National University of Cordoba
| Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC) National University of Córdoba |
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| motto | Ut portet noun meum |
| founding | 1613 |
| Sponsorship | public |
| place | Cordoba , Argentina |
| Rector | Hugo Oscar Juri |
| Students | 135,948 (2018) |
| Website | www.unc.edu.ar |
The Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC, German National University of Córdoba ) is a university in Argentina . It is located in the city of Cordoba in the province of the same name .
The university is the oldest university in the country and one of the oldest in Latin America . After the Universidad de Buenos Aires , it is the largest university in the country with around 115,000 students.
history
It was founded in 1613 by the Jesuits . In spite of rapidly changing conditions, the balance of power within the university remained unchanged until the early 20th century. The ruling oligarchy, which held onto power through nepotism, provoked protests from the student population in 1918. The result was the Reforma Universitaria , a democratic reform movement that was supported by the liberal Argentine government Hipólito Yrigoyens and gradually encompassed all universities in the country and numerous others in South America.
In the military dictatorships of 1966–1973 and 1976–1983, the democratic achievements were partially reversed. Since the democratization of Argentina, the discussion has flared up about the role of the university, which in Argentina is traditionally free and without restrictions on access . In 2004, due to the overloading of some very popular courses (especially medicine ), it was discussed for the first time to introduce an upper limit for applicants in some subjects. However, the legal basis for this is still unclear.
organization
There are 15 faculties for the following departments:
- Architecture, urban development and design
- art
- Agricultural Sciences
- Economics
- Science and Physics
- medicine
- Communication science
- Social sciences
- Law
- chemistry
- Philosophy and humanities
- languages
- Mathematics, astronomy, physics and computer science
- Dentistry
- psychology
Well-known graduates
- Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911), zoologist
- Domingo Cavallo (* 1946), Minister of Economic Affairs of Argentina from 1991 to 1996 and 2001, Professor of Economics in the USA ( Harvard University )
- Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi (* 1954), legal scholar, judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague
- Ernesto Garzón Valdés (* 1927), legal scholar, studied, earned his doctorate and taught at the UNC before living as an exile in Germany and becoming a professor at the University of Mainz; he received the Dr. hc the UNC
- Carlos Menem (* 1930), President of Argentina (1989 to 1999)
- José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766–1840) studied theology here and later became the first president ( dictator ) of Paraguay
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ UNC: Hugo Oscar Juri, Rector. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
- ↑ UNC: Síntesis Estadística . June 2018 ( edu.ar [PDF]).
Coordinates: 31 ° 26 ′ 15 ″ S , 64 ° 11 ′ 16 ″ W