Javier Ramos, rector of the URJC, among the 25 most influential Spaniards in Education

Editorial/Ramón Machuca

Every year the financial medium 'merca2' publishes the Study of the 500 most influential Spaniards which is made up of 17 subcategories in addition to the general one. Each category covers a relevant area of ​​society for the study of the foundation, such as politics, communication or education, among others.

These rankings aim to reflect society's perception of the country's influential personalities and are the result of an analysis of the popular opinion of more than 25.000 people. The results obtained from each type of respondents are classified and analysed according to their value and field and are processed by the foundation's collaborating agencies. After these steps, lists are drawn up according to fields (education, politics, sports, etc.) and a general list is drawn up which brings together the 500 most influential people in the country according to society's perception.

In this year's edition, the rector of the Rey Juan Carlos University, Javier Ramos López, professor of Signal Theory and Communications, appears as one of the most influential people in Spain and, specifically, one of the most relevant within the field of education. He is ranked number 22 according to this ranking of 'The most influential people in the field of education in Spain'.

The list is headed by the current King of Spain, Felipe VI, followed by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, followed by Alberto Núñez Feijoo and the businessman Amancio Ortega. For his part, the rector of the URJC succeeds personalities such as the CEO of Microsoft Spain, Alberto Granados, or the journalist Àngels Barceló.

Javier Ramos López completed his university studies between 1984 and 1990 at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and completed his training with a doctorate at the North American universities of Purdue and Minnesota and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Shortly afterwards he was awarded the Ericsson Prize for the best doctoral thesis, awarded by the Official College of Telecommunications Engineers. Before joining the Rey Juan Carlos University, in 1999 he was a tenured professor at the Carlos III University of Madrid and from 2003 he began his career at the URJC. In 2005 he was elected director of the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering at the URJC where he remained until 2017, the year in which he won the elections for rector of the URJC and became the highest academic authority at the University.