University of Navarra

The University of Navarra (Spanish: Universidad de Navarra) is a private Catholic research university on the southeast border of Pamplona, in the Navarre region of Spain, founded in 1952 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei, and it is one of the leading private universities in Spain.纳瓦拉大学（University of Navarra，西班牙语：Universidad de Navarra）是一所私立天主教研究型大学，位于西班牙纳瓦拉地区潘普洛纳的东南边缘，1952 年由主业会创始人圣若瑟玛利亚·施礼华创办，是西班牙最负盛名的私立大学之一。

It confers 35 official degrees, 13 dual degrees and more than 38 master's programmes through 14 faculties, 2 university schools and 17 institutes, and it enrolled 12,054 students in 2023 across its several campuses.该校通过 14 个学院、2 所大学学校与 17 个研究所，开设 35 个官方学位、13 个双学位与 38 个以上硕士项目，2023 年在各校区共有 12,054 名学生。

It is placed joint 279th in the QS World University Rankings 2027, joint 275th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, 394th in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 and in the 401-500 band of the Shanghai ARWU 2026.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列第 279 位，2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名并列第 275 位，《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名第 394 位，2026 年软科世界大学学术排名位列 401-500 区间。

History

• The institution was founded as the Estudio General de Navarra on 17 October 1952 with the encouragement of Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei and later the university's Great Chancellor.该校于 1952 年 10 月 17 日在主业会创始人、后来的该校大校长施礼华的推动下，以「纳瓦拉普通学院」之名创办。
• In 1952 it began as a School of Law with 48 students and eight professors under the direction of Ismael Sánchez Bella, and that faculty remained the university's academic core in its early years.1952 年建校时，它最初为一所法学院，有 48 名学生与 8 名教授，由伊萨梅尔·桑切斯·贝利亚主持，该学院在早期一直是该校的学术核心。
• The founder described his ideal as forming learned men with a Christian understanding of life within an environment suitable for quiet reflection, and as cultivating a science rooted in its most solid principles that could be carried into professional and social life.创办人将理想描述为在适合静思的环境中培养具有基督教人生观的有学问之人，并培育扎根于最坚实原则、能带入职业与社会生活的科学。
• The Faculty of Philosophy was founded in 1955, followed by the IESE Business School in 1958, which gave the university its graduate business school.哲学院于 1955 年成立，IESE 商学院随后于 1958 年成立，成为该校的研究生商学院。
• On 6 August 1960 the Estudio General de Navarra was established as a university by the Holy See, and Escrivá was designated its Great Chancellor, giving the young institution a formal canonical standing.1960 年 8 月 6 日，纳瓦拉普通学院获教廷批准升格为大学，施礼华被任命为该校大校长，这所年轻机构从而获得正式的教会法地位。
• The university received official accreditation from the Spanish State on 8 September 1962, two years after it had been recognised by the Holy See and consolidating its legal status within the Spanish higher-education system.1962 年 9 月 8 日，即在获得教廷认可两年后，该校取得西班牙政府的正式认可，巩固了其在西班牙高等教育体系中的合法地位。
• Founded in 1952 as a corporate work of the apostolate of Opus Dei, the university remains a private Catholic institution governed in accordance with the spirit of its founder.该校 1952 年作为主业会使徒工作的团体事业而创办，至今仍是依创办人精神治理的私立天主教大学。
