National University of Rosario

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 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), and offers 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 online 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 [1]

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 [2]

Political Science

International Relations

Social Communication

Social Work

Facultad de Ciencias Médicas [3]

Medicine

Nursery

Phonaudiology

Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas [4]

Biochemical

Pharmacy

Biotechnology

Chemistry

Teacher of Chemistry

Preparatory schools

Instituto Politécnico Superior "General San Martín" [13]

Escuela Superior de Comercio "Libertador General San Martín" [14]

Escuela Agrotécnica "Libertador Gral. San Martín" [15]

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 (born 1970) – mathematician

Federico Rodriguez Hertz (born 1973) – mathematician

Luciano Marraffini (born 1974) – microbiologist

Rachel Chan – biologist

Alejandrina Cristia – linguist and research director

Ana María Cué (born 1941) – pianist, poet, educator