We recognize excellence

Excellence Programme

“Hard work is an essential part of any education programme and a work ethic is something which we want to encourage, recognize and celebrate at the University.” It was with these words that the Rector, Higinio Marín, presented the CEU Cardenal Herrera University's Excellence Programme in 2024.

The programme is specifically aimed at students with outstanding academic records and it seeks to develop their skills further in strategic areas, while working with a number of business partners. It enables students to add something different yet also verifiable to their CVs, while making them “more capable, both personally and professionally, because we want their academic excellence to go hand in hand with outstanding personal qualities,” the Rector has said.

The University has designed this intensification plan to foster and enhance the excellence of these students across five key areas: advanced research and academic development; languages; digitalization; and professional and personal development.

Extraordinary Graduation Awards of the CEU Cardenal Herrera University

The Extraordinary Graduation Awards aim to recognize students who have excelled in their university studies.

Awarded students may apply, if they wish, for the Academic Excellence Awards granted annually by the Generalitat Valenciana, as well as the National University Graduation Awards by the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports. In both cases, the interested parties must carry out the necessary procedures with the corresponding administrative bodies.

Ángel Herrera Awards

The Ángel Herrera Awards were created in 1997 to recognize the social, teaching, and research work of individuals or groups belonging to the centers of the San Pablo CEU University Foundation.

These awards, named after the founder of the Catholic Association of Propagandists (ACdP) and the Foundation, Prelate Ángel Herrera, are granted annually in the categories of Solidarity, Best Research Work, Best Teaching Work, Best Teaching Work in Secondary Education Centers, as well as Best Student from each University Center, Faculty, Vocational Training Center, and Secondary Education School.