• It runs the Clínica Universidad de Navarra, a teaching hospital whose 2,045 qualified professionals handle more than 100,000 patients each year and which also supports teaching and research in the Faculty of Medicine.该校运营纳瓦拉大学医院，这是一所教学医院，由 2,045 名专业人员每年接诊逾 100,000 名患者，同时支持医学院的教学与研究。
• The Center for Applied Medical Research, CIMA, was created to focus on oncology, neuroscience, cardiovascular sciences and gene therapy and hepatology, bringing together researchers from medicine, biology and related fields.应用医学研究中心（CIMA）的设立旨在聚焦肿瘤学、神经科学、心血管科学以及基因治疗与肝病学，汇集来自医学、生物学及相关领域的研究人员。
• In 2026 CIMA was accredited as a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence, a distinction reserved for Spain's leading research centres and awarded after international peer review.2026 年，CIMA 获评「塞韦罗·奥乔亚卓越中心」，这一称号经国际同行评审后授予，专用于表彰西班牙顶尖的研究机构。
• In January 2015 the Museum of the University of Navarra was opened by King Felipe VI, housing a collection donated by María Josefa Huarte Beaumont.2015 年 1 月，纳瓦拉大学博物馆由西班牙国王费利佩六世揭幕，收藏玛丽亚·何塞法·胡阿尔特·博蒙特捐赠的艺术藏品。
• In 2023 the university had 12,054 students, of whom 1,758 were international, 9,207 were bachelor's students, 2,807 master's students and 1,011 doctoral students, with the international students coming from dozens of countries.2023 年该校在校生 12,054 人，其中国际学生 1,758 人、本科生 9,207 人、硕士生 2,807 人、博士生 1,011 人，国际学生来自数十个国家。
• The university has cooperation agreements with partner institutions such as the University of Washington, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Edinburgh, offering student exchanges and joint research.该校与华盛顿大学、香港大学、爱丁堡大学等机构签订合作协议，为学生交换与联合研究提供平台。
• The School of Engineering, known as Tecnun, is based in Donostia-San Sebastián, away from the main Pamplona campus, where the university's law, philosophy and medical faculties are concentrated.其工程学院名为 Tecnun，设在多诺斯蒂亚-圣塞巴斯蒂安，并不在潘普洛纳主校区，后者集中了该校的法学、哲学与医学院系。
• The ISEM Fashion Business School is located in Madrid, and IESE, founded in 1958, delivers programmes from bases in Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, New York and São Paulo, giving the university a wide geographic reach.ISEM 时尚商学院位于马德里，IESE 成立于 1958 年，以巴塞罗那、马德里、慕尼黑、纽约与圣保罗为基地开展教学，使该校的教学足迹遍及广阔区域。
• In 2019 the Times Higher Education European Teaching Rankings placed the University of Navarra third, after the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.2019 年泰晤士高等教育欧洲教学排名将纳瓦拉大学列为第三，仅次于牛津大学与剑桥大学。
• In 2026 the university was ranked first among Spanish universities in the CYD ranking, confirming its standing as a leading private institution.2026 年，该校在西班牙大学 CYD 排名中位居第一，印证了其作为领先私立大学的地位。
• The Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administración, ISSA, is one of the university's own centres for secretarial and administrative studies, preparing students for professional roles in administration and management.秘书与行政管理高等学院（ISSA）是该校自设的秘书与行政管理研究机构之一，为学生从事行政与管理职业做准备。
• The university is counted among the best private universities in Spain and holds a particularly respected position in business, economics, medicine and healthcare.该校被视为西班牙最好的私立大学之一，在商学、经济学、医学与医疗健康领域尤受推崇。
• The teaching hospital Clínica Universidad de Navarra also serves as the clinical training ground for the university's medical students, who rotate through its specialist departments.教学医院纳瓦拉大学医院同时充当该校医学生的临床训练基地，学生在各专科科室轮转学习。

