Villarreal CF promotes education through the Endavant Formació programme. The Yellows, committed to the importance of education, have collaboration agreements with the universities in the province of Castellón, the Jaume I University (UJI) and the CEU-Cardenal Herrera University (CEU-UCH), as well as with the IES Miralcamp secondary school in Vila-real, where the young talents who live in the Training Ground study. Through Endavant Formació, Villarreal CF shows its commitment to the future and the growth of student athletes, as well as its commitment to improving training, research, the dissemination of knowledge and innovation in both the social and sports.
Through Endavant Formació, Villarreal CF shows its commitment to the future and growth of student athletes, as well as its commitment to improving training, research, the dissemination of knowledge and innovation in both the social and sporting realms.
JAUME I UNIVERSITY (UJI): Cátedra Villarreal CF del Deporte
The main lines of work of the agreement with the UJI – signed in December 2012 and called Cátedra Endavant Villarreal CF del Deporte (Villarreal CF Endavant Sports Research) – are the following:
- Grants for elite athletes: With several years already celebrated, the support programme for elite student athletes at the UJI has increased from the initial €10,000 to €60,000.
- Research projects: “Penyagolosa Trail Saludable”: Participation in research projects in the field of physical activity. The ‘Catedra’ collaborates in the “Penyagolosa Trail Saludable” (Penyagolosa Healthy Trail) project.
- Villarreal CF Radio: The official Villarreal CF radio programme continues to be carried out entirely by UJI students through Vox UJI Ràdio (107.8 FM).
- Grada UJI: The club allocates 100 tickets in the Fondo Norte to the university (except for matches against Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Valencia CF) so that it can sell them among its students at a price of just €10, or if they are an athlete at the university, the price is just €5. The money raised will go towards reinforcing the Cátedra Endavant Villarreal CF del Deporte programme.
- Training and employment: There is an agreement for internships in different departments of the club. With Communication Science students, real practical exercises are proposed, integrated into the syllabus of the degrees and some students are rewarded with the opportunity to complete an internship at Villarreal CF.
The Cátedra will be based in Vila-real, the province of Castellón and the Region of Valencia, and will be directed by Carlos Hernando, lecturer in the Department of Education at the UJI and director of Sports Services.
CEU-UNIVERSIDAD CARDENAL HERRERA: Aula Endavant and Cátedra Villarreal CF-CEU UCH
The main lines of work of the agreement with CEU Cardenal Herrera University —originating from the partnership signed in October 2015 and known as Aula Endavant, as well as the implementation of the Villarreal CF–CEU UCH Chair launched in 2025— are as follows:
CPR Training: First-team players, Villarreal B, Villarreal C and Juvenil A footballers, as well as the women’s first team and U8 coaches, receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation training delivered by CEU researchers.
CEU Stand: The club allocates 100 North Stand tickets (except for matches against Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Valencia CF) to the university so they can be sold to students at a reduced price.
Strategic partnership for the delivery of the Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, added to the university’s academic offering in 2021.
Creation of the Villarreal CF–CEU Cardenal Herrera University Sports Campus, a practical training environment for students of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences within the club’s facilities.
Villarreal CF also acts as a technical advisor for this university degree by proposing lecturers for sessions and seminars, integrating other sports entities for national and international internships, involving Endavant Esports-affiliated sports organisations, enabling athlete participation in conferences, and including members of the club’s management team in the Academic Committee of the Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences at CEU Cardenal Herrera University.Applied research chair in the areas of high-performance sport and adapted sport.
Its goal is to promote scientific research, innovation and knowledge transfer aimed at improving professional athletic performance and preventing injuries. This programme also focuses on adapted physical activity and sport, in collaboration with social and sporting organisations, to promote inclusion through sport for children and young people with functional diversity.
COLLABORATION AGREEMENT WITH THE IES MIRALCAMP SECONDARY SCHOOL
Villarreal CF and the IES Miralcamp secondary school in Vila-real, as entities with common interests in the field of the integral education of people, especially adolescents, have a collaboration agreement that serves to establish joint lines of action to promote the importance of an education based on the acceptance of individual differences and the valuation of these as a personal and social enrichment. Thus, the two entities have taken another step forward in their relationship, collaborating in the comprehensive training of students. Many of the Yellows’ youth players have been studying at the IES Miralcamp secondary school in Vila-real for some time, taking advantage of the fact that it is just a few metres from the Training Ground.
