Alfonso X el Sabio University (''Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio'' in

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, ''UAX'') is a

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in the

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, Spain. The number of enrolled students amounts to 8,500 The UAX offers its students the option of carrying out a university exchange in one of more than 150 universities. UAX's academic programs operate on a semester calendar beginning in late September and ending in June. In March 2019,

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invested in UAX with a five-year plan to grow the institution locally and internationally The deal was valued at €1.1 billion, according to Acuris.

History

Founded in 1992, it was the first private Spanish university authorised by the country's parliament in 1993. Jesús Núñez created UAX after reaching an agreement with the Town Hall of

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, which granted him the right to use 1 million m2 of land for 75 years on which to build the campus. In 2019, UAX announced its partnership with the investment advisory firm

to build a new international leader in the higher education sector. The five-year plan includes both organic and inorganic growth. Organic growth will be driven by expanding the current offering, growing the number of online students and strengthening its professional training.

will become an indirect shareholder of UAX, providing the required financial resources for the business, while current shareholders will remain invested.

Accreditation

UAX is fully adapted to the

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and the professional skills are recognised in all EU member states. Every year, it also welcomes a rapidly growing number of international students with programs like European's Erasmus Programme,

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and

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Residence life

Residents on campus live in one of three buildings which look out on to the Guadarrama Mountain Range. Roughly 1,000 students live on campus during the academic year.

Notable people

Alumni include

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Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu Bianca Odinakachukwu Olivia Odumegwu-Ojukwu (, born 5 August 1968) is a Nigerian politician, diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman. She is the widow of former Biafra president Chukuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu is a multiple in ...

, Maria Rubert. UAX's faculty includes scholars such as violinist

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, pianist

Piotr Paleczny Piotr Paleczny (born 10 May 1946 in Rybnik, Poland) is a Polish classical pianist, winner of the 3rd prize of the VIII International Chopin Piano Competition in 1970. In 1990 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Pia ...

, composer

Alfonso Maribona Alfonso Maribona is an orchestra conductor, pianist, composer and arranger. Maribona was born in Bilbao, and finished his piano and chamber music qualifications at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid, at the same t ...

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Kennedy Moretti Kennedy Moretti (born 1966) is a Brazilian pianist and music professor. Biography Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Kennedy Moretti studied piano at the São Paulo University and later at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (Budapest, Hungary) and in ...

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, Yehuda Gilad, chairman of

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Borja Prado

References

External Links

Official page of Alfonso X El Sabio University

Official page of Alfonso X El Sabio University Online
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