University of Navarra

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University of Navarra
Universidad de Navarra
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Navarrensis
Established	October 17, 1952
Type	Private, Roman Catholic
Rector	Ángel José Gómez Montoro
Chancellor	Msgr. Javier Echevarría
Faculty	1,924 (1,502 professors, and 422 TAs)
Staff	969 (576 in Pamplona)
Undergraduates	10,153 (c. 558 foreigners)
Postgraduates	4,667 (938 foreigners)
Location	Pamplona, Spain
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 university based at the southeast border of Pamplona, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei as a corporate work of the apostolate of Opus Dei.

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 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 a teaching hospital and the largest medical research center in Spain called CIMA in addition to various community outreach and volunteer initiatives.

1 History
2 Government Appointments of Professors
3 Notable rankings
4 Notable alumni
5 External links

[edit] History

Central building of the University of Navarra

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 Saint 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.

[edit] Government Appointments of Professors

Prof. Luis Carranza, Master in Economics and Finance program, Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences - Appointed Minister of Economics of the Government of Peru on July 20, 2006

[edit] Notable rankings

IESE Business School of the University of Navarra: A top business school, according to Financial Times and the Economist Intelligence Unit.

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 2006/2007 "250 Master" ranking of Spanish masters programs, ranks Navarra's

M.A. 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) and **M.Sc. in Drug Research and Development (a postgraduate pharmacy degree) #1 in their categories,
M.Sc. in Media Management and University Master in Corporate Law #2 in their categories, and its
M.Sc. in Economics and Finance (#1 program in English) and Master's degree in Architectural Design #4 in their categories.
In a separate ranking published in April, Navarra’s MBA program was ranked as the best in Spain.
For more information on Navarra's master's degrees, click here.

[edit] Notable alumni

Isabel Aguilera, Executive Management Program Certificate - CEO, Google Spain and Portugal "Google Iberia"
His Excellency Monsignor Antonio Arregui Yarza, Doctor of (Civil) Laws - Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
Hon. Yolanda Barcina Angulo, degree in Pharmacy 1982 - 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.
His Eminence the Most Rev. Juan Luis Cardinal Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei member, Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) - Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru.
Rev. John A. Corapi, SOLT, Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) 1994 - Famous Catholic evangelist

CIMA, the famed medical research center of the University of Navarra

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
His Excellency Monsignor 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
His Excellency the Most Rev. José Horacio Gomez, B.A. in Theology (Rome campus) 1978, Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) 1980 - Archbishop of San Antonio, United States
His Eminence the Most Rev. Julián Cardinal Herranz Casado, Opus Dei member, Doctor of Medicine - 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.
Rev. C. John McCloskey III, STD -Opus Dei member and Controversial Catholic priest
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

Teaching hospital of the University of Navarra
Amparo Moraleda Martínez, MBA – President of IBM Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel, and Turkey
Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Opus Dei member, Doctor of Psychiatry 1960, degree in Journalism 1968, degree in Sciences of Communication 1980 - Former Director (1984-2006), Vatican Press Office, The Holy See
His Excellency Monsignor Francisco Polti Santillan, Law degree (post-graduate) 1963 - Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
His Excellency Monsignor 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 master's degree) in Journalism 1973 - Founder, journalist, and editor-in-chief of El Mundo newspaper
Javier Robles, PDG (General Management Program) 1990 – President, Danone Spain
His Excellency Monsignor 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
Dr. 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 Vincente Fox, Government of Mexico