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The Comillas Pontifical University (Spanish: Universidad Pontificia Comillas) is a private...

The Comillas Pontifical University (Spanish: Universidad Pontificia Comillas) is a private university located in Madrid, Spain. It is a Roman Catholic institution run by the Society of Jesus. It has approximately 10,000 students. It is involved in a number of academic exchange programmes, work practice schemes and international projects with over 200 Higher Education Institutions in Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia. Pope Leo XIII founded the Seminary of San Antonio de Padua in 1890 in the town of Comillas (Cantabria, Spain) in response to efforts made by the Marquis of Comillas to build an institution for educating candidates to the priesthood. At the time of its foundation, the Seminary was entrusted to the Society of Jesus. In 1904, the Universidad Pontificia was established when Pope Pius X granted “Comillas” the power to confer academic degrees in Theology, Philosophy and Canon Law. During the sixties, the University was transferred to Madrid, where its doors were opened to a range of students. Thus, the old Faculty of Philosophy became the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, which conferred degrees in Philosophy, Psychology and Education. These degrees are fully