University of San Andrés

The University of San Andrés --cf. San Andrés University, without possessive apostrophe-- (Spanish: Universidad de San Andrés) is an Argentine university located in the town of Victoria, Buenos Aires on the shores of the Rio de la Plata, in the metropolitan area of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a small private institution, with approximately 700 undergraduate students and approximately 500 graduate students. The library has more than 70,000 volumes.

The main campus is located in the town of Victoria, San Fernando Partido in the suburban area north of Buenos Aires. It also has a building in Buenos Aires, near the commercial and banking district.

History

The university is a daughter institution of St. Andrew's Scots School; the school was founded by Scottish immigrants in 1838. It is named after Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, and its crest is composed of the Saltire, the flag of Scotland, and thistles, the national flower of Scotland.

Library

Every experienced university student knows that the library is a key place to determine the quality of a university. Our university Biblioteca Max von Buch complies with international standards and applies the most modern technologies, which have enabled to establishing exchange agreements with world prestigious academic libraries. It has also been a pioneer in participating in international team groups with the Association of Research Libraries, and the Library of Congress, both based in Washington, among others. Our library is constantly focused on preserving classic texts as well as incorporating the most updated ones. The online Collection includes complete text data bases (EBSCO Host, JSTOR, Project Muse, Information Report, etc.); e-journals and abstract and index data bases. The electronic resources can be consulted from remote terminals (at the campus or outside the university). It’s Special Collection and Files sector has an important role in cultural preservation. The professional staff assists students and teachers in their bibliographic research. The Biblioteca Max von Buch building, especially designed by the architect Rafael Viñoly, provides a stimulating atmosphere for concentrated reading as well as for group work.

Academics

The university offers several undergraduate programs including Bachelor of Business Administration, Communication, Economics, Education, International Relations, Political Sciences, Law and a CPA degree. It also offers a wide range of graduate programs such as an MBA, Masters in Economics, Finance, Education, History, Public Policy, International Relations and several non-degree specializations in Marketing and Finance.

Undergraduate Programmes

Degree educational proposal

The University of San Andrés offers the type of education that is consider a paramount for a XXI century graduate. It has to do with a general education, targeted at a graduate’s profile that is able to reason and bring forward proposals. The university put an emphasis on critical thinking development and on questioning both others and personal ideas. San Andrés teach totheir students that to think correctly also means to take into consideration the community they belong to and the global dimension in which they are placed.

Foundation subjects

In order to provide this type of education, we follow a syllabus that begins with a Foundation Subject Cycle that is the same in all of our degree orientations, an unusual practice in the Argentine university system. Such Cycle includes humanistic and science-based subjects that are the foundations of a solid education, which prevent from being categorized and provide the student with the necessary tools for taking their orientation decision with intelligence and with no haste.

Philosophy

History

Economics

Mathematics

Literature y Written Expression

Political Phenomenon

Law

Introduction to Management

Introduction to Artistic Appreciation

Introduction to Ecology

Contemporary Argentine History

Economic History

Orientation cycle

Our degree educational proposal is followed by an Orientation Cycle in which, over that base, the discipline concept approaches that each student had chosen are highlighted. Throughout all these years, the University has fostered both team work among students and the constant dialogue between them and teachers, since it is through a fluid communication that all thoughts and all innovative initiatives have successful results.

International Relationships

Business Management

Political Science

Education

Communication

Public Accounting

Economics

Law

International Relations

Graduate Programme

The Universidad de San Andrésoffers postgraduate programmes, some leading to higher degrees - both academic and professional - and others designed to provide very specific skills needed in today´s changing workplace.

Doctorates

Ph D Degree in Economics

Ph D degree in Education

PH D in History

Master Degree Courses

Master’s degree in Education

Master’s Degree in Journalism

Master’s Degree in Management and Public Policies

Master’s Degree in International Relations and businesses

Master’s Degree in History Research

MBA

Master’s Degree in Finance

Master´s Degree in Marketing and Communication

Master´s Degree in Organizational Studies

Master´s Degree in Technological and Telecommunication Services

Master’s Degree in Business Law

Master’s Degree in Economics

Specializations

Specialization in Strategic Management

Specialization in Education

Specialization in non-profit organizations

Specialization in Business Law

Management Specialization in Human Resources

Specialization in Finance

Specialization in Marketing and Communication

Specialization in Technological and Telecommunication Services

Diploma Courses

Diploma in History

Program of Brazilian Culture

Faculty

Teachers at San Andrés have a high academic level and an excellent will to share it with others; they hold postgraduate degrees from prestigiously famous universities. They carry out research projects and they are involved in congresses, seminars and conferences. They publish books, working papers, articles in school magazines and in the media. They constantly apply their knowledge to different activities and at different levels: at school and also in the business world, at a government level, in organizations and in the media. They have an ongoing dialogue with colleagues and with other institutions abroad; they are involved with the international community. Some of their academic projects receive international funding on behalf of the IDB, the UNESCO and Ford and Rockefeller foundations, among others. This environment, with a constant emphasis on activity and work, is then passed onto our students through their classes.

Teachers provide students with academic contents as well as with the tools to perform in the world. They are flexible and they provide visiting hours within their own schedules where students can put forward specific topics or questions or monitor the development of an idea of work. They have a personalized interest for students’ development. Everything is made easier because of the fact that most of them are fully dedicated to San Andrés.

