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The private university in Marbella will open in September and cost 15,000 euros a year
A Swiss investment group is behind the opening of the centre, which will begin by offering four courses and with an initial investment of 2.2 million euros
04.03.13 - 11:28 -
MÓNICA PÉREZ |
MARBELLA
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Inés Pedrera, Max Blauenstein, Ángeles Muñoz and Carmen Díaz during the presentation of the project. :: Josele-Lanza
Marbella is about to join the list of towns which have private universities. After months of bureaucratic processes since the contract for the constructionand management of this type of educational centre was put to tender, the mayor, Ángeles Muñoz has now announced the name of the chosen firm, which was the only one to express an interest in the initiative. Behind the Centro de Estudios Universitarios Internacionales de Marbella (MIUSC), which should open in September, is a Swiss holding company, the Genint group, which has interests andinvestments in different business sectors all over the world. With 15 years' experience in financial advising, these investors view the Marbella project as a new business opportunity, explained Max Blauenstein, a representative of the firm, this week. “The crisis has led us to diversify our investments and we have seen the possibility of doing business with this project because we have confidence in itssuccess”, he says.
The contract signed with Marbella council places in the hands of this group not only the construction of the university, which will be in El Pinillo district, but also the management of the same for a period of 40 years. The company will pay a fee of 55,000 euros a year to the town. It should be able to pay this without difficulty, bearing in mind that studying at the universitywill cost 15,000 euros per student, per academic year. However, starting the project will need an initial investment of 2.2 million euros and this will reach 7.4 million by the fourth year of its opening, according to figures supplied by financial director Inés Pedrera.
With a forecast of about 100 students in the first years, the international private university will start by offering fourdegree courses: International Communication and Multimedia, International Relations, International Business, and Publicity and Public Relations. The company says that the study plans are adapted to the Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior and the Plan Bolonia. “They are completely endorsed by the EU and they are transferable with all the universities in the European Area of Higher Education. Thismeans that the subjects studied and the credits obtained are recognised by more than 100 international universities in 44 countries”, explains Inés Pedrera. All the courses will be taught in English. The idea of the company behind the project is that in the following academic year, the number of degrees could be widened to a total of 15. At the moment, Medicine and Odontology have been excluded“because there is no hospital in the area where the students could do practical work”, says Inés Pedrera, despite the presence of health service and private hospitals in Marbella and the surrounding area.
Those behind the project insist that they will seek «the best and most prestigious professionals» to work at the university and they are leaving the door open to the idea of incorporating new...