University of Buenos Aires

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University of Buenos Aires
Universidad de Buenos Aires
UBA.svg
MottoArgentum virtus robur et studium (Latin)
Motto in English
Argentine virtue is strength and study
TypePublic
Established1821; 200 years ago (1821)
BudgetUS$700 million (2015)[1]
RectorAlberto Barbieri
Academic staff
28,943 (2004)[2]
Students328,361 (2012)[3]
Undergraduates297,639 (2004)[2]
Postgraduates30,000 (2018)[4]
Location
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
CampusUrban
Colors  
Websitewww.uba.ar
University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[5]201-300 (2020)
CWUR World[6]354 (2020-2021)
CWTS World[7]377 (2020)
QS World[8]=66 (2021)
USNWR Global[9]=378 (2021)
Regional – Overall
QS Latin America[10]8 (2021)
USNWR Latin America[11]5 (2021)

The University of Buenos Aires (Spanish: Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is a public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established in 1821, it is the premier institution of higher learning in the country and in 2020 was considered the most prestigious university of Ibero-America.[12][13][14][15] It has educated 17 Argentine presidents, produced four of the country's five Nobel Prize laureates, and is responsible for approximately 40% of the country's research output.[16][17][18] The QS World University Rankings currently places the UBA at number 66 in the world.[19]

The university's academic strength and regional leadership make it attractive to many international students, especially at the postgraduate level.[20][21] Just over 4 percent of undergraduates are foreigners, while 15 percent of postgraduate students come from abroad.[22] The Faculty of Economic Sciences has the highest rate of international postgraduate students at 30 percent, in line with its reputation as a "top business school with significant international influence."[23][24]

The University of Buenos Aires enrolls more than 328,000 students and is organized into 13 independent faculties.[25][26] It administers 6 hospitals,[27] 16 museums,[28] 13 scientific institutes,[29] 6 interdisciplinary commissions,[30] 5 high schools,[31] the Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center,[32] the Cosmos Cinema,[33] the University of Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra,[34] and Eudeba (Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires), the country's largest university press.[35]

Undergraduate programs at the University of Buenos Aires are free of charge for everyone, regardless of nationality.[36] Tuition from postgraduate programs helps fund the UBA's social mission to provide free university education for all.[37]

Faculties[]

Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences
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 comprise the university are:

Of these, only the buildings of the last two are located in the centralized Ciudad Universitaria (University City), a building complex in Núñez, in northern Buenos Aires along the banks of the Río de la Plata. The other faculties are scattered around the city and the Greater Buenos Aires area in buildings and complexes of various sizes.

The Faculty of Economic Sciences is the largest of the UBA's constituent colleges, with over 36,000 students.[38] In recent years, the Faculty of Medicine has attracted the most new students, with 17,004 new enrollees in 2018 compared to the 7,584 new students the Faculty of Economic Sciences added that same year.[39]

In addition to these 13 faculty and the CBC, the UBA also administers 5 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini, Instituto Libre de Segunda Enseñanza, Escuela de Educación Técnica Profesional en Producción Agropecuaria y Agroalimentaria, and Escuela de Educación Técnica de Villa Lugano.[40]

Rankings and reputation[]

The QS World University Rankings ranked the University of Buenos Aires as 66th in the world in 2021.[41] THE's World Reputation Rankings 2020 placed it in the 176–200 range, whereas it is not listed in the performance-based THE World University Rankings.[42]

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:

The university has also produced many successful startup founders. Unicorn startups founded by the University of Buenos Aires's alumni raised the most money in venture capital funding in the Latin American region in 2020.[47]

Rectors[]

