National University of La Plata

34°54′46.69″S 57°57′04.88″W / 34.9129694°S 57.9513556°W / -34.9129694; -57.9513556

National University of La Plata
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
MottoPro Scientia et Patria
TypePublic
Established1897
ChancellorFernando Alfredo Tauber
Students91,135
Location
La Plata
,
Buenos Aires
,
 Argentina
Campus--
Websitehttp://www.unlp.edu.ar/
Office of the President (NU of LP)

The National University of La Plata (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP) is one of the national universities in the Argentine city of La Plata. The university was founded in 1905 by Dr. Joaquín Víctor González.[1]

Academic units

The School of Engineering (NU of LP)
  • Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism [2]
  • Faculty of Arts [3]
  • Faculty of Agrarian and Forest Sciences [4]
  • Faculty of Astronomic and Geophysic Sciences[5]
  • Faculty of Economic Sciences [6]
  • Faculty of Exact Sciences [7]
  • Faculty of Law and Social Sciences [8]
  • Faculty of Medic Sciences [9]
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum [10]
  • Faculty of Veterinary Sciences [11]
  • Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences [12]
  • Faculty of Informatics [13]
  • Faculty of Engineering [14]
  • Faculty of Dentistry [15]
  • Faculty of Journalism and Social Communication [16]
  • Faculty of Social Work [17]
  • Fine Arts High School "Professor Francisco Américo de Santo" [18]

Famous students and professors

  • Raúl Alfonsín (Law degree in 1950) President of Argentina (1983–1989)
  • Florentino Ameghino (Professor of geology)
  • Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (Nobel Peace laureate)
  • Juan José Arévalo (Philosophy PhD in 1934)
  • Mario Bunge (Physics-Mathematics PhD in 1952)
  • René Favaloro (Medicine degree in 1949) Inventor of the coronary artery by-pass
  • Julio Palmaz (Medicine degree in 1971) Inventor of the balloon-expandable stent
  • Emilio Pettoruti
  • Raúl A. Ringuelet (Professor of Zoology)
  • Carlos Saavedra Lamas (Law teacher, rector, Nobel Peace laureate)
  • Ernesto Sábato (Physics PhD in 1937, writer)
  • Néstor Kirchner (Law degree in 1976) President of Argentina (2003–2007)
  • Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Law degree in 1979) President of Argentina (2007-until now)
  • Florentina Gómez Miranda (Law degree in 1945) Argentine Deputy from 1983 to 1991
  • Horacio Pagani (Industrial design) CEO of the automotive company, Pagani Automobili S.p.A.

Notes and References

  1. ↑ Universidad Nacional de La Plata - History Archived 2012-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 2014-01-20 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ http://www.fau.unlp.edu.ar/
  3. ↑ http://www.fba.unlp.edu.ar/
  4. ↑ http://www.agro.unlp.edu.ar/
  5. ↑ http://www.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/
  6. ↑ http://www.econo.unlp.edu.ar/
  7. ↑ http://www.exactas.unlp.edu.ar/
  8. ↑ http://www.jursoc.unlp.edu.ar/
  9. ↑ "Facultad de Ciencias Médicas". Archived from the original on 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  10. ↑ http://www.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/
  11. ↑ http://www.fcv.unlp.edu.ar/
  12. ↑ http://www.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/
  13. ↑ http://www.info.unlp.edu.ar/
  14. ↑ http://www.ing.unlp.edu.ar/
  15. ↑ http://www.folp.unlp.edu.ar/
  16. ↑ http://www.perio.unlp.edu.ar/
  17. ↑ http://www.trabajosocial.unlp.edu.ar/
  18. ↑ http://www.bba.unlp.edu.ar/

Bibliography

  • History of the University of La Plata (Historia de la Universidad de La Plata), Julio Castiñeira, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
  • National University of La Plata on the Centennial of its Nationalization (La Universidad Nacional de La Plata en el centenario de su nacionalización), Universidad Nacional de La Plata.

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