The International University of Peace was born in 1984 in order to create the conditions and to provide the necessary tools for training, discussion, reflection, understanding and exchange of points of view and experiences concerning conflict and peacebuilding. The University was founded thanks to the initiative of Frederic Roda Pérez through Victor Seix Institute of Polemologia, and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Prize, currently honorary president of the UIP board and trustees, whose president is Mr. Arcadi Oliveres Boadella.