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The '''National University of San Marcos''' ({{lang-es|Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos}}, '''UNMSM''') is the most important and respected higher-education institution in [[Peru]].<ref name="UNMSM recibe acreditación internacional">"[http://peru21.pe/noticia/725700/unmsm-recibira-acreditacion-internacional UNMSM recibe acreditación internacional]". Peru21. Accessed April 26, 2011. {{es}}</ref> Its main campus, the University City, is located in [[Lima]]. It was chartered on May 12, 1551 by a [[royal decree]] signed by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], which makes it the oldest officially established university in the [[Americas]] and, as such, one of the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation|oldest universities in the world]].<ref name="Foundation of the University of Lima">"[http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibvirtual/libros/historia/San_marcos/Fund_Uni_Lima.htm Foundation of the University of Lima]". San Marcos National University. Accessed August 22, 2009. {{es}}</ref> Academically, the University of San Marcos ranks alternatively as first<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgci.udg.mx/boletines/biblioVirtual/pdf/rankinguniv-peru.pdf|title=Ranking universitario en el Perú|publisher=Asamblea Nacional de Rectores (ANR) and UNESCO|date= |accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2010/country.php?ccode=PE|title=University Ranking by Academic Performance (2010): Top Perú|publisher=URAP Center|date= |accessdate=2011-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2011/country.php?ccode=PE|title=University Ranking by Academic Performance (2011): Top Perú|publisher=URAP Center|date= |accessdate=2012-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2012/country.php?ccode=PE&rank=all|title=University Ranking by Academic Performance (2012): Top Perú|publisher=URAP Center|date= |accessdate=2012-23-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.larepublica.pe/13-02-2011/ranking-pone-unmsm-como-la-mejor-del-peru|title=Ranking pone a UNMSM como la mejor del Perú|publisher=Diario La República|date= |accessdate=2011-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/institution/universidad-nacional-mayor-de-san-marcos/wur|title=QS World University Rankings 2011/12: Top universities (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)|publisher=QS World University Rankings|date= |accessdate=2012-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/institution/universidad-nacional-mayor-de-san-marcos|title=QS World University Rankings 2012/13: Top universities (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)|publisher=QS World University Rankings|date= |accessdate=2012-10-09}}</ref><ref>[http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php?id=2030 UNMSM: primera del país en ranking Web de Universidades]</ref> or second in Peru.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.4icu.org/pe/|title=2013 University Web Ranking: Universities in Peru|publisher=4 International Colleges & Universities|date=|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webometrics.info/en/Latin_America/Peru
The '''National University of San Marcos''' ({{lang-es|Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos}}, '''UNMSM''') was, until recent decades, the most important and respected higher-education institution in [[Peru]].<ref name="UNMSM recibe acreditación internacional">"[http://peru21.pe/noticia/725700/unmsm-recibira-acreditacion-internacional UNMSM recibe acreditación internacional]". Peru21. Accessed April 26, 2011. {{es}}</ref> Its main campus, the University City, is located in [[Lima]]. It was chartered on May 12, 1551 by a [[royal decree]] signed by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], which makes it the oldest officially established university in the [[Americas]] and, as such, one of the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation|oldest universities in the world]].<ref name="Foundation of the University of Lima">"[http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibvirtual/libros/historia/San_marcos/Fund_Uni_Lima.htm Foundation of the University of Lima]". San Marcos National University. Accessed August 22, 2009. {{es}}</ref> According to various international rankings, the University of San Marcos is the first<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgci.udg.mx/boletines/biblioVirtual/pdf/rankinguniv-peru.pdf|title=Ranking universitario en el Perú|publisher=Asamblea Nacional de Rectores (ANR) and UNESCO|date= |accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2010/country.php?ccode=PE|title=University Ranking by Academic Performance (2010): Top Perú|publisher=URAP Center|date= |accessdate=2011-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2011/country.php?ccode=PE|title=University Ranking by Academic Performance (2011): Top Perú|publisher=URAP Center|date= |accessdate=2012-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2012/country.php?ccode=PE&rank=all|title=University Ranking by Academic Performance (2012): Top Perú|publisher=URAP Center|date= |accessdate=2012-23-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.larepublica.pe/13-02-2011/ranking-pone-unmsm-como-la-mejor-del-peru|title=Ranking pone a UNMSM como la mejor del Perú|publisher=Diario La República|date= |accessdate=2011-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/institution/universidad-nacional-mayor-de-san-marcos/wur|title=QS World University Rankings 2011/12: Top universities (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)|publisher=QS World University Rankings|date= |accessdate=2012-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/institution/universidad-nacional-mayor-de-san-marcos|title=QS World University Rankings 2012/13: Top universities (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)|publisher=QS World University Rankings|date= |accessdate=2012-10-09}}</ref><ref>[http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php?id=2030 UNMSM: primera del país en ranking Web de Universidades]</ref> or second in Peru,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.4icu.org/pe/|title=2013 University Web Ranking: Universities in Peru|publisher=4 International Colleges & Universities|date=|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webometrics.info/en/Latin_America/Peru
|title=Ranking Web of Universities: Peru |publisher=Webometrics|date=|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/latin-american-university-rankings/2012?page=1 |title=QS Latin American University Rankings |deadurl=no|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/latin-american-university-rankings/2012?page=1 |title=QS Latin American University Rankings |deadurl=no|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scimagoir.com/pdf/ranking_iberoamericano_2012_en.pdf|title=SIR World Report 2012|publisher=SCImago|date=|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref>
|title=Ranking Web of Universities: Peru |publisher=Webometrics|date=|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/latin-american-university-rankings/2012?page=1 |title=QS Latin American University Rankings |deadurl=no|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/latin-american-university-rankings/2012?page=1 |title=QS Latin American University Rankings |deadurl=no|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scimagoir.com/pdf/ranking_iberoamericano_2012_en.pdf|title=SIR World Report 2012|publisher=SCImago|date=|accessdate=11 February 2013}}</ref> but its ranking is distorted in most formulas by the anomaly that it is the only Peruvian university to have a Nobel laureate among its alumni.


