• Two teams of students at Comillas receive awards at the 7th edition of the "Concilia" National University Awards

The award-winning projects, Netoffice and FlashMindS, combine conciliation and equality

• A Comillas alumni, new judge in the Rota Court

Antonio José Die López is doctor by the Faculty of Canon Law

• Catholic Schools holds its Third National Conference on Quality at Comillas

The institutions belonging to this organization reflected on the keys to achieving success through people

• A professor from Comillas ICADE, new General Manager of Family and Childhood Services at the Ministry of Health

Salomé Adroher had taught International Private Law and was the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law (ICADE)

• Comillas reaches the record figure of 214 tenured Professors and Researchers, the highest level

The Rector pointed out that, during his years in office, 91 new tenured professors have joined the staff and 70 promotions have been approved

• Vicente Gutiérrez is awarded the "Premio Confiabilidad" from the AEC for his end-of-studies final project

He proposes the carrying out of a diagnostic analysis of wind turbines for a wind farm in real time to optimize maintenance

• The Boston Consulting Group presents a book on the five decades of ICADE, with a view to the future

For those in charge at the firm, the current students at Comillas ICADE will be the creators of future development in Spain and Europe

• Comillas and "Metro Ligero Oeste" sign an agreement which provides a grant to a student in the Official Masters Degree Program in Railway Systems

María Victoria Alba Díaz is the first person to take advantage of internships?

• Comillas and the Universidad Politécnica obtain the Award for to Best Patent from "Fundación Madri+d"

This invention minimizes damage to generators in case of electrical failure?

• Comillas, recognized as a preparatory institution for the Cambridge ESOL Exams.

In June there will be a test for the Certificate in Advanced English for members of University personnel

• Comillas and "Aulatecnia" create a demo classroom for educational innovation

Both institutions are attempting to contribute to the integration of information and communication technologies in Education

• Mercedes Fernández, new Director of the University Institute of Migration Studies

She is the successor to Cristina Gortázar, who has held this position for almost five years

• A Final End-of-Studies Project by a student at Comillas ICAI receives an award from RENFE and "Fundación Universia"

José Luis Fernández Gorroño invented a system that allows the visually handicapped free mobility in railway stations

• The University hosts the presentation of the book "John Paul II. The Biography", by Andrea Riccardi

According to Cardinal Rouco Varela, the work is "a heated and true-life history of his character"

• The conflict with the Arab States will not end as long as Israel is not certain that Palestine will not become an Islamic State

Jonathan Fine, an Israeli expert in terrorism delivered the lecture "Arab Revolutions: How does Israel react?"

• A student at Comillas ICAI, elected by MIT as one of the ten best Spanish innovators under 35 years of age

Javier Agüera, who is doing his undergraduate degree in Telematics, started three companies when he was only 19

• Four German students at Comillas ICADE win the Oliver Wyman Case Competition 2011

The winners are in Third Year of Business Administration and Management, International Business Programme (E-4)

• The greatest obstacles for access to energy by isolated rural communities are political, social and culturalof age

The group for reflection on energy addressed the problem of energy deficiency for one billion three-hundred thousand people

• More than 160 experts analyze the processes involved in annulling a marriage at Comillas

The Faculty of Canon Law hosted a special conference by the Spanish Association of Canon Law Scholars

• Only the truth and a policy of austerity and deflation in prices and salaries can get Spain out of the crisis

Financial and academic experts participate in the round table "The Banking System and the World Crisis"

• The "San Juan de Dios" University School of Nursing and Physiotherapy celebrates its 50th Anniversary

Commemorative events are inaugurated with the blessing of the new facilities of the institution

• The ICADE Association presents its yearly awards to César Albiñana, Luis de Carlos, Bernardo Hernández and "Familiafacil.es"

The Rector affirmed that ICADE"s history has been linked to service with quality and entrepreneurship

• An association is created to develop the "Campus of International Excellence" at Deusto, Comillas and Ramon Llull

The Rectors of the three universities signed an agreement to create the body which is responsible for the management of Aristos Campus Mundus

• The Seminar "Young Energy Economists and Engineers Seminar" was held at Comillas ICAI

Nearly 40 participants from Institutions from nine countries in Europe and the United States attended the sessions

• The Spanish demand for energy can be reduced by 40 percent for the year 2030 at a very reduced or zero cost

This reduction in energy consumption can be obtained with technological improvements, according to Economics for Energy

• The Faculty of Theology pays homage to the retired professors Santiago Arzubialde, Secundino Castro and Rafael María Sanz de Diego

At the ceremony, the "A Thousand Thanks Spilling Forth.  An Experience of the Spirit of Yesterday and Today" was also presented

• The University hosts the Graduation Ceremony for the first edition of the Masters Degree in Auditing and Management Development, by Deloitte

Deusto, Pompeu Fabrea, Polytechnic of Valencia, Loyola Andalucía and Comillas collaborated with the firm

• The Chair in Internationalization in Business participates in an official guidebook on the management of diversity

According to Marta Muñiz Ferrer, Director of the Chair, diversity which is well managed is of value to companies

• The Doctorate in Electric Energy at Comillas ICAI receives the Distinction for Excellence by the Ministry of Education

This distinguished programme had already received a distinction for quality, and is recognized internationally in its field of knowledge

• An ICAI engineer, winner of the best end-of-studies final project at the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne

Jorge López, who has also obtained a Swiss Master´s Degree, will begin his professional career at Nestlé

• Iñigo Navarro takes possession of the office of Dean of the Faculty of Law (ICADE)

Concepción Molina leaves the office with two aims: the titles adapted to the European Higher Education and the increasing internationalization

• The new Garrigues Chair in the Modernization of Corporate Law is presented

Abel Veiga, from Comillas and Fernando Vives, Director and Board Member of the firm, will co-direct the Center

• Victory of the Women´s Basketball Team at Comillas in the 4th International EuroValencia Tournament

Aurora Mínguez Velasco, a student in Law and Bs. Admin. and Management, most valuable player in the competition

• The University Community pays tribute to Professor Manuel Revuelta in the presentation of his latest book

"Within the framework of Jesuit vocation everything is possible:  I wanted to be a missionary of the people and I ended up being a historian", said this prestigious historian

• Comillas reaches the quarter finals in the Euromasters International Championship, In Germany

Some thirty students from our University participated in the competition, which brought together more than 1200 athletes

• Two students at Comillas ICAI, winners of the Extraordinary Undergraduate Awards of the Autonomous Region of Madrid

Victor Martín and Ramon Rodrigáñez chose to study at our University because of the humanistic and personalized attention given to students

• Teaching staff, researchers and companies analyze at Comillas the role of new technologies in schools

More than fifty school counselors attended the meeting that was organized by the Student Recruitment Office 

• Comillas presents the commemorative book "50 Years of ICADE. Many Lives in One Project"

At the same event the Awards for the Best Entrepreneurial Project in ICADE were presented, in a special edition

• Ángela Orth receives the Award for the Best End-of-Studies Final Project for International Business Studies (E-4)

The award is sponsored by the First Territorial Group of Official Accounts Auditors of Spain

• Comillas alumni fill the venue of their ninth annual reunion

Sebastián Álvaro, creator of the programme "Al filo de lo imposible", spoke to the audience on the value of teamwork and the desire for self- improvement  

• Tribute in recognition to Fernández-Martos as he retires as Director of the Residence and the Comillas

The Faculty of Theology held the study conference "Vocational Discernment in the Training of Priests"

• The 8th Edition of the Comillas Employment Fair is held

This year student demand was concentrated principally in the search for mandatory internships

• The mission of Catholic secondary schools is to educate, transmit knowledge and to spread the Word of God by educating

The Eighth Conference on Theology  at Comillas treated the problem of the transmission of faith in today´s world

• Comillas collaborates with the Ministry of Justice in the modernization of the language in the legal field

A study has been used by the Commission for Modernization of Legal Language to set forth its recommendations

• Western Democratic Values of freedom, dignity and citizenship, essential components of the "Arab Spring"

The Ambassador for the Special Mission of the UN in Lebanon, José Ferré, delivered a lecture on the Arab revolts

• Comillas closes the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of IC ADE with the presentation of commemorative medallions to 16 companies of the highest standing

The Mayor of Madrid and the Rector presented the awards

• The Fourth Edition of the Official Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) begins for handicapped individuals

ICADE Business School offers the programme, as a result of having won a public programme allocation contest to carry it out

• More than 140 runners participate in the Comillas Cross-Country Competition 2011

Oscar Cavia, from the "Politécnica de Madrid" , and Ana Fernández, from the " Complutense", winners in their categories

• A Student in Pre-School Education Is awarded a grant to gain knowledge of the educational system in the

María Rosa Hernández García spends five weeks in Washington with students of other nationalities

• Deusto, Comillas and Ramon Llull Universities obtain the seal for European Regional Campus of International Excellence

This recognition coincides with the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

• F. Martínez Córcoles, Director of Liberalized Business at the Iberdrola Group, 17th winner of the Javier Benjumea Award

José M. Cancer and Isaac Prada, creators of KeelWit Technology, received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award

• "When professionals do their jobs well, society as a whole works"

Comillas hosted the presentation of the book "Profesionales y vida pública" (Professionals and Public Life)

• Thirty doubles teams competed in the Third Paddle Ball Tournament for Comillas Alumni

The winning teams were those of Carlos Arrieta and Luis Torres and María del Rosario Paradina and Teresa Paradinas

• A student from Comillas ICAI, bronze medallist in the International Mathematics Competition

Pedro Ciller, third place, and  Sergio Pego travelled to Bulgaria to participate in the competition

• Comillas celebrated its fourth Alumni Golf Tournament

Twenty one players participated in the competition in the categories of women and men

• Deusto, Comillas ICADE and ESADE celebrated their 2nd Alumni Business Encounter

Joaquín Almunia, Javier Solana and Cristóbal Montoro debated about the future of Europe

• The IIT will participate in a project to prevent airplane accidents by analyzing black boxes

This research is the result of cooperation between Rafael Palacios and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• Two students from the Faculty of Law (ICADE), winners of the Young Legal Officers Award from the Garrigues Foundation

Leticia Ballester and Martín Jordano, were awarded 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, in the category of final year students

• 26 students enrolled in the 4th edition of the Masters Degree in Business Taxation, offered by Comillas and Ernst & Young

Since the beginning of this post-graduate degree in 2008, 65 professionals from the firm have completed the programme

• Comillas opens the academic year 2011-12

The university opens a new building in Cantoblanco, launches 5 official postgraduate degrees, and replaces the rector´s office

• More than 3000 people visited Comillas during the World Youth Day in Madrid

One hundred volunteers helped the pilgrims who attend the activities all over the week

• Germán Arana replaces José María Fernández Martos as the Rector at the "Colegio Mayor Comillas" (Comillas Hall of Residence)

This international pontifical seminary, located on the Cantoblanco Campus of the University, has some 25 residents

• Migraciones has obtained the seal of excellent journal from the Ministry of Science and Innovation

The publication"s next aim is to reach out to indices with an international impact

• Comillas is participating in the cultural programme of the Global Day for Youth 2011

Up to twelve workshops or meeting areas in various languages will be offered to university students from all over the world

• A social work alumnus is the winner of the first national award for university excellence for the academic year 2008-09

Two Comillas students have obtained special mentions in Translating and Interpreting and Industrial Engineering

• The Pope appoints Gabino Uríbarri advisor to the Agency for Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Universities

AVEPRO is the responsible for promoting the culture of quality in institutions directly dependent on the Vatican

• John N. Riccardi, from Boston University School of Law, visited Comillas to discuss new ways to collaborate

The person responsible for international and postgraduate programmes in the North American centre has met with authorities from ICADE"s Faculty of Law

• Comillas and IBM presented an electric vehicle management model

Students from the Advanced Technical Faculty of Engineering (ICAI) have prepared a model which demonstrates the advantages of the new technology

• Twelve International Jesuit Engineering Schools hold a conference at Comillas

The main themes treated were energy and sustainability,  the mission of universities and social responsibility

• Deusto, Comillas and the Ramon Llull Universities hold the Conference "Think, share and innovate"

In the opinion of Antonio Obregón, the three universities have always stood out for their academic excellence

• The students of three graduating classes of the Master in Business Administration-Executive for the 2009-10 academic year received their diplomas

More than 80 students completed the programme, with two graduating classes in Madrid and one in A Coruña

• Nineteen Spanish Universities form the International Conference of Alumni Associations

The organization brings together more than two million alumni

• The high institutions of justice were present during the closing session about Law Profession and Global Society

Three days long, 150 speakers analyzed the evolution of the law profession in the past years, and their future expectations

• The International Conference "The Jesuits. Religion, Politics and Education (16th-18th Centuries)" was held at

The Conference brought together some one-hundred researchers from 60 institutions from Europe, the Americas and Japan

• Students of Law at Comillas ICADE receive the award for the best written version of a law suit in MOOT Madrid 2011

The International Competition held its finals at the Court of Arbitration of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce

• The Seventh Class of the Senior Citizens University graduates from Comillas

Almost 460 students were registered in this programme during the academic year 2010-2011

• Comillas closes the 2010-11 academic year by presenting diplomas to more than 1700 students

The Rector congratulated the graduates in advance for their future service to society from this moment onward

• Specialisation, research, and Innovation, new challenges for social workers, stemming from the European Space for Higher Education

The Official Professional College/Association of Social Workers of  Madrid held its 5th Conference on Social Work at Comillas

• Some thirty experts meet at Comillas to advance on the relationship between metrology and health

The Conference demonstrated the need to combine clinical and metrological efforts to improve diagnoses and treatment

• The Spanish energy system needs a new political pact that includes all sources of energy

The Rafael Mariño Chair held its 7th Annual Conference, devoted to sustainable energy planning

• Stefano Zamagni offers a lecture on the message of Caritas in veritate for Business Ethics

In the encyclical, Benedict XVI makes an appeall to entrepreneurs, as pointed out by the Chair at Bologna

• Comillas commemorates the 50th Anniversary of ICADE with a party for teaching, administrative and services staff

Two concerts, one in classical music, and the other, pop music, rounded out the programme for the celebration

• The Excellence in Management Club awards the Seal for European Excellence 400+ to the Library at Comillas

The advances in this service in processes of quality began in 2006 after passing the self-evaluation established by ANECA

• New Masters Degree Programmes round out the offering for Official Postgraduate Programmes at Comillas for the 2011-2012 academic year

Four new degrees have been approved

• Comillas holds its first Alumni Reunion in La Rioja, which was attended by the President of the Autonomous Region

Diplomas for the MBA-Executive and the Advanced Programme in Executive Management were presented

• A group of professors from the Faculty of Law publish a study on electoral systems and political participation in

It analyses national political representation and makes proposals to achieve greater participation and proportionality

• Prices and volatility, the greatest risks at the present time for insuring the supply of energy

The BP Chair for Energy & Sustainability gathered some 30 Spanish and international experts at the 2011 BP Forum

• Four students at the University compete in the International KPMG Tennis Masters Tour Tournament

Comillas was the only Spanish University that participated in the championship

• Comillas hosted "Best of Spain" organized by ESOMAR, the market research and opinion international association

The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen ties between industry and academia

• Five out of hundred who have been granted a scholarship from la Caixa are master students of Comillas

Four of them are studying engineering, and one is studying economics

• Comillas hosts the presentation of the Human Capital Awards

The San Sebastián Streetcar Company, Leroy Merlin, Banesto, Kellogg´s and  L´Orèal were the companies that won awards

• Presentation of the book Finance for Everyone (Finanzas para todos, in Spanish) at the ICADE Business School

The author of book, José Luis Martín, is a professor in the University Masters Degree Programme in Human Resources, and the book has been published by the ICADE Library, of the LID Publishing House

• Antonio Garrigues Walker and Victor Pérez Díaz discussed about de civil society in the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

Comillas inaugurates the lecture series "Economics, Politics and Society in the Spain of the past 50 years"

• Comillas establishes an agreement for research and training with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The agreement with this institution, which is a world leader in Engineering,  will attempt to make energy systems sustainable and efficient

• Comillas reinforces its areas of research on energy conservation and efficiency with RENFE

The agreement envisages that the company will expand its collaboration in the University Masters Programme in Railway Systems

• Comillas presents the Sports Awards for the 2010-11 academic year

Members of the University community received their trophies and medals from the different competitions

• Comillas hosted the presentation of "The Last Jesuit", by Pedro Miguel Lamet

The book recounts the expulsion of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) from Spain and its subseguent elimination

• A team from Comillas ICAI receives the award for the best video at the international contest Fly Your Ideas, by Airbus

G. Almendral, E. Rafael Martín, Francisco J. Mariscal, Aitor Sanz and Guiomar Rayón were the members of the team

• More than 80 volunteers are preparing Comillas" proposal for the World Youth Conference

The University will offer spiritual and leisure activities, as well as personal meetings for pilgrims

• Six students will receive International Exchange Grants on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

The grants,  which come from companies and private donations, total some 20,000 euros

• Thirteen members of the University, awarded at the 25th "Florencio Segura Memorial Literary Contest"

The poet and musician Amancio Prada performed at the award ceremony

• Tomás Gómez San Román, Counsellor for the National Commission for Energy

For the second time, a Professor at Comillas ICAI has reached this position, since the appointment of Ignacio Pérez Arriaga

• Agreement between the Chair for Internationalisation in Business and the European Institute for Diversity Management

Both institutions have begun the first edition of the Seminar in Diversity Management

• The Dean of Law presents the first edition of the lip dub for the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

The group of students which promoted this musical video is grateful for the participation and help of all the members of the university

