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| Latin:Universitas Studiorum Navarrensis[1] | |
| Type | Private |
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| Established | 17 October 1952 |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Chancellor | Fernando Ocáriz Braña |
| President | María Iraburu Elizalde |
Academic staff | 1,175 (6,308 employees) |
| Students | 12,779 (2021–2022)[2] |
| Undergraduates | 8,924 |
| Postgraduates | 1,076 |
| Location | , Spain |
| Campus | Seven campuses: Pamplona (279.2 acres), San Sebastián, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich, New York City and São Paulo |
| Affiliations | CRUE [es],CASE,Opus Dei,Catholic Church |
| Website | www |
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TheUniversity of Navarra is aprivate Catholicresearch university located on the southeast border ofPamplona, Spain. It was founded in 1952 bySaint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder ofOpus Dei, as acorporate work of the apostolate ofOpus Dei. The University of Navarra is among the best private universities in Spain.[3] The University of Navarra is third in the "European Teaching Rankings of 2019" by Times Higher Education's International Rankings.[4]
Through its six campuses (Pamplona, San Sebastián, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich and New York City), the university confers 35 officialdegrees, 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"),Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administracion (ISSA) (in English: Superior Institute of Secretarial and Administrative Studies), and other centers and institutions.
The university also runs a teaching hospital, CUN,[5] 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 andHepatology.[6]
The institution was founded as theEstudio General de Navarra on 17 October 1952,[7] 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
— San Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer in 1960 in the ceremony of the award of the title of adoptive son of the city of Pamplona
After the foundation of the Faculty of Philosophy in 1955 and the Business School,IESE, in 1958, theEstudio General de Navarra was established as a university by TheHoly See on 6 August 1960, and Escrivá was designated as the Great Chancellor. The university received an official accreditation from the Spanish State, on 8 September 1962.[8]
In 2023, the university has a total of 12,054 students (1,758 international); 9,207 of whom are pursuing a bachelor's degree, 2,807 of whom are master's degree students, and 1,011 PhD students.[9]
In addition, it has agreements with other universities, including the University of Washington (USA), the University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and the University of Edinburgh (UK).[10]
Most of the facilities and centers are located inPamplona,[11] with the exception ofIESE Business School, which is based in Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, New York and Sao Paulo;[12] the School of Engineering, Tecnun, based inDonostia-San Sebastián,[13] and theISEM Fashion Business School which is located in Madrid.[14]
In January 2015, the Museum of the University of Navarra was inaugurated byKing Felipe VI and houses a collection donated to the university byMaría Josefa Huarte Beaumont.[15] This collection, regarded as one of the greatest collections of contemporary art in Spain, includes works byPablo Picasso andWassily Kandinsky, among other artists.[16] The architect in charge of the project wasRafael Moneo.[17]
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.[5][6]
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