National University of Misiones
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Universidad Nacional de Misiones | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1973 |
| Rector | Javier Gortari |
Academic staff | 1,557 |
| Students | 20,472 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Ruta Nac. 12, Km. 7½ |
| Website | unam.edu.ar/ |
The National University of Misiones (in Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Misiones, UNaM) is a public university in Argentina. It has a publishing house and a radio station, LRH301 FM Universidad Nacional de Misiones, that streams in Ogg Vorbis format.
History
[edit]The university founded by the Argentine law 20.286 on April 16, 1973, as part of the Taquini plan, a program of reorganization of higher education in Argentina. This would involve the foundation of the universities of Jujuy, La Pampa, Lomas de Zamora, Entre Ríos, Luján, Catamarca, Salta, San Juan, San Luis and Santiago del Estero, to form more than 11.000 pupils, on border locations with Paraguay and Brazil.
In 2021, the University awarded a posthumous "honoris causa" prize to the writer Eduardo Galeano.[1]
Faculties
[edit]- Arts School - Oberá
- Engineering School - Oberá
- Economic Sciences School - Posadas
- Exact, Chemical and Natural Sciences School - Posadas
- Humanities and Social Sciences School - Posadas
- Forest Sciences School - Eldorado
Alumni
[edit]- Maurice Closs, Argentine National Senator[2]
- Alberto Garrido, philosophy student, Argentine–Venezuelan journalist and political analyst[3]
- Asa Cristina Laurell, sociologist and Mexican Under Secretary of Health[4]
- Mercedes Margarita Oviedo, Argentine National Senator and Vice Governor
- Carlos Rovira, chemical engineer and Governor of Misiones.
- María Martínez, Argentine journalist, television presenter, actress and model.[5][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Argentine university awards posthumous "honoris causa" prize to Eduardo Galeano". Aldianews. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Senate profile". Archived from the original on June 11, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2008.
- ^ Pérez Porto, Julián (6 December 2007). "Muere el escritor y analista político Alberto Garrido". Poemas del Alma (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Public Health in Latin America - Asa Cristina Laurell". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ Zabala, Máximo (2023-08-05). "María Martínez, es una modelo y periodista de origen argentino". El Universal Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ^ "Una misionera busca ser la más linda de Latinoamérica | EL TERRITORIO noticias de Misiones". El Territorio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-28.
External links
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Media related to Universidad Nacional de Misiones at Wikimedia Commons- Science and Education in Argentina
- Argentine Higher Education Official Site
- Official Site
- Universidad Nacional de Misiones FM Radio (streaming in Ogg Vorbis)
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