Academics

• The University of Navarra is a private Catholic research university that holds a particularly respected position in business, economics, medicine and healthcare.纳瓦拉大学是一所私立天主教研究型大学，在商学、经济学、医学与医疗健康领域享有较高声誉。
• It comprises 14 faculties, 2 university schools and 17 institutes, together with its graduate business school and a range of other centres spread across its campuses.该校由 14 个学院、2 所大学学校与 17 个研究所组成，另有研究生商学院与分布于各校区的一系列其他中心。
• It offers 35 official degrees, 13 dual degrees and more than 38 master's programmes, alongside a growing number of doctoral programmes in several faculties.该校开设 35 个官方学位、13 个双学位与 38 个以上硕士项目，并在多个学院不断扩大博士项目。
• IESE, the International Graduate School of Management (Spanish: Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa), is the university's graduate business school and one of its best-known academic assets, with a long tradition of management education.IESE（英文全称 International Graduate School of Management，西班牙语 Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa）是该校的研究生商学院，也是其最知名的学术资产之一，在管理教育方面传统深厚。
• ISSA, the Superior Institute of Secretarial and Administrative Studies (Spanish: Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administración), is the university's school for secretarial and administrative studies.ISSA（英文全称 Superior Institute of Secretarial and Administrative Studies，西班牙语 Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administración）是该校的秘书与行政管理学院。
• ISEM is the university's fashion business school, based in Madrid, where it trains students for careers in fashion and luxury management.ISEM 是该校的时尚商学院，设在马德里，培养面向时尚与奢侈品管理职业的学生。
• Tecnun is the university's school of engineering, based in San Sebastián, where it teaches engineering and related applied sciences to undergraduate and postgraduate students.Tecnun 是该校的工程学院，设在圣塞巴斯蒂安，为本科生与研究生教授工程及相关应用科学。
• The School of Law was the university's first faculty, opened in 1952 with 48 students, and the Faculty of Philosophy followed in 1955, and the law faculty remains one of its flagship faculties.法学院是该校的第一个学院，1952 年开办时有 48 名学生，哲学院则于 1955 年设立，法学院至今仍是其旗舰学院之一。
• The Clínica Universidad de Navarra serves as the teaching hospital where medical students receive their clinical training.纳瓦拉大学医院作为教学医院，供医学生接受临床训练。
• The Center for Applied Medical Research, CIMA, works in oncology, neuroscience, cardiovascular sciences and gene therapy and hepatology, employing researchers from Spain and abroad.应用医学研究中心（CIMA）从事肿瘤学、神经科学、心血管科学以及基因治疗与肝病学研究，聘有来自西班牙国内外的研究人员。
• CIMA was accredited as a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence in 2026, one of the highest research distinctions in Spain.CIMA 于 2026 年获评「塞韦罗·奥乔亚卓越中心」，这是西班牙最高的科研荣誉之一。
• Its 8 centres and 17 institutes, spread across five campuses, carry out research in the sciences and the humanities, often in collaboration with the university's teaching hospital.其 8 个中心与 17 个研究所分布于五个校区，在科学与人文领域开展研究，并常与该校教学医院合作。
• In 2023 the university enrolled 12,054 students, including 9,207 bachelor's, 2,807 master's and 1,011 doctoral students, with 1,758 students coming from outside Spain.2023 年该校共有 12,054 名学生，其中本科生 9,207 人、硕士生 2,807 人、博士生 1,011 人，并有 1,758 名学生来自西班牙以外。
• The university maintains exchange agreements with institutions including the University of Washington, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Edinburgh, supporting outward and inward student mobility.该校与华盛顿大学、香港大学、爱丁堡大学等机构保持交换合作协议，支持学生双向流动。
• The Institute of Society and Culture is one of the university's research institutes, working on questions at the intersection of society and culture.社会与文化研究所是该校的研究机构之一，研究社会与文化的交汇议题。
• Across its faculties the university teaches law, philosophy, medicine, economics, business, communication and engineering, among other fields of study.该校各学院开设法学、哲学、医学、经济学、商学、传播学与工程学等学科。

