Universidad de la República

Universidad de la República (UDELAR)
founding	July 18, 1849
Sponsorship	state
place	Montevideo , Uruguay
Rector	Roberto Markarian
Students	109,563 (2012)
Website	www.universidad.edu.uy

Facultad de Ingeniería

Facultad de Derecho

Facultad de Arquitectura

The Universidad de la República ( German : University of the Republic ; abbreviation UDELAR , also UdelaR ) is a state university in Uruguay . With around 109,000 students, it is the largest university in the country.

history

The origin of today's university is a Jesuit school from the 18th century. With the expulsion of the Jesuits from South America in 1767, the school was built by Franciscans. In 1787 a philosophical and in 1793 a theological chair was established. In 1833 the school was further expanded by the Catholic clergyman Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga and, with state support, the departments of Latin, Philosophy, Mathematics, Theology and Law were founded in 1836. On May 27, 1838, the university was founded as Universidad Mayor de la República by President Manuel Oribe . It was only officially founded on July 18, 1849 in Montevideo by President Joaquín Suárez ; the first rector was the Vicar Apostolic Lorenzo Antonio Fernández .

Degrees are offered at 14 faculties. The university hospital Hospital de Clínicas "Dr. Manuel Quintela" belongs .

University faculties

The Universidad de la República houses a total of 14 departments:

• Facultad de Agronomía
• Facultad de Arquitectura
• Facultad de Ciencias
• Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración
• Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
• Facultad de Derecho
• Facultad de Enfermería
• Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación
• Facultad de Ingeniería
• Facultad de Medicina
• Facultad de Odontología
• Facultad de Psicología
• Facultad de Química
• Facultad de Veterinaría

List of former rectors of the university since 1849

• 1849–1850 Lorenzo Antonio Fernández
• 1850-1852 Manuel Herrera y Obes
• 1852–1854 Florentino Castellanos
• 1854-1859 Manuel Herrera y Obes
• 1859–1864 Fermín Ferreira
• 1864–1865 Joaquín Requena
• 1865–1867 Fermín Ferreira
• 1867-1869 Carlos de Castro
• 1869–1871 Pedro Bustamante
• 1871–1873 Plácido Ellauri
• 1873-1874 Gonzalo Ramírez
• 1875–1876 Plácido Ellauri
• 1876–1878 Martín Berinduague
• 1878–1880 Alejandro Magariños Cervantes
• 1880–1882 Alfredo Vásquez Acevedo
• 1882–1884 José Pedro Ramírez
• 1884-1893 Alfredo Vásquez Acevedo
• 1893–1995 Pablo de María
• 1895–1899 Alfredo Vásquez Acevedo
• 1899–1902 Pablo de María
• 1902–1904 Claudio Williman
• 1904–1907 Eduardo Acevedo
• 1907-1908 Francisco Soca
• 1908–1911 Pablo de María
• 1911–1912 Eduardo Brito del Pino
• 1912–1916 Claudio Williman
• 1916–1922 Emilio Barbaroux
• 1922–1928 Elías Regules
• 1928–1930 Carlos Vaz Ferreira
• 1930–1931 José Espalter
• 1931–1934 Andrés Pacheco
• 1935–1941 Carlos Vaz Ferreira
• 1941-1948 José Pedro Varela
• 1948-1956 Leopoldo C. Agorio
• 1956–1964 Mario Cassinoni
• 1964–1966 Juan José Crottogini
• 1966–1972 Oscar Maggiolo
• 1972–1973 Samuel Lichtensztejn
• 1973–1985 Edmundo Narancio, Gustavo Nicolich, Jorge Anselmi, Enrique Viana Reyes, Raquel Lombardo de De Betolaza, Luis Antonio Menafra, Gonzalo Lapido Díaz
• 1985–1989 Samuel Lichtensztejn
• 1989–1989 Jorge Brovetto
• 1990-1994 Jorge Brovetto
• 1994-1998 Jorge Brovetto
• 1998-2002 Rafael Guarga
• 2002-2006 Rafael Guarga
• 2006-2010 Rodrigo Arocena
• 2010-2014 Rodrigo Arocena
• 2014–2018 Roberto Markarian

Well-known alumni

• José Bayardi
• Pablo Carlevaro
• Carlos Vaz Ferreira
• José Luis Massera
• Gabriel Paternain
• Mario Wschebor

See also

• Universidad de la República (building)

Web links

Commons : Universidad de la República  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Universidad de la Republica
• Law Faculty
• Medical school
• Faculty of Psychology
• Federación de Estudiantes Universitarios del Uruguay

Individual evidence

1. ↑ VII Censo de Estudiantes Universitarios de Grado, año 2012.
2. ^ History of the University of the Republic , Universidad de la República, accessed on November 16, 2015 (es.)
3. ↑ List Rectores de la Universidad de la República at the Red Académica Uruguaya , part 1 List Rectores de la Universidad de la República at the Red Académica Uruguaya , part 2 List Rectores de la Universidad de la República at the Red Académica Uruguaya , part 3
4. ^ Universidad de la República - Rectores
5. ↑ Cuenta regresiva para elegir un nuevo Rector de la Udelar, Rico y Markarián en carrera (Spanish) on laondadigital.uy, accessed on August 19, 2016

Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′ 9.4 ″  S , 56 ° 10 ′ 35.4 ″  W.