National University of La Plata

The National University of La Plata (, UNLP) is one of the national universities in the Argentine city of La Plata. The university was founded in 1905 by Dr. Joaquín Víctor González.Universidad Nacional de La Plata - History , Retrieved 2014-01-20 

 Academic units 
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism http://www.fau.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Arts http://www.fba.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Agrarian and Forest Sciences http://www.agro.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Astronomic and Geophysic Scienceshttp://www.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Economic Sciences http://www.econo.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Exact Sciences http://www.exactas.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences http://www.jursoc.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Medic Sciences 
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum http://www.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences http://www.fcv.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences http://www.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Informatics http://www.info.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Engineering http://www.ing.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Dentistry http://www.folp.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Journalism and Social Communication http://www.perio.unlp.edu.ar/
Faculty of Social Work http://www.trabajosocial.unlp.edu.ar/
Fine Arts High School "Professor Francisco Américo de Santo" http://www.bba.unlp.edu.ar/

 Famous students and professors 
Raúl Alfonsín (Law degree in 1950) President of Argentina (1983–1989)
Florentino Ameghino (Professor of geology)
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (Nobel Peace laureate)
Juan José Arévalo (Philosophy PhD in 1934)
Mario Bunge (Physics-Mathematics PhD in 1952)
René Favaloro (Medicine degree in 1949) Inventor of the coronary artery by-pass
Julio Palmaz (Medicine degree in 1971) Inventor of the balloon-expandable stent
Emilio Pettoruti
Raúl A. Ringuelet (Professor of Zoology)
Carlos Saavedra Lamas (Law teacher, rector, Nobel Peace laureate)
Ernesto Sábato (Physics PhD in 1937, writer)
Néstor Kirchner (Law degree in 1976) President of Argentina (2003–2007)
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Law degree in 1979) President of Argentina (2007-until now)
Florentina Gómez Miranda (Law degree in 1945) Argentine Deputy from 1983 to 1991
Horacio Pagani (Industrial design) CEO of the automotive company, Pagani Automobili S.p.A.

 Notes and References 

 Bibliography 
History of the University of La Plata (Historia de la Universidad de La Plata), Julio Castiñeira, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
National University of La Plata on the Centennial of its Nationalization (La Universidad Nacional de La Plata en el centenario de su nacionalización), Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

 Other websites 


Category:1897 establishments
Category:1890s establishments in Argentina
Category:Colleges and universities in Argentina
Category:Organizations based in Buenos Aires Province