Campus

• Most of the university's facilities and centres are located in Pamplona, on the southeast border of Navarre, and the city is the historic capital of the old Kingdom of Navarre.该校大部分设施与中心位于纳瓦拉东南边缘的潘普洛纳，该市是旧纳瓦拉王国的历史首府。
• The university has six campuses, namely Pamplona-Iruña, Donostia-San Sebastián, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich and New York City, spread over two continents.该校设有六个校区，即潘普洛纳-伊鲁尼亚、多诺斯蒂亚-圣塞巴斯蒂安、马德里、巴塞罗那、慕尼黑与纽约市，横跨两大洲。
• The IESE Business School operates from Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, New York and São Paulo, giving the university a global teaching footprint.IESE 商学院在巴塞罗那、马德里、慕尼黑、纽约与圣保罗开展办学，使该校的教学足迹遍及全球。
• The School of Engineering, Tecnun, is based in Donostia-San Sebastián, and the ISEM Fashion Business School is located in Madrid.工程学院 Tecnun 设在多诺斯蒂亚-圣塞巴斯蒂安，ISEM 时尚商学院则位于马德里。
• The Museum of the University of Navarra, opened in January 2015 by King Felipe VI, houses the María Josefa Huarte Beaumont collection and is a cultural landmark of Pamplona.纳瓦拉大学博物馆于 2015 年 1 月由国王费利佩六世揭幕，收藏玛丽亚·何塞法·胡阿尔特·博蒙特的艺术藏品，是潘普洛纳的文化地标。
• The collection is regarded as one of the greatest collections of contemporary art in Spain and includes works by Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky.该藏品被视为西班牙最重要的当代艺术收藏之一，其中包括巴勃罗·毕加索与瓦西里·康定斯基的作品。
• The museum project was designed by the architect Rafael Moneo, a Pritzker Prize laureate known for major cultural buildings in Spain and abroad.博物馆项目由建筑师、普利兹克奖得主拉斐尔·莫内奥设计，他因西班牙及海外的众多重要文化建筑而闻名。
• The Clínica Universidad de Navarra and the Center for Applied Medical Research, CIMA, form the university's medical campus in Pamplona.纳瓦拉大学医院与应用医学研究中心（CIMA）构成该校在潘普洛纳的医学园区。
• The university's first faculty, the School of Law, opened in 1952 with 48 students, marking the beginning of its academic centre in Pamplona.该校的第一个学院法学院于 1952 年开办、有 48 名学生，标志着其潘普洛纳学术中心的起点。
• The Pamplona campus lies close to the historic centre of the city, so most faculties and student facilities sit within and around the Navarre capital.潘普洛纳校区紧邻城市历史中心，因此多数学院与学生设施都坐落在纳瓦拉首府之内及其周边。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Navarra is placed joint 279th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，纳瓦拉大学位列世界并列第 279 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places it joint 275th in the world.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列为世界并列第 275 位。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 ranks it 394th in the world, and it has consistently appeared among the top Spanish universities in global rankings.《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 最佳全球大学排名将其列为世界第 394 位，它长期跻身全球排名中的顶尖西班牙高校之列。
• In the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 it appears in the 401-500 band.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，其位列 401-500 区间。
• In 2026 the university was ranked first among Spanish universities in the CYD ranking, ahead of other leading Spanish institutions.2026 年，该校在西班牙大学 CYD 排名中位居第一，领先于其他西班牙知名院校。
• In the Times Higher Education European Teaching Rankings of 2019 it was placed third in Europe, following the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, a result reflecting the quality of its teaching.在 2019 年泰晤士高等教育欧洲教学排名中，其位列欧洲第三，紧随牛津大学与剑桥大学之后，这一结果体现了其教学质量。
• The university is among the best private universities in Spain and is particularly respected in business, economics, medicine and healthcare.该校是西班牙最好的私立大学之一，在商学、经济学、医学与医疗健康领域尤受推崇。
• The OpenAlex database credits the university with 48,903 works and 3,403,669 citations, a substantial research output for a private institution of its size, with its medical and biological research especially well cited.OpenAlex 数据库收录该校 48,903 篇成果与 3,403,669 次引用，对于这样规模的私立大学而言科研产出相当可观，其医学与生物学研究尤受引用。
• The Center for Applied Medical Research, CIMA, was accredited as a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence in 2026, recognising it among Spain's leading biomedical research centres.应用医学研究中心（CIMA）于 2026 年获评「塞韦罗·奥乔亚卓越中心」，标志着其跻身西班牙领先的生物医学研究中心之列。
• The teaching hospital Clínica Universidad de Navarra employs 2,045 qualified professionals who handle more than 100,000 patients each year.教学医院纳瓦拉大学医院聘用 2,045 名专业人员，每年接诊逾 100,000 名患者。
• Its IESE business school is one of the university's best-known academic assets and draws students from across Europe and Latin America.其 IESE 商学院是该校最知名的学术资产之一，吸引来自欧洲与拉丁美洲的学生。
• The university confers 35 official degrees, 13 dual degrees and more than 38 master's programmes, sustaining a broad academic profile.该校开设 35 个官方学位、13 个双学位与 38 个以上硕士项目，维持着广泛的学术格局。

