Foro Europeo was created in 1992 thanks to the initiative of a group of entrepreneurs from Navarre who detected a series of training-related needs. Foro Europeo, which started life as a Business School, has become a Business Campus in the form of a project that links training and the business world through different centres and researchers.

In the summer of 2004, new premises covering 5,000m2 were inaugurated on the banks of the river Arga in Huarte, a town located near the city of Pamplona. In the Campus the idea is to implement a training project for companies called “Corporate universities”. Based on this approach of involving businesses, our shareholder structure includes the official body SODENA, around twenty companies, and teachers and managers from the school itself.

The investment in the 5,000 square-metre building was 4.2 million euros, for which an extension of capital of 1.95 million euros was required.

On April 5th 2003 Foro Europeo and the Sociedad Municipal de Gestión Urbanística of the Municipal Council of Huarte –Areacea- signed an agreement whereby the Business School was granted 6,200m2 of land in exchange for the participation of the Municipal Council of Huarte with 2% of the share capital of the company.

Foro Europeo Business Campus consists of:

• Business School of Navarre, where Master's programs are taught
• Higher Education School, where Diploma courses are taught
• Institute of Technologies Applied to Business, which focuses on training and research
• School of Tourism of Navarre-NTBS

The number of students who have passed through the Diploma and Master's courses (the latter since 1998) is almost 800. Over 3,000 people have attended Business Training courses, taught for more than 300 companies from around 20 activity sectors.

AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

1- DIPLOMA COURSES: We offer four programmes with the aim of providing young people of the 21st Century with different options that help them to work and study at the same time. Through eminently practical classes, the aim is that the student gets really involved in the business world, gets to know it and learns how to function in it. The course lasts 3 years, the lecturers are practising professionals and work experience in companies is obligatory.

• INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SECRETARIAL COURSE
• BACHELOR IN MARKETING AND FINANCE
• COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN COMPANIES
• DIPLOMA COURSE IN TOURISM

2- MASTER'S/POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES: Aimed at graduates and/or professionals with experience. These programmes provide specific training for the student to help him/her obtain skilled positions in companies or make progress in his/her career.

• INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
• MASTER'S IN EXECUTIVE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
• MASTER'S IN HUMAN RESOURCES
• MASTER'S IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES
• MASTER'S IN EXECUTIVE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES
• MASTER'S IN FINANCE, TAXATION AND AUDITING
• HIGHER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COURSE
• HIGHER SITE MANAGEMENT COURSE

3- SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR COMPANIES: specialised in satisfying company needs. The main services offered by this department are:

4- CONSULTANCY:

The Consultancy Department of Foro Europeo Business Campus carries out projects for public and private entities on the basis of their needs.

SPONSORS

• Employers' Confederation of Navarre
• Navarre Employment Service

COLLABORATING COMPANIES

• Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Government of Navarre
• Department of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunications of the Government of Navarre
• Dyna Mobel
• Microsoft
• ASE
• 3COM
• Watson Wyatt
• AEDIPE
• Thomson &Aranzadi
• Ernst & Young
• CISCO CYSTEMS

COLLABORATING BODIES

• Universidad del Sagrado Corazón de Puerto Rico.
• In Colombia: Universities: La Sabana, el Rosario, La Salle y EAN
• In Peru: Cibertec and UPC
• Walter Eucken Schule, Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Lycée Saint Dominique de Pau (France)
• International Council for Small Business
• John J. Koubek Centre (United States)
• University of Millersville (United States)
• University of Scranton (United States)