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University of Buenos Aires
Universidad de Buenos Aires
MottoArgentum virtus robur et studium (Latin)
Motto in English
Argentine virtue is strength and study
TypePublic
Established1821
BudgetUS$700 million (2015)[1]
RectorDr. Alberto Barbieri
Academic staff
28,943 (2004)[2]
Students311,175 (2004)[3]
Undergraduates297,639 (2004)
Postgraduates13,536 (2004)
Location
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
CampusUrban
Colors  
Websitewww.uba.ar

The University of Buenos Aires (Spanish: Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is the largest university in Argentina and the second largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 departments, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini, Instituto Libre de Segunda Enseñanza and Escuela de Educación Técnica Profesional en Producción Agropecuaria y Agroalimentaria.

Entry to any of the available programmes of study in the university is open to anyone with a secondary school degree; in most cases, students who have successfully completed high school must pass a first year called CBC, which stands for Ciclo Básico Común (Common Basic Cycle). Only upon completion of this first year may the student enter the chosen school; until then, they must attend courses in different buildings, and have up to 3 years to finish the 6 or 7 subjects (which vary depending on the programme of study chosen) assigned in two groups of 3 or 4. Each subject is of one semester duration (March–July or August–November). If someone passes all 6 subjects in their respective semester, the CBC will take only one year. Potential students of economics, instead, take a 2-year common cycle, the "CBG" (General Basic Cycle), comprising 12 subjects.

The UBA has no central campus. A centralized Ciudad Universitaria (literally, "university city") was started in the 1960s, but contains only two schools, with the others at different locations in Buenos Aires.

Access to the university is free of charge for everyone, including foreigners. However, the postgraduate programs charge tuition fees that can be covered with research scholarships for those students with outstanding academic performance.

The university has produced four Nobel Prize laureates, one of the most prolific institutions in the Spanish-speaking world. According to the QS World University Rankings (2017/18) the University of Buenos Aires ranked number 75 in the world, making it the highest ranked university in Ibero-America.[4]

Schools

School of Exact and Natural Sciences
School of Law
School of Economic Sciences
School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism
School of Social Sciences
School of Medicine
School of Psychology
School of Engineering, Paseo Colón branch
School of Engineering, Las Heras branch

The schools that comprise the university are:

Of these, only the last two have their buildings located in Ciudad Universitaria, a campus-like location in Núñez, in northern Buenos Aires along the banks of the Río de la Plata. The others are scattered around the city in buildings of various sizes, with some having more than one building. There are projects to move more schools to Ciudad Universitaria, the first one in order of importance is the School of Psychology, whose building is already designed to be placed on this Campus.

Rankings

See also: Rankings of universities in Latin America

Template:Infobox world university ranking

There are no existing Argentinian or Latin-American university ranking systems, but several international rankings have ranked the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). The reputed Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking ranked UBA not only above all other Argentinian universities but all other Latin-American ones.[5] The QS World University Rankings ranks UBA in the 75th place, above all other Spanish or Portuguese speaking universities (American and European) in its worldwide ranking [4] but relegates it to the 11th place in its Latin-American ranking.[6]

Notable alumni

The following former students and professors of the university have received the Nobel Prize:

The following Presidents of Argentina have earned their degrees at the university:

Deans

  • Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Nobel Peace Prize, 1936.
    Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Nobel Peace Prize, 1936.
  • Bernardo Houssay, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1947.
    Bernardo Houssay, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1947.
  • Luis Federico Leloir, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1970.
    Luis Federico Leloir, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1970.
  • César Milstein, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1984.
    César Milstein, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1984.
  • Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Marxist leader.
    Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Marxist leader.
  • Carlos Pellegrini, president 1890-1892.
    Carlos Pellegrini, president 1890-1892.
  • Luis Sáenz Peña, president 1892-1895.
    Luis Sáenz Peña, president 1892-1895.
  • Manuel Quintana, president 1904-1906.
    Manuel Quintana, president 1904-1906.
  • Victorino de la Plaza, president 1914-1916
    Victorino de la Plaza, president 1914-1916
  • Ramón S. Castillo, president 1942-1943
    Ramón S. Castillo, president 1942-1943
  • Arturo Frondizi, president 1958-1962
    Arturo Frondizi, president 1958-1962
  • Arturo Umberto Illia, president 1963-1966
    Arturo Umberto Illia, president 1963-1966
  • Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, president 2001
    Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, president 2001
  • Eduardo Duhalde, president 2002-2003
    Eduardo Duhalde, president 2002-2003

See also

References

  1. ^ University of Buenos Aires, Budget
  2. ^ University of Buenos Aires, 2004 Academic Staff Census
  3. ^ University of Buenos Aires, 2004 Student Census
  4. ^ a b "QS World University Rankings® 2018". Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015". Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016. ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ^ "QS University Rankings: Latin America 2016". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Alejandro Pedro Bulgheroni". BusinessWeek. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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