The Centre and the University

The University of Navarra is a university of Christian inspiration, promoted in 1952 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, founder of Opus Dei. trainingIts aims are: mission statementto seek and transmit the truth; to contribute to the academic, cultural and personal development of its students; promotethe researchscientific and welfare activities; to offer adequate possibilities of developmentto its professors and employees; and to carry out a wide range of cultural extension and social promotion activities, with a clear purpose of service.

According to the Times Higher Education, the University of Navarra is one of the three best universities in Europe at teaching along with Oxford and Cambridge. It also occupies very high positions in the international employability rankings.

The IESE Business School is the University's business school. Founded in 1958, it launched the first two-year MBA programme in Europe in Barcelona. It also has campus in Madrid, Munich, New York and Sao Paulo.

In 1962, the University created the Clínica Universidad de NavarraThe University of Navarra, an academic hospital with branches in Pamplona and Madrid. It specialises in researchand attendancein highly complex diseases. It has been distinguished on numerous occasions as the private hospital with the best reputation in Spain.

In 2015 the Museum of the University of Navarra which aims to promote art, the researchand the teachingof artistic expressions, as well as to promote the artistic and cultural knowledge disseminationof the University and its surroundings.

Like other research universities, it also has several research centres in applied medicine, technology, big data, biodiversity, social sciences and Humanities.