Student life

• The university is a corporate work of the apostolate of Opus Dei and offers a Christian understanding of life as part of its formation of students.该校是主业会使徒工作的团体事业，在对学生的培养中融入基督教人生观。
• The founder Josemaría Escrivá wanted the university to form learned individuals and to cultivate a science rooted in its most solid principles, an ideal that still shapes campus life.创办人施礼华希望该校培养有学问的人，并培育扎根于最坚实原则的科学，这一理想至今仍塑造着校园生活。
• In 2023 the student body of 12,054 included 1,758 international students, giving the campus a distinctly international character.2023 年该校 12,054 名学生中包含 1,758 名国际学生，使校园具有鲜明的国际化特色。
• Exchange agreements with the University of Washington, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Edinburgh allow students to spend part of their studies abroad.与华盛顿大学、香港大学、爱丁堡大学的交换协议让学生能赴海外进行部分学业。
• The Museum of the University of Navarra, opened in 2015, adds an artistic and cultural dimension to campus life in Pamplona.2015 年揭幕的纳瓦拉大学博物馆为潘普洛纳的校园生活增添了艺术与文化维度。
• Medical students train at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra, where more than 100,000 patients are treated each year.医学生在纳瓦拉大学医院接受训练，该院每年接诊逾 100,000 名患者。
• The six campuses in Pamplona, San Sebastián, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich and New York support student mobility across Europe and the Americas.位于潘普洛纳、圣塞巴斯蒂安、马德里、巴塞罗那、慕尼黑与纽约的六个校区支持学生在欧洲与美洲之间的流动学习。
• Founded in Pamplona in 1952, the university has grown into a community of more than 12,000 students spread across its campuses and centres.该校 1952 年在潘普洛纳创办，如今已发展为分布于各校区与中心、逾 12,000 名学生的社群。
• The university has no widely used formal motto, and its identity is expressed through the founder's ideal of Christian formation and its Catholic character.该校没有广泛使用的正式校训，其身份认同通过创办人关于基督教培养的理想及其天主教特质来表达。

Notable people

• Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei, founded the university in 1952 and was designated its Great Chancellor in 1960.主业会创始人圣若瑟玛利亚·施礼华于 1952 年创办该校，并于 1960 年被任命为该校大校长。
• Ismael Sánchez Bella was the first director of the School of Law, the university's founding faculty, in 1952.伊萨梅尔·桑切斯·贝利亚于 1952 年出任该校创办学院法学院的首任院长。
• Pedro Sánchez, the current Prime Minister of Spain, studied at the University of Navarra before entering Spanish political life.西班牙现任首相佩德罗·桑切斯在步入西班牙政坛前曾就读于纳瓦拉大学。
• Arancha González, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, is an alumna of the university.前西班牙外交大臣阿兰查·冈萨雷斯是该校校友。
• Pedro Morenés, a former Spanish Minister of Defense and a former ambassador of Spain to the United States, studied at the university.前西班牙国防大臣、前西班牙驻美国大使佩德罗·莫雷内斯曾在该校就读。
• Juan Antonio Samaranch, 1st Marquess of Samaranch and former President of the International Olympic Committee, studied at the university.首任萨马兰奇侯爵、前国际奥林匹克委员会主席胡安·安东尼奥·萨马兰奇曾在该校就读。
• José Horacio Gómez, the Archbishop of Los Angeles, is an alumnus of the university.洛杉矶大主教何塞·奥拉西奥·戈麦斯是该校校友。
• María Elósegui, a Spanish judge at the European Court of Human Rights, is an alumna of the university.欧洲人权法院西班牙籍法官玛丽亚·埃洛塞吉是该校校友。
• Álex Pina, the Spanish director and producer known for the television series La Casa de Papel, studied at the university.以电视剧《纸钞屋》闻名的西班牙导演兼制片人亚历克斯·皮纳曾在该校就读。
• Marek Kamiński, the Polish polar explorer who reached both the North and South Poles, studied at the university.曾徒步抵达南北两极的波兰极地探险家马雷克·卡明斯基曾在该校就读。
• Iñaki Peralta, chief executive of Sanitas and of Bupa Europe and Latin America, graduated from the university before joining the healthcare sector.Sanitas 及 Bupa 欧洲与拉美区首席执行官伊尼亚基·佩拉尔塔自该校毕业后进入医疗健康行业。
• Daniel Hadad, an Argentine businessman and media owner, studied at the university.阿根廷商人兼传媒业主丹尼尔·哈达德曾在该校就读。
• Alessandra de Osma, the wife of Prince Christian of Hanover and a prominent figure in Spanish social life, is an alumna of the university.汉诺威克里斯蒂安王子之妻、西班牙社交生活中的知名人物亚历山德拉·德·奥斯马是该校校友。
• Nerea Irigoyen, a virologist, and Celine Tendobi, a Congolese doctor of obstetrics and gynaecology, are named among the university's alumni.病毒学家内雷亚·伊里戈延与刚果妇产科医生塞琳·滕多比都被列为该校校友。
• Paola Binetti, an Italian politician, psychologist and academic, and António Pires de Limas, a former Portuguese Minister of the Economy, studied at the university.意大利政治家、心理学家兼学者葆拉·比内蒂，以及葡萄牙前经济部长安东尼奥·皮雷斯·德·利马斯均曾在该校就读。