National University of Rosario

National University of Rosario
The National University of Rosario (UNR) is a research public university located in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
Overview
Rosario National University (UNR) was created in 1968 by Law 17.987. Its foundational structure consisted of numerous academic and administrative entities belonging to the Rosario campus of the National University of the Littoral, established in 1918. The schools incorporated in the original university at the time included: the Colleges of Medicine, Biochemistry Sciences, Engineering, Architecture, Economic Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Law, Psychology, Political Sciences, Odontology, Agricultural Sciences, Veterinarian Sciences. Other institutions under the original university's aegis included hospitals and secondary schools, the Rosario Music Institute, the Fine Arts Institute, and the Center of Foreign and Modern Languages.
From its beginnings Rosario National University promoted an active relationship with Rosario society. This relationship allowed it to complete every initiated project and sustain growth in accordance to regional demands. Its present structure consists of 12 colleges, 3 high schools and one interdisciplinary academy. It has a building surface of 68,000 square meters (730,000 ft²), where the following academic courses are provided: 171 postgraduate courses, 63 college degrees, 15 technical degrees, 53 intermediate level college degrees, 26 degrees for articulation with the non-university higher education system, and 32 professional degrees (non university post-secondary degrees). An on-line campus was later incorporated, providing distance learning courses by using Web support as a teaching tool.
Rosario National University is committed to: "providing higher education with scientific characteristics towards the formation of researchers, professionals and technicians with broad cultural integration, capable and conscious of their social responsibility, and with the duty of fostering interrelationships among faculty, graduates and students through national and international scientific and cultural centers."
Academic units
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura
Surveying
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Mathematics
Computer Science
Teacher of Mathematics
Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales
Political Science
International Relations
Social Communication
Social Work
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
Medicine
Nursery
Phonaudiology
Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas
Biochemical
Pharmacy
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Teacher of Chemistry
Facultad de Arquitectura, Planeamiento y Diseño
Architecture
Facultad de Derecho
Law
Notary public
Facultad de Odontología
Odontology
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias
Agronomy
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias
Veterinary medicine
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Estadística
Public Accountant
Administration
Economy
Statistic
Teacher of Accounting
Teacher of Economy
Teacher of Statistic
Logistics
Facultad de Psicología
Psychology
Teacher of Psychology
Facultad de Humanidades y Artes
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
Fine Arts
Spanish Language and Literature
Portuguese
Education Sciences
Musical Education
Instrumentation
Song
Composition
Teacher of Philosophy
Teacher of History
Teacher of Spanish Language and Literature
Teacher of Education Sciences
Teacher of Instrumentation
Teacher of Song
Teacher of Composition
Teacher of Music in Basic General Education
Teacher of Musical Education
Preparatory schools
Instituto Politécnico Superior "General San Martín"
Escuela Superior de Comercio "Libertador General San Martín"
Escuela Agrotécnica "Libertador Gral. San Martín"
Notable faculty
Beppo Levi (1875-1961) - mathematician
Gregorio Baro (1928-2012) - chemist
Eliseo Verón (1935-2014) - sociologist, anthropologist
Delia Crovi Druetta - communications
María Eugenia Bielsa (born 1958) - architect
Notable alumni
Hermes Binner (1943-2020) physician and politician
Rafael Bielsa (born 1953) - politician
Miguel Lifschitz (1955-2001) - politician
Rubén Giustiniani (born 1955) - politician
Agustín Rossi (born 1959) - engineer and politician
José Cura (born 1962) - tenor, conductor
Jana Rodriguez Hertz (b. 1970), Argentine and Uruguayan mathematician
Federico Rodriguez Hertz (born 1973) - mathematician
Luciano Marraffini (born 1974) - microbiologist
Rachel Chan - biologist
Alejandrina Cristia - linguist and research director
See also
List of universities in Argentina
Science and technology in Argentina
Argentine university reform of 1918
References
1968 establishments in Argentina
Rosario
Educational institutions established in 1968
Universities in Santa Fe Province
Medical schools in Argentina