National University of San Juan

National University of San Juan
Universidad Nacional de San Juan

Motto	Education for the Future, Dinamic Education
Established	1973
Type	Public
Rector	Dr.Ing. Benjamín Rafael KUCHEN
Academic staff	4,859
Students	15,509
Location	San Juan, Argentina
Campus	Urban Suburban
Website	http://www.unsj.edu.ar

The National University of San Juan (in Castilian, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, UNSJ) is a public university in Argentina. Its seat is located in the city of San Juan, capital of the province of the same name, in the Cuyo region. It was founded in 1973, based on several local institutions and a faculty of the National University of Cuyo.

1 Institutions
2 History
3 References
4 See also

Institutions

The National University of San Juan includes the following faculties:

Engineering
Philosophy, Humanities and Arts
Architecture, Urbanization and Design
Social Sciences
Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

These provide a wide array of titles, including tecnicaturas (intermediate), licenciaturas (Bachelor's degrees), professorships, and post-graduate courses.

Research activity is conducted through the postgraduate departments of each faculty. Moreover, The University has 14 Research Institutes in which primary research activities are conducted.

History

The origin of UNSJ was a Preparatory College founded in 1839 by then-governor (then president of Argentina) Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. The faculty of Mineralogy of this college gave rise to the technical School of Mines, which in turn fathered other teaching institutions. In 1939 the National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo) was founded with its seat in Mendoza, and San Juan Province was included in its area of influence; UNCuyo's Faculty of Engineering started functioning in San Juan in 1947. Also in that year, courses to form professors in Sciences and Letters began at the Sarmiento Normal School. These courses were split from the school, to be dictated at the newly created National Institute of the Secondary School Professorship, in 1958.

During the 1960s, the society of San Juan Province strived to achieve the creation of a national university. In 1968 a programme to create new state universities did not include San Juan, but renewed demands led to a feasibility study.

The National University of San Juan was created by Law 20367, signed by de facto President Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, on 10 May 1973. It grew to integrate the National Institute of the Secondary School Professorship, the Faculty of Engineering, Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences formerly dependent on the National University of Cuyo, and the Domingo F. Sarmiento Provincial University. The full fusion of these institutions was completed on 10 October.

References

Universidad Nacional de San Juan — Institutional website.

Universities and colleges of Argentina

Public	University of Buenos Aires · National University of La Plata · National Technological University · National University of Arts · National University of Córdoba · National University of Rosario · National University of Cuyo · National University of the South · National University of Tucumán · National University of La Matanza · National University of the Littoral · National University of the Northeast · National University of Mar del Plata · National University of General Sarmiento · National University of General San Martín · National University of Río Cuarto · National University of Entre Ríos · National University of Misiones · National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco · National University of Comahue · National University of San Juan · National University of San Luis · National University of Salta · National University of Villa María · National University of Formosa · National University of Jujuy · National University of Luján · National University of Catamarca · National University of La Pampa · National University of Lanús · National University of Lomas de Zamora · National University of Chilecito · National University of La Rioja · National University of Santiago del Estero · National University of Austral Patagonia · National University of the Chaco Austral · National University of Quilmes · National University of Central Buenos Aires · National University of Northwestern Buenos Aires · National University of the West · National University of Río Negro · National University of Tierra del Fuego · Jorge A. Sábato Institute · Higher Education Army Institute

Private	Austral University · Aconcagua University · Argentine University of Enterprise · Favaloro University · Buenos Aires Institute of Technology · Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina · Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North · Salvador University · Torcuato di Tella University · University of Belgrano · University of Bologna · University of CEMA · University of Cuenca del Plata · University of Flores · University of Mendoza · University of Morón · University of Palermo (Buenos Aires) · University of San Andrés · University of the Latin American Educational Center · Catholic University of Santiago del Estero

National University of San Juan

Contents

Institutions

History

References

See also