The Universidad San Jorge (USJ) is a non-profit institution founded to promote the principles of Christian humanism. Its primary mission is to educate students as individuals and as future professionals so that they can take up leading roles in society. The University aims to train highly skilled graduates with the abilities to adapt to the demands of the rapidly changing workplace so that not only are they equipped to respond to the needs of the firm, but that they can also forge new paths in their professional field and within society. The USJ provides each student with carefully tailored tuition which responds to the new needs of the European Higher Education Area and the globalized world. To this end, all its bachelor’s degrees have been fully adapted to meet the requirements of the Bologna agreement.

On 24 February 2005 the Aragon Parliament formally created the Universidad San Jorge, and with the support of the San Valero Foundation it accepted students onto degree courses in Advertising and Public Relations, Journalism and Computer Engineering. On 24 May 2006 building began on the University Campus of Villanueva de Gállego which opened in the 2007-2008 academic year with the inauguration of the Faculty of Communication Sciences and the Rectorate Building. Today, the University teaches six bachelor’s degrees that have been designed in strict accordance with the directives of the European Higher Education Area. Its postgraduate courses include two PhD programs, three official master’s and a number of other postgraduate degrees. The 2008-2009 academic year saw the incorporation of three new bachelor’s degrees in Audiovisual Communication, Translation and Intercultural Communication, and Pharmacy. The year was also notable for the celebration of the first graduate degree ceremony in Aragon for students in journalism, advertising and public relations. In just four years, the university community has grown to include 1000 students, more than 100 academic teaching staff, researchers and management personnel and almost 200 associate staff.

Bachelor’s Degree Courses The University aims to respond to the present needs of the university student, offering carefully tailored tuition and programs that reflect the principles set out in the European Higher Education Area. The academic teaching staff are more than mere providers of information, and encourage students to reflect analytically and creatively and to develop good learning skills. While at the University, all students are assigned a tutor, whose job it is to oversee the student’s personal, academic and professional development. • On arrival, the tutor helps the students adapt to university life. • During their studies, the tutor advises students regarding the best options to take within their degree program, and encourages them to get involved in activities outside the lecture theatre (congresses and seminars), to find relevant job placements, and to apply for student exchange programs with other universities. • On graduating, the tutor helps students adapt to the workplace and makes them aware of opportunities for continuous learning. In this way the tutor plays a role in the students personal and professional development. Postgraduate Courses A range of teaching methods are used in the postgraduate programs to ensure students receive a rigorous academic training. • Lectures. Outlining the theory and fundamental concepts of the course material. • Case Studies. Analysis of real cases, discussion and problem solving. • Structured and unstructured discussions on key issues. • Student presentations of research work carried out. • Seminars chaired by students. • Problem solving and practical tasks completed individually or in teams.

Faculty of Communication Sciences • Television and new audiovisual technology: history, industry and user response • GIEC (Communication in Education Research Group) • Creative journalism: origins, development and future in Spanish-speaking world • Communication, Politics and Society • Society, Culture and Communication (SOCUCO) Aragonese Environment and Sustainability Research Institute (I+) • Climate change emissions • Water and waste • The role of the firm • The environment and health The Institute of Humanism and Society • Multiculturality and social integration

The USJ is not solely concerned with teaching but plays a leading role in the wider community. It organizes a range of activities for many sectors of society, including children and local secondary school pupils, aimed at fostering solidarity and team work. One of its main concerns is the organization of sports activities to encourage students to adopt healthy life styles and a range of other values such as the social skills that can improve the academic atmosphere on its campuses. The USJ is an active participant in Spain’s University championships and regularly organizes football matches, paddle tennis competitions and volleyball games. The University also runs a full summer course program, an English theatre group, cycles of conferences, and invites guest speakers to talk at its Villanueva Campus and at the Walqa Technology Park. Finally, students can improve their language skills at the Institute of Modern Languages.

