Mondragon University

Mondragon University (Basque: Mondragon Unibertsitatea, MU) is a non-profit cooperative private university in the Basque Country, officially established and recognised in 1997. It is part of the Mondragon Corporation. Its main campus is in Mondragón, Gipuzkoa.

Mondragon University

Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Type	Private, cooperative
Established	1997
Rector	Vicente Atxa
Academic staff	400
Students	6,713 (2022–2023)[1]
Undergraduates	2500
Postgraduates	300
Doctoral students	50
Location	Mondragón , Spain 43.06176°N 2.49662°W / 43.06176; -2.49662
Campus	Nine locations: Mondragón, Ordizia, Hernani, Oñati, Irun, Eskoriatza, Aretxabaleta, San Sebastián and Bilbao.
Affiliations	Mondragon Corporation
Website	www.mondragon.edu

History

The institution first originated as the Escuela Politécnica Superior, a polytechnic school established by José María Arizmendiarrieta in 1943 that was open to young people in the region.^[2]

The current university was formed in 1997 through the association of three existing educational cooperatives tied to the Mondragon Corporation: Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa “Jose Mª Arizmendiarrieta” S. Coop., ETEO S. Coop., and Irakasle Eskola S. Coop. Before 1997, these three educational cooperatives were affiliated with the University of the Basque Country.^[3] The new entity was set up as a non-profit cooperative university, an unprecedented organizational structure in the Spanish landscape of private universities at the time, with the aim of creating a university "close to the needs of businesses".^[3] The new university was officially recognized by the Basque Parliament on 30 May 1997.^[4]

Garaia building of the Faculty of Engineering, in Mondragón.

Faculties

Mondragon University has four faculties:^[5]

• Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences
• Faculty of Business Studies
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Gastronomic Sciences

José María Arizmendiarrieta memorial at the Mondragón campus