• Comillas signs the Charter for Diversity in Spain

The University expresses its public commitment to equality and non-discrimination

• Professor at Comillas ICAI, first prize for best lecture at International Conference Fuzziness, Philosophy and Medicine

Professors from the Universities Santiago de Compostela and Castilla-La Mancha also participated in the awarded lecture

• The Library at Comillas obtains the Seal of European Excellence 400+ from the EFQM

Since 2008, this service at the University has had the Seal of Quality and Commitment to European Excellence 200

• Esperanza Aguirre awards the Honorary Plaque of the "Gran Cruz de la Orden del Dos de Mayo" to ICADE

The President of the Autonomous Region of Madrid stated that the spirit of excellence characterizes the trajectory of the !Instituto Católico de Administración y Dirección de Empresas" (ICADE)

• Three students at Comillas ICAI, on the winning team for the 2011 Deloitte Business Game

Six students at the University reached the final round of the contest

• Comillas organises the 2011 Spanish University Indoor Football/Soccer Championship

The Polytechnic University of Valencia, in the men"s competition, and the Autonomous University of Madrid, in the women"s division, were the winners of the competition

• Twenty-two students from Comillas ICAI receive awards for the best end-of-studies final projects 2009-10

The sponsors pointed out the quality of both the award-winning projects as well as those pre-selected as finalists

• Comillas and the Tejerina Foundation sign an agreement for collaboration

The "San Juan de Dios" School of Nursing and Physiotherapy has planned events for publicity and training in collaboration with the foundation

• More than 500 people attend the meeting with the recruiting office at the UN held at Comillas

The aim of the organisation is to increase the presence of Spanish professionals in their ranks

• A Team from Comillas ICADE, winners of the national round of the International Case Competition of KPMG

Tamara Alonso, Ramón Cerdeiras, Fernando de Castro and Álvaro Esteban, victorious over nearly 80 students

• The Faculty of Canon Law holds a Study Conference on "A Couple´s Love in Christian Matrimony"

The Conference served, as well, as an homage to Cardinal Urbano Navarrete, SJ, prestigious Canon Law specialist, recently deceased

• José Ángel Sánchez, Alejandro José Zamora, Rafael Carlos del Rosal and Aarón Rodilla, winners of Moot ICADE

More than one hundred students participated in the competition, organized by the Faculty of Law on the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

• The need for a mixture and combination of different sources of energy has not changed after Fukushima

Comillas and the SNE held a session devoted to the national and international situation concerning nuclear energy

• More than 250 students participate in an employment orientation session at the Office for Internships/Employment

The keys to drawing up a good resumé and carrying out a personal interview are matters that interest students the most

• Thirteen students in the Faculty of Law (ICADE) represent Comillas in the Worldmun Competition

The Dean presented the diplomas certifying their participation in the competition, held in Singapore, to the students

• The reactors at the Fukishima I nuclear power plant will have to be dismantled and scrapped

The former President of the Council for Nuclear Safety, Teresa Estevan Bolea, delivered a lecture at the Lecture Series on Energy Technologies

• The first graduating class in the Comillas-PwC Masters Degree Programme in Finance and Auditing receives its diplomas

Twenty-six students, members of the staff at the company, have completed this Post-graduate In company Programme

• The experts are in favour of correcting the contradictions in the laws related to minors

The Santander Chair for Law and Minors devoted its ninth Conference to what children and adolescents can do and what they react to

• Jay B. Barney and Antonio Hernández-Gil Álvarez-Cienfuegos are made "doctores honoris causa" at Comillas

The presentation of both academic awards is a part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

• Father Teófilo Redondo González, who looked after the musical archives at Comillas for many years, passes away

He  had worked at the University since 1977, and was involved in several different posts

• The Electric Bill, under scrutiny at the Permanent Seminar for the Rafael Mariño Chair in New Energy

Pedro Mejía and Eduardo Montes analysed the total prices and real costs of electrical energy

• A professor at Comillas, wins second place in the García Goyena Legal Articles contest, at the UNED

A. Sánchez Graells won the award for his work "The problematic additional modifications to the transformation of corporations"

• Emilio Botín: "In Spanish companies we are always competing to attract talented graduates from ICADE"

The President of the Bank of Santander delivered a lecture within the framework of the Commemorative Events to mark the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

• The Bankinter Foundation for Innovation brings its educational programme Akademia to Comillas

Both institutions signed an agreement to develop this cutting-edge programme

• Presentation in Madrid of the Comillas University Foundation for International Education (Comfie)

The event was held in the presence of representatives of companies and collaborating institutions

• Four teams from Comillas are the winners of the UNIJES 2011 Sports Tournament

One team was 2nd in table tennis and 3 others came in 3rd place in men´s and women´s indoor football and in football 7

• A team at Comillas, winner of the 4th Debate Tournament at the Francisco de Vitoria University

P. Cano, C. Seseña, H. Castañé and E. Iglesias were victorious over one of the teams from the host institution in the finals

• The Prince and Princess of Asturias receive the students from the 2010 INSIDE Programs in an audience

69 students were in attendance at the Zarzuela Palace, accompanied by academic officers, organizers and sponsors

• M.Lozano, chair in Nuclear Physics: "Fukushima will suppose a before and an after for the development of humankind"

The R. Mariño Chair for New Energy Technologies presented the book Nuclear Energy: Current Status and Immediate Prospects

• Comillas holds a Financial and Entrepreneurial Leadership Conference on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

Well-known bankers and business-people met to give students a close-up view of the financial sector and to show them the role of entrepreneurs and business leaders

• Four students from Comillas ICADE, on the winning team of the Management Solutions business game

37 students participated in the game at Comillas, Deusto and ESADE, grouped into seven teams

• Pablo Isla assures that ICADE should be recognized for the training in values that are transmitted"

The Vice-President of Inditex participated in the lecture series organized on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

• IKEA presents at Comillas ICADE the keys to succeeding in social networks: "Facilitate, listen, learn and participate"

The Digital Media Manager of the company in Spain delivered a lecture in the University Masters Degree Programme in Marketing

• HRH The Prince of Asturias presides over the Ceremony for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

Prince Felipe awarded medallions to A. Arroyo, J.M. Díaz Moreno, J. Ferrandis and to the ICADE Entrepreneurial Club

• Some 400 participants attended the Second Conference on Bio-mechanics in Work Medicine

Doctors, forensic experts, physiotherapists, nurses and students debated on the matters of bio-mechanic tools for work medicine

• Sergio Adán, from the Universidad Autónoma, and María Rodrigo, from the Universidad Complutense, winners of the Madrid University Chess Championship, held at Comillas

José Manuel Camacho and Ignacio Renés finished as champion and runner-up, respectively, in the Rector´s Trophy

• Twelve teams from ten universities participate in the Debate Tournament on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

The team from the Pablo de Olavide University won the competition, after facing a team of Comillas in the finals

• Comillas ICADE launches a new programme for a double international degree: E-1, American

Law students will be able to study for a Masters in Laws Degree at US Universities which have signed an agreement

• Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga: "It is reasonable to set regulatory measures on the domestic mobility of travellers"

The BP Chair for Energy and Sustainability presented the conclusions of the Observatory of Energy and Sustainability

• Toni M. Fine from Fordham University School of Law visits Comillas to explore new forms of collaboration

The Assistan Vice-Dean for International Programs taught a class and delivered a lecture at the Faculty of Law (ICADE)

• Comillas and the Professional College of Lawyers of Madrid have signed an agreement for collaboration in the sponsorship of the 50th Anniversary of ICADE

This association will collaborate in publicising the 7th UNIJES Conference "Challenges of the Law Profession vis-à-vis Society"

• César Alierta: "All Spaniards should be grateful to ICADE for its work in the training of professionals"

President of Telefónica inaugurates lecture series "Great companies and entrepreneurs in Spain in the past 50 years"

• Comillas hosts an international conference on fire protection engineering

The participants concluded that in Spain training and specific regulation for professionals in the field are necessary

• The Sixteenth Meeting of School Principals at Educational Institutions welcomes more than 200 professional educators

Fernando Vidal, Director of the University Institute for the Family, delivered a lecture on the social role of schools

• Two teams at Comillas ICAI are among the 80 teams selected for the second round of the contest Fly Your Ideas, at Airbus

2600 students from around the world registered for the game, which seeks ideas for a ecologically-friendly aviation

• Slate Gas will revolutionise the world energy model and will substitute the use of highly-contaminating fossil fuels

Economics for Energy organises a seminar with more than 70 Spanish and International experts on "Economic challenges for energy"

• Comillas hosts the presentation of The person vis-à-vis migration. Manual for psychological and social intervention with migrants

The authors defend the need to avoid treating migrants as "things", and to work with them as agents of change

• A Research project on political debate and media coverage of immigration wins the 12th Holy Father Rubio Award

The second place award went to an approach to the profile of Venezuelan immigration in the Autonomous Region of Madrid

• The Dean of the Washington College of Law visits Comillas to analyse new possibilities for collaboration

During his stay, Claudio Grossman delivered a lecture on the Interamerican System of Human Rights

• Vera Santiago and Miguel Urra, winners of the 10th Ignacio Ellacuría Award for Studies of Social Interest

The works, which received awards in two different categories, make proposals for improving solidarity at the University

• A professor at Comillas presides over the jury for the first edition of the European Festival for Advertising and Humour

University instructors and advertising professionals, headed by Carlos Ballesteros, selected the advertising creations

• The University welcomes more than 200 international students for the second semester of the 2010-11 academic year

The students arrived at Comillas from some 84 universities in 24 different countries

• Eusebio Hernández Sola, a former student at Comillas, has been named new Bishop of Tarazona

A member of the order of the "Agustinos Recoletos", the new prelate obtained his degree in Canon Law at Comillas in 1971

• Comillas pays tribute to University personnel at the commemorative ceremony for Saint Thomas of Aquinas (University Day)

The ceremony highlights the fact that the University continues on the path set forth by the Father General of Jesuit Universities, as the Rector pointed out

• "In order to work in India, international companies need to understand diversity; otherwise, they will fail"

Kunal Bhattacharya, an expert in the management of human resources in multinational companies, delivered a lecture on the peculiarities of India

• The Santander Chair for Law and Minors will head a thematic network which comprises 40 international organisations

Comillas hosted the preliminary meeting of the project which deals with law for chidren and law for minors

• The Library at Comillas is participating in the virtual exhibit "America in Writing"

The exhibit commemorates the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Independence of the Ibero-American Republics

• Sarina Sandbiller, winner of the Accenture Award for the Best End-of-Studies FInal Thesis in International Business Studies (E-4)

Arnaud van Tichelen and Thilbault Darcq received their respective awards as runner-ups for their projects

• A team from Comillas ICADE finishes in second place in the finals of the Oliver Wyman Case Competition

They competed against ESADE, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Tecnum Universidad de Navarra

• "Energy Accumulation", the fourth publication of the Permanent Seminar on New Energy Technologies

Technology for storing energy already exists, but a system which makes it effective is lacking

• The Centre for Innovation in Law (CID-ICADE) has constituted its Board of Advisors

Twenty-one legal offices and four entities with links to the Faculty of Law ()CADE) make up the new body

• Comillas ICADE participates in the study of the paid leave of absence for parents of chronically-ill children, which will take effect in 2011

Professors Dolores Carrillo and Ana Higuera presented the proposed guidelines together with the National Secretariate for Social Security

• Santiago Gómez Sierra, former student in Theology at Comillas, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Seville

The new prelate did his specialisation in the field of Dogmatic and Fundamental Theology, and, in addition, has his undergraduate degreee in Philosophy and Educational Sciences

• Comillas hosts the presentation of the Dictionary of Patristic Literature, by the San Pablo Publishing House

The event confirmed the fact that the study of the Fathers of the Church is in very good health in Spain

• "La Fundación Gas Natural" (The Natural Gas Foundation) encharges Comillas with a study on intelligent electrical networks

The Technological Research Institute will analyse the technological development and the practical applications of new systems for the distribution of electricity

• The Psychology Laboratory of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences receives the Amafe Award of Honour

The Madrid Association of Friends and Family Members of the Ill with Schizophrenia recognises its work in research and in spreading knowledge concerning this pathology

• A team from Comillas wins the 5th Unijes San Francisco Javier Debate Tournament

Seventeen teams participated in the competition, three of them from the University

• Thirty members of the University Community participate in a ski trip to Andorra

The expedition, organised by the Sports Office, had not been carried out in the last four years

• The "San Juan de Dios" School of Nursing and Physiotherapy holds its 2nd Conference on Physical Therapy

Attendance increased by nearly 30% at the Conference concentrated on development of competencies and innovation

• "Escuelas Católicas" (Catholic Schools) holds its 2nd National Conference on Quality at Comillas

The Director of the Javier Benjumea (Focus-Abengoa) Chair for Financial and Business Ethics delivered one of the lectures

• Comillas presents a book in honour of Professor Adolfo Ruiz de Velasco

Eighteen authors treat the challenges of the procedure for insolvency and bankruptcy law

• The Committee for Arbirtration in Energy and Engineering was presented at Comillas

The initiative stems from the European Association of Arbitration and the Association-National College of ICAI Engineers

• Father Jesús María Marañón Richi passes away

He was the Rector of the "Instituto Católico de Artes e Industrias" (Catholic Institute of Arts and Industries, known as "ICAI") from 1962 to 1968

• Comillas honours Matteo Ricci, who brought Catholicism and Western culture to China

At the conference "A Jesuit in the Court of the Dragon", the figure of this wise missionary was remembered on the 400th Anniversary of his death

• Economics for Energy recommends basing policies for energy savings on the residential and transport sectors

This research centre, which is managed by the Universities of Vigo and Comillas, presented its report "Analysis of the evolution of energy intensity in Spain"

• Diego Tortosa and José Ángel Sánchez, winners of the 10th Rector´s Trophy in Debate

The team composed of Patricia Cano and Hugo Castañé reached the finals

• 46 percent of Spanish youth do not have confidence in a promising future

The study "Spanish Youth 2010" is published, co-authored by the Director of the Research and Social Studies Unit at Comillas

• Two students at Comillas participate in the 10th National Conference on Research in Psychology for Secondary School Students

More than 300 students from secondary and high school schools participated in the sessions held in Cantabria

• Spanish consumers do not take into account the social and environmental attributes of a product when choosing a brand

Three professors at Comillas ICADE have studied the relation between the consumer and social labels

• Six students at Comillas ICADE were "auditors for a day"

The University participated in the event which was organised by the Institute for Legal Financial Auditors, in collaboration with 12 auditing firms

• Consternation in the Faculty of Canon Law on the death of Cardinal Urbano Navarrrete, SJ, distinguished Jesuit Canon Law expert

The Dean and the professors have sent their condolences to the Dean of Canon Law at the "Pontifica Università Gregoriana", where he gave classes

• Comillas receives the Award for Company Spirit from the Franco-Spanish Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The President of "La Chambre", Gilles Serra, stated that the award recognises, in addition, the constant nature of the University in its search for excellence

• Nanotechnology, cerebral neuro-regeneration, and biomechanical evaluation, stars at the Tenth Science Week at Comillas

The university organised nearly 40 activities, for which more than 1400 people registered

• The report "Global Change Spain 2020/50" proposes a reduction in greenhouse gases to half the currrent level in 2030

The new energy model, of which Pedro Linares, from Comillas ICAI is co-author, aims to reduce CO2 by 80% in 2050

• Fernando Abril-Martorell, Rafael Benjumea and Tressis receive the 2010 ICADE Association Awards

The Rector emphasised the importance of the alumni who have placed Comillas in ranking as 27th in the world

• Juan Pedro Montañés, Director of the Department of Quality Control Management, receives the "Leader in

The Association for Quality recognises his committment, and that of the University, to excellence in quality management

• Comillas and the Spanish Engineering Institute organise a seminar on nuclear waste at the Spanish Parliament

The Rector of the University stated that the time has arrived to move from the realm of experts to the world of politics

• The 12th Comillas Employment Fair sets a new record for participating companies

The presence of companies increased by 6.7% over 2009, and by 2% over 2008

• "A good reason to be an entrepreneur is that you can implement your own ideas and choose when and how to work"

Tim Rowe, CEO of the Cambridge Innovation Center, delivered a lecture on the keys to being an entrepreneur

• The Rafael Mariño Chair presents the book Energy Efficiency: Technology and Support Policies

In 2009, the trend for economic growth and energy consumption to grow at an equal pace was broken

• Comitas Exchange Club and the International Relations Service organise the 6th International University Exchange Fair

Students at Comillas received information on foreign universities and the possibilities for exchange

• The women´s indoor football team, runners-up in the Euromasters WHU Tournament

More than 40 athletes from Comillas participated in the championship held in Germany

• Leopoldo Abadía: "Nobody knows when the economic crisis will end"

Comillas celebrated the Annual Alumni Gathering  2010 exhausting its seating capacity

• Bernardo Hernández, Comillas ICADE alumni, "Doctor honoris causa" at the Camilo José Cela University

The Rector attended the academic ceremony to grant the honorary doctorate

• Cardinal Martínez Sistach: "The State must be non-denominational. Society is religious"

The 7th Conference on Theology at Comillas treats the relationship between faith and politics

• The President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts visits the Faculty of Canon Law at Comillas for a second time

Monsenior Coccopalmerio insisted on strengthening the relationship between the University and the institution that he presides

• A Computer Science Engineering Student wins the 2010 Christmas Card Contest

Ignacio Carlos Arnedo Rojas gives the title "The birth of Light" to his work

• ?High School students are creative and curious, but they do not have enough space or time to develop these skills"

The speakers at the 4th Forum for School Counsellors agreed that institutional support is fundamental to stimulate an entrepreneurial spirit in students

• José Damián Bogas, Director General for Spain and Portugal at Endesa, 16th "Javier Benjumea Award" Winner

This award-winner confirms that, at Comillas ICAI, "of all things, people are the most important means and measure"

• Comillas will offer the fifth edition of the Training Course for Professionals who Work with Victims of Gender-Related Violence

The Rector and the Regional Office for Employment, Women and Immigration of the "Comunidad de Madrid" inaugurated the programme

• Comillas holds the Inaugurational Event for the 50th Anniversary of ICADE with a tribute to its pioneers

Esperanza Aguirre: "This 50 year old project is a model for the Spain of the 21st Century"

• Diplomas are awarded to the students who participated in the Inside Programs for 2010

Representatives from the Embassies of China and the United States participated in the graduation ceremony

• Comillas hosts the 8th conference for School Counsellors organised by Catholic Schools

Belén Urosa, Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, participated in the inaugural session

• The Autonomous Region of Madrid awards the "Gran Cruz del 2 de Mayo" to the Universidad Pontificia Comillas

The regional government recognises the values of the institution with this award on the 50th anniversary of ICADE

• The Chair on Internationalization in Business, Diversity and Professional Development holds its first study conference

The work force will grow so much that it will be necessary to search for talent globally, but by taking into account the fragmentation of markets

• Deusto, Comillas and Ramon Llull Universities present the Campus for International Excellence Programme (CIE), 2010

The Madrid-Catalonia- Basque Country triangle and the association with Georgetown University, Boston College and Fordham University, axes of the Aristos Campus Mundus 2015 Project

• Nearly two-hundred runners compete in the 2010 Comillas Cross Country Race

Once again there was a successful participation in this race, which opens the university racing season

• Spain has one of the highest rates of prisioners in Europe, which is not justified by the level of delinquincy

The book "Andar 1 km en línea recta. La cárcel del siglo XXI que vive el preso" was presented.