San Marcos has 60 academic-professional schools,<ref>http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/165.pdf</ref> organized into 20 [[faculty (division)|faculties]], and these, in turn, into 6 academic areas. All the faculties offer [[undergraduate]] and [[Graduate school|graduate]] degrees. The student body consists of over 30,000 undergraduate and 4,000 graduate students from all the country as well as some international students. The university has also a number of public institutions under its government such as the [[San Marcos Cultural Center]] and the [[Museum of Natural History of Lima]].
San Marcos has 60 academic-professional schools,<ref>http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/165.pdf</ref> organized into 20 [[faculty (division)|faculties]], and these, in turn, into 6 academic areas. All the faculties offer [[undergraduate]] and [[Graduate school|graduate]] degrees. The student body consists of over 30,000 undergraduate and 4,000 graduate students from all the country as well as some international students. The university has also a number of public institutions under its government such as the [[San Marcos Cultural Center]] and the [[Museum of Natural History of Lima]].


San Marcos' prestige in Latin America mainly arises from its renowned faculty and alumni. It is the only university in Peru with a [[Nobel Prize]] laureate among its alumni: [[Mario Vargas Llosa]] ([[Nobel Prize for Literature|Literature]]). San Marcos is also recognized for the quality of its curricular contents, its very competitive admission process, as well as for being a leading center of scientific research.<ref>Ranking and research supported by: UNESCO and Asamblea Nacional de Rectores, 2007</ref> Several Peruvian and Latin American influential thinkers, researchers, scientists, politicians and writers have studied there, which underscores San Marcos' leading role as an educational institution in the history of [[Peru]] and the world.
San Marcos' prestige in Latin America mainly arises from its renowned faculty and alumni. It is the only university in Peru with a [[Nobel Prize]] laureate among its alumni: [[Mario Vargas Llosa]] ([[Nobel Prize for Literature|Literature]]). San Marcos is also recognized for the quality of its curricular contents, its very competitive admission process, as well as for being a leading center of scientific research.<ref>Ranking and research supported by: UNESCO and Asamblea Nacional de Rectores, 2007</ref> But the university was hurt beginning in the late 1970s by funding cutbacks, bureaucratization of academic departments and internal factional strife. Several Peruvian and Latin American influential thinkers, researchers, scientists, politicians and writers have studied there, which underscores San Marcos' leading role as an educational institution in the history of [[Peru]] and the world.


