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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
Rector: Rubén E. Hallú
Faculty: 28,490
Students: 308,594 (includes 5,532 students from associated high schools)
Undergraduates: 289,526
Postgraduates: 13,614
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,[1] surpassing both the National Autonomous University of Mexico[2] and the Universidade Estácio de Sá of Brazil.[3] Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 3 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini and Instituto Libre de Segunda Enseñanza.

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 faculty; 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 semester duration (March-July or August-November). If someone passes all 6 subjects in their respective semesters, 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.

It is currently the best ranked Argentine university in college and university rankings, present at number 197 of the Top Universities 2008 [4] and at number 151-202 of the 2007 Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranking [5].

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[edit] Faculties

Faculty of Law.
Faculty of Economic Sciences.
Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism.
Faculty of Social Sciences.
Faculty of Medicine.
Faculty of Psychology.
Faculty of Engineering, Paseo Colón branch.
Faculty of Engineering, Las Heras branch.

The faculties that compose 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 faculties to Ciudad Universitaria, the first one in order of importance it's the Faculty of Psychology, whose building is already designed to be emplaced in this Campus.

[edit] 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:

[edit] Rectors

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] [2]
  2. ^ [3]
  3. ^ Schwartzman, Simon (January-April, 2006). "Brazil’s Leading University: between Intelligentsia, World Standards and Social Inclusion" (PDF). Estudos Avançados (56). http://www.iea.usp.br/iea/english/journal/otherarticles/schwartzmanusp.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  4. ^ Top Universities
  5. ^ SJTU rankings 2007

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[edit] External links

Coordinates: 34°35′59″S 58°22′23″W / 34.59972°S 58.37306°W / -34.59972; -58.37306

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