On April 23, 1967, the then Chancellor, Josemaría Escrivá, established the University's Center for Ecclesiastical Sciences, integrated by the high school Theology, created three years earlier. Thus was born the future School of Theology.

Classes at the high school of Theology began on October 16, 1967, with 30 students, half lay and half priests. The classes were held in premises provided by the Cathedral Chapter of Pamplona, with entrance through the Puerta Preciosa of the Cloister.

In 1968 the teaching high school of Church History began, with José Orlandis as director, Gonzalo Redondo as Deputy Director, and Primitivo Tineo, as secretary (from 1970).

On 1 November 1969 the Congregation for Catholic Education (with the express approval of Paul VI) erected the School of Theology from high school.

The board Directive of the new School was constituted by: José María Casciaro, Dean; Ramón García de Haro, Associate Dean; Lucas F. Mateo Seco, director de programs of study; Amador García Bañón, secretary.

In 1969 the first volume appeared in two issues of the journal Scripta Theologica. Its first director was Alfredo García Suárez, and José Morales, the first secretary. The headquarters of the journal was at campus, at Library Services of Humanities.

The image corresponds to the presentation before the media of the launching of the journal.

In the 1969/70 academic year, the first students enrolled, all of them already in possession of a higher university degree degree scroll : Mercedes Otero (in the picture), Isabel María Sánchez and María de la Capilla Caracuel, who graduated in Theology in 1971. The first two received their doctorates in 1973.

In 1976, the School had to leave the facilities in the cloister of the metropolitan cathedral, which had become too small for the growing number of students, issue . During the 1975-1976 academic year, work began on the construction of a new building at the university campus at that time.

The 1976-1977 academic year began in the new building designed by the architect Joan Rius, which became a reality thanks to the generous financing of the Aristrain Foundation.

The first International Theology Symposium of the University of Navarra was held in Pamplona from 18 to 20 April under the slogan "Ethics and Theology in the face of the contemporary crisis". The symposium, of an interdisciplinary nature, was attended as speakers by Spanish, Belgian, Italian and German theologians, philosophers and jurists.

In 1981, the institutional first cycle of the School of Theology (Degree) begins. Up to that time, only licentiate degree (Master's) courses were offered.

In 1985 the Roman section of the School of Theology began and lasted until 1990, when it was disbanded (with the exception of the School of Canon Law) with the establishment of the Ateneo Romano de la Santa Croce.

group On 20 June 1990, a group of researchers from the University's School of Theology, led by Professor Pedro Rodríguez, handed over to Pope John Paul II the critical edition of the Roman Catechism, on which they had been working since Pedro Rodríguez discovered the original manuscript at the Vatican's Library Services in 1985.

In 1992 the first issue of the yearbook of Church History was published, which gathers the results of original research, by national and international authors, in ecclesiastical, religious, theological and artistic history.

In 1994 the School began publishing the Collection of Theology Manuals.

In 1997 the high school Superior of Religious Sciences (ISCR) was born. It grants the degrees of high school program (3 years) and graduate (2 years) and the Degree in Religious Sciences, in addition to several programs of training 'online'.

A special moment in the history of the School was the awarding, in 1998, of the doctorate honoris causa to Joseph Ratzinger, the future Benedict XVI. The then Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, spent four days at campus.

In 1999, a new module was added to School of Ecclesiastical Studies, when the School of Canon Law was moved there and the ecclesiastical School of Philosophy was created. The expansion, of about 1,800 m2 , provided two floors for classrooms and offices.

In 2004 the publishing house EUNSA, School , completed the publication of the Holy Bible that St. Josemaría had promoted in 1972. It consists of 5 volumes and more than 6,600 pages in total. Since then, it has been translated into English, Portuguese, Italian and French.

In 2008, Professor Lucas F. Mateo Seco, one of the pioneers of School, received the University's Gold Medal.

In 2016 the School converted the 5 volumes of the Holy Bible from the University of Navarra into an e-book. The digital edition, which offers for the first time a Latin American version, includes 38,700 internal links for easy navigation.

The School celebrated its half-century of history in 2017. The commemorative events, which were attended by more than 300 people, began with a Eucharist concelebrated by more than 150 priests, including fifteen bishops from six countries.

The journal Scripta Theologica is ranked in 2019 among the highest impact journals worldwide according to Scimago Journal Rank (SJR). It ranked issue one in Spain and 107th in the world of the scientific journals of programs of study on religion.

The University of Navarra is ranked 35th in the world in the QS Ranking area for 'Theology and programs of study on Religion'. It stands out for the volume and impact of its research both nationally and internationally.