==History==
==History==

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National University of San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
National University of San Marcos seal.
Latin: Academia S. Marci Vrbis Regvm in Perv
MottoUniversidad del Perú,
Decana de América
Motto in English
University of Peru,
Dean of the Americas
TypePublic
EstablishedMay 12, 1551
RectorPedro Cotillo Zegarra
Academic staff
2559 (full time)
674 (part time)
Undergraduates29,710
Postgraduates3,549
Location
Lima
,
Peru

12°03′30″S 77°05′00″W / 12.05833°S 77.08333°W / -12.05833; -77.08333
CampusUrban
170 acres (69 ha) (Main campus)
Colors  Magenta
  White
  Steel blue
MascotLion
Websitewww.unmsm.edu.pe
San Marcos National University logo

The National University of San Marcos (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, UNMSM) was, until recent decades, the most important and respected higher-education institution in Peru.[1] Its main campus, the University City, is located in Lima. It was chartered on May 12, 1551 by a royal decree signed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, which makes it the oldest officially established university in the Americas and, as such, one of the oldest universities in the world.[2] According to various international rankings, the University of San Marcos is the first[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] or second in Peru,[11][12][13][14][15] but its ranking is distorted in most formulas by the anomaly that it is the only Peruvian university to have a Nobel laureate among its alumni.

San Marcos has 60 academic-professional schools,[16] organized into 20 faculties, and these, in turn, into 6 academic areas. All the faculties offer undergraduate and graduate degrees. The student body consists of over 30,000 undergraduate and 4,000 graduate students from all the country as well as some international students. The university has also a number of public institutions under its government such as the San Marcos Cultural Center and the Museum of Natural History of Lima.

San Marcos' prestige in Latin America mainly arises from its renowned faculty and alumni. It is the only university in Peru with a Nobel Prize laureate among its alumni: Mario Vargas Llosa (Literature). San Marcos is also recognized for the quality of its curricular contents, its very competitive admission process, as well as for being a leading center of scientific research.[17] But the university was hurt beginning in the late 1970s by funding cutbacks, bureaucratization of academic departments and internal factional strife. Several Peruvian and Latin American influential thinkers, researchers, scientists, politicians and writers have studied there, which underscores San Marcos' leading role as an educational institution in the history of Peru and the world.

History

Oldest University of the Americas

San Marcos was officially established by a royal decree (signed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) on May 12, 1551, and since then it has operated without interruption. Hence, it is known as the Dean of America ("dean" in the sense of "oldest member"). San Marcos also claims that according to the Archivo General de Indias, a famous Spanish repository of documents on the former colonies in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, there were no official records authorizing any other university or higher-education institution before 1551. [1] The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico was chartered the same year as San Marcos (by a royal decree of September 21, 1551) as the Royal University of Mexico, making it the second oldest in the Americas.

Although the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo was founded in 1538, it was not officially recognized by Royal Decree until 1558, and, as many other universities in the Americas that closed during independence wars and other political conflicts, it was closed due to the occupations of the Dominican Republic by Haiti and then the United States. San Marcos often states the National University of Santo Domingo's founding Papal bull In Apostolatus culmine, was not officially recognized by the King of Spain at the time; hence making into an apocryphal document. The Peruvian institution also states that the document in question was discredited by Pope Paul III.[citation needed]

Organisation

Government

The university was originally headed by members of the clergy. During the Enlightenment, Bourbon reforms transformed it into a secular institution. Nowadays, the university is governed by:

  • The University Council
  • The University Assembly (composed of professors and students, with the latter holding a third of the seats).
  • The Rector (president)
  • Two Vice-Rectors:
    • Academic Vice-Rector
    • Vice-Rector of investigation.

Academic areas and faculties

The original faculties at San Marcos were Theology, Arts (the old Scholastic term for what is now known as academic Philosophy) and Law; Jurisprudence, and Medicine were added later in the colonial period. The Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Economics and Commerce were created in the mid-19th century. The Faculty of Science was subdivided by specialities in the 20th century. The Faculty of Theology was closed in 1935.

In the mid-1990s San Marcos' departments were grouped into four academic blocks. Nowadays, San Marcos' falculties are grouped into 6 academic areas, as shown below.

Health sciences

Academic area I: Health sciences

  1. Faculty of Human Medicine:
  2. Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry:
  3. Faculty of Dentistry:
  4. Faculty of Veterinarian Medicine:
  5. Faculty of Psychology:

Humanities

Academic area II: Humanities

  1. Faculty of Letters and Human sciences:
  2. Faculty of Education:

Social sciences

Academic area III: Social sciences

  1. Faculty of Law and Political science:
  2. Faculty of Social sciences:

Basic sciences

Department of Chemistry at San Marcos.

