Universidad de Buenos Aires
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| motto | Argentina Virtus Robur et Studium |
| founding | 1821 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Buenos Aires , Argentina |
| Rector | Alberto Edgardo Barbieri |
| Students | 308,748 (2011) |
| Professors | 5,899 (2011) |
| Website | www.uba.ar |
The Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA, German University of Buenos Aires ) is the largest university in Argentina . It was founded on August 12, 1821 and consists of 14 faculties , 6 clinics , 10 museums and the high schools Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires , Instituto Libre de Segunda Enseñanza and Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini .
Despite its size, there is no central campus . There were plans for a Ciudad Universitaria , a university "city", but these were never fully implemented due to lack of funds. Three of the 14 faculties are currently located on this campus on the northeastern edge of the city. The other faculties are spread across the city.
Famous students
The following alumni have received a Nobel Prize :
- Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878–1959), Nobel Peace Prize (1936)
- Bernardo Alberto Houssay (1887–1971), Physiology (1947)
- Luis Federico Leloir (1906–1987), chemistry (1970)
- Adolfo Maria Pérez Esquivel (* 1931), Nobel Peace Prize (1980)
- César Milstein (1927-2002), Medicine (1984)
Other well-known former students or lecturers are:
- Franz Stephan Griese (1889–1953), German professor of linguistics for English and French
- Fritz Schajowicz (1911–1992), bone pathologist
- Luis Moreno Ocampo (* 1952), lawyer and chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
- Che Guevara (1928–1967) studied medicine here before becoming a communist revolutionary
- Johanna J. Danis (1922–2014) studied psychology here and was professor of personality psychology here
- Jorge Bucay (* 1949), author, psychiatrist and gestalt therapist
See also
Web links
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Individual evidence
- ↑ UBA: Institutional information. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
Coordinates: 34 ° 35 ′ 59 ″ S , 58 ° 22 ′ 23 ″ W