Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo

Menéndez Pelayo
International University

Administration building at the original Santander campus
Motto	Sapere aude
Motto in English	"Dare to be wise"
Type	Public University
Established	1932 (as the International Summer University of Santander) 1949 (became the Menéndez Pelayo International University)
Rector	César Nombela
Website	http://www.uimp.es

Menéndez Pelayo International University ("UIMP" in Spanish) is a public university with administrative headquarters in Madrid and campuses in Santander, Valencia, Barcelona, Cartagena, Cuenca, Granada, Seville and Tenerife. The University also conducts classes at the Luis Seoane Foundation in La Coruña and the Huesca campus of the University of Zaragoza.

UIMP is an "Autonomous Organization" within the Ministry of Education which, according to its bylaws, is defined as an "academic center for high culture" It was named in honor of Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo and is the primary institution in Spain for teaching the Spanish language and culture to foreign students.

UIMP offers Master's degrees in many areas of study, including: "Translation and New Technologies: Translation of Software and Multimedia Products" (in collaboration with Amergin (The University Institute of Research in Irish Studies, University of A Coruña) and Istrad (Instituto Superior de Estudios Lingüísticos and Translation based in Seville). "Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language" (in conjunction with the Cervantes Institute); "Renewable Energy", including fuel cells and hydrogen (in collaboration with the Spanish National Research Council); a graduate degree in "Economics and Finance", under the auspices of CEMFI; and "Contemporary History", with the participation of several other public universities.