Universidad Nacional de Cuyo | |
Seal of the National University of Cuyo
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Motto | In spiritus remigio vita (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Life is in the wingbeat of the spirit |
Type | Public |
Established | 1939 |
Rector | Ing. Agr. Daniel Pizzi |
Vice-rector | Ing. Jorge Barón |
Academic staff
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4,071 |
Students | 44,160 (2016) |
Location |
Mendoza, Mendoza Province, Argentina 32°52′50″S 68°52′42″W / 32.880650°S 68.878306°WCoordinates: 32°52′50″S 68°52′42″W / 32.880650°S 68.878306°W |
Colors |
Green, white and blue |
Website | www |
The National University of Cuyo (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, UNCuyo) is the largest center of higher education in the province of Mendoza, Argentina.
As of 2005, the university had 12 academic schools in the city of Mendoza and a delegation in the city of San Rafael (province of Mendoza), in addition to the Balseiro Institute, which is the most developed institute of Physics research in Argentina, located in the city of San Carlos de Bariloche (province of Río Negro). It includes the University Technological Institute which offers technical education in four other cities in Mendoza province. Moreover, UNCuyo is also devoted to improving education due to having 7 other buildings working as High Schools:
The UNCuyo was established on March 21, 1939 by the presidential decree 26971. The university was established to offer tertiary education provision in the region of Cuyo (the provinces of Mendoza, San Juan and San Luis). At its foundation the university was composed of some existing higher education colleges, and new ones were incorporated. Regional affiliations were established in Human Sciences, Medicine, Agronomy and Economics in Mendoza, Engineering and Architecture in San Juan, and Natural Sciences in San Luis. These links remained in place until 1973. That year the National University of San Juan and the National University of San Luis were established from the adjunct faculties of the National University of Cuyo already in these regions. Thereafter, the National University of Cuyo concentrated itself in Mendoza, in addition to a campus in Río Negro Province: the Balseiro Institute.