List of universities in Uruguay

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In Uruguay — according to article 4 of Executive Decree 104/014 — there are two types of higher education institutions:[1]

  • those engaged in teaching, research and extension to three or more unrelated subject areas, which use the name "university" (universidad in Spanish)[1]
  • those engaged in teaching, research and extension in one or more related subject areas, or in two unrelated, which are referred to as "university institute" (instituto universitario in Spanish)[1]

Introduction

During most of Uruguay's history, predominated the only university in the country at the time, the University of the Republic, whose founding process began in 1833 with the bill of the priest Damaso Antonio Larrañaga, the Oribe's decree of May 27, 1838 and the decree of 1849 that founded the Udelar.[2] In the same century, through executive decree of January 26, 1876, was authorized with legal effects as university courses, that imparted by the Liceo de Estudios Unversitarios, thereby becoming in 1878 as Universidad Libre, later named Universidad Católica. This institution was closed in 1886 due to financial problems and legal issues.[2][3] After this, the Uruguayan university history would be that of the University of the Republic.

At the end of the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay in 1984, the Executive branch passed Decree 343/984 in which the operation of the Universidad Católica del Uruguay was authorized (being this its refounding), and here began a shift "from a one-university system to a system of universities", in which coexist both public and private universities.[2][4] Subsequently, Decree-Law 15,661 [lower-alpha 1] of October 29, 1984 validates university degrees issued by private universities with the same legal effects as those issued by the University of the Republic, which have been approved by the Executive and registered to Ministry of Education and Culture.[5] These Decree-Law and Decree mentioned above (as were issued by unconstitutional organs) were validated by the Law of validity of acts of the military dictatorship government.[6] In 1995, proceedings by which institutions can access the official recognition were established, through Executive Decree 308/995.[7] This last regulatory decree was abrogated by Decree 104/014, which becomes the regulatory of the aforementioned Decree-Law.[1]

Universities

Públic:

University Acronym Founded HQ Locations Enrollment Ref.
Universidad de la República UDELAR 1849 Montevideo CURE (Maldonado, Rocha, Treinta y Tres), Paysandú, Rivera, Salto, Tacuarembó 108,886 (2012) [8]
Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay UTEC 2012 Montevideo Template:Colonia, Durazno, Paysandú, Río Negro, Rivera

Private:

University Acronym Founded HQ Locations Enrollment Ref.
Universidad ORT Uruguay ORT Montevideo N/A 7,511 (2012) [9]
Universidad de la Empresa UDE Montevideo N/A 3,475 (2012) [9]
Universidad Católica UCUDAL Montevideo Punta del Este, Salto 9,478 (2012) [9]
Universidad de Montevideo UM Montevideo N/A 2,222 (2012) [9]

University institutes

Rankings

Institution QS World QS Latin URAP SIR Iberoamerican
Ranking 2012 [10]		 SIR Iberoamerican
Ranking 2015 [11]
2014 2015 2014 2015 2013 [12] 2014 [13] IBE LAT IBE LAT
Universidad de la República 701 [14] 701 54 [14] 56 [15] 829 850 70 32 72 35
Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay (Q) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Universidad ORT Uruguay N/A N/A N/A 81 [15] N/A N/A 572 467 425 339
Universidad de la Empresa (Q) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1081 947 520 433
Universidad Católica N/A N/A N/A 88 [15] N/A N/A 472 375 424 338
Universidad de Montevideo 651 [16] 651 96 [16] 56 [15] N/A N/A 714 599 469 382

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A Decree-Law, in general, is a rule having the force of law, issued by the Executive with no intervention or prior authorization of Congress or Parliament. There were various types, among them those in under certain cases, pursuant to urgent reasons which prevent obtain approval for a Legislative Decree, and require validation by the Legislative when the urgent reason cease. Other type of Decree-Law are rules issued by military governments, ignoring the Constitution.

References

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