| Universidad ORT Uruguay | |
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Logo of ORT Uruguay |
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| Established | 1942 |
| Type | Private, ORT |
| Rector | Dr. Jorge A. Grünberg |
| Students | about 8,000 |
| Location | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.ort.edu.uy |
ORT Uruguay (Spanish: Universidad ORT Uruguay) is Uruguay's largest private university. It has about 8,000 students, distributed among five faculties and institutes.
ORT Uruguay was first established as a non-profit organization in 1942 and was officially certified as a private university in September 1996, becoming the first private educational institution in the country to achieve that status. It is a member of World ORT, an international education network founded in 1880 by the Jewish community in Saint Petersburg, Russia.