The University's new plan is articulated around three axes: Education transformative, research impact and multidisciplinarity

Sustainabledevelopment and care for people and the environment will be the focus of the projects that the University of Navarra will carry out in the coming years. The President, Alfonso Sánchez-Tabernero, presented to the university community the "Strategy 2025" of the academic center, whose goal is "to contribute to the resolution of the challenges that society poses through its work researcher , professor and care, at partnership with other people and institutions," he said.

Under the slogan "University and sustainability", this roadmap will give continuity to project Horizon 2020, a plan launched in 2015 and which took the form of 21 initiatives to improve the teaching, the international outreach and the social responsibility of the University.

Sustainability, in its triple dimension -environmental, economic and social-, becomes the transversal purpose during this new five-year period (2020-2025) and the projects it gives rise to will be aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals development .

With this framework, Strategy 2025 is divided into three axes, as explained by President: Education transforming, research impact and focus, and interdisciplinary university. In this last point, the Science Museum will be promoted in order to strengthen its activity at the service of science, society and the environment with a new headquarters for its activities.

Training experience, with new programs and funding measures

In the first axis, the teaching transforming, the goal is to empower students to have a deep formative experience. "Along with professional and scientific knowledge, it is considered a priority that they develop qualities that make them responsible citizens, critical spirit and international perspective, able to understand their work as a service to others and to society," stressed the President.

To this end, new measures will be implemented to finance programs of study and programs to attract and training academic talent. Teaching initiatives such as integratedcurriculum , service-learning and mentoring will also be promoted. mentoring. Finally, the University aims to renew its offer professor and training for alumni and other professionals, and will implement a program of life long learning for different sectors in which the University is active professor and research.

Focused and impactful research

Secondly, in this new stage the University of Navarra wants to advance in an impactful and focusedresearch . "We have increased our scientific production in the last two decades. The launching of new centers research, the development of the degree program professional researcher and the increase in the capacity to attract funding have been key," stressed the President. The University of Navarra's Strategy 2025 aims, while maintaining all the lines that make up its thematic map of research, to make a special commitment to a research focused on caring for people and the environment.

The University of Navarra will promote research in personalized medicine, with special attention to oncological diseases, rare diseases and end-of-life care. It will also promote the study of bioethical aspects related to the healthcare and research experience and will emphasize sustainability, in its triple dimension: environmental, social and economic.

Interdisciplinary projects

The third axis of the Strategy is to promote the existence of an interdisciplinary University. According to Professor Sánchez-Tabernero, "the University's own culture of dialogue and partnership make it possible to advance projects enriched by the contribution of different areas and approaches," he explained. The goal is to achieve the integration of teaching, research and attendance in health care initiatives; and a greater partnership between Schools and centers to promote interdisciplinary projects.

In this section, the Science Museum, which will have a new headquarters, stands out. This center has a triple mission statement: professor This center has a triple purpose: research and scientific communication, with the participation of students, professors and researchers from very diverse areas of knowledge, united by a common interest in nature.

"Having a plan financial aid us to establish priorities and join forces," stressed the President. Strategy 2025 is the result of the analysis of groups of work, as well as suggestions received by the university community during the past academic year. "I want to continue to ask employees, students, alumni and Friends of the University for their support so that it can be implemented and help us take relevant steps in the coming years," concluded President.

Balance of project Horizon 2020

Also speaking at the event was Vice President María Iraburu, who presented the results of project Horizon 2020. "Thanks to everyone's involvement, a high Degree of compliance with the projects we set out in 2015 has been achieved. With this positive experience, we are now tackling new projects until 2025," said Vice President.     

Among the results of these five years of work, we can highlight those of teaching, which materialized in the launch of 10 Degrees and 11 master's degrees, the inauguration of the headquarters of postgraduate program in Madrid and the promotion of the Science Museum. In addition, the innovativeteaching was strengthened through the collaborative work , new methodologies, a service-focused teaching and online learning.

Moreover, the University joined IdiSNA and obtained the Green Flag, among other achievements related to social and environmental responsibility. Also, in this period the international outreach of its student body grew by almost 8%: from 19.9%, in 2015, to 27.8% in 2020; and the University was the third in teaching in Europe, according to the Times Higher Education ranking, only behind Cambridge and Oxford.

PROJECT HORIZON 2020, IN FIGURES:

teaching:

• Ten new Degrees and eleven masters

• New headquarters of postgraduate program in Madrid where 23 programs will be offered.

• teaching Innovative: 16 Integrated Learning projects and 32 subjects with the Service Learning label.

• Creation of the Institute Core Curriculum, with 157 subjects

• Strengthening online learning: 1,889 subjects and 24,640 non-face-to-face hours during the first months of the pandemic.

• 500 activities for the training continuous of alumni

• issue 1 in Spain in the QS Employability Rankings

• Creation of an 8.5 million euro fund for entrepreneurial projects

• More than 200 entrepreneurship projects

international outreach:

• Evolution of student body international from 19.9% in 2015 to 27.8% in 2020

• 13 Degrees bilingual programs implemented and 7 master's degrees taught in English

• issue 3 on teaching in Europe according to the Times Higher Education ranking, after Cambridge and Oxford.

• issue 1 in Spain in teaching and Learning according to the CYD Foundation ranking.

UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBILITY:

• 23 million for research projects in the 2019/20 academic year, thanks to the contribution of more than 10,700 individuals and companies.

• Between 2015 and 2020, 503 students have taken part in 25 international cooperation programs in 18 countries

• 106 people with disabilities have completed internships at the University since 2015

• 94th most sustainable university in the world, according to the IU GreenMeetric ranking.

• First Spanish university to be awarded the certificate Green Flag

• In 2018, the Science Museum, with 25 million specimens of more than 10,000 species of animals, is boosted.