National University of Engineering

National University of Engineering
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
Motto Scientia et labor
Established 1876
Type Public University
Rector Aurelio Padilla Rios
Academic staff 900
Undergraduates 10,552[1]
Postgraduates 1,000
Location Rímac, Lima, Lima, Peru
Campus Urban
Website www.uni.edu.pe

The National University of Engineering (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, UNI) is a public engineering and science university located in the Rímac District of Lima, Peru.

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History

The National University of Engineering was founded in 1876 by the Polish engineer Edward Jan Habich as the School of Civil Constructions and Mining Engineers (Spanish: Escuela de Ingenieros de Construcciones Civiles y de Minas), but has traditionally been known as School of Engineers (Escuela de Ingenieros). At the time of its foundation, there was a growing demand for engineers in Peru due to the rapid development of mining and communications.

Today, the National University of Engineering is widely regarded as the foremost science and technology oriented university in Perú, many of its alumni occupying today positions of leadership in the fields of Industry, Academia and Government.

Organization

UNI is organized into eleven faculties which contain twenty-seven academic departments. It's a university polarized around science, engineering, and the arts. Most of the academic departments offer a wide variety of engineering especialities, including Industrial, Mechanic, Mechatronic, Electronic Engineering, and other innovative fields more related to the Social Sciences such as Economic Engineering.

Faculty Department
Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Arts Architecture
Faculty of Science Physics
Mathematics
Chemistry
Physics Engineering
Computer Science
Faculty of Environmental Engineering Sanitary Engineering
Hygiene and Industrial Security Engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering Civil Engineering
Faculty of Economics Engineering and Social Sciences Economics Engineering
Statistics Engineering
Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electrical Engineering
Electronics Engineering
Telecommunications Engineering
Faculty of Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Geological Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Faculty of Industrial and Systems Engineering Industrial Engineering
Systems Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Mechanic-Electrical Engineering
Naval Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering
Faculty of Petroleum Engineering and Natural Gas Petroleum Engineering
Petro-chemical Engineering
Faculty of Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering Chemical Engineering
Textile Engineering

Academics

Current admission is highly competitive, with 10 applicants per vacancy in the most demanding fields such as Civil Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Mechatronic Engineering.[2]

UNI is widely known for being rigorous, demanding great focus and effort from its students. Given the competition level to be accepted to the National University of Engineering and it's highly demanding curricula, the university is commonly acknowledged as the most difficult to attend in the whole country. This has given UNI students recognition among Peruvians, but it has also created an unbalance sometimes regarding GPA's as compared to other schools, those of UNI's students being in some occasions lower because of the difficulty level being harder.

Alumni

Among former renowned professors and students are:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ (Spanish) Oficina de Registro Central y Estadística de la UNI, Student population statistics. Retrieved on December 9, 2007
  2. ^ (Spanish) Oficina Central de Admisión de la UNI, 2007-I qualifying examination statistics. Retrieved on December 9, 2007

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