• Comillas analyzed the "Ley del Contrato de Seguro" (Insurance Contract Law) at its thirty anniversary

Lecturers, lawyers and professionals treated the present and future of the insurance law

• The Archbishop of Panama, former student of the Faculty of Canon Law

Ulloa Mendieta finished his studies at Comillas in 2002

• Twenty-one new professionals from Deloitte begin the fourth edition of the Masters Degree in Business Taxation

The programme, in collaboration with Comillas ICADE, offers specialised training to those who have recently joined the firm

• Twenty-eight couples participate in the Second Alumni Paddle Ball Tounament

José Luis Tabuenca, Carlos González-Carvajal, María Victoria Henríquez de Luna and Gloria Uríbarri were the winners

• El "Colegio Mayor Berrospe" (Berrospe Hall of Residence) is now affiliated to Universidad Pontificia Comillas

This women"s university institution has been managed by the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus since the 1968-69 academic year

• The EU renews the status of Erasmus Mundus for the International Masters Degree in Economics and Management of Industries Networks

Only 29 of 191 applications were approved in the last call for projects for this European seal

• Two professors at Comillas ICAI receive an award for the best article at the International Conference of Fuzzy Systems

The prize-winning paper studies imperfect causality in the area of social sciences

• The Third Golf Tournament for university alumni was held

Forty golfers participated in this year´s edition, organised by the Alumni Office

• Francisco José Ruiz Pérez takes possession as the Provincial Officer for the Society of Jesus in Spain

As a result of his office, he is a member of the "Consejo Superior", or Board of Directors ,of the University

• Two professors from Comillas ICADE participate in the study which analyses paid leave of absence for parents of chronically-ill children

Lola Carrillo and Ana Higuera  will present a project encharged to them by the State Secretariate for Social Security

• A team from Comillas ICAI wins the the Sika Prontuary Game 2010

The competition  was organised as part of the activities of the Ninth Confernece on Adhesion and Adhesives

• The Franco-Spanish Chamber of Commerce awards Comillas for its work in fomenting an entrepreneurial spirit

The Rector thanked the professors in Translation and Interpreting for their work leading to receiving the award

• Comillas will celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of ICADE during the 2010-11 academic year

The King has accepted to preside over the Honorary Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary, as announced by the Rector in his inaugural speech

• A student at Comillas ICAI, chosen as one of the best speakers at The European International Model United Nations (TEIMUN)

Manuel Peix Castiella participated in the international student conference that reproduces the model of the UN in The Hague

• Fernando Vidal takes office as the Director of the University Institute of the Family at Comillas

He takes over from María Isabel Álvarez Vélez, who has carried out this function since 2004-05

• A student at Comillas ICAI, winner of the first edition of the "Yuzz" contest for young entrepreneurs

As a prize, Eduardo Martín Pérez travelled to San Francisco to visit the city and to explore business opportunities

• Comillas and EADS CASA sign an agreement for educational collaboration

The company participates in the Chair for Internationalisation in Business, Diversity and Professional Development

• A team from the IIT receives the Young Researcher Award at the NInth Conference on Transport Engineering

The award-winning researcheres presented a method to design train timetables with the least energy consumption

• Comillas welcomes nearly 300 Erasmus and exchange students for the 2010-2011 academic year

The students come from 34 countries, principally from France, the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany

• López Garrido: "It is necessary to make European identity in defense of human rights coherent with immigration policies"

The Secretary of State for the EU inaugurated the Scribani Conference on European policies on immigratin and asylum

• The University welcomes the first "Comillas Internacional" students for the 2010-11 academic year

This edition represents the first year of a new programme with the University of San Diego, with over 100 new students

• A researcher from the Institute for Technological Research receives one of the 38 grants from Iberdrola for Postgraduate Studies on energy and the environment

Jesús García Matos is enrolled in the Doctoral Programme in Engineering Systems Modelling

• Comillas participates in the second World Conference on Catholic Theological Ethics, held in Trento, Italy

Professors Julio Martínez and José Manuel Caamaño, of the Faculty of Theology, participated in the sessions

• Comillas collaborates with the Costa Rica educational project La Ciudad de los Niños ("The Children"s City")

The university has donated over 600 kilos of text books to the institution run by the Agustinos Recoletos religious order

• DePaul University College of Law teached its summer programme at the Faculty of Law (ICADE)

This year the university courses was also opens to Comillas students

• Comillas and Landwell further strengthen their collaboration with the signing of two agreements

The law firm is to sponsor two Masters" degree courses in Corporate Law and Taxation and in International Taxation

• The second Master"s course in International Fiscal Policy concludes, jointly run by Ernst & Young and Comillas

Nine students, employed by the auditing and law firm, received their degrees and grants

• A team from the ICADE Faculty of Law successfully competes at Moot Madrid 2010

The six students who took part won first prize for the best Statement of Case, and a second place in other categories

• Comillas hosts the 7th International European Energy Market Conference

The conference sessions covered areas such as climate change, intelligent networks, regulation and interconnection

• The university has hosted the presentation of Luz de linterna (desde mi mirada), by Rafael Carcedo

The author is a member of the university"s first year of admission to study E-3 and a delegate of the Board of Directors of ICADE Asociación

• Marco Benedetti and Olga Cosmidou are now honorary collaborators of Comillas

The university has recognised the work of conference interpreters from the EU institutions

• Second edition of the doctoral students workshop on corporate ethics, CSR and corporate governance

Doctoral students from Spain and Portugal exchanged points of view on corporate social responsibility

• The Comillas Urban Camp celebrated its tenth anniversary with a concert

Almost one thousand inscriptions have been recorded in the last 10 years

• Pablo Ruz, the judge replacing Garzón at Spain?s National Court, is a former student of Comillas ICADE

The magistrate judge collaborates on the university?s Competitive Exam Training Course, where he prepares candidates for judgeships

• Comillas gets through the initial phase of the call for an International Excellence Campus 2010

The university will compete in the next phase together with Deusto and Ramon Llull universities with the Project Aristos Campus Mundus 2015

• Comillas has laid down the first stone for the enlargement of its facilities on the Cantoblanco university campus

The President of the Community of Madrid, Councillor for Education and the Mayor of Alcobendas, in addition to universities authorities, attended the act

• The Masters Degree in Intellectual Property organise a seminar on financial analysis of copyright laws

Professor Ruth Towse stated that the collective management of intellectual property benefits users

• Comillas and the University of Vigo are members of the recently created association Economics for Energy

The entity will make periodical reports on energy issues of interest to companies, administrative bodies, and Spanish society in general

• Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga is named Review Editor for the next Report on Climate Change for the United Nations

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has selected 831 specialists from all over the world

• Father Manuel Abella Suárez passes away

He was a Professor of Chemistry in the ICAI School of Engineering and librarian at the University

• Comillas holds the Third Class Reunion for Alumni from the Canary Islands, on Tenerife

Forty former students participated in this "joyfully permanent" activity, as the Director of the Alumni Office stated

• The Rector inaugurates the Sixth International and Inter-University Seminar on Bio-Medicine and Human Rights

When faced with the development of bio-medical sciences, "it is important to relect on what we can do"

• Alumni from the Class of 1950 visited the ICAI School of Engineering

The group celebrated the 60th anniversary of their graduation with a tour of the facilities in this institution

• The Awards for the best End-of-Studies Final Projects in the ICAI School of Engineering

Of the 18 award-winning projects for this year´s edition, eight belong to women engineers

• Comillas closes the 2009-10 academic year with the graduation of more than 1600 students

The University has tried to train students "highly steeped in humanity", said the Rector

• Almost 600 people participate in the Seventeenth Comillas Family Party

Participants enjoyed leisure activities and lunch

• Comillas holds the First Conference on Bio-Mechanics in the Evaluation of Injuries

Participants debated on objective tools for the evaluation of patients

• ?In order to end violence against minors, it is necessary to combat impunity"

The UN representative for violence against children participated in the Conference on Childhood and International Protection in Europe

• The Rafael Mariño Chair centered its Eighth Annual Conference around geothermal energy

More than 300 participants gave their support to interest in this renewable energy source now on the energy scene in Spain

• The IIT participates in the most ambitious European project on energy in the Seventh Framework Programme

Comillas, only Spanish university that will work on incorporating wind power generation into the electrical system of the EU

• Jesuit Universities meet in Mexico to work for a more humane, just and sustainable world

The General Superior, Adolfo Nicolás, praised the international perspective of the educational institutions of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

• Comillas ICADE and the University of Cardiff organise a seminar on constitutional decentralisation in Europe

Professor Federico de Montalvo participated in the session with a lecture on the Spanish experience

• The Laboratory for Industrial Testing ("Laboratorio de Ensayos Industriales", or LEI, in Spanish) at Comillas ICAI obtains its new accreditation

The Laboratory is one of the few Spanish facilities  recognised to carry out mechanical testing in adhesiva bonding

• Francisco José Ruiz Pérez, appointed new Provincial Head for Spain of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

A former student at Comillas, he completed his undergraduate degree in Philosophy between 1983 and 1988

• Awarding of diplomas to the fifth graduating class of the Specialist Course in Electrical Systems Operations REE-ICAI

Comillas ICAI teaches the theory classes and Red Eléctrica de España, the practice workshops

• Almost 90 students graduated from the Master in Business Administration Executive (EMBA)

At the ceremony sashes were given to the graduated of the programme  runned at La Coruña, Zaragoza and Madrid

• A graduate of Comillas obtains a place as a Resident Intern Psychologist

María Martín Martínez chose the University Hospital of Getafe for her specialised training in Clinical Psychology

• Raquel González Corral, national award-winner for academic excellence 2007-08 in Industrial Organisation Engineering

Diego Reija Ruiz obtained an honourable mention in the category of Industrial Engineering

• Deusto, Comillas and the Ramon LLull Universities develop a Campus for International Excellence Programme

A commitment to socially responsible and sustainable innovation is the axis of the association for the project

• The recognition of judicial rights in trials is not sufficient in cases where children are involved

The Santander Chair dedicated their conference to analysing the collision-course existing between the protections of minors and the right to a fair trial

• Four researchers at Comillas win the Tenth Talgo Award for Technological Innovation

The award-winning project is "Simulation, calculation and optimisation of railways"

• Two students from Comillas win the ACCRI Award for the university entrepreneur Graduate Programme competition

The project, by Manuel Peña and Eduardo Martín, attempts to bring emotional intelligence to schools

• Virginia Cagigal presents a book "Family Orientation in the Educational Environment. The experience at the Padre Piquer School"

The Centre for Attention to the Family, which is now ten years old at the school, is the fruit of collaboration between Comillas and this educational institution

• One thousand students participate in the Third Professional Orientation Day at Comillas

Students of First Year of 1º "Bachillerato" (High School) and other eductional institutions received information concerning the different university fields of studies

• Comillas celebrates the Day of Europe with thoughts of victims and those marginalised by society

The Faculty of Law (ICADE) organised the lecture "Reflections on the European Year for the Fight Against Poverty and Social Exclusion"

• Carmen Valor coordinates one of the first books in the new collection "Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility"

The series attemps to orientate companies and citizens in the management of new risks and opprotunities for sustainability

• The book Ciencia y religión. Dos visiones del mundo (Science and Religion. Two visions of the world), by Agustín Udías, presented at Comillas

According to the author, member of the Chair in Science, Technology and Religion, both views of reality are complementary

• "Hydrogen is not in competition with any energy resources, but rather, it is a companion to current ones"

The book "Hydrogen and Combustible Batteries:  Actual Status and Immediate Perspectives" was presented at Comillas

• The Director of the Master in International Affairs, international observer for the Colombian elections

Emiliano García Coso, along with other members of the mission, will guarantee the transparency of the electoral process

• Father Guillermo Rodríguez-Izquierdo, named Provincial Superior of the "Bética" Province

With a Doctorate in Physics, he was Rector of the Universidad Pontificia Comillas and chair and Rector of the University of Extremadura

• Researchers at Comillas present the book Francisco Giner de los Ríos. Actualidad de un pensador krausista

The work is the result of a research project, financed by the "Plan Nacional de I+D+i"

• Comillas achieves a victory in the Eurocup Paris 2010 Football Competition

The handball and rugby teams also participated in the university championship

• Javier Lostalé, Ana María Rosetti and Antonio Lucas participate in the Seventh Conference on Poetry at Comillas

This literary week ended with the gatherings "To the health of poetry", and "Poetry and wine"

• Comillas obtains four medals at the Kenpo Open University Championship

Cristina Martínez Arralde wins two gold medals and  Darío Jusdado Ecai, a silver and a bronze

• Comillas begins the bicentennial independence celebration with three Latin American Universities

Throughout the day of lectures, representatives of four institutions analysed the ties that unite countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean

• The Prefect for the Congregation for Clergy closes the International Conference on the Priesthood and Priests at Comillas

The programme analysed the foundations and integral human dimensions of the priesthood

• Three students from Fourth Year of "ESO" carry out an educational period of stay at Comillas

The students collaborated with the Library Service and the Coroporative Marketing Service

• Comillas wins three titles in the 12th Edition of the UNIJES Championship

Two indoor football (soccer) teams finished in first and third place and a men´s basketball team placed third

• The General of the Jesuits, Adolfo Nicolás, opens the international conference on the priesthood and priests

The identity of priests has been defined by two qualities:  being merciful, and being worthy of faith, according to Cardenal Vanhoye, SJ, who delivered the inaugural address

• The CEOE (The Spanish Confederation of Entrepreneurs) and Comillas sign an agreement for collaboration

The Rector emphasized the good relations between Comillas and the business world

• The Faculty of Law (ICADE) will offer a course in negotiating for students at the Portuguese Catholic University

Seventeen students of the "Mestrado em Direito e Gestao" visited Comillas

• The Faculty of Canon Law at Comillas hosts the 30th Conference on Current Themes in Canon Law

More than 100 participants could be found in attendance, including judicial vicars, members of ecclesiastical courts

• Comillas wins two gold medals in tennis in 2010 EuroESADE University Championship

The men´s basketball team placed second in the tournament

• HRH Béatrice d´Orléans explains her work in public relations to students at Comillas-ICADE

As the person responsible for the area of Sha Wellness Clinic, Her Royal Highness participated in the Marketing Seminar

• Childhood poverty has a faint appearance in Spanish public policies

The Santander Chair organised a Conference on Poverty and Social Exclusion in Childhood

• The Youth Cross stops at Comillas on its pilgrimage across the world

This symbol of Christian faith announces that Madrid will host the next World Youth Conference in 2011

• Comillas and the University of Nanterre (París X) set up a double degree in Law

The programme will be offered beginning in the next academic year 2010-11 and will consist of five courses

• For the second year, a project at Comillas ICAI places among the 100 Best Ideas of 2009 in ACTUALIDAD ECONÓMICA (A Finance Magazine for Current Topics)

The work, by Ernesto de la Rocha, proposes an improvement in traffic at intersections controlled by traffic lights with an artificial vision system

• Comillas collaborates in the organisation of the First Editorial Forum for Hispanic and American Studies

The History of Spain and America, languages and literatures, and politics, culture and communication are the thematic axes of the call for participation

• Computer illiteracy of users impedes the detection of risks in virtual social networks

The Santander Chair for Law and Minors organised a conference on the protection of privacy of minors on internet

• A delegation of students from the Faculty of Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen visits Comillas

These Dutch students attended a trial at the Provincial Courts of Madrid, presided over by Professor Arturo Beltrán

• Audience with the Prince and Princess of Asturias for the group of students that participated in the Inside Program 2009

Since the first edition in 2003, 558 students from Comillas and other universities have taken part in these courses

• The "San Juan de Dios" University School of Nursing and Physiotherapy presents its awards for the best projects and research papers

During this academic year, the first edition of the Physiotherapy Contest was also held

• Carlos Ballesteros participates in the Thirteenth European Chair, at the Universidad del Norte, in Colombia

This professor at Comillas ICADE participated as a lecturer, invited by the Seminar in Psychology of the Consumer

• Comillas, first Spanish University to treat new themes in Church Law

The modifications of the M.P. Omnium in mentem, by Benedicto XVI, affect both priests and deacons and matrimony

• The experts express their preoccupation concerning the rights of immigrants in the of the Law for Foreign Residents

Comillas and the Spanish Committee for Social Welfare debated the latest reforms in matters of immigration

• Professor Carlos Ballesteros, elected as a member of the first Fiare Ethics Committee

This banking ethics project has more than one million euros in capital stock, raised by 300 organisations and 500  individuals

• A young man from Mauritania studied a course on Cooperation with a scholarship from the Banco Santander and Comillas

"Mi future plan is to work in the area of cooperation projects in my country and in other third-world countries"

• Representatives of ten Chinese Universities visit Comillas

They received information on the Schools and Faculties and the degrees that our University offers

• Hanako Fujino, a Professor at Comillas, presides over the Association of Japanese Professors in Spain

The Japanese language has been one of the options offered in Translation and Interpreting since the 1993-94 academic year

• More than 70 skiers participate in the Madrid University Ski Championship

Comillas organised the competition, which was held on the slopes of the ski station at Valdesquí

• Jorge Pons Matilla wins the Ninth Ellacuría Award for Studies of Social Interest

"The Design for a business micro-structure in an environment with HIV:  A project for Kenya from Kenya" is his project

• The Santander Chair for Law and Minors, consulted by the Commission for Justice, Freedom and Security, of the EU

Professor Federico de Montalvo offered proposals for improving the situation of minors, who are considered victims, in judicial proceedings

• Rosa Díez participated in the Postgraduate Programme in the Management of Electoral Campaigns

The course is organised by the Centre for Innovation in Law (CID-ICADE) and MAS Consulting

• Comillas organises the Madrid University Chess Championship

Forty-seven chess players from universities in Madrid participated in the competition

• Mariano Ventosa takes over as Director of the ICAI School of Engineering

Fernando de Cuadra leaves the directorship of the School, after nine years in office, with the new undergraduate degrees in Engineering approved

• Road transportation and energy efficiency, the big challenges facing the Spanish Energy System

The BP will present the conclusions for the 2009 Report by the Platform for Energy and Sustainability in Spain

• Deusto, Comillas ICADE and ESADE propose formulas to overcome the crisis in a Business Forum presided over by the King

The King pointed out "the immeasurable social, business and human worth" of the professionals gathered at the forum

• The Senior Citizens University holds its tenth anniversary with a conference on professors

Those reponsible for the courses, professors and students participated in a debate on the qualities of instructors for adult education

• Integration into the job market was the main theme of the Open Classroom for Employment, Companies and Handicaps

A round table was held to present the viewpoint of companies, workers, and organisations that foment inclusion and serve as intermediaries

• Comillas welcomes the presentation of Notebooks on Law for Engineers

The book, published and coordinated jointly by Iberdrola and the Association - College of ICAI Engineers, offers an approach to legal aspects of Engineering

• Professors from the IIT teach a course on Electrical Systems Modelling at MIT

The syllabus responds to the interest in areas which are developed by the Institute for Technological Research

• The former President of the Fulbright Association delivered a lecture to the students of the Masters Degree in International Relations

Richard T. Arndt spoke about his experiences in the world of diplomacy, followed by a colloquium with the students

• More than 200 Headmasters and Educational Guidance Counsellors gather at the 15th Annual Meeting at Comillas

The authority of teachers, from the perspective of educational quality and legal regulations, were the main themes of the speeches

• Joel Trachtman delivers a seminar at Comillas on international law in migration stemming from economic causes

This expert proposes a worldwide framework agreement to liberalise emigration under the control of a global institution

• The Open Classroom, in the Alumni Office, analyses the management of Information and Communication Technologies vis-à-vis unexpected incidents and catastrophes

"The plans for the continuity of a business are fundamental for all companies", according to the speakers

• Comillas and the "Círculo de Empresarios" (Professional Organisation for Business Men and Women) sign an agreement for educational cooperation

The agreement foresees collaboration in business organisation in the training of students through a programme of internships

• The new Papel Nuncio, Renzo Fratini, attended the celebration of "University Day"

Twenty-six Doctoral candidates were awarded their PhD."s and 13 Professors and two tenured researchers were awarded the medallion in their respective teaching categories

• Professor Santiago Madrigal is made a numbered member of the Royal Academy of Doctors in Spain

This new academy member dedicated his induction speech to the Jesuitic tradition in ecclesiastical matters

• Operation Kilo collected a ton of food and more than 600 euros

Students from the "Structures of Business Communication" course collaborated in the advertising for the programme

• Comillas pays tribute to Professor Luis Vela Sánchez with the publication of a book

Fr. Díaz Moreno: "He was the most relevant and real-life professor in the Faculty of Canon Law since its transfer to Madrid"

• Comillas and "LID Editorial Empresarial" (LID Business Publishing House) present the ICADE Library Collection

Challenges and Strategies of the EU (Desafíos y Estrategias de la UE), by José Ramón de Espínola, and Sustainable Communication (Comunicación Sostenible), by Pablo Burgué, Ángela Díaz and Pilar Pato, are the next book releases

• Comillas joins the "Vive y Convive" (Live Together and Provide Company) Programme of the Caixa Catalunya

Students can share a house with the elderly for an academic year

• Isabel Lázaro: "The protection of minors should take precedence over the condition of being a foreigner"

The Santander Chair for Law and Minors confronts the challenges of the treatment of assylum-seekers

• Sherezade González-Quijano, winner of the Accenture Award for the Best End-of-Studies Thesis in International Business Administration (E-4)

Camille-Coralie Bouton, Sarah Dutschke and Jasmin Soledad Birnbreier were awarded as runner-ups for their works

• Two industrial engineers at Comillas, award winners in the 2009 "Arquímedes" Competition

Abel Ramos and Maite Peña were awarded the second prize and runner-up, respectively, in the area of engineering and architecture

• Comillas qualifies in sixth place in the Carrera de las Empresas ( "Race of the Companies")

Daniel Muñoz, Félix Ramos and Francisco Izquierdo represented the university

• University publishers will no longer be discriminated against in the system for teacher evaluation

The previous regulation considered unpublished works by the researcher"s institution works to be "especially relevant"

• Ernesto de la Rocha receives the award for the best "end of studies final project" at Sun Microsystems

His project is a proposal for the improvement of traffic intersections which are controlled by traffic lights

• The Spanish Presidency will be crucial for the future development of the European Union

Comillas and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organised a conference on the priorities for the next 6 months

• Comillas, the Institute for Spanish Engineering and the Nuclear Forum present the book Nuclear Energy for the 21st Century

The work offers elements of judgement which are well-founded in society

• Conference on Engineering at ICAI at the Spanish Institute for Engineering

Various representatives of the Advanced Technical School for Engineering (ICAI) participated as speakers

• Miguel Ayuso Torres, new President of the International Union of Catholic Legalists

A Professor of Constitutional Law at Comillas, he has presided over the Spanish section of this organisation since 2005

• The University and the Publishing House "San Pablo" present "Bioética Básica Comillas" (Basic Comillas Bio-ethics)

The collection, which already contains three works, attempts to put themes in bio-ethics within the grasp of everyone

• Only with total flooding of the parklands will the problem of the slow burning of the turf in "Tablas de Daimiel" be solved

The ecological problem of the underground fires is two-fold, as they also affect climate change

• Four Masters Degree students in the University Masters Degree in International Relations will carry out an internship at Repsol

The students will collaborate for six months in the Management of International Relations and Corporate Responsibility

• Two Comillas students win the Autonomous Region of Madrid"s Special Undergraduate Award

Marta Medina is a first-year Philosophy student and José Felipe Carbonell is studying the first year of Law and Business Administration and Management (E-3)

• Comillas team wins the 4th Unijes Saint Francis Xavier Debate Tournament

The tournament was won by Valentín Rivas and Diego Tortosa, E-3 students

• Experts consider media literacy and the new Audiovisual Act to be children"s best protection in the digital age

Comillas hosted the "Third Conference on Infancy and Communication: Digital Technology ? A Blackout on Rights?"

• Comillas lecturer Juan Carlos Torre appointed to the IFCU"s Board of Administration

Comillas staff hold three presidencies and one secretary-generalship among the International Federation

• Heads of the EU"s interpreting services visit Comillas

The interpreting job market has room for new entrants and Europe"s institutions need more interpreters, especially for Spanish

• Comillas holds its eighth Annual Alumni Meeting

Guest speaker and psychiatrist Luis Rojas Marcos gave a lecture on the power of optimism

• Fourteen Comillas students awarded Universia-Fernando Alonso International Mobility Grants

Comillas ranks first among Spain"s private universities and third in Madrid by number of grants received

• Valentín Rivas and Diego Tortosa win the Rector´s Trophy for University Debate

Participating teams discussed China´s status as a political and economic power

• Eleventh Comillas Forum for Employment offers opportunity in the midst of economic crisis

"Companies prefer real job fairs to virtual ones", says the Internship and Careers Office Director  

• The Orion Project opens a new work space and connection for counsellors: the Agora 2.0

The challenge for the Orion website is to become a social network and a meeting point for students, counsellors and companies

• Antonio Pau, Ana García Fau and Idealista.com, ICADE Association Awards, 2009

The awards are in recognition of a well-consolidated career, a brilliant career and an excellent business reputation

• Three graduates of the Institute for Post-graduate Studies are working on the preparation of the upcoming Spanish presidency of the European Union

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hired them after they completed the University Masters Degree in International Relations

• Comillas welcomes the "RedOTRI" (Office for the Transfer of Research Results Network) conference on economic aspects of European research projects

Julio Martínez, Vice-Rector for Research, pointed out the vital importance of the work done by project managers

• Nuria Martínez, winner of the University Christmas card contest

The prize-winning creation has as its motif: "He visited us...to set our feet straight on the path of peace" (Lk. 1, 79)

• Comillas and the Engineering Sector for Fire Prevention and Protection sign a cooperation agreement

The companies will cooperate in the practical training of students who study in the Postgraduate programme

• Comillas, ranked as the 27th University in the world in the training of professionals

A ranking by the École des Mines de Paris analyses the academic training of high-level managers in the 500 largest companies in the world

• Developing emotional competencies prepares students for learning as well as for life

Educators and companies work on emotional intelligence in the Third Encounter for Educational Counsellors at Comillas

• Faith and science can establish a fertile dialogue, because they are complementary and not contradictory

The Sixth Conference in the Faculty of Theology studied the influence of the evolution paradigm in theology

• Manuel Sánchez Ortega receives the 15th Javier Benjumea Award from the Association of ICAI Engineers

"I have always carried with me the professional ethics that I learned at school, never by chance", affirmed the recipient of the award

• The Superior General of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) visits the University

Adolfo Nicolás attended the events in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Colegio de Areneros (the original "Areneros" High School), of which he is an alumni

• Almost one-hundred students participated in the Inside Programs 2009

Twenty-six students carried out internships in companies and institutions in the United States and China

• Rejection to taking care of terminally-ill relatives is an impediment to the work done by teams for paliative care

Health sciences are not able to confront the problems alone

• In 20 years of interventions, no Spanish soldier has ever been convicted of violating human rights

Comillas held a conference on peace-keeping operations

• New record of participants in the Comillas Cross-Country Race

The competition marks the beginning of the university circuit for cross-country in the Autonomous Region of Madrid for the 2009-10 academic year

• - The Sectorial Commission for R+D of the CRUE calls for a modification of the budgets for research in the Parliament

Those responsible for research call for the National Strategy for Science and Technology, of 2008, to remain intact

• The Alumni Office organises the First Paddleball Tournament

Eduardo Laviña and Francisco Méndez, Mercedes Bootello and Carmen Salgado were the winning teams

• The University presents the book "CAI 1908-2008. The way we were, the way we are"

The event served as a closure to the celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the School

• Severo Moto: "Spain granted independence to Equatorial Guinea in a disastrous and precipitous manner"

The exiled leader of the opposition to the regime of Teodoro Obiang,  analysed the present and future of his country at Comillas

• "With times as they are now, it is necessary to be brave to speak about the things that the Pope mentions"

Julio Martínez and Luis González de Carvajal analysed the encyclic Caritas in veritate at a study conference

• The two best lawyers of under 40 years of age from the Iberian Peninsula, alumni of Comilas - ICADE

Teresa Paz-Ares and Leopoldo González-Echenique, winners of the Outstanding Achievement Award in the Iberian Lawyer contest

• More than 50 players participate in the second alumni golf tournament

Javier Boter, Samuel Oquiñena and María Luisa Sayas finished in first place in their respective qualifying groups

• Some 30 graduate students are enrolled in the Masters Degree in Finance and Auditing PricewaterhouseCoopers Comillas

The programme is managed by the Faculty for Economic Sciences and Business Administration (ICADE)

• Comillas begins the academic year with 12 undergraduate degrees, 16 Official Masters Degrees and 5 Doctoral Programs

In addition to the new degrees, the degrees in Engineering and more Postgraduate Programmes will be added this year

• Comillas offers the Masters Degree in Auditing and Managerial Development, by Deloitte

Deusto, ETEA, Pompeu Fabra University and the Valencia Polytechnic University will collaborate in the programme

• Manuel da Silva Rodrigues, new Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, is a Doctor of Theology at Comillas

He carried out his Doctoral studies in the Advanced Institute of Moral Sciences, part of the Faculty of Theology

• Javier Berriatúa San Sebastián, General Registrar at the University between 1995 and 2001, passes away in August

Professor in the Faculty of Law (ICADE), Berriatúa was also a former student at Comillas

• Comillas helps to build a home in Kenya

A group of volunteers from the University spent the summer working with orphans and those with AIDS

• Father Ignacio Iglesias, former Grand Vice-Chancellor at Comillas, passes away

Between 1961 and 1966 he was Vice-Rector of the "Seminario Menor" and Rector of the "Colegio Máximo" of the University

• "T-Reto (T-Challenge)", by David Martín, winner of the Fifth Edition of the Business Project Award of the ICADE Business Club

"Pro-energetic" and "From the Musician for the Musician" are the entries that win the segund and third prizes, respectively

• Professor José Luis Fernández is inducted as a member of the Caux Round Table

The organisation is an international network of business leaders who work for a "moral capitalism for a better world"

• Father Joaquín López de Prado, former Professor of Canon Law at Comillas, passes away

He carried out his teaching between 1960 and 1987, when he was named Emeritus Professor

• Three students from the Faculty of Law (ICADE), among the best law students of the year

Joaquín Martín, Gonzalo Manuel Bleda and Daniel Pérez were finalists in the Young Law Students Award 2009

• The General Council for The Judicial Branch and Comillas sign an agreement for collaboration

Students from the Faculty of Law will be able to do their internships in law offices

• Comillas is the only Spanish university which coordinates an Erasmus Mundus international doctorate

The European Commission endorses the postgraduate programme in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Strategies with the European seal

• Carlos Ballesteros has been invited to collaborate with the Observatory for Advertising and Communication on Environment and Development

The Comillas Marketing expert has been appointed as member of the jury of the 4th International Festival of Social Advertising

• Miguel Ayuso Torres has been awarded a honorary doctorate by the University of Udine

The Dean of the Faculty of Law emphasised his "original and substantial contribution to legal science"

• The Santander Chair for Law and Minors has participated in a United Nations meeting on health

De Montalvo participated in a table on offender minors, by the International Observatory for Justice and Youth

• The Programme Inside Beijing-Shanghai has been suspended because of the alarm caused by an alleged spread of H1N1 flu

A Comillas delegation travelled to China to return with students and companions who were hospitalised and in quarantine

• "The stereotype of the abandoned minor does not fit in with the actual situation"

Comillas presents a study on migration of sub-Saharan minors to the Canary Islands

• The Faculty of Theology ends the academic year with six doctoral theses and numerous scientific publications

In the last three years, the teaching body has published 36 works, approximately 130 book chapters, and almost 80 papers

• Rafael Palacios received the award for the 100 Best Ideas of 2008 from the journal ACTUALIDAD ECONÓMICA

The award-winning project is a cheque reading system developed by Comillas and MIT

• Comillas and ESADE create a joint programme on leadership for next academic year

Both institutions join forces to teach the course for managers with consolidated corporate experience

• Julio Martínez and Romano Giannetti are the new Vice-Chancellors for Research and International Relations

The restructuring of the Board of Directors coincides with a new phase which will be characterised by excellence and identity

• Comillas and the Adecco Foundation sign an agreement to help disabled students find work

The agreement includes awareness on disability and insertion into the labour market

• The book Innovation and Management of new products. A strategic and practical vision, has been presented

The work by lecturer Fernández del Hoyo tackles the dynamics of corporate innovations

• Comillas will collaborate with the ICAI Engineers Foundation for Development

Both institutions share the aim of fighting the causes of poverty

• Comillas celebrates the 25th anniversary of the foundation of its Institute of Technological Research (IIT)

The three Chancellors who have led the university over the ITI"s quarter century participated in the anniversary

• Comillas and the Office of the Citizen"s Ombudsman sign an agreement for collaboration

Students at the university will be able to carry out internships at the institution and participate in a yearly seminar

• The debate on the future of nuclear energy is plagued with political, regulatory and economic uncertainties

