University of Buenos Aires

University of Buenos Aires
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Motto Argentina Virtus Robur et Studium (Latin)
Motto in English "Argentine virtue is strength and study"
Established 1821
Type Public
Budget 364,690,000 US dollars (2009)[1]
Rector Med. Vet. Rubén E. Hallú
Academic staff 28,943 (2004)[2]
Students 311,175 (2004)[3]
Undergraduates 297,639 (2004)
Postgraduates 13,536 (2004)
Location Buenos Aires, Argentina
Campus Urban
Website www.uba.ar

The University of Buenos Aires (Spanish: Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America.[4] Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini, Instituto Libre de Segunda Enseñanza and Escuela de Educación Técnica Profesional en Producción Agropecuaria y Agroalimentaria.

To enter any of the available programmes of study in the university, students who have successfully completed high school must pass a first year called CBC, which stands for Ciclo Básico Común (Common Basic Cycle). Only upon completion of this first year may the student enter the chosen school; until then, they must attend courses in different buildings, and have up to 3 years to finish the 6 subjects (which vary depending on the programme of study chosen) assigned in two groups of 3. Each subject is of one quadrimester duration (March–July or August–November). If someone passes all 6 subjects in their respective quadrimesters, the CBC will take only one year. Potential students of economics, instead, take a 2-year common cycle, the "CBG" (General Basic Cycle), comprising 12 subjects.

The UBA has no central campus. A centralized Ciudad Universitaria (literally, "university city") was started in the 1960s, but contains only two schools, with the others at different locations in Buenos Aires.

Access to the university is free of charge for everyone, including foreigners. However, the postgraduate programs charge tuition fees that can be covered with research scholarships for those students with outstanding academic performance.

It is currently the best ranked Argentine university in college and university rankings, present at number 197 of the Top Universities 2008[5] and at number 151-200 of the 2010 Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranking.[6] It has produced more Nobel Prize laureates (four) than any other Spanish-speaking University except the Complutense University of Madrid. In 2010, according to University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP),[7] University of Buenos Aires is the best university in Argentina and 247th university in the world.

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Schools

The Schools that comprise the university are:

Of these, only the last two have their buildings located in Ciudad Universitaria, a campus-like location in Núñez, in northern Buenos Aires. The others are scattered around the city in buildings of various sizes, with some having more than one building. There are projects to move more schools to Ciudad Universitaria, the first one in order of importance is the School of Psychology, whose building is already designed to be placed on this Campus.

Notable alumni

The following former students and professors of the university have received the Nobel Prize:

The following Presidents of Argentina have earned their degrees at the university:

Rectors

Notable Alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ University of Buenos Aires, Budget
  2. ^ University of Buenos Aires, 2004 Academic Staff Census
  3. ^ University of Buenos Aires, 2004 Student Census
  4. ^ [1] [2]
  5. ^ Top Universities
  6. ^ SJTU rankings 2010
  7. ^ "URAP - University Ranking by Academic Performance". http://www.urapcenter.org/2010. 

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