The high school of Journalism (today School of Communications) was born in 1958. 19 men and 5 women, from 12 countries, formed the first graduating class. Classes were held at the Chamber of Deputies. In 1962 the Ministry of Information officially recognized its programs of study.

In 1960, "essay" was born, an internship newspaper of the Estudio General de Navarra. Students of high school of Journalism formed editorial staffs that took turns to edit each issue. It was printed fortnightly in the workshops of "Diario de Navarra".

In 1963, the Journalism students moved from the Chamber of Deputies to Central Building, still under construction. The basement housed the Office of the Dean of the School until the Sciences Building Social was built in 1996.

In the summer of 1964, the radio studio of the then high school of Journalism was set up in two rooms next to classroom 38 at Central Building. The technical equipment was fully professional, even advanced for its time.

In 1971 the high school of Journalism became School. It was also when the "Director" sign on the door of Alfonso Nieto's office was replaced by another that read "Dean".

In the 1960s, the Journalism high school already had cameras for classes and practices. But it was in 1972 when the first television studio of the School began to operate in the "Journalism tower", above the radio programs of study , in the Central.

The School, under the sponsorship of the German foundation Aktion Adveniat from financial aid to development, launched the Program for Latin American Graduates (PGLA) in 1972. Up to 1980, 400 professionals from 13 American countries attended the program.

In 1977 the School created the department of business Informative and Information Structure, aimed at bringing together all the teaching and research on the economic and structural aspects related to the media.

thesis On March 10, 1979, for the first time in Spain, a doctoral defense of a doctoral thesis in Communication took place. Its author was Ángel Faus, professor of Technology at School, who defended the thesis 'La tecnología en la información televisiva'.

In November 1986, the first International conference of Information Sciences was held at School , bringing together more than a hundred participants.

In 2002 they changed their name to congress International Communication Sciences (CICOM).

In 1987, seminar de Información Económica was born. Its creation was proposed to School by Juan Pablo Villanueva, Eduardo Ferreira and Luis Infante, who were responsible for the recently launched newspaper "Expansión". Around 300 students have passed through its classrooms.

In March 1987, School hosted the I International seminar on Press, design and Computer Graphics, embryo of what would become the Spanish Chapter of the 'Society for News Design'; and the fuse that ignited the visual revolution of newspapers in Spain.

Communication & Society, the scientific journal of School, was launched in 1988. It is a not-for-profit, biannual publication whose purpose has always been to serve as a forum for dialogue between researchers and experts in communication from all over the world.

The use of audiovisual technology gave rise in 1988 to the department of Culture and Audiovisual Communication (DCCA) of the School, with a view to the implementation of a future licentiate degree.

In 1989 Euroview, the film and television production company of School, was born as a small production studio at Central, in the "technological" area of the building, next to the radio and television studio. It was the initiative of Juan José García Noblejas.

In 1990, in some offices of the old Main Library Building, today Ismael Sánchez Bella building, was housed the department of Public Communication of the School, as we know it today, under the direction of Esteban López-Escobar.

In 1992, a magical year for Spanish sport, the School launched the specialist program in Sports Journalism.

In addition, after a agreement with IBM, the School created the official newspaper of the Barcelona Olympic Games.

programs of study In 1992, two new programs were launched at School in addition to the Journalism program: Audiovisual Communication and advertising and Public Relations. The three degrees had two common years and two years of specialization.

In the academic year 92/93, the department of Language and Documentation, born in the 80s, adopted the name of department de average Projectsnow department of Journalism, to bring together the teaching and research of journalistic messages in the press.

In 1993 the School hosted, for the first time, the 'Malofiej' awards recognizing excellence in print and online infographics in media worldwide. It has also contributed to the exploration of new narrative forms in the press in many countries.

In 1995, coinciding with the first steps of the digital press, the School launched the laboratory Multimedia Communication (MMLab), which that same year promoted the first subject on online journalism offered by a Spanish university.

In 1996, the current Communication building was inaugurated, a "habitable sculpture" in the words of its architect, Ignacio Vicens, "in which the color is provided by the students".

Until then, the School had been at Central Building.

In 1996 "Radio Universidad de Navarra" was founded, which in 1999 began its FM broadcasts. On September 29th , test began broadcasting. On October 6, at an event at School, the station was officially presented.

goal The Kino ("film" in German) Awards were established in 1996 by department for Culture and Audiovisual Communication to recognize the creative, artistic and technical achievements of students.

The School of Communication created in 1997 the award Brajnovic, which is awarded to those communicators who have stood out for a professional career marked by the defense of freedom, human values and the dignity of people.

The award honors the figure and career of Mr. Luka Brajnovic, professor of more than thirty generations of journalists at the University and author of the first guide of Information Deontology in Spanish.

In November 2000, "Perspectivas del mundo de la comunicación" was born, a bimonthly publication of the School, whose goal was to offer alumni a quality periodical service for professional reflection and update .

In 2001, the Master's Degree in management of Communication Companies was launched and in 2004, in cooperation with George Washington University, the Master's Degree in Political and Corporate Communication began to be offered.

In 2010, the School launched the Master's Degree in Audiovisual Screenwriting (no longer offered).

The professor offer of postgraduate program of the School was completed in 2018 with the Master's Degree in Corporate Reputation, which has been taught since its first edition at campus in Madrid.

In 2002, School began to offer the possibility of double degrees Degrees together with Philosophy and Letters. In 2008, the first graduating classes of these double degrees were graduated.

In 2004 "Nuestro Tiempo", closely linked to the School since its beginnings, published its issue 600 and celebrated its 50th anniversary.

The first issue of the magazine, created by Antonio Fontán, had been published in July 1954.

The Center for Internet Studies and Digital Life (@digitalunav) was founded in 2013 with the mission statement to promote the research impact of digital activity on communication. Since then, it has hosted numerous 'fellow students' for research in the field of society and Digital Communication.

Since 2014, as a result of a agreement with the Reuters Institute of the University of Oxford, the School carries out every year the Digital News Report Spain, a report on the evolution of digital information consumption in our country.

In 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the first graduating class of Degree in Marketing, which had taken the baton from advertising and Public Relations four years earlier, graduated.