Extracurricular Activities

Arts

The Arts Appreciation Chair and the Arts Workshop are the artistic education cornerstone at San Andrés. The Chair is born together with the university in 1989 and the Arts Workshop is set up two years later. Over 1,200 students had a real approach to the arts world. They visited museums, theatres, rehearsals, and they became acquainted with ideas, plays and workshops of famous Argentine artists such as Juan Carlos Distéfano, Aurelio Macchi, Alejandro Puente, Jorge Demirjian, Luis Well, Nicolás García Uriburu, M. Juana Heras Velasco, among others. They were visited by musicians such as Luis María Serra or Mario Videla, instrumental and vocal groups, cinema, theater or dance world celebrities. All students have the experience of being creative actors. That rich and live exchange is the base of our strategic art of teaching. The Arts Workshop enables students to develop their creativity in plastic arts so as to be able to apply it from there to any other spheres. The workshop is aimed at analyzing things from another standpoint. In 2005 and for the first time, the Arts Appreciation Chair organized the ¨Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier Sculpture Award ¨ aimed at choosing the best project so as to set it on the terrace in front of Max von Buch Library. San Andrés offers a unique artistic proposal that contributes to our students´ comprehensive education.

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The Roy Taylor Computer Laboratory (IT)

Our IT area has been specially designed to be a complement of the academic activity and to collaborate with the research done by students and teachers. Since the very first day of classes, students at Universidad de San Andrés are assisted by members of the area so that they have a quick access to those resources they will have available throughout their years of study.

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Students in action

At San Andrés, students count with the Student Association (CEUdeSA)as the first instrument through which they can make collective decisions and gain experience in institutional management. The Association is a dialogue channel between students and university authorities. Its commissions are annually elected by the student community, what implies an electoral responsibility for its members. The following are some of the activities the Association carries out: • Publication of the magazine • Language courses • Conferences and Discussion Forums • Paper Recycling Project • Lunch organization with students and university authorities or teachers. • Sport and Musical Events • Community Service Activities

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Athletics

Students at San Andrés are provided with space and support for their sport interests. At the University we believe that sports do not only provide physical benefits but also contribute to social development, spreading and to values preservation. Over the last years, the Association of university Amateur Sports (ADAU, according to its Spanish acronym) gave our University teachers and students awards for the best fair play on sports fields and for the best volleyball, hockey and swimming coachers. At our Sports Office we carry out a series of activities that include: • Swimming, volleyball, hockey and football classes and practices • University tournaments • Promotion of student’s involvement in universities´ tournaments organized by the ADAU • Sport visits to neighboring countries universities. • An invitation tournament at San Andrés for university students in Greater Buenos Ares. • Awards for students, for their perseverance and their progress, as well as their commitment and their leadership.

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Compromiso Joven

It is community service projects created and lead by San Andres’s students. It is aimed at fostering social responsibility initiatives between students and the rest of the university community. Its main programs are: • Community Center Self-management. San Andres’s students temporally incorporate themselves to the community center staff of the university’s area of influence with the aim of fostering mutual learning and, at the same time, improving the administration and service offered by these centers to low–resource people. • Internships at NGOs: During the university winter recess, student interdisciplinary groups try to solve a concrete problem at a third sector organization counting with San Andres’ teachers´ and graduates´ advice • 2004 Nation’s Presidential Award. In 2004, Young Commitment participated in the ¨Support Educational Practices in Higher Education¨ Presidential Award. The Education, Science and Technology Minister handed out a Special Award in recognition of the quality of the practice and to contribute with its development, what implies a paramount acknowledgement both for Young Commitment and for the university.

Academic Agreements

Asia

• Information and Communications University, Korea • Tel Aviv University, Israel • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Australia

• Griffith University, Queensland

Canada

• HEC, Montréal • Schulich School of Business - York University, Toronto

Europe

• Ecole de Commerce Solvay, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium • ESCP – EAP Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris, France • European Business School of London, England • Institute of Education, London University, England • Instituto de Empresas, España • Jönköping International Business School – Jönköping University, Sweden • Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint – Petersburg Russia • Sciences-PO – Paris, France • St. Anthony College Oxford University, England • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain • Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain • Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain • Universidad de Valencia, Spain • Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Bracelona, Spain • Universita di Bologna, Italy • Université de Toulouse – Le Mirail, France • Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Lyon France • University College London, England • University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland • University of Bath, Bath, England • University of Edinburgh, Scotland • University of Oslo, Norway • University of Westminster, London, England • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands • WHU Koblenz Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, Koblenz, Germany

Latin America

• CIDE, Ciudad de México, México • Desarrollo – Instituto de Capacitación y Estudios, Asunción Paraguay • Fundaçao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administraçao de Empresas de Sao Paulo, Brasil • Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador • Universidad de Desarrollo, Santiago Chile • Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, México • Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia • Universidad ORT, Montevideo, Uruguay • Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Sao Leopoldo, Brazil • Universidade Federal da Bahía, Brazil • Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

USA

• Babson College, Babson Park • Brandeis University, Massachusetts • Columbia University, New York • Harvard University, Boston • New York University, New York • The College of New Jersey, New Jersey • The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania • University of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania • University of California, San Diego • University of Maryland, Maryland • University of Miami, Florida • University of Southern California - The Annenberg School for Communication • University of Texas at Austin • University of Washington, Honors Program. Seattle. • Wellesley College, Massachusetts

See also

• Scottish settlement in Argentina

External links

• Template:Es icon Official website