A conference was held at Comillas on "The cost of investment and the economic viability of new nuclear power plants"

• The children of immigrants in Barcelona do not feel rejection from the native residents of the city

Comillas and Princeton have carried out the the most wide-reaching study on "second generations" in Europe

• Father Adolfo Fernández Díaz-Nava, long-time Director of the Colegio Mayor Comillas (Comillas Hall of Residence) passes away

He studied Philosophy and Theology at the University, in Cantabria, where he was also a Professor of Moral Theology

• The graduates in Social Work at Comillas, the first Spanish university students to receive the diploma adapted to the European Space for Higher Education

For the first time, University Masters Degree students participated in the graduation ceremony for the 2008-09 academic year

• Awards for the Best Final Projects in the Advanced Technical School of Engineering (ICAI) are handed out

The Regional Secretary for Education, Lucía Figar, attended the award ceremony

• The ACAP holds a conference on evaluation systems and national and international accreditation at Comillas

The next objective is to prepare a forum for debate in which all of the agents involved in accreditation systems will participate

• More than 400 students attend the programme in the Senior Citizens University during the 2008-09 academic year

The 50 fifth-year students received their diplomas at the graduation ceremony, presided over by the Rector

• Approval by ANECA for the nine undergraduate degrees presented by Comillas for the academic year

The academic offering for the 2009-10 academic year includes 14 programmes adapted to the European Space for Higher Education

• In 2008 families from Asturias adopted more children from Spain than from abroad

Researchers from Comillas have drawn up the First Guide on Adoption and Adjustment to the Family in and from Asturias

• Father Antonio López de la Rica teaches his last class at Comillas-ICAI

As a Professor for more than forty years, he has held the office of Director of the Schools of Engineering and that of Vice-rector

• Nearly 200 international students, in Summer Courses at Comillas

Students attending the first session of the programme come from 8 countries of Europe and America

• The BP Chair devotes the sixth edition of its forum to the challenges of sustainable tranport in Europe and Spain

Transportation policies should be geared to the reduction of individual trips and consumption and to avoiding subsidies

• Comillas and the Spanish Society for Radiological Protection sign an agreement for collaboration

The objectives of the agreement are to foment training activities and to facilitate internships for students

• An application for iPhone developed by Comillas-ICAI, leader in downloads at Apple iTunes

The system establishes itineraries for the underground

• A student from Comillas-ICADE, among the best three business law students in Europe

Asun Almajano represented Spain in the award organised by Freshfields and the Financial Times

• Yolanda Moratilla presides over the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Institute for Engineering in Spain

This commission is responsible for analysing the challenges and problems of energy technologies

• Nuclear energy, at the crossroads of political blockage and the economic state of emergency

The Sixth Annual Conference of the Rafael Mariño Chair analyses the complex situation of atomic energy in Spain

• Comillas awards trophies to the best sportsmen and sportswomen

The participants in the in-house and inter-university competitions received their awards

• A team from Comillas-ICAI has won the Deloitte Business Game

Four groups from the University participated in the finals after getting through the elimination rounds

• "Immigrants have contributed to the period of greatest economic development in Spain"

Comillas dedicated the Forum for Social Work to the theme of "Immigration and social work in times of crisis"

• Students from the fourth graduating class of the Specialist Course in Electric Systems Operations receive their diplomas

The course is one of the many training activities which Comillas-ICAI carries out for the electric sector

• Students of Human and Social Sciences will be able to do internships abroad and perfect their languages

An agreement between Comillas and Sheffied Centre will allow students to perfect their linguistic and professional skills

• José Ramón Busto: ?We owe what we know today as Philosophy at Comillas to Professor Hortal"

The University publishes Ethics, thought out and shared as a tribute to the person who promoted ethics in professional careers

• The number of future university students participating in the University Open House Day at Comillas increases

10% more candidates than last year showed their interest in the degrees awarded by the university by attending

• Successful first year of the Executive Inside New York-Washington Program

Post-graduate students and young professionals participated in the course, during Easter Week

• The Rector of Comillas attends the Nineth Board Meeting of Universia

Emilio Botín: "Scientific and Humanistic Knowledge is necessary for collective welfare and prosperity"

• "It was not the war, nor the holocaust, but the violence afterwards that turned the survivors into refugees"

Comillas commemorated the Day of the Shoah with the testimony of a survivor of the holocaust, among others

• A professor at Comillas, elected Vicar General of the Barefoot Carmelites

Emilio J. Martínez González teaches Spiritual Theology and is a former student of the university

• Cancelling the information on a certificate of baptism is not renouncing Church membership according to Canon Law

The Faculty of Canon Law organised a day-long conference to study declarations of renunciation of the Church

• The Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration (ICADE) in The Economist

Profesor Alfredo Arahuetes speaks about investment by Spanish companies in Latin America

• Students from Comillas-ICADE visit European institutions in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg

The Jean Monet Chair organised the trip to political organisations of the EU as an alternative study plan

• Professors from Comillas participate in the Second Internacional Conference on Human Development

Students of the University Masters Degree in Development Cooperation at Comillas attended the sessions

• Julieta Moreno-Torres: "Judicial proceedings do not consider the time of minors"

The Santander Chair for Law and Minors presented the book Judicial Security in the System of Protection of Spanish Minors

• Antonio Obregón: "The most outstanding aspects of the Bologna have their roots in the tradition of our university"

The Vice-rector for Academic Order and Professors explains the adaptation of Comillas to the European Space for Higher Education to the UNESCO Chair

• The President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts requests the collaboration of the Faculty of Canon Law

Monsignor Francesco Coccopalmerio visited the Faculty and met with professors and students in this specialised field of studies

• Father Albert Dou, Rector of ICAI during the years of its merging with Comillas, passes away at age 93

He was also Rector at Deusto and Professor in the School of Roadworks Engineers of Madrid, at the Complutense University, and at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

• Two students from Comillas-ICADE reach the finals in the BNP Paribas international strategy game

Ignacio Zunzunegui and Marcus Saxby will travel to Paris to compete in the final round of ACE Manager

• The Rector inaugurates the exhibit "The Year of Saint Paul in 27 Bibles"

"We have before our eyes a sample of the greatest cultural monument of mankind", stated José Ramón Busto

• Monsignor Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, former student at Comillas, named Archbishop of Toledo

The new head of the Prime Archbishopric of Spain graduated from our university, with a major in the Holy Scripture

• Two students from Comillas-ICAI win second place in a European programming competition

José Luis Gorroño and Pablo Moncunill develop business solutions for printers and multi-functional equipment

• Students from Engineering represent Comillas in the International Fair at the University of Sydney

Australian students are widely attracted by studying in Spain and by learning Spanish

• The University and the Spanish Nuclear Society sign an agreement for training and the recycling of professionals

The agreement includes the creation of grants for end-of-studies final projects and lectures on nuclear energy

• Comillas wins the Fourth Debate Tournament at the Francisco de Vitoria University

24 teams, from 13 universities from throughout the country, participated in the competition

• Comillas, final champions, for the second year in a row, in the UNIJES 2009 Tournament

In the championship,which was held in Barcelona, the university stood out for its victory in five categories

• Presentation of ?The echo of those voices. The Schola Cantorum of the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas?

The book provides a review of the history of the institution, which was the soul of Spanish religious music, and revives its sounds

• Charles Vest, President of the National Academy of Engineering of the USA, "doctor honoris causa"

The distinction recognises Vest´s career and the support for Comillas-ICAI by the MIT, of which he is President emeritus

• Internships are fundamental for university students, according to 95 percent of companies in Madrid

Comillas participates in "EU Converge", a forum between companies and universities

• The European Space for Higher Education will increase the doubtfulness when choosing degree and university

The variety of the academic offering will bring with it greater differences in quality among universities and in degrees

• A system for reading cheques created by researchers at Comillas, among the 100 Best Ideas of 2008

The periodical ACTUALIDAD ECONÓMICA has selected the most outstanding initiatives and innovations of the past year in Spain

• "The theory of evolution supposes a point of introspection into the understanding of the human condition"

Comillas celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin with a series of lectures and round tables

• The "San Juan de Dios" University School decides the awards for its 29th Nursing Competition

The first prize in the category of research projects was given to three employees from the Cabueñes Hospital of Gijón

• In times of economic recession, the priority should be a reinforcement of the social infrastructure

Cristina Gortázar and Mercedes Fernández went to the Meeting "Immigration, training and employment in times of crisis"

• Attendance record for the University Open House Day at Comillas-ICADE

Almost 1500 candidates and their family members received information on the university and its degrees

• PricewaterhouseCoopers and Comillas-ICADE launch the first Masters Degree in Auditing and Finances on the market

The programme emphasises professional specialisation and improves the quality of training in future auditors

• "Dynamics of violence: minors as assailants, minors as the assailed", theme of the First Conference on Psychology

All forms of violent conduct have more than one explanation, and are the result of a series of inter-actions

• Comillas organises the University Ski Championship of Madrid

Sixty-four skiers participated in the competition which was held at Valdesquí

• Comillas organises the University Chess Championship of Madrid

Sixty-three participants competed in the tournament which, for the first time, included a women´s competition

• The graduates of the last graduating class in the Post-graduate Programme in Electric Energy are working in the sector

Almost one-hundred students in this master courses

• Presentation of "The ICAI Engineer and Sustainable Development", a work by 88 professors at the University

Comillas and the Association of ICAI Engineers published the book

• The Prince and Princess of Asturias in the commemorative ceremony for the One-Hundredth Anniversary of ICAI

The National Association of ICAI Engineers and the TIME Network Association received the university medal

• Technology and training form the core of the collaboration between Comillas and the Banco Santander

Emilio Botín and José Ramón Busto sign an agreement which renews and expands the relationship between both institutions

• The Prince and Princess of Asturias received the participants in the Inside 2008 courses at an Audience

The participants interacted with their Royal Highnesses on the importance of internationalisation for students

• Comillas and Princeton carry out in Spain the most important study on second generations in Europe

More than half of the children of immigrants have never felt discriminated and 5 percent,  so "many times"

• Work is a fundamental step in the integration of immigrant youth

The University Institute for Migration Studies held a conference on the adult life of the children of immigrants

• 18 percent of adolescents in Madrid have had sexual relations, on the average, at age 14

Researchers at Comillas coordinate a study on adolescence and risk in Andalusia, Madrid and the Basque Country

• Gala concert at the Royal Theatre to commemorate the One-Hundredth Anniversary of ICAI

The event was sponsored by important institutions from the business and professional world

• There is no reliable data concering the situation of unaccompanied foreign minors in Spain

The Santander Chair for Law and Minors organised a meeting on adolescents who immigrate alone to our country

• Javier Gómez Lanz, new Director of the Institute for Post-graduate Studies and Continuing Education

Pilar Melara pointed out the creation of the University Masters Degrees among the accomplishments of her period in office

• Henar Rodríguez wins the Tenth Holy Father Rubio, SJ Award with a work on immigrant student integration

The other award-winning belong to the universities Autònoma of Barcelona, Huelva and the Complutense University

• Comillas holds University Day on the occasion of the festivity of Saint Thomas Aquinus

The Rector underscored the human and intellectual excellence of the students

• Comillas-ICAI offers a Masters Degree in Regulation of the Electrical Industry in the Dominican Republic

The program is born as an answer to the poor functioning of the Dominican electrical service

• Students from Comillas-ICAI will represent Spain in the international finals at L´Oréal Ingenius 2009

For the second consecutive year, a team of engineering students from our university has qualified for the national edition

• "In schools in the Congo, not only learning to add or to speak French are taught, but also living in peace"

The Jesuit Juanjo Aguado explained his work with refugees in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• The ICAI Engineers Foundation for Development opens a delegation office at Comillas

This institution for solidarity proposes end-of-studies projects orientated to development cooperation to students

• Comillas presents the first edition of the Executive Inside Programme for Easter Week

This new offer in International Courses at the University is aimed at young professionals and Post-graduate students

• On the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of ICAI, Iveco Spain donates an engine to the university

The engine will be used in practical classes by students in their final years of studies in Engineering

• Gabino Uríbarri takes over from Santiago Madrigal as Head of the Faculties of Theology and Canon Law

The new Dean addressed professors in order to set out three clear goals:  "Books, books, books"

• Michel: "Football is not a sport; it is, more than anything, an absolute business"

The former football player and trainer participated in the Wednesday Lecture Series at Comillas

• The "San Juan de Dios" School of Nursing and Physiotherapy awards its Thirteenth Short Story Prizes

The physical therapist Juan Antonio López Segura won the first prize with his work "The brown donkey"

• Graduation and awarding of diplomas to the fifteenth and sixteenth graduating classes of the Executive MBA

The honorary witness of the graduates was Vicente Rodríguez Rubio, General Director of the Economic Office for the Navy

• Carmen Valor: "Social action is not a gift, the donation has an opportunity cost"

A Professor at Comillas wins the Alimerka Foundation Award for short essay on social actions in the business world

• The men´s indoor football team at Comillas wins third place in "Euromilano 2008"

More than 20 universities from all over Europe and 1200 athletes participated in the championship, held in Milan

• European and Latin American Jesuits consider European immigration policies to be unjust and contrary to freedom

Comillas participated in the legal analysis of the EU norms that were denounced

• José Luis Cano, appointed as the new Executive Secretary of the Catholic Education Foundation

A Jesuit and an expert in education, he is a former student at Comillas, where he graduated in Theology

• Birgitta Baumann, first prize from Accenture for the best final-year thesis in International Business Sciences

Vanessa Campion Álvarez, Rita Muller and Nadina Schenten received the runner-up awards

• Presentation of "This is our history", a book that helps children to understand the process of their adoption

José Bono, special guest at the presentation, stated that  a child should know that he or she is adopted  before understanding its meaning

• A team from Comillas, runner-up in the Second Round-Robin Debate Tournament

In the competition, created by two students at the University, 24 teams from all over Spain competed

• Presentation of "Historical Atlas of the councils and the synods", latest work by Juan María Laboa

The author expressed his concern for the tremendous lack of knowledge that the Church have of its history

• Psychology Professors at Comillas disclose the serious social status of the mentally ill in Madrid

"Quality of life and schizophrenia" is a study carried out by the University, AMAFE and Social Work Office of Caja Madrid

• Comillas hosts the presentation of the Greek-Spanish bilingual edition of the "Synopsis of the Four Gospels"

Antonio Vargas-Machuca, Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Theology, made the translation and adaptation of the work

• Second Meeting of Universidad Pontificia Comillas Alumni from the Canary Islands

The Canary Islands are the first autonomous region in which this special-interest group is organised on a regional level

• "It is up to universities to dream about a better future"

Comillas organised a series of debates on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of human rights

• Alfredo Arahuetes takes possession of the office of Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Studies

María Josefa Peralta leaves the Dean´s Office after six years in charge of the Faculty, and with the new study plans presented to ANECA

• Natalia Sánchez wins the Special Undergraduate Award from the Autonomous Region of Madrid

This award-winning student sees Law as something which is vocational, and she would like to devote herself to it in the future

• José Bono: "I began in politics because of my religious committment and I have been able to keep it"

The President of the Congress, a former student at Comillas, participated in the Conference for Committment to Solidarity

• Secretary General for the Defense of Minors: "We must do justice with the most vunerable"

The International Conference on Childhood and Adolescence was held at Comillas  

• Edward Freeman, father of the Stakeholder theory, Doctor honoris causa at Comillas

This is the first time that Professor Freeman has received this academic honour from a university

• 60 universities participate in the Fourth International University Exchange Fair

Foreign students represented academic institutions from more than 20 countries from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia

• Alex Rovira fills the house at the Anual Alumni Meeting 2008

The university has changed and is thanks to the collaboration of alumni, stated the Rector in his speech

• Professor Alfredo Arahuetes, new Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences (Business School)

He is the successor to Professor María Josefa Peralta, after six years in the position

• A research team from the IIT (Institute for Technological Research) creates a system for reading bank cheques

The work was carried out in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)  

• The Ministry of Science and Innovation awards the "distinction of quality" to a Doctorate in Electric Energy at Comillas-ICAI

According to the Director of the course, Pablo García González, the next challenge is internationalisation

• The Superior General of the Jesuits congratulates ICAI on the celebration of its one-hundredth anniversary

"That utopian dream of the creators of ICAI is still alive today in its those that inherited and furthered it", says Father Adolfo Nicolás

• Beatriz Vara de Rey, awarded as Student of the Year at the Alfonso Ussía Awards, at LA RAZÓN (Spanish Newspaper)

The award-winning student dreams about working outside of Spain at the United Nations

• "Noche de Paz (Night of Peace, "Silent Night")" wins the Christmas card contest 2008 at Comillas

?Noche de Paz (Night of Peace, "Silent Night")? wins the Christmas card contest 2008 at Comillas

• The Dean of Theology and Canon Law enters the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain

Santiago Madrigal has been elected as a full member in the Section of Theology of the institution

• Competencies, underlying theme at the Second Meeting for School Counsellors, organised by Comillas

The meeting brought together some thirty school cousellors from public and private schools in Madrid

• In times of crisis, the number of candidates and their interest in the selection process increases

Ninety-three companies participated in the Tenth Comillas Employment Forum, 16 percent more than in the previous edition

• Health, technology, sustainability and challenges to the family, at Science Week at Comillas

The eighth edition of this exhibition will be held from the 10th to the 23rd of November

• Spain lacks global programmes for the problems of immigrant families when taking in immigrants

Comillas organised a conference on transnational immigrant families as an indispensable agent in Spanish society

• Francisco Javier López Bartolomé received the Javier Benjumea Award in its fourteenth edition