Academic area IV: Basic sciences

  1. Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical engineering:
  2. Faculty of Biological sciences:
  3. Faculty of Physical sciences:
  4. Faculty of Mathematical sciences:

Engineering

Academic Block V: Engineering

  1. Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical engineering:
  2. Faculty of Physical Sciences:
  3. Faculty of Geology, Mining, Metallurgy and Geography engineering:
  4. Faculty of Industrial engineering:
  5. Faculty of Electronics and Electrical engineering:
  6. Faculty of Systems engineering:

Business sciences

Academic Block VI: Business sciences

  1. Faculty of Administrative sciences:
  2. Faculty of Accountancy Sciences:
  3. Faculty of Economic sciences:

Notable alumni and academics

Class of Jurisprudence and Law of 1896 posing in front of department's water fountain.
  • Oil painting commemorating the foundation of the University of Lima (later named San Marcos), officially the first university in Peru and America, and his manager Friar Tomas of San Martin.
    Oil painting commemorating the foundation of the University of Lima (later named San Marcos), officially the first university in Peru and America, and his manager Friar Tomas of San Martin.
  • The historic chapter house at the Convent of the Rosary of the Dominicans, where the University of San Marcos began its operations.
    The historic chapter house at the Convent of the Rosary of the Dominicans, where the University of San Marcos began its operations.
  • Drawing showing the old facade of the premises where the University of San Marcos functioned throughout the Peruvian viceroyalty. Later this place would be transferred to the nascent Congress of Peru.
    Drawing showing the old facade of the premises where the University of San Marcos functioned throughout the Peruvian viceroyalty. Later this place would be transferred to the nascent Congress of Peru.
  • The First Constitutional Congress of Peru was chaired by Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza and held in the chapel of the University of San Marcos September 20 of 1822.
    The First Constitutional Congress of Peru was chaired by Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza and held in the chapel of the University of San Marcos September 20 of 1822.
  • Local University of San Marcos in 1920, the famous "Casona de San Marcos is currently the Centro Cultural de San Marcos.
    Local University of San Marcos in 1920, the famous "Casona de San Marcos is currently the Centro Cultural de San Marcos.
  • Welcome Mural Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, as he mentioned the official date of its foundation: May 12 of 1551.
    Welcome Mural Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, as he mentioned the official date of its foundation: May 12 of 1551.
  • "Casona" of San Marcos, used as the Cultural center
    "Casona" of San Marcos, used as the Cultural center
  • Jorge Basadre building, used for administrative functions
    Jorge Basadre building, used for administrative functions
  • Main library
    Main library
  • San Marcos University Press
    San Marcos University Press
  • San Marcos University Gym
    San Marcos University Gym
  • San Marcos University Stadium
    San Marcos University Stadium
  • Metallica concert at University of San Marcos
    Metallica concert at University of San Marcos
  • Monument of Fray Tomas de San Martín
    Monument of Fray Tomas de San Martín
  • Main auditorium
    Main auditorium
  • San Marcos University Clinic
    San Marcos University Clinic
  • Institute Tropical Medicine
    Institute Tropical Medicine
  • Museum of Natural History
    Museum of Natural History

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ "UNMSM recibe acreditación internacional". Peru21. Accessed April 26, 2011. Template:Es
  2. ^ "Foundation of the University of Lima". San Marcos National University. Accessed August 22, 2009. Template:Es
  3. ^ "Ranking universitario en el Perú" (PDF). Asamblea Nacional de Rectores (ANR) and UNESCO. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. ^ "University Ranking by Academic Performance (2010): Top Perú". URAP Center. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  5. ^ "University Ranking by Academic Performance (2011): Top Perú". URAP Center. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  6. ^ "University Ranking by Academic Performance (2012): Top Perú". URAP Center. Retrieved 2012-23-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "Ranking pone a UNMSM como la mejor del Perú". Diario La República. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  8. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2011/12: Top universities (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  9. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2012/13: Top universities (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  10. ^ UNMSM: primera del país en ranking Web de Universidades
  11. ^ "2013 University Web Ranking: Universities in Peru". 4 International Colleges & Universities. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  12. ^ "Ranking Web of Universities: Peru". Webometrics. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  13. ^ "QS Latin American University Rankings". Retrieved 11 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "QS Latin American University Rankings". Retrieved 11 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "SIR World Report 2012" (PDF). SCImago. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  16. ^ http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/165.pdf
  17. ^ Ranking and research supported by: UNESCO and Asamblea Nacional de Rectores, 2007

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