Navarre has two universities, one more research oriented with a strong focus on the attraction of international talent, while the other is more regionally rooted with close ties to local companies and stakeholders.
The Navarre S3 priority areas map fairly well onto the research and educational strengths of Navarre's two universities, although these strengths were not considered as key factors for the selection of the priorities. The regional S3 is always ‘on the table’ and ‘present in the discussions’ in the review of curricula at Navarre's public university, and its 2016-2019 Strategic Plan has considered the S3 priority areas and the Campus of Excellence dynamics in the re-definition of undergraduate degrees, masters and PhD programmes.
Both regional governments and universities themselves have promoted different tools to integrate higher education into S3, and they have been very positively received by actors in the research and innovation system. The university research institutes and centres, thematic chairs, industrial PhDs and innovation ecosystems promoting cooperation in value chains among knowledge triangle actors are helping to boost the university's participation in S3.
The Navarre S3 priority areas map fairly well onto the research and educational strengths of Navarre's two universities, although these strengths were not considered as key factors for the selection of the priorities. The regional S3 is always ‘on the table’ and ‘present in the discussions’ in the review of curricula at Navarre's public university, and its 2016-2019 Strategic Plan has considered the S3 priority areas and the Campus of Excellence dynamics in the re-definition of undergraduate degrees, masters and PhD programmes.
Both regional governments and universities themselves have promoted different tools to integrate higher education into S3, and they have been very positively received by actors in the research and innovation system. The university research institutes and centres, thematic chairs, industrial PhDs and innovation ecosystems promoting cooperation in value chains among knowledge triangle actors are helping to boost the university's participation in S3.