The winner was moved when honoured with this distinction, coinciding with the one-hundredth anniversary of ICAI

• José Ramón Busto: "Benedict XVI is a Pope who has been a theologian and who would like to continue to be one"

The Fifth Conference on Theology at Comillas centered on the thoughts of Joseph Ratzinger

• Comillas, in solidarity with the University of Navarra after the terrorist attack

The University community kept a minute of silence in protest of the attack on the Pamplona"s campus

• The Association "Club Inside" (The Inside Club) is born for cultural exchange and the training and creating of awareness in free peoples

Ninety-two students participated in the sixth edition of the Inside Programmes for the academic year 2007-08

• Comillas joins the CRUE in condemming the terrorist attack on the University of Navarra

The University calls for members of the university to keep a minute of silence on Friday, October 31, at 12:30 pm

• The first Graduating Class for the Masters Degree in Business Taxation, which is offered together with Deloitte, receives its diplomas

The goal of the programme is to provide specialised training to those with an undergraduate degree who join the firm

• Daniel Pérez and Cristobal Rodríguez, winners of the Eighth Rector´s Trophy for University Debate

Ten teams of two debated the usefullness of Madrid hosting the Olympic Games

• José Ramón Busto: "Saint Paul was never an anti-feminist. This is one of the unfair statements that he has to withstand"

A lecture by the Rector opened the Alonso Schökel Lecture Series, "The Bible and the World Today"

• One hundred thirty runners take part in the Comillas Inter-university Cross

With a new record of participation, is the first race of the Madrid university circuit

• "We have not invented anything; people have always been communicating, and we have only given them a more efficient and better tool"

Mark Zuckerberg chose Comillas to give a talk to students

• Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros, Eva Castillo, Javier Calvet and Kishore Shyam, winners of the ICADE Association Awards

The award distinguishes alumni with an excellent professional trajectory and ethical and academic values

• Comillas hosts the first meeting of the Network for International Adoption

Among its objectives, the researchers in this group have designed a web page as a platform for communication and exchange

• Professor José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga receives the Outstanding Engineer Award

The Award, which is given by a professional organisation, recognises his contribution to the electrical market

• Forty percent of students in the Master in International Cooperation are from Latin America, Africa and the EU

The programme has begun its classes for the 12th edition

• Comillas welcomes more than 300 international students during the first semester of the academic year 2008-09

The number of foreign students has increased by 7 percent over the same period of the previous academic year

• "Outsourcing" services represent 36 percent of income in the consulting sector

The Spanish Association of Consulting Firms presented its report on the sector at Comillas

• The Universidad Pontificia Comillas opens the 2008-09 academic year, during which the School of Engineering, ICAI, will celebrate its 100th Anniversary

The Rectors of the Autonomous University of Madrid,  The Carlos III University and the King Juan Carlos University attended the opening ceremony

• The Undergraduate Degrees in Social Work, Pre-school Education and Primary School Education offered now for the first time

The university is offering, for the first time in its history, Teacher Education Classes

• On the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of ICAI, Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler donate two vehicles to the university

The two automobiles will be used in practical classes by the students in their final years of studies in Engineering

• The Masters Degree in Railway Systems begins its seventh edition, now becoming an official degree

During the opening ceremony for the 2008-09 academic year, a round table on super high-speed trains was held

• Fernando Vidal and Rosalía Mota present the largest survey on early childhood in Spain to the media

The two professors from Comillas assert that the majority of Spanish children live in very close-knit homes

• The Library at Comillas receives the Seal of Quality Commitment for European Excellence from the EFQM

The process began in July 2006 in collaboration with ANECA (the Spanish National Quality Agency)

• The Council of Ministers has approved three new university degrees at Comillas

Social Work, Primary and Pre-School Education are the degrees adapted to the European Space for Higher Education

• Only Comillas will offer the European Undergraduate Degree of Social Work next school year

The reform of the degree has lived up to the profession"s expectations, which requested the highest academic level

• Comillas, only university to offer Primary School Education and Pre-School Education European degrees

"Our graduates will be successful at official examinations", stated the team who have elaborated the plan of studies

• Juan Antonio Guerrero was sworn in as Provincial Leader of Castille

The new Provincial Leader is Vice Grand Chancellor of Comillas, where he was also a former student and teacher

• First class to complete the Masters in Finance from Comillas-ICADE graduates

More than half of the students came from other Spanish universities and a third from foreign academic institutions  

• Metanexus Institute, from the United States, holds its 2008 annual Conference at Comillas

Scientists, theologians, philosophers, historians, artists and religious leaders are sharing three days of contemplation

• Jesuit Luis Ladaria appointed as Secretary for the Doctrine of the Faith

He was professor at Comillas Faculty of Theology, from 1967 until 1987

• The second class to complete the Master of Company Law graduates

Almost 95 per cent of students enrolled on this programme came from universities other than Comillas

• William Nordhaus: Technologies which take into account the real cost of fuel must be developed

The expert in Climate Change Economics gave a conference in Comillas on economic aspects of global warming

• A graduate of Comillas-ICADE, the best student in the Master of Laws, at Columbia University

Teresa Méndez Florez wins the Walter Gellhorn Award at this New York institution, after graduating with the highest grade point average

• The first graduating class to complete the five years of studies in the Senior Citizens University receives their diplomas

During the 2007-08 academic year, the number of students registered increased by four percent over the previous year

• Success in participation at the First "Comillas - ICAI - ICADE Alumni" Golf Tournament

Lovells and S.T. Dupont sponsor the competition, with the collaboration of BMW Movilnorte and Aymerich Golf Management  

• Relations between bishops and those in religious professions, debated at an event organised by the Faculty of Canon Law

The President of the Episcopal Commission for Religious Life and the Vice-President of CONFER analyse the current situation

• Awards for the best final projects presented to 14 engineers from Comillas-ICAI

The General Director for Universities pointed out that these awards are an example of excellence in the university

• Official closing of the academic year 2007-08 with the graduation ceremony and awarding of diplomas to graduates

More than 1400 students attended the academic ceremonies held at the Cantoblanco campus, accompanied by their relatives

• The Faculty of Law honours Profesors Blanco Gómez, Pérez de la Cruz and Ruiz de Velasco

Colleagues, students and collaborators participate in an emotional ceremony on the retirement of these professors

• Comillas-ICADE and Ernst & Young Lawyers will offer an innovative Masters Degree for new professionals in the law office

The teaching team will be made up of professors from the University, members of the law firm and inspectors from the Tax Agency

• Forty-four prison inmates receive classes at Comillas/Post-graduate Institute to work as telephone call centre operators

The programme was organised by the University, the "La Caixa" Foundation and the Ministry of the Interior

• Comunication, mediation and recognising mistakes, the best tools in health conflicts

The International Conference "The advances of law vis-à-vis the advances in medicine", held at Comillas, is officially closed

• Confidentiality of health information, a personal right of minors vis-à-vis their parents

The second day of the conference on law and medicine treated themes related to patients" rights

• The State cannot constantly award indemnizations when there is no direct guilt in the health system

Inauguration of the International Conference ?The advances of law vis-à-vis the advances of medicine", organised by Deusto, Comillas and ESADE

• Comillas brings its inter-disciplinary point of view on illness, death and beliefs to the Tenth World Conference on Psycho-Oncology

Five professors of Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology at the university participated in a round table

• Clara Martínez García is sworn in as the new General Registrar at Comillas

"The service that the General Registrar´s Office lends to us has to do with three words:  truth, legality and custody", said the Rector

• After five years of decreases, interest in professional training grows from students in Madrid

The Orion Project offers an on-line questionnaire  which helps students to decide on their studies

• The Rafael Mariño Chair dedicates its Fifth Annual Conference to energy efficiency

Twenty-four institutions participated in the meeting, which was organised in conjunction with the Spanish Association for Energy Consumption

• Eighteen members of the university, awarded in cultural contests and competitions for 2007-08

The participants competed in essay, poetry, philosophical essays, journalism, photography and plastic arts  

• Comillas inaugurates its presence at the Book Fair of Madrid

The university will occupy stand 196 of the 364 stands open at the 67th edition of this fair

• Violence within a family is more dramatic as the perpetrator is someone who should protect the victim

The conference concluded that it is necessary to teach the family to solve their crises without violence

• Juan Antonio Guerrero, elected new Provincial Leader of Castille and Vice Grand Chancellor of Comillas

The substitute of Father Joaquín Barrero, SJ, is a former student of the university, where he was also a Professor

• The Rector at Comillas explains his experience at the General Congregation of the Society of Jesus

The diversity of languages, origins and experiences of the Jesuits both enrichened and hindered the sessions.  

• A speech by Mariano Rajoy at Comillas attracts the attention of the media

The presentation by the leader of the Partido Popular (Popular Party) was organised by the Student Delegation at the University

• The Chair for Bioethics at Comillas is celebrating its 20th Anniversary

A Masters Degree in Bioethics, 44 publications, 35 conferences, and more than 50 courses and professional meetings are the result of its years of activities

• The Jean Monnet Chair of the Faculty of Law (ICADE) celebrated the Day of Europe at the University

For Enrique Barón, European Parliament member and alumni, the task is to consolidate the EU with a defense of the citizen

• Miriam Pastor and Gonzalo Bleda, winners of 7th Rector´s University Debate Trophy

The team of Blanca Rodríguez and Laura Picó reached the finals

• Ignacio Galán, President of Iberdrola, presents the "Manual of Law for Engineers" at Comillas

The work is the fruit of the collaboration between the Association-Professional College of ICAI Engineers and the electric company

• Francisco Bueno Arús dedicates his Farewell Lecture to terrorism

This Professor Emeritus in the Law School (ICADE), who retired three years ago, filled the Aula Magna (Main Auditorium) with colleagues, alumni and students

• International Relations at Comillas obtains the Seal of Commitment to European Excellence from the EFQM

The process of improvement in the international management began in 2005, with a pilot project promoted by ANECA

• Prize-winning tickets in the drawing for those attending the University Open House Orientation Days

The three PDAs in the raffle, sponsored by Ernst & Young, were won by numbers 000226, 000366 and 000744

• Ricardo Pinilla directs the course "Francisco Giner de los Ríos and the Institución Libre de Enseñanza", at the University of Alicante

Enrique Menéndez Ureña, Pedro Álvarez Lázaro and José Manuel Vázquez Romero participated as speakers

• The Association-Professional College of ICAI Engineers donates acoustic measurement equipment to Comillas

The sound level meter received increases the sound measurement resources for teaching in Industrial Engineering

• Awarding of diplomas to the third graduating class for the Specialist Course in Electrical Systems Operations REE-ICAI

The majority of the students were from Red Eléctrica Española and the rest from Endesa, Hidrocantábrico and Iberdrola

• Comillas and the Banco Popular Español sign an agreement for collaboration

The goal of the agreement is to foment employment for students and alumni at this banking institution

• Reducing greenhouse gases requires new technologies and changing the model of consumption

The BP Chair for Sustainable Development presented the conclusions at its fourth BP Forum for Energy and Sustainability

• First University Orientation Day for students in First Year of "Bachillerato" (second-to-last year of High School) and professional training programmes

800 young people received information from professors, professionals and students to select their future studies

• Comillas, winners of the 2008 UNIJES Tournament

At the tournament, which was held in Úbeda, the university stood out for its victories in tennis and basketball

• Psychologists help people to express suffering and to build up for mourning to face death

Students from Comillas organised the Third Conference for Integration in Psychology "Living through the process of Dying"

• A professor at Comillas, new Dean of the Official Professional College of Social Workers of Madrid

Manuel Gil Parejo belongs to the Department of Sociology and Social Work in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences

• Castille-La Mancha, among the autonomous regions with the greatest fiscal benefits for taxes on inheritance and donations

The comparative study carried out by the Altae Chair for Financial and Fiscal Studies, presented in Ciudad Real

• "The judge who is not independent cannot be impartial", according to the Magistrate Antonio García Martínez

The Faculty of Law (ICADE) is holding the Conference on Ethics and Judicial Independence

• The Graduating Class of 1998 in Engineering opens the celebrations organised by the Alumni Office

The first graduating class of Computer Science Engineers celebrated their tenth anniversary together with industrial engineers and technical industrial and computer science engineers

• Schools are in need of counsellors to attend to students reprimanded for violent conduct

Closing of the Sixth Conference on Law for Minors, dedicated to abuse and group and school harrassment

• School violence declines in Spain between 1999 and 2006, according to a report by the State Omsbudsman

The Sixth Conference on Law for Minors, "Answers to school and group violence:  Mechanisms for integration", begins at Comillas

• Princess Elena visits the Comillas stand at the International Student and Educational Offer Fair "AULA 08"

Her Royal Highness, a former student at the university, was received by the Rector, José Ramón Busto

• The Diagrama Foundation will collaborate with Comillas on the Sixth Conference on Rights for Minors

This organisation has sponsored different activities at the University for the integration of young people with difficulties since 2005

• La Fundación Diagrama colabora con Comillas en las VI Jornadas sobre Derecho de los Menores

• The SEUR Foundation sponsors the Sixth Conference on Law for Minors

The participants will search for answers regarding school and group violence and the possible mechanisms for integration

• The "San Juan de Dios" School presents the awards in the 28th Nursing Contest

David González and María del Carmen Solano received awards

• Comillas wins six prizes in the Madrid Inter-University Golf Championship

The team from the university came in third place in the contest

• Comillas will participate in the Santander-CRUE Ibero-American Mobility Programme

Students at the University will be able to opt for three grants for stays or student exchanges in Latin America

• Comillas at the crossroads of ideologies: Dialogues on science, technology and social ethics

The Pastoral, Solidarity and Cultural Activities Services invite the University Community to reflect

• A team from Comillas-ICAI wins the Spanish round of an international competition by L´Oréal

Beatriz Cifuentes, Miguel Such and Álvaro Fernández created solutions to generate efficient energy in a factory

• European Première of the Documentary "Pedro Arrupe: Life and Legacy", at Comillas

A delegation from Georgetown University, producers of the DVD, attended the event

• Comillas expresses its solidarity with the family of Isaías Carrasco

The university kept one minute of silence in rejection of the assassination of the former coucil member of the PSE

• Students at Comillas debate four programmes presented in the general elections

Students from the Debate Club, in representation of IU, PP, PSOE and UP&D, debated their political ideas at a round table

• Fuencisla Alcón: "In the medium term, a constitutional reform will be necessary, with a new consensus"

The Faculty of Law organised the conference "Democracy and freedom:  Citizens" decisions and political representation".

• Comillas signs an agreement with the Spanish Association of Risks and Insurance Management

Both institutions will share resources and activities for specialised training in judicial and economic themes

• More than 1100 visitors attended the Open House for Potential New Students at Comillas-ICADE

550 candidates, 10% more than the average for the last six years, received information concerning the offer for studies

• The Javier Benjumea Chair holds its Forum "Companies and the Communication of Values in Globalisation"

Carlos Berzosa, Rector of the Complutense University, was the person responsible for opening the two days of lectures

• Adolfo Suárez Illana: "Returning to our origin provides us with solutions to confront our future in politics"

The son of the first President of the democracy spoke at Comillas on the transition as a basis for political understanding

• Comillas presents its new Undergraduate Degrees to Secondary School Principals and Counsellors

Undergraduate Degrees in Pre-School Education, in Primary School Education and in Social Work, new European fields of studies for the 2008-09 academic year

• The Prince of Asturias receives students on the INSIDE Programs

Members of the Inside Class of 2007 visited the Zarzuela Palace accompanied by the Vice-rector and Acting Rector

• The Altae Chair at Comillas proposes a sweeping reform of the inheritance and donations tax

The tax analysed discriminates excessively on the fiscal cost to taxpayers, according to the research team

• The Vice Grand Chancellor of Comillas, member of the Superior General´s Board of Advisors of the Society of Jesus

Joaquín Barrero Díaz, SJ, is the Provincial Representative for Castille and a former student of the University

• A Former Student of Comillas, named Bishop in Peru

Benedict XVI has named the priest Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez new Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiosis of Trujillo

• The demand for electricity should be covered with all types of energy, including nuclear energy, according to a study presented by Comillas

Fulfiling the predictions of the report would suppose adding ten atomic power plants to the seven that already exist, according to one of its authors

• "Solar Energy: Current Status and Immediate Perspectives" presented at Comillas

This book compiles the work of the Second Annual Conference of the Rafael Mariño Chair for New Energy Technologies

• Comillas celebrates University Day on the feast of Saint Thomas of Aquinas

The University applauded the election of the new Grand Chancellor and General of the Society of Jesus, the Order of the  Jesuits, Father Adolfo Nicolás

• Pedro Álvarez Lázaro, appointed as corresponding academic member of the Royal Academy of History

This professor at Comillasi s a pioneer in the study of history of the movement of free thinkers

• Father Adolfo Nicolas, new Superior General of the Society of Jesus and Grand Chancellor of Comillas

Born in Palencia, until now he has been the Moderator for the Provincial Conference of Eastern Asia and South Pacific States

• Mikel Buesa: "We will end terrorism the day that we expel those that support this type of activity from the system"

This member of Union, Progress and Democracy participated in the Wednesday Lecture Series

• María Peñas receives the CIDE research award for her Doctoral Thesis on the affective environment of gifted children

The award-winner believes it is advisable to help gifted children to know, identify and understand their cognitive, emotional, social and moral differences

• Sara Salvatori wins the Ninth Holy Father Rubio, SJ Award with "The emigration of Jebli women to Spain"

The second prize went to Silvia Carrizo-Fernández, for "Hands that move the world"

• José Ramón Busto Saiz: "Companies snatch our students right out of our hands "

