University of Navarra

University of Navarra

Spanish: Universidad de Navarra Basque: Nafarroako Unibertsitatea
Latin: Universitas Studiorum Navarrensis
Type	Private, Roman Catholic
Established	17 October 1952
Chancellor	Fernando Ocáriz Braña
President	María Iraburu Elizalde
Academic staff	1,175 (6,308 employees)
Students	12,779 (2021–2022)[1]
Undergraduates	8,924
Postgraduates	1,076
Location	Pamplona , 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.unav.edu

The University of Navarra is a private research university located on the southeast border of Pamplona, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei, as a corporate work of the apostolate of Opus Dei. The University of Navarra is among the best private universities in Spain.^[2] The University of Navarra is third in the "European Teaching Rankings of 2019" by Times Higher Education's International Rankings.^[3]

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"), 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,^[4] 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.^[5]