In March 2019, CVC Capital Partners invested in UAX with a five-year plan to grow the institution locally and internationally[4][5] The deal was valued at €1.1 billion, according to Acuris.

Jesús Núñez created UAX after reaching an agreement with the Town Hall of Villanueva de la Cañada, which granted him the right to use 1 million m2 of land for 75 years on which to build the campus.

[8][9] In 2019, UAX announced its partnership with the investment advisory firm CVC Capital Partners to build a new international leader in the higher education sector.

Every year, it also welcomes a rapidly growing number of international students with programs like European's Erasmus Programme, Socrates and Leonardo Residents on campus live in one of three buildings which look out on to the Guadarrama Mountain Range.

[11][12] UAX's faculty includes scholars such as violinist Frederieke Saeijs, pianist Piotr Paleczny, composer Alfonso Maribona, Giuseppe Devastato, Kennedy Moretti, Ashan Pillai, Yehuda Gilad,[13] chairman of Endesa Borja Prado[14]