{"id":203,"date":"2016-07-27T16:46:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T16:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/argentina-uruguay\/?page_id=203"},"modified":"2025-02-13T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T21:13:10","slug":"host-universities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/argentina-uruguay\/academics\/host-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Host Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Argentina:<\/a><\/strong> Founded in 1958, the Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Argentina enrolls over 20,000 students, and over 800 international students per year. UCA has a very wide range of programs. There are ten major facultades<\/em> (schools) teaching humanities, psychology, economics, agriculture, social sciences, law and canonical law, engineering, theology, medicine, and musical arts, all on their 100,000 square-meter main campus located on the banks of the R\u00edo de la Plata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universidad de Buenos Aires:<\/a><\/strong>  The Universidad de Buenos Aires is one of the oldest, largest (over 250,000 students), and most prestigious public institutions in Latin America. UBA\u2019s history of social activism and political opposition experienced a decline during the era of dictatorship, from which it is now emerging. A wide range of courses is available through the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (Humanities) and the Faculty of Social Sciences.  It is, however, expected that students take all their courses within a single faculty to achieve the greatest benefits of immersion. While UBA is a typical large urban university, coursework is nonetheless widely regarded as among the most demanding available; students are highly motivated and socially involved.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Universidad Torcuato di Tella:<\/a><\/strong> Located in the residential district of N\u00fa\u00f1ez, UTDT is a small (1,600 students), private, non-profit undergraduate and graduate-level institution born of a highly respected foundation and research institute a decade ago. It offers demanding, rigorous, and specialized programs, and the majority of its professors are full-time teachers and researchers. It is especially strong in the social sciences, particularly economics, history, political science, and international relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Uruguay:<\/a><\/strong> This private liberal arts institution was only founded in 1985, but the university can trace its roots back to the first Jesuit educational institution in the country in the late 1600s. Cat\u00f3lica is particularly strong in the social science and the natural sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universidad ORT:<\/a><\/strong> A private institution of some 8,500 students, ORT is sponsored by the World ORT, an international educational foundation and social agency founded by Russian Jews in St. Petersburg in 1880 and now centered in London. Unlike most Latin American institutions, it takes pride in its full-time faculty, most with PhDs, who divide their time between teaching and research in the U.S. model. The university is especially strong in the social sciences and pre-professional areas such as business, communications, and architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Universidad de la Rep\u00fablica:<\/a><\/strong> A public university, the Universidad de la Rep\u00fablica offers a wide range of courses through its different facultades<\/em>, located throughout the city of Montevideo.  Students attending UDELAR can choose to enroll in courses within one or two of the following facultades<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n