Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio Fray Luis de León

What Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio Fray Luis de León does

Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio Fray Luis de León is a Catholic teacher-training institution located in Valladolid, Spain, operating as an affiliated center of the Universidad Católica de Ávila (UCAVILA). It serves prospective and in-service teachers in Spain, offering undergraduate degrees in Primary Education and Early Childhood Education, a combined degree track, a Master's program required for entry into secondary education, and the DECA (Declaración Eclesiástica de Competencia Académica) credential that authorizes graduates to teach Catholic religion in schools. Complementary credentials include a Leisure Time Monitor certification (delivered with Tellamar-Aidamar) and a free leadership course, alongside the Aula Abierta open learning program aimed at continuing-education learners.

The institution runs from a single Valladolid campus with a headcount of 34 employees and is supported by digital infrastructure including the Mirlo academic management system, a student portal, the Portal de Innovación Educativa, and standard Office 365 collaboration tools, all delivered on a WordPress-based web presence. The platform architecture is conventional and administrative rather than technologically differentiated. The business model is tuition-based higher education, with revenue derived from degree-program enrollment, master's tuition, and supplementary credential fees, supplemented by the affiliated Catholic network that channels students and credentials through UCAVILA. Official recognition from the Junta de Castilla y León and the Spanish Episcopal Conference provides the regulatory legitimacy to award recognized degrees and the DECA credential, respectively. No AI capabilities, proprietary technology, or technology-driven differentiation are evident in the operating model.

Name

Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio Fray Luis de León

Legal name

Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio Fray Luis de León

Website

https://frayluis.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio Fray Luis de León is a Catholic teacher-training institution in Valladolid, Spain, affiliated with UCAVILA. It offers undergraduate and master's degrees in education, plus DECA and Leisure Time Monitor credentials, to prospective and in-service teachers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education / Teacher Training

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Educational Leadership & Administration Programs (EDAHAFAD)

Keywords

• Teacher training programs
• Higher education degrees
• Primary education teaching
• Early childhood education
• Catholic university school

Headquarters

HQ city

Valladolid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Degree program tuition: Revenue from tuition fees for official degree programs including Grado en Educación Primaria, Grado en Educación Infantil, combined degrees, and Master's in secondary education teacher training.
2. DECA certification: Fees for the Declaration Ecclesiastical of Academic Competence (DECA), a 24-ECTS Catholic religious education teacher certification program with its own enrollment and administrative process.
3. Professional development and supplementary courses: Revenue from continuing education offerings including Leadership Course (free entry with certificate), Leisure Time Monitor certification (via Tellamar-Aidamar partnership), and the Aula Abierta open program.
4. DECA title application processing: Administrative fees for processing DECA title applications submitted to the Spanish Episcopal Conference, including issuance of the official ecclesiastical academic certification.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio Fray Luis de León is a private Catholic university school that delivers undergraduate degrees in Primary Education and Early Childhood Education, a combined dual-degree option, a Master's in Secondary Education Teaching, and six specialization mentions (English language, physical education, therapeutic pedagogy, hearing and speech, music, and artistic education). It also offers supplementary programs including the DECA Catholic religious education certification, an Aula Abierta open enrollment program, an Educational Leadership course, and the official Leisure Time Monitor title (in partnership with Escuela Tellamar-Aidamar). All programs operate under the institutional framework of Universidad Católica de Ávila (UCAVILA).

Product overview

Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio Fray Luis de León is a higher education institution affiliated with UCAVILA (Universidad Católica de Ávila) that provides a comprehensive portfolio of teacher education programs. The core offerings consist of three undergraduate degrees (Grado en Educación Primaria, Grado en Educación Infantil, and combined degrees), a Master's program for secondary education certification, and six specialized mentions that students can add to their degrees. The institution also provides supplementary programs including the DECA certification for Catholic religious education, the Aula Abierta flexible learning program, an educational leadership course, and leisure time monitor certification. All programs are delivered through a combination of in-person and semi-presential modalities, with an innovation education portal supporting pedagogical development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grado en Educación Primaria

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universidad Católica de Ávila (UCAVILA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEUMFrayLuis is a constituent school of Universidad Católica de Ávila (UCAVILA). The school operates under UCAVILA's institutional framework, following its norms and regulations. The school participates in UCAVILA's social responsibility policy and shares academic calendars, administrative systems, and quality standards. This is a foundational institutional relationship underpinning the school's university status.
• Escuela de Tiempo Libre Tellamar-AidamarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough a collaboration agreement with the Escuela de Tiempo Libre Tellamar-Aidamar, EUMFrayLuis offers the official Leisure Time Monitor title (Título oficial de Monitor de Tiempo Libre) recognized by the Junta de Castilla y León. This certification is valid throughout Spanish territory. Tellamar-Aidamar holds official recognition from the Junta de Castilla y León.
• Conferencia Episcopal Española (Spanish Episcopal Conference)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school partners with the Spanish Episcopal Conference to offer the DECA (Declaración Eclesiástica de Competencia Académica) certification program, which qualifies graduates to teach Catholic religion in schools. The DECA title is issued by the Episcopal Conference upon successful completion of the 24-ECTS program offered at the school.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR): Online-focused private Spanish university with a large portfolio of education degrees. Comparable because it addresses the same teacher-training demand nationally with a fully distance modality, representing the principal hybrid/online threat to traditional campus-based providers like EUMFrayLuis.

Broad incumbents

• Universidad Francisco de Vitoria: Private Catholic university in Madrid offering a broader portfolio including education programs. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same Catholic higher-education space; while not exclusively a teacher-training college, it competes for Catholic-aligned students and offers similar values-based positioning.
• Universidad Católica de Ávila (UCAVILA): Parent institution and broader Catholic university offering multiple degrees beyond teacher training. UCAVILA is directly comparable because EUMFrayLuis operates under its umbrella, shares its academic framework, and draws on the same Catholic identity — but UCAVILA's wider portfolio makes it the broad incumbent relative to the anchor's teacher-training focus.

Direct peers

• Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca: Private Catholic university in Castile and León with comparable education and teacher-training programs. Highly comparable because both are Catholic institutions in the same Spanish region training teachers and offering religion-affiliated credentials, and they compete for a similar student persona.
• Universidad Camilo José Cela: Private Madrid-based university offering education degrees including Infant and Primary teaching programs. Comparable because it is a private Spanish university recruiting the same teacher-training student segment with similar flexible modalities and specializations.
• Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de Valladolid: Public university teacher-training faculty located in the same city as EUMFrayLuis. Directly comparable because both train Early Childhood and Primary teachers in Valladolid, recruit from the same regional pool, and compete head-to-head for the same prospective students — differing mainly on public-vs-private and secular-vs-Catholic positioning.
• CES Don Bosco: Salesian education institution in Madrid offering teacher training and education-focused degrees. Directly comparable because it is a private, faith-based teacher-training institution with similar target students and a comparable portfolio of education programs.
• Centro de Estudios Superiores Cardenal Cisneros: Private teacher-training college in Madrid affiliated with the Catholic Church. Comparable because it is a single-purpose teacher-training institution with religious identity, offering DECA-equivalent Catholic teaching certification and competing for the same Catholic-aligned student persona.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/eumfrayluis
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/EUMFrayLuis
• Facebookfacebook.com/EUMFrayLuis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eumfrayluis
• Instagraminstagram.com/eumfrayluis
• Pinterestes.pinterest.com/eumfrayluis

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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