Universidad Nacional de Trujillo

The National University of Trujillo, also known as Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (UNT) is a major public university in Trujillo, Peru, which serves as the capital of the department of La Libertad. Simón Bolívar and José Faustino Sánchez Carrión met in Huamachuco and signed the founding decree on May 10, 1824, before Peru gained independence from Spain. The National University of Trujillo was Peru's first republican university.

The National University of Trujillo (UNT) is a Peruvian university located in Trujillo, La Libertad Region in northern Peru. It was founded during the Republican era by General Simón Bolívar, who issued a decree establishing the university from his headquarters in Huamachuco on May 10, 1824, with Don José Faustino Sánchez Carrión as secretary. Don Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera was the first director, and his term began on October 22, 1831. The Government appointed St. Thomas and St. Rose of Lima as supreme patron of the University on November 23, 1831. The first college environments were located within the school founded by bishops of El Salvador. Dogmatic and Moral Theology, Canons and Laws, Anatomy and Medicine, Philosophy and Mathematics were the first classes. UNT's first academic degrees were Bachelor, Master, and Doctor of Laws and Sacred Canons. Beginning in 1861, it adopted the College system. Its students included the universal poet César Vallejo in 1916, the first political philosopher Antenor Orrego in 1928, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Eduardo González Viaña, Carlos Hugo Garrido Chalén, among others.

UNT is one of the largest universities in the country, with approximately 16,000 students spread across 13 academic faculties. Dr. Carlos Vásquez Boyer is the current rector. The UNT is regarded as one of Peru's top universities.

Address: Avenida Juan Pablo II s/n Ciudad Universitaria, Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru

Tel: +51 (44) 205 448

Fax: +51 (44) 256 629

Website: www.unitru.edu.pe