National University of the Littoral

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Universidad Nacional del Litoral


Motto:	Lux Indeficiens (Latin for "Inextinguishable Light")
Established:	1889
Type:	Public
Rector:	Dr. Albor Cantard
Undergraduates:	28.450
Location:	Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Argentina
Colors:	Clean River Blue and White [1]
Website:	www.unl.edu.ar

The National University of the Littoral (in Spanish, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, UNL) is a university in Argentina. It is based in Santa Fe city, capital of the province of the same name, and it has colleges and other academic facilities in Esperanza, Reconquista and Gálvez cities, also in Santa Fe Province.

The original institution was born as the Provincial University of Santa Fe in 1889. The university reform of 1918 brought modernization and democratization to higher education in Argentina. The UNL was created the following year, by a national law of 17 October 1919, becoming the first regional university in the country, with influence over the Argentine Littoral (Santa Fe and the Mesopotamic provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes).