Universidad Villanueva is a

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located in

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(

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), affiliated to the Catholic organization Opus Dei. It is the smallest university in Madrid by number of bachelor's students. It started teaching in the year 2020, although its history as an institution can be traced back to 1977.

History

In 1997 the Centro Universitario Villanueva was established, also attached to the Complutense University of Madrid, with a Law Degree. That same year, an agreement was reached for the incorporation of the studies of the Escuela de Magisterio de Fomento. From 1998 to 2015, Villanueva University incorporated the studies of Psychopedagogy (1998),

Journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...

(2000).

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and

Public Relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. Pu ...

(2000), Film Studies (2001),

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and

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(2014) and Psychology (2015). At that time, Master's degrees were approved, such as Access to the Legal Profession, Master's Degree in Teachers, General Health Psychology; Early Attention, Psychopedagogy and Communication of Organizations. After 23 years of experience as a university center attached to the Complutense University of Madrid, the Decree of the Governing Council of the

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was published on July 8, 2020, together with Law 5/2019 of March 20, 2019 , 3 4 its recognition as a private university, guaranteeing the solvency and maturity of the Villanueva University project, allowing it to begin its activity in the academic year 2020-2021.

Schools and colleges

The university has two colleges.

College of Social and Legal Sciences

Bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

s: Degree in Business Administration and Management, Degree in Law, Degree in Early Childhood Education Teacher, Degree in Master in Primary Education, Degree in Audiovisual Communication, Degree in Journalism, Degree in Advertising and Public Relations. *

Double degree Joint degrees are academic qualifications awarded through integrated curricula often jointly coordinated and delivered by multiple higher education institutions, sometimes across different countries. Graduates may receive a single qualification ...

s: Double degree in Business Administration and Management and Law, Double degree in Early Childhood and Primary Education Teacher, Double degree in Primary Education and Psychology Teacher. * Postgraduate degrees: Master in Sports Journalism (face-to-face, online and semi-face-to-face), Master's Degree in Access to the Lawyer Profession, Master's Degree in Digital Advocacy, Entrepreneurship and Technology, Master's Degree in Teacher Training, Master's Degree in Management of Educational Centers.

College of Health Sciences

s: Psychology. * Postgraduate degrees: Master's Degree in Early Care, Master's Degree in Educational Psychology, Master's Degree in General Health Psychology.

Campus

Its campus is made up of two buildings on the Costa Brava Street in the Mirasierra neighborhood, in the Fuencarral-El Pardo district of

References

External links

Official Website
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