National University of Rosario

National University of Rosario

Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Motto	Confingere hominem cogitantem (Latin)
Motto in English	Educating thoughtful men
Type	Public
Established	1968 (1968)
Rector	Prof. Dario Maiorana
Academic staff	6,500
Students	76,006
Location	Rosario , Santa Fe Province , Argentina
Campus	Urban
Website	www.unr.edu.ar

School of Engineering (UNR)

School of Medicine (UNR)

School of Humanities and Art (UNR)

The National University of Rosario (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Rosario, UNR) is a research public university located in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

Overview

Rosario National University (UNR) was created in 1968 by Law 17.987. Its foundational structure consisted of numerous academic and administrative entities belonging to the Rosario campus of the National University of the Littoral, established in 1918. The schools incorporated in the original university at the time included: the Colleges of Medicine, Biochemistry Sciences, Engineering, Architecture, Economic Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Law, Psychology, Political Sciences, Odontology, Agricultural Sciences, Veterinarian Sciences. Other institutions under the original university's aegis included hospitals and secondary schools, the Rosario Music Institute, the Fine Arts Institute, and the Center of Foreign and Modern Languages.

From its beginnings Rosario National University promoted an active relationship with Rosario society. This relationship allowed it to completed every initiated project and sustain growth in accordance to regional demands. Its present structure consists of 12 colleges, 3 high schools and one interdisciplinary academy. It has a building surface of 68,000 square meters (730,000 ft²), where the following academic courses are provided: 124 postgraduate courses, 63 college degrees, 15 technical degrees, 53 intermediate level college degrees, 16 degrees for articulation with the non-university higher education system, and 32 professional degrees (non university post-secondary degrees). An on-line campus was later incorporated, providing distance learning courses by using Web support as a teaching tool.

Rosario National University is committed to: "providing higher education with scientific characteristics towards the formation of researchers, professionals and technicians with broad cultural integration, capable and conscious of their social responsibility, and with the duty of fostering interrelationships among faculty, graduates and students through national and international scientific and cultural centers."

Academic units

• Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura [1]
  • Surveying
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Science
  • Teacher of Mathematics
• Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales [2]
  • Political Science
  • International Relations
  • Social Communication
  • Social Work
• Facultad de Ciencias Médicas [3]
  • Medicine
  • Nurcery
  • Phonaudiology
• Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas [4]
  • Biochemical
  • Pharmacy
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemistry
  • Teacher of Chemistry
• Facultad de Arquitectura, Planeamiento y Diseño [5]
  • Architecture
• Facultad de Derecho[6]
  • Law
  • Notary public
• Facultad de Odontología [7]
  • Odontology
• Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias [8]
  • Agronomy
• Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias [9]
  • Veterinary medicine
• Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Estadística [10]
  • Public Accountant
  • Administration
  • Economy
  • Statistic
  • Teacher of Accounting
  • Teacher of Economy
  • Teacher of Statistic
  • Logistics
• Facultad de Psicología [11]
  • Psychology
  • Teacher of Psychology
• Facultad de Humanidades y Artes [12]
  • Anthropology
  • Philosophy
  • History
  • Fine Arts
  • Letters
  • Portuguese
  • Sciences of the Education
  • Musical Education
  • Instrumentation
  • Song
  • Composition
  • Teacher of Philosophy
  • Teacher of History
  • Teacher of Letters
  • Teacher of Sciences of the Education
  • Teacher of Instrumentation
  • Teacher of Song
  • Teacher of Composition
  • Teacher of Music in Basic General Education
  • Teacher of Musical Education

Preparatory schools

• Instituto Politécnico Superior "Gral. San Martín" [13]
• Instituto Superior de Comercio "Libertador Gral. San Martín" [14]
• Escuela Agrotécnica "Libertador San Martín"

See also

• List of universities in Argentina
• Science and technology in Argentina
• University Revolution

External links

• (Spanish) Virtual campus
• (Spanish) Students' website
• (Spanish) Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios
• Science and Education in Argentina
• Argentine Higher Education Official Site