The digital publication Ibercampus publishes an extensive interview with the Rector at Comillas

• Operation Kilo 2007 collects nearly two tonnes of foodstuffs at Comillas

The 1800 kilos collected this year have surpassed by a large margin the 1000 kilos collected in previous editions

• "Because there are refugees in the world", Tenth Edition of the Conference for Orientation and Solidarity

At the opening ceremony, the Rector confirmed that one of the goals of Comillas is to "train in solidarity"

• Comillas organised the Fourth International Meeting for Young Researchers in Immigration Law and Assylum

For two days the representatives of 17 Spanish and foreign universities gave speeches and presentations

• "It is not whether negotiating is possible or not, but rather that you always have to do it"

The officer in the Civil Guard, Alonso Valdizán, gave a class on negotiations in crisis situations to students of Comillas-ICADE

• The Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country held its conference on climate change at Comillas

The Basque Government proposes to reduce the growth of CO2 emissions, predicted for 2012, by 22 percent

• Martín Mingarro: "Only he or she who has a deep sense of ethics deserves the title of lawyer"

The book "Justice and ethics in the practice of law" was presented at Comillas

• Comillas publishes the third volume of "Systematic Theology", by Wolfhart Pannenberg

This German author is considered the "most Catholic of the Protestant theologians"

• Comillas wins the Second Unijes "Saint Francis Xavier" Debate Tournament

Nineteen teams from seven university institutions met for the competition

• BP and the Universidad Pontificia Comillas broaden their research on sustainable development

The BP Foundation will earmark one million euros for the new plan for action foreseen in the agreement

• Graduates of Comillas in 2005 took an average of two months and a half to find employment

A report by the Department of Quality and Surveys confirms the high rate of employability of the graduates at Comillas

• The experts confirm that judicial training is fundamental for insurance assessors

Comillas hosts the conference "Insurance assessors:  general norms and professional procedures"

• Three students from Comillas. National End of Studies Award winners for the 2005-06 academic year

Raquel Gonzalez Corral, Montserrat Gomez Rubiano and Javier Lopez Aranguena are the award winners

• Graduation ceremony for MBA and for the Executive MBA Degrees

More than one-hundred students from the Institute for Post-graduate Studies received their diplomas

• Pérez Arriaga is one of the authors of the report on climate change for the President of the Government

The Director of the BP Chair for Sustainable Development spoke at the presentation of the document at the Moncloa Palace

• A virtual website to bring art closer to the general public wins the Entrepreneurial Project Award

The contest has attempted to foment, for the past three years, entrepreneurial activity among students 

• Overwhelming participation by companies at the Ninth Comillas Forum for Employment

The number of enterprises increased by 5%, to a total of 80, and some 20 were not able to register due to lack of space

• Adolfo Domínguez, guest of honour at the Annual Alumni Meeting

"The best decision that I took in my life was to continue with my parents" small company", said the international businessman

• A team from Comillas, runner-up in the First "Pasarela" Tournament

In the same competition, a student from Law won the Second Prize in the "Deloitte Promise of the Year 2007" Award

• Operation Kilo, at Comillas, from December 11 to 13

Coinciding with Operation Kilo, a Poster Exhibit will be held with this motif by the students

• The Project "Financial Site Madrid", at Science Week at Comillas

The Rector and the Mayor of Madrid closed the colloquium which was held in the Main Auditorium

• Students from Comillas participate in the Research Conference on Psychology in Cantabria

The students presented their studies at the sessions, aimed at high-school students and organised by high-school teachers

• Tenerife hosts the First Meeting in the Canary Islands for Comillas Alumni

The university will back the creation of alumni networks in all of the autonomous regions

• Comillas analyses the current situation regarding gender-related violence.

Psychologists and social workers denounce the barriers that impede the intervention and mediation to tackle the problem

• "Capturing and storing CO2", first book of the BIBLIOTECA COMILLAS INGENIERÍA (COMILLAS ENGINEERING LIBRARY) collection

The book is the result of the first year of the Permanent Seminar in Energy Technologies, of the Rafael Mariño Chair

• A professor at Comillas-ICAI wins the Christmas card contest at the university

The work carried out by Fernando Pérez-Laorga Arias is titled "The adoration of the wise men".

• Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, independent advisor for the electricity market of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

This professor at Comillas-ICAI has the role of referee on the Regulatory Commission

• Comillas will participate in the Seventh Science Week

The activities programmed include practical aspects on climate change, health, computer science and education

• The Faculty of Law (ICADE) presents the Lecture Series on Training for "Oposiciones"

This offering is a new tool for students interested in working in public administration

• The Javier Benjumea Chair for Ethics in Economics and Business presents its activities for the academic year 2007-08

The programme has as its objective to foment research, debate and the promotion of corporate social responsibility

• Manuel Monteiro: "We must discover and remember the presence of the Spirit in history"

Comillas hosts the International Conference on Spirituality "Experience and Mystery of God"

• "We should not fall into the temptation of asserting that anything goes in the fight against international terrorism"

Comillas hosts a conference on peace-keeping operations and international humanitarian law

• A collection on religious minorities in Spain, "Pluralism and Cohabitation", presented at Comillas

The Institute for Migration Studies has published one of the books from the collection, directed by Josep Buades and Fernando Vidal

• Adolfo García Rodríguez receives the Eighth Javier Benjumea Award

The award-winner states that the nuclear industry will regain its importance in Spain

• The Nantik Lum Forum presents the book "Micro-credits and poverty", by Maricruz Lacalle

The writer Carmen Posadas particpated in the event which was held at Comillas

• Comillas will participate in EU-Converge, a forum for collaboration between companies and universities in Madrid

The project plans to facilitate the cooperation of organisations and academic authorities to re-design study plans

• Record for participants in the Comillas Inter-university Cross-Country Race

This race starts the Madrid university circuit season for cross-country

• Sixth edition of the Masters Degree in Bioethics is inaugurated

At the same ceremony, presided over by the Rector of Comillas, diplomas were awarded to the graduates of the previous academic year

• Comillas studies the sociological, family and professional situation of Iberia pilots

The majority believes that society has a negative opinion of them and all believe that there are stereotypes associated with their job

• The Luis Irisarri Seminar for Entrepreneurs can be taken as a course on creating companies

The ICADE Business Club presented its programme of activities for the 2007-08 academic year 

• Comillas will begin to reform some of its degrees in January 2008

At the inauguration of the academic year, the Rector announced the process of up-dating study plans and their characteristic

• Comillas hosts a seminar on transnational networks and development

The sessions are focussed on analysing who the principal participants in co-development are

• The Dean of Theology and Canon Law, at the Third European Ecumencial Assembly

Held in Sibiu (Romania), Santiago Madrigal attended as a delegate from the Spanish Episcopal Conference

• Fernando Millán, Theology Professor at Comillas, elected Prior General of the Orden of the Carmelites

The new leader has taught the subjects of Sacraments and History of Theology and other courses since 1995

• A graduate of Comillas-ICADE, student intern in representation of the European Union at the United Nations

Jorge Ávila, graduate in E-1 has obtained the grant along with a Danish and a Greek national

• A former student from Comillas - ICADE, one of the finalists in the Young Lawyers Award

Fernando Bedoya is a graduate in E-3, and is working at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

• A student at Comillas wins a grant to do a Post-graduate course at the College of Europe, in Brugges

Silvia Merino Rueda has finished Business Administration and Management and will begin a European Masters Degree

• Three industrial engineers from Comillas-ICAI receive Cajastur "Fernando Alonso" Grants

Our University is first in the number of students selected to take a Post-graduate course at Oxford Brookes University

• The Martinsa Group, sponsor of the Rafael Marino Chair for New Energy Technologies

An agreement with Comillas links this business institution to support for research in favor of sustainability

• Professor Guillermo Sanchez Prieto presents the first manual on debate published in Spain

The author of this work stated that "although we know that words are essential, in Spain we do not educate on the use of them".

• Students on Inside New York, Business, Banking and International Relations, in the New York Stock Exchange

A student rang the bell to close the financial market session, and one of the professors, brought down the final gavel

• Professor Salome Adroher, winner of the ALARES award for succesfully combining both professional and family life

This award-winning researcher has an ample record of scientific activities related to policies of support for the family

• Comillas participates in a double-degree programme at the University of Pennsylvania

The US students take subjects in History of Economics, Politics and Spanish Culture in Madrid

• Comillas, in first place in the ranking of Spanish universities for number of Erasmus students in proportion to student body

Comillas is placed first over Deusto and Pompeu Fabra for the 2005-06 academic year, according to the Erasmus Agency

• The Professional Association of Psychologists awards two professors at Comillas for research on stepfathers and stepmothers

Isabel Espinar Fellmann and María José Carrasco received the accreditation for the Burgaleta Award in its last edition

• Comillas closes the academic year 2006 - 07 with the awarding of diplomas to its graduates

More than 1450 students from all different fields of studies attended the graduation ceremony at the Cantoblanco campus

• The number of award-winners for the Best Final Projects at Comillas - ICAI increases

Accenture, Alcatel-Lucent, Endesa, Iberdola, and the Association / Professional College of ICAI Engineers sponsor the contest

• - Comillas offers the possibility of obtaining a Masters Degree at La Trobe University, in Australia

Graduates in Law and Masters Degree Students in Business Law will be able to obtain a Master of Laws in Global Business Law.

• Comillas and LID Business Publishers launch the "ICADE Library"

The collection attempts to reinforce the academic value of publications on companies in the European Space for Higher Education

• Comillas holds its Family Day Celebration 2007

The Fourteenth edition of this outing was affected by rain and characterised by the large amount of prizes that were awarded

• Closing ceremony for the Senior Citizens University, at Comillas

Professor Manuel Revuelta remarked that the diploma obtained is "a well-deserved degree in humanism and humanity"

• A web page designed by Comillas helps students from Madrid to decide their future

This tool offers young people a system of orientation with the key factors for making decisions concerning studies

• Social benefits for the elderly will be a priority for corporate social responsibility

Sarah Ali,  winner of the ASTER Award, proposes  companies a change in focus of their sponsorships

• A student of Nursing at Comillas, in the European finals of the Red Cross contest in first aid

Manuel Camós is part of the team from Madrid which rose in victory in the national qualifying round

• The "Comillas Theology Collection" is born, in collaboration with the San Pablo Publishing House

Three new titles open this new series of publications whose intention is to create and spread theological thought

• Eleven foreign universities, present in Summer Courses at Comillas Internacional

Three more institutions are participating in this programme than in 2006 and five are participating for the first time

• The Gregoriana University awards the Doctoral Thesis of a professor and a former student at Comillas

Sánchez-Girón, SJ, received the Bellarmino Award for "The conscious account to the Superior in the law of the Society of Jesus"

• Experts from Comillas - ICADE analyse the international ordering and unification of the accounting system

The University and the Professional Association of Inspectors of the State Tax and Revenue Office organised the 7th Conference on Tax Issues

• Research Award ESIC-CAI goes to a student of International Business Sciences (E-4)

Students from Universities and Schools of Business Administration compete for the award

• A professor at Comillas - ICADE, in the group of experts drawing up the Andalusian plan of action for climate change

Juan Manuel López Zafra is specialised in the energy and insurance sectors

• Comillas wins the Fifth Madrid Tournament for University Debate

The victory means retaining the title, since in  last year´s edition, three teams from the university reached the top spots

• Opening of a Physiotherapy Attention Unit at the teaching site of the San Rafael Hospital

Students, professors, university personnel and personnel of the Foundation ""Juan Ciudad", can make use of this service

• First graduating class of the Training Course for Professionals that work with Victims of Gender-related Violence

The University Institute of the Family at Comillas is organising this programme in collaboration with the Region of Madrid

• The Rector at Comillas attends the Seventh Universia Board Members General Assembly

The university participated actively in the programmes for this network, which brings together some 10 million university students from 11 countries

• A student at Comillas, awarded for the best poster for Operation Kilo

The university participated in the Conference on Nutrition and Solidarity of the Food Bank of Madrid

• Antonio Gamoneda participates in the Fourth Conference on Contemporary Poetry

The poet delivered his first public reading of poems at Comillas after receiving the Cervantes Prize

• Comillas wins the EuroEsade tournament in indoor football

Our men´s indoor football team beat the students of the University of Pula (Croatia) by a score of 2 to 1

• Comillas re-edits "Ethics and Intellectual Disabilities", by José Ramón Amor

During the presentation, the author said that this re-editing means a commitment of the university to the cause of the weakest

• The first graduating class of undergraduates in Translation and Interpreting celebrates its tenth anniversary

Students and professors attended a commemorative ceremony at the university, with Miguel Sáenz and Alan Allot as speakers

• Winning tickets in the lottery for those who attended the Open Houses

Those in possession of the winning numbers, 000178, 000907, 001107, and 001108 will receive an iPod Video 80 Gb

• Bill Gates hires a student from Comillas-ICAI to work in his office in Redmond

Ángel Prado Montes, a Fourth Year Student of Computer Science Engineering, will become part of the "Microsoft World" in the United States

• The Rafael Mariño Chair for New Energy Technologies publishes "Hydrogen and energy"

The Spanish Institute for Engineering presented the book, whose authors are José Ignacio Linares and Yolanda Moratilla

• Two students from Comillas win the international contest Citizen ACT

Carlos E. Gómez  and  Antonio Figueroa  competed against teams from prestigious European universities in the finals in Paris

• Terrorist attacks are not expensive, according to experts in the subject

The Alumni Association at ICADE-COMILLAS organised the lecture-colloquium "The Financing of Terrorism"

• In 2007, Comillas Open Houses (Information Days) welcomed 33 percent more students than in 2004

The most significant increase took place, this year, in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, by almost 72 percent

• A student at Comillas receives the prize for Solidarity in Research awarded by the newspaper ABC

Raquel Gil Gómez, a Doctoral student, has received the award for her work on the integration of immigrant students

• Comillas analyses the model of integration for immigrants in a multi-ethnic city like Miami

"Madrid is viewing the migratory phenomena with optimism", according to the regional head of immigration, Gabriel Fernández Rojas

• Official Masters Degree in Electrical Technology ENDESA-ICAI, new degree at Comillas

The University and the company plan to answer the growing demand for specialists in electrical generation and distribution

• Twenty students from Comillas-ICADE will attend the Harvard World Model of United Nations

The presence of students from our university at this international conference is sponsored by Morgan Stanley

• The graduates in International Business Sciences triumph due to their international profile, pragmatism and maturity

The celebration of the 20th anniversary of this degree brings together businessmen, academics, and former students

• Success of the International Conference "Psychological Disorders in the 21st Century", held at Comillas

More than 400 people and representatives from some 20 universities attended the sessions

• Students from Comillas-ICADE, in the Spanish finals of the contest L"Oréal Brandstorm

The finalists from our university will compete against six other university teams to battle for entry into the international phase 

• Cristina Gortázar succedes Julio Martínez as Director of the University Institute for Migration Studies

The new director has a long history of collaboration and work on themes concerning migration

• Authorities from eight Polish universities visited Comillas

The academic representatives from Poland showed great interest in expanding relations with our university

• Seven percent more potential candidates for admissions attended the Jornada de Puertas Abiertas (Open House) at Comillas - ICADE

The 1200 visitors received information on fields of studies and entrance exams, and visited the facilities

• Aurelio Menéndez Menéndez and Antonio Garrigues Walker, named Doctores honoris causa by Comillas

The Rector of the University, José Ramón Busto Saiz, emphasised the special relationship of both lawyers with the university

• Researchers at Comillas receive the Intangibles Research Award 2006

The prize-winning study attempts to shed light on assessing corporate social responsibility

• A team from Comillas-ICADE, in the national finals of the contest KPMG International Case Study Competition

The finalists are four students from E-2 and they could represent Spain in the international finals that will be held in South Africa

• Companies request greater emphasis on Marketing studies due to the lack of professionals

A dozen companies and organisations are participating in the Fourth Seminar on Practical Cases in Marketing which is being organised by Comillas-ICADE

• The Secretary General of Education outlines at Comillas the challenges of the Spanish Educational System

Alejandro Tiana spoke to an audience of more than 200 directors from almost 120 institutions from all over Spain

• Concepción Molina Blázquez takes office from Antonio Obregón García as Dean of the Faculty of Law

The Rector pointed out that the new Dean takes possession of a Faculty at a splendid period with no need for a change in direction

• "The business world should contribute to erradicating poverty"

Comillas was present in the conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, organised by the Government of Madrid

• Gifted adolescents present a high level of self-esteem and personal satisfaction, according to the study by María Peñas

This researcher at Comillas has been awarded at the CIDE National Research and Educational Innovation Awards 

• Antonio Obregón and Miguel Juárez, new Vice-rectors of Academic Affairs and of International Relations

The changes in the Governing Body coincide with the re-appointment of other officers and the design of new degrees in the framework of the EHEA

• The Regional Government presents the "Guide on International Adoption in the Autonomous Region of Madrid"

The authors of the work are Blanca Gómez Bengoechea, Salomé Androher Biosca and Ana Berástegui Pedro-Viejo, researchers at Comillas

• Ignacio Evangelio, student of E-2, winner of the Third University "Concilia" Award

The objective of these awards is to foment the compatibility of professional life with family and personal life

• Comillas celebrates University Day on the Saint Thomas of Aquinus university commemoration

The Rector pointed out that to set objectives and new goals is an homage to Father Arrupe on the 100th anniversary of his birth

• The Prince of Asturias receives the students on the Inside Programme

Felipe de Borbón noted the importance of the experience witnessed with the Inside Programmes

• The Royal Academy of Doctors awards a thesis at Comillas - ICAI

The research, by Alicia Mateos González, studies the characterisation of prices in electrical markets through Hidden Harkov Models

• Virginia Cagigal receives an honourable mention in the International Award CAB Doctoral Theses 2006

This professor from the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences presented a study on younger siblings with mental disorders

• María Peñas Fernández, winner of the CIDE National Awards for Research and Educational Innovation

This researcher has won the second prize in the category of theses, with a work co-directed by Belén Urosa and Rosa Salas

• Period for admission open for the 2007-08 academic year at Comillas

The web page for Admissions has been re-modelled in all subjects of interest for candidates for entrance to our university

• The Holy Father Rubio Award for immigration goes to two professors at the University of Málaga

The award-winning work is titled "Perception of immigration and relations of friendship with foreigners in secondary school institutes"

• Belen Urosa takes charge as Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences

The Rector affirmed that this Faculty is essential to the university and advanced the main policies that its management and studies should follow 

• The Dean of Theology and Canon Law, Delegate at the Episcopal Conference of the Third European Ecumenical Assembly

This event was held in September 2007, under the theme:  "The light of Christ illuminates everyone.  Hope for renewal and unity in Europe".

