University of Navarra
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name = University of Navarra | native_name= | latin_name = Universitas Studiorum Navarrensis | image = | established = October 17, 1952 | type = Private, Roman Catholic | chancellor = Msgr. Javier Echevarría | rector = Ángel José Gómez Montoro | city = Pamplona | country = Spain | undergrad = 10,153 (c. 558 foreigners) | postgrad = 4,667 (938 foreigners) | faculty = 1,924 (1,502 professors, and 422 TAs) | staff = 969 (576 in Pamplona) | 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 in 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: "Institute of Higher Business Studies" or "International Graduate School of Management"), 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 hospital with almost 1,700 qualified professionals to care of more than 100,000 patients a year.*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*The Economist Intelligence Unit of The Economist magazine, in its 2005 rankings of MBA programs, ranks the University of Navarra's business school, IESE, as having the best MBA program in the world.
*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 so 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 undegraduate 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 taught entirely 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. | Central building of the University of Navarra |
*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, 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
*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, 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. | IESE Business School of the University of Navarra: A top business school, according to Financial Times and the Economist Intelligence Unit. |
*Rev. C. John McCloskey III, STD - Contraversial 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
*Amparo Moraleda Martínez, MBA " President of IBM Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel, and Turkey
*Dr. 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
*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*Official English language Website
*El Mundo 2006/2007 Ranking of Spain's Private Universities
*El Mundo 2006/2007 Ranking of Spain's Master Programs
*Economist Intelligence Unit's 2005 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"
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