The National University of Rosario ( es, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, UNR) is a research public university located in the city of

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most p ...

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of Santa Fe,

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Overview

Rosario National University (UNR) was created in 1968 by Law 17.987. Its foundational structure consisted of numerous academic and administrative entities belonging to the Rosario campus of the National University of the Littoral, established in 1918. The schools incorporated in the original university at the time included: the Colleges of Medicine, Biochemistry Sciences, Engineering, Architecture, Economic Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Law, Psychology, Political Sciences, Odontology, Agricultural Sciences, Veterinarian Sciences. Other institutions under the original university's aegis included hospitals and secondary schools, the Rosario Music Institute, the Fine Arts Institute, and the Center of Foreign and Modern Languages. From its beginnings Rosario National University promoted an active relationship with Rosario society. This relationship allowed it to complete every initiated project and sustain growth in accordance to regional demands. Its present structure consists of 12 colleges, 3 high schools and one interdisciplinary academy. It has a building surface of 68,000 square meters (730,000 ft²), where the following academic courses are provided: 171 postgraduate courses, 63 college degrees, 15 technical degrees, 53 intermediate level college degrees, 26 degrees for articulation with the non-university higher education system, and 32 professional degrees (non university post-secondary degrees). An on-line campus was later incorporated, providing

distance learning Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

courses by using Web support as a teaching tool. Rosario National University is committed to: "providing higher education with scientific characteristics towards the formation of researchers, professionals and technicians with broad cultural integration, capable and conscious of their social responsibility, and with the duty of fostering interrelationships among faculty, graduates and students through national and international scientific and cultural centers."

Academic units

* Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensurabr>
** Surveying ** Civil Engineering ** Electrical Engineering ** Electronic Engineering ** Industrial Engineering ** Mechanical Engineering ** Physics ** Mathematics ** Computer Science ** Teacher of Mathematics * Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionale

** Political Science ** International Relations ** Social Communication ** Social Work * Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (UNR), Facultad de Ciencias Médicasbr>
** Medicine ** Nursery ** Phonaudiology * Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéutica

** Biochemical ** Pharmacy ** Biotechnology ** Chemistry ** Teacher of Chemistry * Facultad de Arquitectura, Planeamiento y Diseñ

** Architecture * Facultad de Derecho (UNR), Facultad de Derechobr>
** Law ** Notary public * Facultad de Odontologí

** Odontology * Facultad de Ciencias Agraria

** Agronomy * Facultad de Ciencias Veterinaria

** Veterinary medicine * Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Estadístic

** Public Accountant ** Administration ** Economy ** Statistic ** Teacher of Accounting ** Teacher of Economy ** Teacher of Statistic ** Logistics * Facultad de Psicologí

** Psychology ** Teacher of Psychology * Facultad de Humanidades y Arte

** Anthropology ** Philosophy ** History ** Fine Arts ** Spanish Language and Literature ** Portuguese ** Education Sciences ** Musical Education ** Instrumentation ** Song ** Composition ** Teacher of Philosophy ** Teacher of History ** Teacher of Spanish Language and Literature ** Teacher of Education Sciences ** Teacher of Instrumentation ** Teacher of Song ** Teacher of Composition ** Teacher of Music in Basic General Education ** Teacher of Musical Education

Preparatory schools

* Instituto Politécnico Superior (Rosario), Instituto Politécnico Superior "General San Martín"br>
* Escuela Superior de Comercio "Libertador General San Martín

* Escuela Agrotécnica "Libertador Gral. San Martín

Notable faculty

Beppo Levi Beppo Levi (14 May 1875 – 28 August 1961) was an Italian mathematician. He published high-level academic articles and books, not only on mathematics, but also on physics, history, philosophy, and pedagogy. Levi was a member of the Bologna Ac ...

(1875-1961) - mathematician * Gregorio Baro (1928-2012) - chemist * Eliseo Verón (1935-2014) - sociologist, anthropologist *

Delia Crovi Druetta Delia Crovi Druetta is a professor and researcher in communications and Latin American studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, Level III. Education Crovi Druetta was born in Ar ...

- communications *

María Eugenia Bielsa María Eugenia Bielsa Caldera (born 10 March 1958) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, born in Rosario, Santa Fe. She was the vice-governor of Santa Fe, accompanying governor Jorge Obeid, from 2003 until 2007. As such, she also preside ...

(born 1958) - architect

Notable alumni

Hermes Binner Hermes Juan Binner (June 5, 1943 − June 26, 2020) was an Argentine physician and a politician. He was Governor of Santa Fe from 2007 to 2011.Rafael Bielsa Rafael Antonio Bielsa Caldera (born February 15, 1953) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician from Rosario, province of Santa Fe. Since 2020 he has been Argentina's ambassador to Chile. Early life and education Bielsa spent his child ...

(born 1953) - politician *

Miguel Lifschitz Roberto Miguel Lifschitz (13 September 1955 – 9 May 2021) was an Argentine politician and civil engineer of the Socialist Party who was Governor of Santa Fe Province from 2015 to 2019. Prior to that, he was ''intendente'' (mayor) of Rosario, t ...

(1955-2001) - politician *

Rubén Giustiniani Rubén Héctor Giustiniani (born November 3, 1955 in Rosario) is an Argentine politician from the Socialist Party (PS), who was National Senator representing Santa Fe Province from 2003 to 2015. An engineer by occupation, he also served as presid ...

(born 1955) - politician *

Agustín Rossi Agustín Oscar "Chivo" Rossi (born 18 October 1959) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. Rossi has held a number of important political posts throughout his career, most notably as Minister of Defense during the presidencies of Cristin ...

(born 1959) - engineer and politician *

José Cura José Luis Victor Cura Gómez (born 5 December 1962) is an Argentine operatic tenor, conductor, director, scenographer and photographer known for intense and original interpretations of opera characters, notably ''Otello'' in Verdi’s ''Otello' ...

(born 1962) - tenor, conductor *

Jana Rodriguez Hertz Jana Rodriguez Hertz (; born 10 February 1977), is an Argentine and Uruguayan mathematician, professor, and researcher. Biography María Alejandra Rodriguez Hertz Frugoni was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, February 11, 1970. She is the dau ...

(b. 1970), Argentine and Uruguayan mathematician *

Federico Rodriguez Hertz Federico Rodríguez Hertz (born December 14, 1973) is a mathematician working in the United States of Argentinian origin. He is the Anatole Katok Chair professor of mathematics at Penn State University. Rodriguez Hertz studies dynamical systems a ...

(born 1973) - mathematician * Luciano Marraffini (born 1974) - microbiologist * Rachel Chan - biologist * Alejandrina Cristia - linguist and research director

References

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