International University of La Rioja

International University of La Rioja
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
Typeprivate
Establishedoctober 2009
RectorJosé M.ª Vázquez García-Peñuela
Students45,000[1]
Location, ,
Spain
CampusVirtual
Websitewww.unir.net

The International University of La Rioja (UNIR) is a private open university in Spain focused on online education, based in Logroño, La Rioja. Also has presence in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. In December 2019, the institution had more than 45,000 distance learning external students,[1] 12,000 of them overseas students.[2] UNIR offers 37 university degrees, more than 80 master's degrees, 77 proprietary degrees, 16 advanced studies, and 3 doctoral programmes. The university is composed of six departments (Education, Law, Management and Communication, Humanities and Social Sciences, Health Sciences and Engineering). It also has an Official Language School and a School of Doctoral programmes.[3]

  1. ^ a b "La UNIR comienza el curso con 45.000 estudiantes de 90 países". La Rioja (in Spanish). 18 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Listado de Notas de Prensa | UNIR". www.unir.net (in European Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ^ "UNIR acoge la defensa de la primera tesis doctoral". 20minutos.es (in European Spanish). 4 July 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2020.