Comillas Pontifical University
Comillas Pontifical University | |
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Universidad Pontificia Comillas | |
Seal of Comillas Pontifical University | |
Motto | El Valor de la Excelencia |
Motto in English | "The Value of Excellence" |
Established | 1890 |
Type | Pontifical University |
Chancellor | Very Rev. Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, S.J. |
Vice-Chancellor | Rev. Joaquín Barrero Díaz, S.J. |
Rector | Rev. Julio Luis Martínez Martínez, S.J. |
Students | 11.149 [1] |
Location | Madrid, Spain |
Campus | Both Urban and Rural. |
Colors | |
Affiliations | Society of Jesus |
Website | http://www.upcomillas.es |
Comillas Pontifical University (Spanish: Universidad Pontificia Comillas) is a private university located in Madrid, Spain. It is a Catholic university run by the Society of Jesus.
Ranked as one of the best universities in Spain, Comillas is the only Spanish university that appears in the Times Higher Education 2013 ranking.
The university is involved in a number of academic exchange programmes, work practice schemes and international projects with over 200 institutions of higher education in Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia.
History
Pope Leo XIII founded the Seminary of St. Anthony of Padua in 1890 in the town of Comillas, Cantabria, in response to efforts made by the Marquis of Comillas to build an institution for educating local candidates to the priesthood. At the time of its foundation, the seminary was entrusted to the Society of Jesus. In 1904, the seminary was raised to the status of a Pontifical university when Pope Pius X granted the school the power to confer academic degrees in theology, philosophy and canon law.
In 1969 the university was moved to Madrid, where its doors were opened to a wider range of students.
In 1978 the Jesuits incorporated into the university their Madrid's higher education institution ICAI-ICADE, the resultant entity of the merger in 1960 of ICAI and ICADE, two institutes established in 1908 and 1956 respectively. They are today the ICAI School of Engineering, the ICADE School of Law and the ICADE School of Business and Economics.
Several other schools, like the San Juan de Dios School of Nursing, were incorporated later on, to reach the university's present structure of seven colleges and schools:
- Facultad de Teología (Divinity School)
- Facultad de Derecho Canónico (Canon Law School)
- Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (Human and Social Sciences School)
- Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería ICAI (ICAI School of Engineering)
- Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales ICADE (ICADE School of Business and Economics)
- Facultad de Derecho ICADE (ICADE School of Law)
- Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería y Fisioterapia "San Juan de Dios" (Saint John of God's School of Nursing and Physiotherapy)
In recent years, new study and research centres and institutes have been created (Institute for Research in Technology, Institute for Liberalism, Krausism and Freemasonry Research, Graduate Studies Institute, Institute for Educational Science, Institute for Migration Research, Faith and Secularism Institute, Law Innovation Center, Modern Language Institute, University Institute on the Family).
Alumni
- Pablo Ruz, Lord Justice.
- Amparo Moraleda, Iberdrola International Affairs Vicepresident.
- Diego López Garrido, Former Undersecretary for European Affairs
- Elena de Borbón y Grecia, Daughter of former King Juan Carlos I and sister of current King Felipe VI.
- José Bono, former Primer Minister of Castilla La Mancha Regional Government and former Secretary of Defense of Spain.
- Rodrigo Rato Former Secretary of Economy of Spain, former Director of the IMF and former Chariman of Bankia.
- Enrique Barón, former President of the European Parliament and Former Secretary of Transportation of Spain.
- Fátima Báñez, Secretary of Employment and Social Security of Spain.
- José Luis Sánchez Noriega, Cinema History expert.
- Luis Bárcenas, Former Partido Popular Treasurer.
- Pablo Cavero, Chairman of Metro de Madrid, S.A.
- Juan Béjar Ochoa, Vicechairman and CEO of FCC S.A.
- José Ignacio Sánchez Galán, Chairman of Iberdrola S.A.
- Arturo Baldasano Supervielle, Chairman of Teka Industrial
- Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, Cinema Director
- Ignacio J. Pérez Arriaga, Professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Universidad Pontificia Comillas.
- Jaime Pérez Renovales, Undersecretary of Presidency.
- Miguel Temboury, Undersecretary of Economy
- Javier Benjumea Puigcerver, entepreuner. Founder of Abengoa group of companies.
See also
References
External links
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Official website
- IIT - Institute for Research in Technology. Official website
- ICAI School of Engineering
- ICADE Faculty of Law and Business
Coordinates: 40°25′48″N 3°42′41″W / 40.43000°N 3.71139°W
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