Universidad Simón Bolívar
| Universidad Simón Bolívar | |
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| Motto | "La Universidad del Futuro" |
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Motto in English
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"The University of the Future" |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1967 |
| Rector | Enrique Planchart |
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Academic staff
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850 (approx.) (2016) |
| Students | 15.415 (USB 2016) |
| Undergraduates | 13.435 (2016) |
| Postgraduates | 1980 (2016) |
| Location |
Sartenejas, Miranda State, Venezuela 10°24′38.09″N 66°52′52.33″W / 10.4105806°N 66.8812028°W |
| Colors | Yellow |
| Website | www.usb.ve |
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Coordinates: 10°24′37″N 66°52′52″W / 10.4104°N 66.8812°W
The Simón Bolívar University (Universidad Simón Bolívar in Spanish) or USB, is a public institution located in Miranda State, Venezuela with scientific and technological orientation. The Simón Bolívar University is one of the most prestigious and important universities in the country.
The university began academic activities in 1970 in the Sartenejas Valley in Caracas and seven years later in Camurí Grande Valley, Vargas. Currently has these two locations. Its rectory is Sartenejas headquarters, located in the Baruta municipality of Miranda state.
The USB has graduated approximately 25,000 engineers, architects, urban planners and graduates, along with 5,000 specialists, masters and doctors.
According to a research by the QS World University Rankings 2015, the USB has the No. 2 position nationally, while ranked No. 34 in Latin America.
On May 1967 the government created a commission composed by Luis Manuel Peñalver, Luis Carbonell, Mercedes Fermín, Miguel Angel Pérez and Héctor Isava to study the possibility of creating a new university that would offer studies to directly promote the economic and social development of the country. On July 18, 1967 the President of Venezuela Raúl Leoni signed a decree which officially founded the University as an Instituto Experimental de Educación Superior focused mainly on scientific and technological research. The original name given to the university was Universidad de Caracas; however, the first name of the Central University of Venezuela was also "Universidad de Caracas" and it was still known by that name. Members of The National Academy of History, the Bolivarian Society of Venezuela and other important institutions expressed their wish to relate the name of El Libertador Simón Bolívar to the name of the recently created university, which resulted in the change to the name of Universidad Experimental Simón Bolívar in 1969. Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla was the rector when president Rafael Caldera inaugurated the University on January 19, 1970.
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