Public University of Navarre
The Public University of Navarre (Basque: Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa; Spanish: Universidad Pública de Navarra), also known by its acronym UPNA or NUP, is a public university created in 1987 by the government of the Spanish autonomous region of Navarre (Spanish: Navarra, Basque: Nafarroa).[2] It has three campuses located in Pamplona and Tudela.[3] Its activity began in 1989.[4]
Not to be confused with University of Navarra.Type
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The main campus is located in Pamplona, at the outskirts of the city, near the CA Osasuna's El Sadar Stadium, and a new campus was opened in Tudela, a city in southern Navarre, for the 2008-09 academic year.[5] The Health Sciences building (Spanish: Ciencias de la Salud) was placed off-campus near the two biggest hospitals of the city.
Currently there are about 10,000 students taking twenty-five different degrees, the most popular of which are Business Administration and several different engineering degrees.
There are also many foreign students taking part of Erasmus programme, International Student Exchange Programs, Virrey Palafox, or other exchange programs.
Research centers[edit]
The university also has specific infrastructures for research activity, such as the Agrobiotechnology Institute (IdAB) and the Jerónimo de Ayanz Electronics and Telecommunications R&D Center, located on the Arrosadia Campus.
In December 2014, two research institutes on smart cities and advanced materials, called the SmartCities Research Institute (ISC)[14] and the Institute of Advanced Materials and Mathematics (INAMAT2),[15] were created with the aim of contributing to these fields and gaining international projection.
In 2016, the Institute for Innovation & Sustainable Development in Food Chain (IS-FOOD)[16] and the Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics (INARBE)[17] were created, and in November 2017 the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology (IMAB)[18] and the Institute for Advanced Social Research (I-COMMUNITAS)[19] were also founded.[20][21]
Connections with public transport[edit]
The Pamplona City Transport lines available to reach the Public University of Navarra are L1, L6 and L9. There are also L11 bus stops very close.
The Tudela Urban Transport lines available to travel to the UPNA campus in Tudela are line 2 and line 3.