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Education and research
A comprehensive system
Public University of Navarre.
Navarre’s education system is comprehensive and has been adapted to the needs of schooling demands. It ranges from infant schools to post-graduate courses in higher education, including all stages of compulsory and secondary education, without forgetting special needs, language schools, the teaching of music, arts and social training schemes.
The results for education in Navarre exceed the Spanish average and are steadily gaining ground on the parameters for the more advanced countries in the European Union.
In non-university education, a sphere of competence that is the sole concern of the Government of Navarre, the population under the age of eighteen receives schooling at both public and private centres, depending on the parents’ choice. Private education is subsidised by the Regional Administration at each and every level, through formal agreements. The educational system also includes teaching in and of Basque, the original language of Navarre.
The creation of the Public University of Navarre has completed the offer in higher education, which up until now focused on the University of Navarre, under the management of the Opus Dei. The latter’s prestige has extended beyond the regional boundaries, and even outside the country itself; noteworthy in this sense is the work of the Faculty of Medicine and the Hospital of the University of Navarre.
The Public University of Navarre, under the administration of the public institutions, has in a few years acquired a highly significant student and staff base, and has opted for a groundbreaking structure, being divided into departments. This section should not fail to mention the now consolidated existence of the centres in Pamplona and Tudela of Spain’s Open University, the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. There are over 28,000 registered students at Navarre’s three universities.
Research
In addition to that undertaken by Navarre’s universities, research is also pursued by public and private bodies, such as the Centro Láser de Navarra, Centro de Electrónica y Automática, Centro de Ensayos y Metrología (Testing & Metrology), managed by the Public Company, Cetenasa; the Instituto Científico y Tecnológico (Science & Technology), attached to the University of Navarre; Technical Institutes for Agricultural and Livestock Management, the Estación de Viticultura y Enología (Vine-groving and Enology), the Laboratorio Agrícola, the Asociación de la Industria Navarra and the Laboratorio del Ebro.
Furthermore, under the auspices of the technological schemes fostered by the Government of Navarre, there are projects either underway or at the project stage, such as the Centro Navarro de Automoción (Automotion), the Centro Nacional de Energías Renovables (Renewable Energies), the Ciudad de la Innovación (City of Innovation), the Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Recursos Naturales (Agrobiotechnology and Natural Resources) or the Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (Applied Medical Research), amongst others.