• Presentation of the awards of the 11th "San Juan de Dios" Short Story Contest

The first prize was won by Mercedes Muñoz Becerra, a nurse at the San Cecilio University Hospital, in Granada

• Roberto González, former student at Comillas, winner of the Madrid Young Entrepreneur´s Award 2006

The award-winner is General Manager at Serficoin and completed the Executive MBA at this university

• News from Comillas, automatically on your computer

The users of our web page can subscribe to the news at our university

• The foundations have been laid for a constructive understanding concerning international adoption

The conference on post-adoption improves relations among the agents involved in the process, according to the organiser, Ana Berástegui

• Operation Kilo collects more than a tonne of food at Comillas

With the slogan "Operation Kilo:  Your kilo counts!", the university has collected donations for three days and has held a concert in solidarity with the operation

• Four students from Comillas-ICADE, winners of the extraordinary prize for Academic Achievement, from the Autonomous Region of Madrid

The Autonomous Region of Madrid rewards the academic effort of these four students from Law and Business Administration

• Ramón Calderón: "The management of a football club requires rigorous economic control"

The President of the Real Madrid Football Club spoke at the ceremony for the presentation of the Comillas Post-graduate Club  

• Issue number 69 of the ICADE magazine published

In this new edition, the magazine presents a special edition dedicated entirely to immigration in Spain in the 21st Century

• Comillas, finalist in the Quality Awards 2006 from the Spanish National Leonardo da Vinci

The Goya-Leonardo Project, managed by the University, one of the projects selected in the category of university student mobility

• A team of students at Comillas, champions of the First Unijes "Saint Francis Xavier" Debate Tournament

Carlos García and Fernando Giménez defeated another team from Comillas in the finals

• Luis Menéndez, winner of the Fifth National Contest "Arquímedes" for Introduction to Research

Graduate in Theology at Comillas, it gives him great pride "that this specialisation has won an award in a contest of these characteristics"

• Comillas participates in European research on second-generation immigrants

The University Institute for Migration Studies will host one of the 14 researchers contracted

• Successful turnout in the Second International Fair for Foreign Universities

Representatives from European, North and South American and Asian Universities participated in the gathering

• Bernardo Villazán Gil, Javier Benjumea Award 2006

The President of Lucent Technologies for Spain and Portugal received the prize in a ceremony held at Comillas

• Chris Lowney explains the keys to "Leadership - Jesuit style" at Comillas

Self-knowledge, ingenuity, heroism, and love are, for Lowney, the four pillars of a leader

• Presentation of the Book "To my hands they have arrived. Letters from the General Fathers of the Former Province of Paraguay (1608-1639)"

According to the author, Martín M. Morales, the letters that compose the book offer a different and more detailed story of the Society of Jesus

• Universia publishes an extensive interview with the Rector at Comillas

José Ramón Busto, S.J. analyses the most important points concerning the LOU and the future of the University

• The Comillas Employment Forum has grown by 13 percent in company participation

77 first-rate companies distributed information on their offers in internships and professional development

• The experts believe that Nairobi is too small of a step to confront the dangers of climate change

Comillas hosts the presentation of the conclusions of the International Forum on Energy and Sustainability held in Madrid

• Rafael Sanz de Diego, in the Social Weeks of Spain

This professor of History of the Church, at Comillas, provided a historical outline of this conference, which is now one century old

• The Autonomous Region of Madrid opens the application period for Premios Madri+d (Madri+d Awards) 2006

The Madri+d System will will present awards for  the best ideas and new businesses with a technological support and to the best patents

• Comillas and the Autonomous University of Madrid, co-authors of "Co-development in Spain. Protagonists, speeches and experiences"

The work, which has just been presented, is the "opera prima" of the University Network for Research on Development Cooperation sponsored by the regional government of Madrid

• A professor at Comillas-ICAI wins the Comillas Christmas card contest

Fernando Pérez-Laorga Arias has won the prize with the work titled "Three from the Orient"

• Students from INSIDE programmes receive their diplomas

More than 100 students attended the courses in INSIDE Washington Law, INSIDE Washington Technology, INSIDE New York Business and INSIDE China

• The Seminar for Entrepreneurs "Luis Irisarri" and the Third Edition of the Business Project Award to begin

The Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences (Business School, ICADE) and the Business Club ICADE are organising these two events in order to foment business activities

• Bernardo Villazán Gil, President of Lucent Technologies for Spain and Portugal, winner of the Javier Benjumea Award

The award ceremony will take place on November 27 en Comillas, with a lecture by Antonio Garrigues Walker

• Professor Pedro Cabrera participate in the "International Conference on the Homeless"

This research professor at Comillas will speak about the need to know the real-life details of the homeless in order to develop policies for attending to them

• Comillas renews its agreement for collaboration with the Food Bank for "Operation Kilo"

The University will carry out different actions throughout the year which will end with the Conference on Food and Solidarity

• Comillas holds a Professional Meeting on "Systems for the protection of minors in the Autonomies of Spain"

Representatives from the autonomous regions participated in the sessions organised by the Research Group "The Law and Minors"

• Representatives from some twenty Russian higher education institutions visit Comillas

The Russian delegation showed interest in exploring possible collaboration with the University

• Google places the Comillas website among the most visible of Universities in Madrid

In the PageRank indicator, our university is competitive with larger public universities, and is placed at the head of the private universities

• Agreement between Comillas and the Alumni Association of the Institute for Post-graduate Studies

One of the main objectives of the organisation is to establish a network of communication and support among the members

• The Regional Economic and Social Council presents the book by Ana Berástegui on family adaptation in international adoption

The Regional Counsellor for the Family and Social Affairs recognises that this work contributes to the welfare of minors

• Start of the Official Masters Degree on the Electrical Sector

Comillas will participate, in this degree, in the Erasmus Mundus programme with two other European universities

• The Rector at Comillas hopes that recent proposals for reform will be modified and improved in the regulation of universities

Raising the positive evaluation of the professors to 50% at private universities does not guarantee quality, according to José Ramón Busto

• Universia launches an offer for laptop computers for professors, personnel and students at Comillas

The Athenea Programme attempts to breach the gap between new information and communication technologies and the university community

• Two Law professors receive awards at the XVI Edition of the Financial Studies Awards

Javier Gómez Lanz and Francisco Javier Alonso Madrigal were awarded the first prize in the category of Taxation

• The film director Fernando Trueba, special guest of honour of the latest Post-graduate Institute graduating class in Intellectual Property

The winner of an Oscar and several Goyas encouraged the graduates to fight for the rights of artists and intellectuals

• Two Marketing professors from Comillas win the first edition of the Dyane Award for Commercial Research

Yolanda Yustas and María Requena received the award at the XVIII Meeting of University Professors of Marketing

• First edition of "Real Estate Challenge", a programme organised by the Aguirre Newman

This initiative attempts to find young talent and to provide them with practical training

• The SAMCA Foundation renews its agreement for collaboration with the Rafael Mariño Chair for New Energy Technologies

The Chair is a meeting point to reflect on the problem of sources of energy

• "Esto es casa", a recording company, winner of the first prize in the second edition of the Proyecto Empresarial (Business Projects Contest)

Three students from E-3, winners of the contest organised by  the Faculty of Economic Sciences (Business School, ICADE) and the Business Club ICADE

• Inauguration of the course for professionals who work with victims of violence against women

The University Institute of the Family at Comillas organises the programme promoted by the General Office for Women, of the Autonomous Region of Madrid

• Creation of the Alumni Association of the Post-graduate Institute

The new organisation, also called Comillas Post-graduate Club, will support the potential and development of the professional careers of its members

• Scholarship program for the Official Masters in Corporate Law

The system of financial aid is organised by the Law School (ICADE) and by the most prestigious legal office

• Keys to winning the election campaign in May 2007

The Law School at Comillas (ICADE) and Mas Consulting Group organise the summer course Management of Election Campaigns 

• Students from Comillas to participate in the simulation of the European Parliament in Montreal (Canada)

Six students from Comillas participate in this event which is held in September

• The rate of enrollment for immigrant children is the same as that of Spaniards, according to a study at Comillas-ICAI-ICAD

Consuelo Rumi, Secretary of State for Immigration and Emigration, presented the study ellaborated by two Comillas professors

• Comillas closes the academic year 2005-06 with the awarding of diplomas at graduation

In his speech, the Rector of the University invites graduates to take advantage of each day to better themselves

• The writer Vázquez-Figueroa closes the academic year for the Senior Citizens University

Comillas has presented the degree "senior graduate", in coordination with other universities

• Participation by Comillas in the 7th Madrid Science Fair

This year Comillas participated in the Planet Earth Area

• Google presents its program for Book Searches at Comillas

Internet forces the modification of the book sales and distribution system

• Crisis communication: problem and opportunity

Dircom, Deloitte, OCU, Alcampo and PowerAxle participate in the Second Meeting on "Crisis Communication"

• Professional Career Training continues to decline as an option for Secondary students from Madrid

The report "University 2006" is presented, drawn up by Comillas

• The Chair on Science, Technology and Religion receives an award for the second consecutive year in the United States

javier Leach, S.J., Director of the Chair, accepted  the award in person at the Metanexus Institute in Philadelphia

• Comillas and the Spanish Institute of Engineering will work together to solve energy problems

An agreement establishes the joint work of experts of the Institute and the Rafael Mariño Chair at the university

• Best Final Project awards at Comillas ? ICAI

Accenture, Endesa, Iberdrola, Lucent Technologies and the ICAI Professional College of Engineers sponsor the awards received by prize-winning engineers

• Deusto, Comillas and ESADE join together to teach an Official Post-graduate Program in Business Law

For the first time, three Jesuit universities will issue a joint Masters and Doctoral degree.

• 35 products managed by brand name distribution represent 80% of the market share

TNS Worldpanel collaborates with Comillas on a study on brand name distribution 

• Presentation of the book "Generation of Electricity with wind energy: Present and future"

The book compiles the reflections from the First Annual Conference on the present status and future of wind energ,y held at Comillas in 2004.

• Inauguration of 2006 Summer Courses at Comillas with more than 250 students

Eight foreign universities participate in summer courses at Comillas

• Art and creativity awarded at Comillas

Prizes for contests and competitions organised by Comillas are presented 

• Comillas-ICADE and MAS Consulting Group trainning together political leaders

Both institutions are offering together  a summer course in Election Campaign Management and an advanced course in Election Campaign Management.

• Increase of 6% in employment of graduates at Comillas in 2005

93% found work six months after graduation and 6% were continuing their studies

• Favourable response from the students in the Philosophy Diploma

Students of all ages delve into philosophical thought with this unique offering in Madrid

• The best sportsmen and sportswomen receive awards at Comillas

More than 65 awards were handed out for 43 sports categories

• Spanish Chess Championship held at Comillas

A total of 181 participants and 40 referees from 49 universities in Spain enjoy this challenging tournament.

• Support for the relations between Universities and the business world, among the goals of Universia

The largest network of universities in the world, to which Comillas belongs, held its general board meeting

• A team at Comillas, in the semi-finals at the National University Debate League

Comillas shines at the National University Debate League

• "We could save almost 10% in consumption through renewable energies"

Carlos López Jimeno explained the strategic measures for energy savings at the Third Annual Conference of the Rafael Mariño Chair at Comillas

• A Comillas student, winner of a scholarship at Tübingen, proposed by Pedro J. Ramírez, winner of the Montaigne award 2006

Carmen Moreno de la Cova was awarded her scholarship in the presence of numerous well-known people from the worlds of politics, culture and the business

• Increase of nearly 10% in applications for admission to ICADE

For the 2006-07 academic year, nearly 10% more applications than last year have been received

• Isaac Prada: "ICAI Engineers are perfectly trained to work in cutting-edge technology"

In a lecture organised by the Rafael Mariño Chair at Comillas, Isaac Prada encouraged his fellow students and colleagues to enter the Altran Engineering contest

• Ruiz Gallardón, at the inauguration of the 6th Forum on Social Work

The aim of the present edition is to study the educational profile of the new European social worker

• 180 students at Comillas received a scholarship for academic excellence from the Autonomous Region of Madrid

Alvaro Fernández received the scholarship in representation of the 180 students.

• Three Comillas students, chosen for the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders contest

Three students in International Business Administration studies advance to the European finals in this contest which is searching for the leaders of the future.

• 2005 Inside Program students visit the Prince of Asturias

93 students participated in the courses organised by Comillas with the Jesuit Universities of Georgetown and Fordham

• Vargas Llosa: Nationalism is an ideological wrong turn

According to the writer, the attempt to implant utopias usually sets off a catastrophic social chain reaction.

• Supernanny: "It is possible to combine entertainment with a quality programme"

Rocío Ramos-Paul, revealed her techniques for correcting behaviour in minors to a group students at Comillas.

• The US Ambassador visits Comillas

Eduardo Aguirre, the Ambassador of the US, visited Comillas to become more familiar with the Spanish university scene, and in particular, to see firsthand a presentation on the exchange programmes of Comillas with Northamerica.

• Sports victories at Comillas

• Luis Alberto de Cuenca, Guillermo Carnero, Félix Grande, and Felipe Benítez Reyes bring poetry to Comillas

For the third consecutive year, poetry arrived at Comillas, which held the Third Conference on Contemporary Poetry on March 29th and 30th.

• Comillas, champions of the Third Inter-CEU Debate Tournament

  A team from Comillas won the championship of the Third Inter-CEU Debate Tournament, held on March 24, at the Universitat Abat Oliba, in Barcelona.

• ICADE-Comillas and ESADE Alumni Associations organize joint events on the Business World

The Alumni Associations of ESADE and ICADE-Comillas have signed an agreement for collaboration that establishes  the organisation of joint events "related to the Business World"

• The results of the XXVI Saint John of God Nursery Contest Awards

• Successful presentation of the concert "Five centuries on the Border"

• Comillas, technical advisor for the Novare Awards for the promotion of R and D at Endesa

  The Universidad Pontificia Comillas participated as technical advisor in the Novare Awards for the promotion of R and D at Endesa

• TTwo Comillas students receive AECA scholarships for Business students

• Comillas Professor Leonor Prieto receives the Educational Sciences Award

• Comillas, first in the Womens Ski Championships for Universities in Madrid

• New stand for Comillas at AULA 2006

• Comillas, victorious in volleyball in the Euroesade European University Championship

• Six ICAI Engineers win half of the 12 places offered for State Industrial Engineers

• The Director of the Institute on Migration Studies speaks on Latin American immigration at the Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

• Comillas dedicates 2006 to designing the training for the new social worker needed in Europe

  The Department of Sociology and Social Work at Comillas is dedicating 2006 to reviewing the history of "50 years of training in Social Work", and, is re-thinking the type of professional social workers to be trained in Spain and Europe in the coming years.

• Comillas signs two agreements with the National Commission on Energy

  Comillas will sign an agreement for educational cooperation and a framework agreement with the National Commission on Energy

• Fernando Savater explains at Comillas that the betrayal of other human beings is the worst of evils

  Betrayal of other human beings is intentionally evil, the only inherent evil for Fernando Savater, who took part in the Second Conference on Integration in Psychology, devoted to the subject of "Psychology vis-à-vis Evil", which took place in the Main Lecture Hall at the Comillas campus in Cantoblanco.

• Pedro Cabrera, expert of the Regional Immigration Forum

• Comillas celebrated the National Round Table on Racism and Xenophobia

• The journal ESTUDIOS ECLESIÁSTICOS has been included in the Latindex catalogue

• The Institute on Liberalism, Krausism and Masonry celebrates its 15th anniversary since its foundation

• The ICADE Business Club is launched

• Comillas celebrates University Day

• Comillas hosts the I Congress of the Spanish Association for Energy Economics

• The Managing Director of JP Morgan supports the MBA of Comillas Postgrado.

• Pilar Melara San Román, new director of the Postgraduate Institute

• Agreement with Garrido Asesores Externos

• More than a ton received at the 2005 Christmas Food Collection

• Comillas secures the first three positions of the 4th edition of the University Debates Tournament of Madrid

• Florentino Pérez: "The sports business model of Real Madrid is the only one possible"

• Spain could abandon the use of fossil fuels by 2050

• Comillas launches a new Website

• Comillas presents the report about new energy sources commissioned by Greenpeace

• Increase in public attendance at the V Week of Sciences

• Florentino Pérez in Comillas

• European Congress of Education and Family: November 24 and 25.

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• The Electronic and Electric Engineering course

• First graduates from the course Specialist in Electric System Operations