National University of Rosario

The National Institution of Rosario is an Argentine research university in the city of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe. Law 17.987 established Rosario National University (UNR) in 1968. Its founding structure was made up of a number of academic and administrative units from the National University of the Littoral's Rosario campus, which was founded in 1918. Colleges of Medicine, Biochemistry Sciences, Engineering, Architecture, Economic Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Law, Psychology, Political Sciences, Odontology, Agricultural Sciences, and Veterinarian Sciences were all part of the original university at the time. Other institutions under the original university's aegis included hospitals and secondary schools, the Rosario Music Institute; and the Center of Foreign and Modern Languages, the Fine Arts Institute.

The National Institution of Rosario has maintained an active interaction with Rosario society since its inception. This partnership enabled it to complete every project it started and maintain expansion in line with regional needs. It currently has 12 colleges, three secondary schools, and one interdisciplinary academy. There are 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 offered on a 68,000 square meter (730,000 ft2) building surface (non-university post-secondary degrees). Later, an online campus was established, which offered distance learning courses through the use of Web assistance as a teaching method.

"Providing higher education with scientific characteristics toward the formation of researchers, professionals, and technicians with broad cultural integration, capable and conscious of their social responsibility, and with the responsibility of fostering interrelationships among faculty, graduates, and students through national and international scientific and cultural centers," says Rosario National University.

Location: Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Website: https://www.unr.edu.ar/