Universities of Buenos Aires

About:
The UBA was founded 12th August 1821 . At present, it represents a well-known prestigious place for the training of professionals with over 6650 teachers and more than 100.800 students characterized by its strong commitment with society.

The authorities of the University of Buenos Aires are the Rector and the Superior Board. The former is elected by a University Assembly - that represents the Senates and Faculties- and the position is held for a period of four years.

The Superior Board is made up of the Rector, the Deans of all Faculties and five representatives per senate: teachers, graduates and students.

Each Faculty has a management made up of the Dean and the Superior Board. The latter is composed of eight teacher representatives, four graduate representatives and four student representatives.

The Superior Board is in charge of appointing both the Dean and Vice- dean, positions which are to be held by teachers of the Faculty.

Brief History:
The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) was inaugurated 12 August, 1821 by the initiative of Bernardino Rivadavia - at the time Ministry of Government of Buenos Aires . Since then, the institution has followed, first as a provincial and then -since 1881- as a national University, the course that the country and city's history have taken. The institution has also gone along paths that contributed to its growth as a cultural and scientific academic centre and a place for the training of professionals, circulation and production of knowledge.


In 1885, the "Avellaneda Law" was passed aiming at the organization of the two existing National Universities at that moment: Buenos Aires University and Córdoba University . This law provided a legal framework that contemplated the university autonomy and established the method to be applied to the naming and appointment of authorities. It also made the university responsible for issuing the degrees that enable the practise of different professions, assigning the institution, in this way, an institutional profile tightly linked to a Professional University - a characteristic which would be pointed out as a limitation to the scientific development of the university by some reformers.

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