETA made an attack in the campus of The University. It was the 6th attack of ETA on their buildings[1].
Government appointments of Professors
- Prof. Luis Carranza, MSc in Economics and Finance program, Faculty of Economics and Business Management - Appointed Minister of Economics of the Government of Peru on July 20, 2006
Notable rankings
The Economist Intelligence Unit of The Economist magazine, in its 2005 and 2006 rankings of MBA programs, ranks the University of Navarra's business school, IESE, as having the best MBA program in the world.
- The Times in its 2006 Times Higher Education Supplement ranked the University of Navarra as the top private university in Spain
- El Mundo, in its 2006/2007 "Spain Best Universities Annual Report", ranks the University of Navarra as the best private university in Spain, and has consistently ranked it as such in the past.
Among both public and private universities, its undergraduate journalism course ranked #1, its undergraduate audio-visual communications and humanities courses #2; its undergraduate infirmary, pharmacy, medicine, nutrition, and public relations courses #3; its undergraduate architecture and industrial engineering courses #4; and undergraduate business administration and management, law, telecom engineering, and social work courses #5.
El Mundo, in its 2007/2008 "250 Master" ranking of Spanish masters programs, ranks Navarra's
- MSc in Business Law and MSc in Drug Research and Development #1 in their categories;
- MSc in Economics & Finance (#1 program in English), MSc in Architectural Design, and MSc in Media Management #2 in their categories; and
- MA in Liberal Arts (specializations available in European Studies, Spanish Golden Age Literature, Medieval Studies, Spanish History, Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Spanish Literature, Cultural Management, History of Art, Journalism, Public Relations, Economics, Law, Education, and/or Political and Social Studies) #3 in its category.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica in its 1973 edition ranks it as the best university in Spain[2]
- For more information on Navarra's master's degrees, click here.
Notable alumni
- Isabel Aguilera, Executive Management Program Certificate - CEO, Google Spain and Portugal "Google Iberia"
- Antonio Arregui Yarza, Doctor of (Civil) Laws - Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Yolanda Barcina Angulo, degree in Pharmacy 1982, Doctor in Pharmacy 1984 - Pharmacy professor and Mayor of Pamplona, Spain
- Alfredo Biel Castán, MBA - CEO, Bonsai Technologies group, S.A.
- Ruben Bonet, MBA - CEO, Fractus
- Javier Cebrián Sagarriga, MBA - Chairman, Bonsai Technologies group, S.A.
- Juan Luis Cardinal Cipriani Thorne, Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) - Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru.
- John A. Corapi, SOLT, Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) 1994 - Famous Catholic evangelist
- Juan Costa Climent, B.LL. - Former Secretary of State of Commerce and Tourism (2000-2004), and former Minister of Science and Technology (2003-2004), Government of Spain under the administration of José María Aznar López
- Iñaki Gabilondo Pujol, Licentiate in Journalism c. 1963 - News director, Cuatro
- Ricardo García García, Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) 1985 - Bishop-Prelate of the Prelature of Yauyos, Peru
- Félix Guerrero Igea, degree in Industrial Engineering - President, Gestlink, S.A.
- Antonio González-Adalid García-Zozaya, MBA 1976 – Chairman, Enagás S.A.
- Jacobo González-Robatto, E-MBA 1986 – CEO, Barclays Spain
- Luis Hernández de Cabanyes, MBA – Chairman, Renta Corporación
- José Horacio Gomez, B.A. in Theology (Rome campus) 1978, Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) 1980 - Archbishop of San Antonio, United States
- Julián Cardinal Herranz Casado, Doctor of Medicine - Former President, Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, The Holy See & Titular Archbishop of Vertara, Italy
- Miguel Ángel Liso, Licentiate in Information Science - Editorial Director, Grupo ZETA
- William MacDonald, MBA – CEO, Lazard Asesores Financieros S.A.
- C. John McCloskey III, STD - Catholic priest of Opus Dei
- Jorge “Jordi” Mercader Miró, MBA 1969 – Chairman, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. (Grupo Agbar)
- Rev. Prof. Domènec Melé, Ph. D. in Theology - Chair, Department of Business Ethics, IESE Business School
- Amparo Moraleda Martínez, MBA – President of IBM Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel, and Turkey
- Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Doctor of Psychiatry 1960, degree in Journalism 1968, degree in Sciences of Communication 1980 - Former Director (1984-2006), Vatican Press Office, The Holy See
- Francisco Polti Santillan, Law degree (post-graduate) 1963 - Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
- Jaume Pujol Balcells, Doctor in Sciences of Education & Doctor in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) - Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain
- Pedro J. Ramírez, Licentiate (equivalent to US or UK bachelor) in Journalism 1973 - Founder, journalist, and editor-in-chief of El Mundo newspaper
- Javier Robles, PDG (General Management Program) 1990 – President, Danone Spain
- Juan Antonio Ugarte Perez, Doctor of Canon Law (J.C.D.) - Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
- María del Pino Velázquez, MBA 1991 – CEO, Unisono
- Carmen Valera, MBA - CEO, Burson-Marsteller Spain
- Alberto Ortega Venzor, Doctor of Philosophy & Letters - Director of the President's Office of Public Policy and 6th ranking member on the President's Cabinet, Presidency of Vicente Fox, Government of Mexico
- Ruth Kelly, UK Secretary of State for Transports.
- Pedro Miguel Echenique, physicist, Prince of Asturias Award
- Ramón Calderón, president of Real Madrid
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 Navarre, published in the weekly “Alfa y Omega”
- ^ Un coche bomba en el aparcamiento de la Universidad de Navarra causa heridas leves a 17 personas, El Pais
- ^ article "Opus Dei", Micropaedia