Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
| Motto | Neo Mundi Decanatus (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Dean of the New World |
| Type | Public |
| Established | October 28, 1538 |
| Rector | Ivan Grullon |
| Students | 170,530 (2010) |
| Location | Barahona, Bonao, Duvergé, Hato Mayor, Higüey, La Vega, La Romana, Mao, Nagua, Neiba, Puerto Plata, San Francisco de Macorís, San Juan de la Maguana, Santiago, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago Rodríguez, Santo Domingo (flagship) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue and white |
| Nickname | UASD |
| Website | http://www.uasd.edu.do |
See also Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino
The Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) (Autonomous University of Santo Domingo) is the public university system in the Dominican Republic with its flagship campus in the Ciudad Universitaria of Santo Domingo and with regional campuses in many cities of the Republic. It was founded by Jose Gabriel Garcia and in 1866 as the Professional Institute, replacing the former Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, the first university of the Western Hemisphere (Americas), which was founded unofficially by a Papal bull in 1538, officially by royal decree in 1558, and closed in 1822. It was later renamed University of Santo Domingo in 1914.
In structure, the school followed the model of the University of Alcalá de Henares. The university organized its offerings into four schools: Medicine, Law, Theology, and the Arts. Today, the University has expanded to eight schools: Humanities, the Arts, Law and Political Science, Health Sciences, Economics and Social Sciences, Science, Engineering and Architecture, and Agricultural Sciences.
The University traces its foundations to a Dominican seminary established in 1538. This was raised to the status of a university by the Papal Bull In Apostolatus Culmine, issued by Pope Paul II on 28 October 1538, and granted the same rights and powers as the Spanish University of Alcalá de Henares. It was initially organised in four faculties, following the pattern of medieval European universities: Theology, Law, Medicine and Arts.
In 1801, the university was suspended due to the Haitian occupation; it reopened in 1815 after Spanish colonial rule was restored under the rectorship of Dr José Núñez de Cáceres. However, it was forced to close again in 1822 due to the conscription of its students. After the Dominican Republic was established in 1844, an attempt to reopen the university was made by President Pedro Santana in 1859,, but this was unsuccessful.
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