List of universities in Uruguay

In Uruguay —according to article 4 of Executive Decree 104/014— there are two types of higher education institutions:[1]

Introduction

During most of the history of Uruguay, predominated the only university in the country at the time, the University of the Republic, whose founding process began in 1833 with the bill of the priest Damaso Antonio Larrañaga, the Oribe's decree of May 27, 1838 and the decree of 1849 that founded the Udelar.[2] In the same century, through Executive decree of January 26, 1876, was authorized with legal effects as universitaries courses, that imparted by the Liceo de Estudios Unversitarios, thereby becoming in 1878 as Universidad Libre, later named Universidad Católica. This institution was closed in 1886 due to financial problems and legal issues.[2][3] After this, the Uruguayan university history would be that of the University of the Republic.

At the end of the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay in 1984, the Executive branch passed Decree 343/984 in which the operation of the Universidad Católica del Uruguay was authorized (being this its refounding), and here began a shift “from a one-university system to a system of universities”, in which coexist both public and private universities.[2][4] Subsequently, Decree-Law 15,661 [lower-alpha 1] of October 29, 1984 validates university degrees issued by private universities with the same legal effects as those issued by the University of the Republic, which have been approved by the Executive and registered to Ministry of Education and Culture.[5] These Decree-Law and Decree mentioned above (as were issued by unconstitutional organs) were validated by the Law of validity of acts of the military dictatorship government.[6] In 1995, proceedings by which institutions can access the official recognition were established, through Executive Decree 308/995.[7] This last regulatory decree was abrogated by Decree 104/014, which becomes the regulatory of the aforementioned Decree-Law.[1]

Universities

Públic:

University Acronym Founded HQ Locations Enrollment Ref.
Universidad de la República UDELAR 1849 Montevideo CURE (Maldonado, Rocha, Treinta y Tres), Paysandú, Rivera, Salto, Tacuarembó 108,886 (2012) [8]
Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay UTEC 2012 TBA N/A

Private:

University Acronym Founded HQ Locations Enrollment Ref.
Universidad ORT Uruguay ORT Montevideo N/A 7,511 (2012) [9]
Universidad de la Empresa UDE Montevideo N/A 3,475 (2012) [9]
Universidad Católica UCUDAL Montevideo Punta del Este, Salto 9,478 (2012) [9]
Universidad de Montevideo UM Montevideo N/A 2,222 (2012) [9]

University Institutes

Rankings

Institution QS World 2014 QS Latin 2014 URAP Ranking Iberoamericano
SIR 2012 [10]
2013 [11] 2014 [12] IBE LAT
Universidad de la República 701 [13] 54 [13] 829 850 70 32
Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay (Q) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Universidad ORT Uruguay N/A N/A N/A N/A 572 467
Universidad de la Empresa (Q) N/A N/A N/A N/A 1081 947
Universidad Católica N/A N/A N/A N/A 472 375
Universidad de Montevideo 651 [14] 96 [14] N/A N/A 714 599

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A Decree-Law, in general, is a rule having the force of law, issued by the Executive with no intervention or prior authorization of Congress or Parliament. There were various types, among them those in under certain cases, pursuant to urgent reasons which prevent obtain approval for a Legislative Decree, and require validation by the Legislative when the urgent reason cease. Other type of Decree-Law are rules issued by military governments, ignoring the Constitution.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Decreto 104/2014 del Poder Ejecutivo de Uruguay". Registro Nacional de Leyes y Decretos (in Spanish). Montevideo: Dirección Nacional de Impresiones y Publicaciones Oficiales. May 21, 2014. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Decreto 343/1984 del Poder Ejecutivo de Uruguay". Registro Nacional de Leyes y Decretos (in Spanish). 1 (1984) (2). Montevideo: Dirección Nacional de Impresiones y Publicaciones Oficiales. August 28, 1984. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Quiénes somos — Universidad Católica del Uruguay" (in Spanish). Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Rama, Claudio (July 2014). Universidad de la Empresa, ed. El largo ciclo de la reforma de la diferenciación de la educación superior en Uruguay. De la universidad sistema al sistema universitario (1984 – 2013) (PDF). Avaliação: Revista da Avaliação da Educação Superior (in Spanish) 19 (2) (Campinas). pp. 509–530. doi:10.1590/S1414-40772014000200014. ISSN 1414-4077. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ley 15.661. Se establecen disposiciones para los títulos profesionales que otorguen las Universidades Privadas" (in Spanish). Montevideo: Parliament of Uruguay. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ley 15.738. Actos legislativos dictados por el Consejo de Estado" (in Spanish). Montevideo: Parliament of Uruguay. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Decreto 308/1995 del Poder Ejecutivo de Uruguay". Registro Nacional de Leyes y Decretos (in Spanish). 1 (1995) (2). Montevideo: Dirección Nacional de Impresiones y Publicaciones Oficiales. August 29, 1995. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "VII Censo de Estudiantes Universitarios de grado, Universidad de la República" (in Spanish). Universidad de la República. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Anuario Estadístico de Educación 2012 (PDF) (in Spanish). Montevideo: Dirección de Educación, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura. p. 139. ISSN 0797-6038. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ranking Iberoamericano SIR 2012" (PDF). SCImago Institutions Rankings (in Spanish). SCImago Research Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  11. ↑ "2013-2014 Ranking by Country: Uruguay". University Ranking by Academic Performance. Informatics Institute, Middle East Technical University. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  12. ↑ "2014-2015 Ranking by Country: Uruguay". University Ranking by Academic Performance. Informatics Institute, Middle East Technical University. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Universidad de la Republica (Undergraduate) 2014". Top Universities. Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Universidad de Montevideo (Undergraduate) 2014". Top Universities. Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.

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