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Jaime Olmedo Ramos, Rector of Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC), has been elected full member of the Royal Academy of History to occupy Seat Number 20, left vacant after the passing of Fernando Díaz Esteban. His candidacy was put forward by academics Luis Ribot García, Luis Alberto de Cuenca y Prado, and Amparo Alba Cecilia.
Olmedo has served as Rector of Universidad Camilo José Cela since October, a role that reflects the institution’s commitment to academic excellence and its consolidation as a benchmark in educational innovation and digital humanism.
With his appointment, UCJC reaffirmed its focus on innovation, academic rigor, research, and quality. “After years of experience in both cultural and research institutions and in academia, I am joining UCJC’s exciting project with the aim of reaching the highest university standards within the framework of the values that define the SEK Educational Group,” Olmedo stated during his inauguration at UCJC’s Almagro Campus.
The UCJC Rector describes his educational vision as “a reconciliation of technology and humanism, using digital innovation as a means to expand the reach of the core content of science and culture.”
A Distinguished Academic and Professional Career, Recognized with Numerous Awards
Jaime Olmedo holds a degree in Hispanic Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid and a PhD summa cum laude in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Bologna. He furthered his education with a postgraduate degree in Cultural Management from the UOC and completed courses in Cultural Heritage at Harvard University and Educational Technology at MIT—an academic path that reflects his ongoing interest in bridging technology and humanism.
Throughout his academic, research, and management career, he has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Civil Merit. His professional background includes serving as Dean of the Royal College of Spain in Bologna and as a member of the Academic Directorate of the Cervantes Institute. He has also made significant contributions to research at institutions such as the Royal Academy of History, where he directed the Diccionario Biográfico Español and the Historia Hispánica portal, the latter awarded for its role in the digitalization of cultural heritage.
Olmedo is a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of History, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Historical Sciences of Toledo, and the Royal Academy of Sciences, Fine Letters, and Noble Arts of Córdoba. Since 2010, he has also been a professor of Spanish Literature at the Complutense University. He holds several patents and is the author of numerous articles, publications, and books.
The UCJC Rector is also a member of the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute in New York, the Advisory Board of the Ortega Marañón Foundation, and the Board of Trustees of the Fundação D. Luís I in Portugal. He also serves as Vice President of the Duques de Soria Foundation.
