National University of Cuyo
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The Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (National University of Cuyo, UNCuyo) it is the largest center of high education in the province of Mendoza, Argentina.
It was established on 1939 in order to fulfill the educational needs not only of Mendoza, but also of the provinces of San Juan and San Luis. Nevertheless, they split in 1973, when San Juan and San Luis created their own National Universities, leaving the National University of Cuyo exclusively for the province of Mendoza and for the Balseiro Institute.
As of 2005, the university has 12 academic units in the city of Mendoza and delegation the city of San Rafael (province of Mendoza), in addition to the Balseiro Institute which is located in the city of San Carlos de Bariloche (province of Río Negro). It also includes the University Technological Institute which offers technical education in 4 cities in the province of Mendoza.
History
The UNCuyo was established on March 21st 1939 by the presidential decree Nº 20,971. This university was established to offer educative services in the region of Cuyo, which includes the provinces of Mendoza, San Juan and San Luis. In its beginning it comprised some already existing educative centers and also new ones were established. That regional connection -with Human Sciences, Medicine, Agronomy and Economics in Mendoza; Engineering and Architecture in San Juan and Basic Sciences in San Luis remained until 1973 . That year the National University of San Juan and the National University of San Luis were established on the basis of the existent Schools and Faculties. The National University of Cuyo concentrated its educational centers in Mendoza, in addition to the Balseiro Institute in Río Negro Province.Academic units
- School of Arts and Plastic Design
- *Arts
- *History of the Plastic Arts
- *Ceramic
- *Design
- *Sing
- *Music
- *Choral Direction
- *Musical Instruments
- *Dramatic Interpretation
- *Stage scene
- School of Economic Sciences
- *Accountant
- *Business Administration
- *Economy
- School of Medicine
- *Medicine
- *Infirmary
- * Technician in Anesthesia
- *Technician in Laboratory
- *Technician in Surgery
- *Technician in Hemotherapy
- *Technician in Radiology
- School of Political and Social Sciences
- *Political Sciences and Public Administration
- *Sociology
- *Social Work
- *Social Communication
- Law School
- *Law
- School of Philosophy and Languages
- *Philosophy
- *Languages
- *History
- *Geography
- *French
- *English
- * Education Sciences
- Engineering School
- *Civil Engineering
- *Industrial Engineering
- *Petroleum Engineering
- *Engineering in Hydrocarbon Processing
- School of Odontolgy
- *Odontolgy
- *Odontolgy Technician
- Elementary and Special Education
- *Elementary Level Education
- *Education of Deaf People and Language Therapist
- *Education of Vision Deficient People
- School of Agrarian Sciences
- *Agrarian Engineering
- *Bromatology
- Applied Sciences (San Rafael, Mendoza)
- *Food Industry Engineering
- *Chemical Engineering
- *Chemical Sciences
- *Chemical Analyst
- *Chemical Industrialist
- *Bromatology
- Balseiro Institute (San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro)
- *Physics
- *Nuclear Engineering
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