  • Dr. Antonio Sáenz 13-06-1821 to 25-07-1825.
  • Dr. 10-04-1826 to 23-08-1830.
  • Dr. 23-08-1830 to 22-02-1832.
  • Dr. 13-12-1832 to 11-1849.
  • Dr. 11-1849 to 26-06-1852.
  • Dr. 01 -07-1852 to 5-05-1857.
  • Dr. 9-05-1857 to 03-1861.
  • Dr. Juan María Gutiérrez 1-04-1861 to 3-10-1873.
  • Dr. Vicente Fidel López 15-02-1874 to 12-06-1877.
  • Dr. Manuel Quintana 12-06-1877 to 26-01-1881.
  • Dr. 1-03-1906 to 1-03-1922.
  • Dr. José Arce 1-03-1922 to 1-03-1926.
  • Dr. Ricardo Rojas 2-03-1926 to 1-03-1930.
  • Dr. 1-03-1930 to 11-12-1930.
  • Dr. (interventor) 16-12-1930 to 1-06-1931.
  • Dr. 1-06-1931 to 9-03-1932.
  • Dr. Ángel Gallardo 11-05-1932 to 9-04-1934.
  • Dr. Vicente Gallo 11-05-1934 to 11-05-1941.
  • Dr. 12-05-1941 to 16-10-1941.
  • Dr. Carlos Saavedra Lamas 17-10-1941 to 30-07-1943.
  • Dr. (vice-rector) 31-07-1942 to 1-11-1943.
  • Dr. (interventor) 2-11-1943 to 4-11-1943.
  • Dr. (interventor) 4-11-1943 to 9-03-1944.
  • Dr. (interventor) 10-03-1944 to 18-05-1944.
  • Dr. Carlos Obligado (interventor) 19-05-1944 to 31-08-1944.
  • Dr. (gen. secretary at charge) 1-09-1944 to 30-10-1944.
  • Dr. (interventor) 30-10-1944 to 16-02-1945.
  • Dr. Antonio Benítez (national commissioner) 17-02-1945 to 14-03-1945.
  • Dr. (vice-rector) 15-03-1945 to 26-04-1945.
  • Dr. 27-04-1945 to 2-05-1946.
  • Dr. (gen. secretary at charge) 2-05-1946 to 2-05-1946.
  • Dr. Oscar Ivanissevich (interventor) 4-05-1946 to 5-06-1949.
  • Dr. Fernando Bustos (vice-rector interventor) 6-08-1946 to 2-09-1946.
  • Dr. (by the interventor's delegation) 3-09-1946 to 20-09-1946.
  • Dr. Fernando Bustos (vice-rector interventor) 21-09-1946 to 24-01-1947.
  • Ing. Agr. (vice-rector interventor) 3-02-1947 to 19-08-1947.
  • Arq. (vice-rector interventor) 20-08-1947 to 5-06-1949.
  • Arq. 6-06-1949 to 12-06-1952.
  • Dr. 13-06-1952 to 16-10-1953.
  • Dr. (vice-rector) 17-10-1953 to 3-11-1953.
  • Dr. 4-11-1953 to 3-06-1955.
  • Dr. 4-06-1955 to 31-07-1955.
  • Dr. 1-08-1955 to 26-09-1955.
  • Provisory Government Board (FUBA) 27-09-1955 to 30-09-1955.
  • Dr.  [es] 1-10-1955 to 31-12-1955.
  • Ing. José Babini 1-01-1956 to 19-02-1956.
  • Dr. 5-05-1956 to 27-12-1957.
  • Dr. Risieri Frondizi 27-12-1957 to 28-12-1962.
  • Dr. 28-12-1962 to 18-03-1965.
  • Ing. Hilario Fernández Long 26-03-1965 to 29-07-1966.
  • Dr. 11-08-1966 to 7-02-1968.
  • Dr. 7-02-1968 to 24-07-1969.
  • Dr. 25-07-1969 to 21-07-1971.
  • Dr. 22-07-1971 to 29-01-1973.
  • Dr. 29-01-1973 to 30-05-1973.
  • Dr. (interventor) 29-05-1973 to 2-10-1973.
  • Ing. (interventor) 7-09-1973 to 2-10-1973.
  • Lic. 4-10-1973 to 28-03-1974.
  • Dr. Vicente Solano Lima 28-03-1974 to 25-07-1974.
  • Dr. 25-07-1974 to 17-09-1974.
  • Dr. (interventor) 17-09-1974 to 26-12-1974.
  • 27-08-1975 to 12-02-1976.
  • Dr. 12-02-1976 to 24-03-1976.
  • Cap.Navío De 29-03-1976 to 6-08-1976.
  • Ing. 6-08-1976 to 14-09-1976.
  • Dr. 14-09-1976 to 25-02-1977.
  • Dr. 25-02-1977 to 31-08-1978.
  • Dr. 31-08-1978 to 23-11-1978.
  • Dr. 24-11-1978 to 20-11-1981.
  • Dr. 20-11-1981 to 28-12-1981.
  • Dr. 28-12-1981 to 23-12-1982.
  • Dr. 27-12-1982 to 23-12-1983.
  • Dr. 26-12-1983 to 19-03-1985.
  • Dr. 19-03-1985 to 06-05-2002.
  • Dr. Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry 07-05-2002 to 07-05-2006.
  • Arq. (acting) 08-05-2006 to 15-05-2006.
  • Dr. (acting) 16-05-2006 to 29-05-2006.
  • Dr. (acting) 29-05-2006 to 31-05-2006
  • Med. Vet. (vice-rector) 31-05-2006 to 12-12-2006.
  • Dr. (acting) 12-12-2006 to 18-12-2006.
  • Méd. Vet. Rubén E. Hallú 18-12-2006 to 4-12-2013.
  • Prof. Dr. Alberto Barbieri 5-12-2013 to present.

Gallery of notable alumni[]

  • Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Nobel Peace Prize, 1936.

  • Bernardo Houssay, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1947.

  • Luis Federico Leloir, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1970.

  • César Milstein, Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1984.

  • Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Marxist leader.

  • Carlos Pellegrini, president 1890-1892.

  • Luis Sáenz Peña, president 1892-1895.

  • Manuel Quintana, president 1904-1906.

  • Victorino de la Plaza, president 1914-1916

  • Ramón S. Castillo, president 1942-1943

  • Arturo Frondizi, president 1958-1962

  • Arturo Umberto Illia, president 1963-1966

  • Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, president 2001

  • Eduardo Duhalde, president 2002-2003

  • Alberto Fernández, president 2019–present

See also[]

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