One of the University’s founding principles is to bring students, academic teaching staff and researchers together to share their knowledge and so enrich university life. To encourage this, the USJ’s International Relations Department is responsible for student exchange programs around the world and acts as an information point for students in other countries wishing to study at the University. In just three years the USJ has signed more than 70 cooperation agreements with universities in Africa, America, Asia and Europe to establish exchange programs for its students, academic teaching staff and management. These agreements seek to draw on the best of the participants’ teaching and research and ensure that students can develop their personal academic interests in other settings.

The Universidad San Jorge comprises two campuses, one in Villanueva de Gállego, just 12 kilometres from the centre of Zaragoza, and the Walqa Technology Park just outside Huesca. The Villanueva de Gállego Campus is home to the Faculty of Communication Sciences and the Rectorate Building. The Faculty is housed in a four-storey building fitted out with classrooms and workshops as well as a library, a video library and editing rooms, recording studios and a TV studio. The Faculty building also contains the Main Assembly Hall (Aula Magna), a cafeteria and a number of different work spaces. The Rectorate is housed in a three-storey building which is equipped with classrooms and workshops for the teaching of Pharmacy classes. The building is also home to the departments responsible for managing all university services. The Rectorate contains an assembly hall, a chapel, meeting rooms, a cafeteria and three further classrooms used for a range of academic activities including the University’s master’s programs. The Sports Campus has two artificial-turf football fields, a sports hall and indoor swimming pool. It also houses three tennis courts, six paddle tennis courts, an outdoor athletics track, beach volleyball courts, an outdoor swimming pool and a gym with fitness facilities and weight training rooms. The Campus has parking facilities for around 800 vehicles, areas where bicycles can be safely parked and a sheltered bus stop. The Walqa Technology Park stands just outside the city of Huesca on the main Zaragoza road and is home to the University’s School of Computer Engineering. In addition to lecture theatres and classrooms, the School houses physics and electronics laboratories and a work area open to all students for carrying out their practical studies. The School is also home to a University Library, a data processing centre, and tutorial rooms. The School can also use the communal areas in the Technology Park. Accommodation The University provides various types of accommodation for students not living in Zaragoza or Huesca. Hall of Residence: The USJ is planning a student hall of residence to accommodate up to 80 students. The building will contain 29 apartments of different layout and design. USJ Accommodation Service: The University runs an online accommodation service listing flats and single-rooms for rent or flat shares near the university to ensure all students find suitable accommodation. Transportation The USJ runs the following bus routes: •Zaragoza - Villanueva de Gállego Campus - Zaragoza •Huesca - Villanueva de Gállego Campus - Huesca • Zaragoza - Walqa Technology Park (School of Computer Engineering) - Zaragoza • Huesca - Walqa Technology Park (School of Computer Engineering) - Huesca

The Universidad San Jorge has doubled in size in the last year and now offers six bachelor’s degrees fully adapted to the European Higher Education Area. This process of adaptation has meant the implementation of teaching methods that respond directly to the needs of the university student. The University’s academic teaching staff are more than mere providers of information, and encourage students to reflect analytically and creatively and to develop good learning skills. While at the University, all students are assigned a tutor, whose job it is to oversee the student’s personal, academic and professional development. On graduating, the tutor helps students adapt to the workplace and makes them aware of opportunities for continuous learning. Together with its innovative teaching methods, the University has established a reputation for its degree programs in the field of communication and the Faculty of Communication Sciences is ranked among the top five in Spain. The Faculty of Health Sciences is the only university centre in Aragon that offers a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy and the first in all Spain to incorporate the latest educational initiatives in the field as proposed by the World Health Organization and the International Pharmaceutical Federation. The Faculty stresses the importance of students acquiring direct experience within the profession and so from their first year of study students take part in job placement programs. Finally, the School of Engineering brings students into direct contact with firms operating in the high-tech sector thanks to its location in the Walqa Technology Park. In addition to benefiting from this professional environment, the engineering students study the second cycle of this bachelor’s degree entirely in English which means graduates are much sought after in firms both at home and abroad. http://www.usj.es - info@usj.es

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