University of the Republic, Uruguay
Encyclopedia
The University of the Republic is Uruguay
's public university
. It is the most important and country's largest university, with a student
body of more than 80,000 students. It was founded on July 18, 1849 in Montevideo
, where most of its buildings and facilities are still located. Its current Rector
is Dr. Rodrigo Arocena
. The university houses 14 faculties and various institutes and schools.
On May 27, 1838, Manuel Oribe
passed a decree through which created the Greater University of the Republic. That decree had few practical effects, given the institutional instability of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay at that time.
offers degree
s in Architecture, Law and Nursing. Fragments of other degrees, which can be completed in Montevideo, are also offered there. At the Casa Universitaria in Rivera
, the Faculty of Sciences offers the Technicature in Management of Environmental Resources, which has a duration of two and a half years.
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
's public university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
. It is the most important and country's largest university, with a student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
body of more than 80,000 students. It was founded on July 18, 1849 in Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, where most of its buildings and facilities are still located. Its current Rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
is Dr. Rodrigo Arocena
Rodrigo Arocena
Rodrigo Arocena Linn is an Uruguayan mathematician.He received his Ph.D. from the Central University of Venezuela in 1979, under the supervision of Mischa Cotlar. He has been rector of the University of the Republic since 2006.-External links: retrieved 17/09/2011...
. The university houses 14 faculties and various institutes and schools.
History
The process of founding the country's public university began on June 11, 1833 when a law proposed by then-Senator Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga was passed. It called for the creation of nine academic departments; the President of the Republic would pass a decree formally creating the departments once the majority of them were in operation. In 1836 the House of General Studies was formed, housing the departments of Latin, philosophy, mathematics, theology and jurisprudence.On May 27, 1838, Manuel Oribe
Manuel Oribe
Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana was the fourth president of Uruguay.-Biography:Manuel Oribe was the son of Captain Francisco Oribe and María Francisca Viana, a descendant of the first governor of Montevideo, José Joaquín de Viana...
passed a decree through which created the Greater University of the Republic. That decree had few practical effects, given the institutional instability of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay at that time.
Ranking
In 2010, according to University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), it is the best university in Uruguay and 734th university in the world.Colleges
- College of AgronomyAgronomyAgronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science. Agronomy is the application of a combination of sciences like biology,...
- College of ArchitectureArchitectureArchitecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
- College of ArtArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
s - College of ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
- College of Economic ScienceEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and Administration - College of EngineeringEngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
- College of HumanitiesHumanitiesThe humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and Education SciencePedagogyPedagogy is the study of being a teacher or the process of teaching. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction.... - College of LawLawLaw is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
- College of MedicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
- College of NursingNursingNursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
- College of Odontology
- College of PsychologyPsychologyPsychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
- College of ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
- College of Social Science
- College of Veterinary MedicineVeterinary medicineVeterinary Medicine is the branch of science that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals...
Schools and Institutes
- Licentiateship in Communication StudiesCommunication studiesCommunication Studies is an academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time. Hence, communication studies encompasses a wide range of topics and contexts ranging from face-to-face conversation to speeches to mass...
- School of Administration
- School of Library ScienceLibrary scienceLibrary science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
and Related Sciences - School of Medical Technology
- School of NutritionNutritionNutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....
and Dietetics - School of ObstetricsObstetricsObstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
- School of Odontological Technology
Other dependencies
The university has its own hospital in Montevideo, Hospital de Clínicas “Dr. Manuel Quintela”.Other cities
In an effort to decentralize higher education, the University has opened schools in cities other than Montevideo. Its Regional Norte in SaltoSalto, Uruguay
Salto is the capital city of the Salto Department in northwestern Uruguay and the second largest city of the country. It is located on Route 3, about northwest of Montevideo, and on the east bank of Río Uruguay, across the city Concordia of Argentina...
offers degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
s in Architecture, Law and Nursing. Fragments of other degrees, which can be completed in Montevideo, are also offered there. At the Casa Universitaria in Rivera
Rivera
Rivera is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. It is located at the north end of Route 5, on the border with Brazil. The Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento is right across the border, only a street away of it...
, the Faculty of Sciences offers the Technicature in Management of Environmental Resources, which has a duration of two and a half years.
Notable graduated people
- Carlos Vaz FerreiraCarlos Vaz FerreiraCarlos Vaz Ferreira was an Uruguayan philosopher, writer, and academic. Influenced by John Stuart Mill and Herbert Spencer, he is notable for introducing liberal, pluralistic political values and pragmatic philosophical concepts to South American society.-Life:Vaz was born in Montevideo. His...
- José Luis MasseraJosé Luis MasseraJosé Luis Massera was an Uruguayan mathematician who researched the stability of differential equations....
- Gabriel PaternainGabriel PaternainGabriel Pedro Paternain is a Uruguayan mathematician. He is currently a professor in geometry and dynamics in DPMMS at the University of Cambridge, and a teaching fellow at Trinity College. He obtained his Licenciatura from Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay in 1987, and his PhD from the State...
- Mario WscheborMario WscheborMario Wschebor Wonsever was an Uruguayan mathematician. He earned his degree at the University of the Republic, Uruguay, where he was Dean of the Faculty of Sciences between 1987–1997, after actively participating in the process of its creation...
- Roman Fresnedo SiriRoman Fresnedo SiriRoman Fresnedo Siri was a Uruguayan architect.- Biography :Born Salto, Uruguay, he graduated as an architect of the Faculty of Architecture, University of the Republic, at the Old City of Montevideo....
- Carlos OttCarlos OttCarlos Ott is a Uruguayan architect who resides in Canada. He became famous when he won the first prize in 1983 for the construction of the Opéra de la Bastille in Paris, which was inaugurated on July 14, 1989...
- Eladio DiesteEladio DiesteEladio Dieste was a Uruguayan engineer and architect who made his reputation by building a range of structures from grain silos, factory sheds, markets and churches, all in Uruguay and all of exceptional elegance...
- Nicolas Oddone
External links
- Universidad de la República
- Facultad de Agronomía (Faculty of Agronomy)
- Facultad de Arquitectura (Faculty of Architecture)
- Facultad de Ciencias (Faculty of Sciences)
- Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración (Faculty of Economic Science and Administration
- Facultad de Ciencias Sociales (Faculty of Social Science)
- Facultad de Derecho (Faculty of Law)
- Facultad de Enfermería (Faculty of Nursing)
- Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación (Faculty of Humanities and Education Science)
- Facultad de Ingeniería (Faculty of Engineering)
- Facultad de Medicina (Faculty of Medicine)
- Facultad de Odontología (Faculty of Odontology)
- Facultad de Psicología (Faculty of Psychology)
- Facultad de Química (Faculty of Chemistry)
- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)
- Escuela de Administración (School of Administration)
- Escuela de Tecnología Odontológica (School of Odontological Technology)
- Escuela Universitaria de Bibliotecología y Ciencias Afines (School of Library Science and Related Sciences)
- Escuela Universitaria de Música (School of Music)
- Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Communicación (Licenciateship in Communication Studies)
- Instituto Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (National School of Fine Arts)
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