List of universities in Uruguay

In Uruguay—according to article 4 of Executive Decree 104/014—there are two types of higher education institutions:[1]

  • those engaged in teaching, research and extension to three or more unrelated subject areas, which use the name "university" (universidad in Spanish)[1]
  • those engaged in teaching, research and extension in one or more related subject areas, or in two unrelated, which are referred to as "university institute" (instituto universitario in Spanish)[1]

Introduction

During most of Uruguay's history, the University of the Republic predominated as the only university, whose founding process began in 1833 with the bill of the priest Damaso Antonio Larrañaga, the Oribe's decree of May 27, 1838 and the decree of 1849 that founded the UdelaR.[2] In the same century, through executive decree of January 26, 1876, the Liceo de Estudios Universitarios was authorized with legal effects as university courses, thereby becoming in 1878 the Universidad Libre, later named Universidad Católica. This institution was closed in 1886 due to financial problems and legal issues.[2][3] After this, only the University of the Republic remained for a long time.

At the end of the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay in 1984, the Executive branch passed Decree 343/984 in which the operation of the Universidad Católica del Uruguay was authorized (being this its refounding), and here began a shift "from a one-university system to a system of universities", in which coexist both public and private universities.[2][4] Subsequently, Decree-Law 15,661 [lower-alpha 1] of October 29, 1984 validates university degrees issued by private universities with the same legal effects as those issued by the University of the Republic, which have been approved by the Executive and registered to Ministry of Education and Culture.[5] These Decree-Law and Decree mentioned above (as were issued by unconstitutional organs) were validated by the Law of validity of acts of the military dictatorship government.[6] In 1995, proceedings by which institutions can access the official recognition were established, through Executive Decree 308/995.[7] This last regulatory decree was abrogated by Decree 104/014, which becomes the regulatory of the aforementioned Decree-Law.[1]

Universities

Públic:

University name Acronym Founded HQ Locations Enrollment
English Spanish
University of the Republic Universidad de la República UDELAR1849MontevideoCURE (Maldonado, Rocha, Treinta y Tres, Paysandú, Rivera, Salto, Tacuarembó108,886 (2012) [8]
Technological University of Uruguay Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay UTEC2012MontevideoColonia, Durazno, Paysandú, Río Negro, Rivera

Private:

University name
English Acronym Founded HQ Locations Enrollment
ORT University Universidad ORT Uruguay ORTMontevideoN/A7,511 (2012) [9]
University of the Enterprise Universidad de la EmpresaUDEMontevideoN/A3,475 (2012) [9]
Catholic University Universidad CatólicaUCUDALMontevideoPunta del Este, Salto9,478 (2012) [9]
University of Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo UMMontevideoN/A2,222 (2012) [9]
Latin American Center for Human Economy Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana.[10] CLAEHMontevideoTacuarembó, Punta del Este

Rankings
InstitutionQS WorldQS LatinURAPSIR Iberoamerican
Ranking 2012 [11]		SIR Iberoamerican
Ranking 2015 [12]
2014 2015 2014 2015 2013 [13] 2014 [14] IBE LAT IBE LAT
Universidad de la República701 [15]70154 [15]56 [16]82985070327235
Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay (Q)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Universidad ORT UruguayN/AN/AN/A81 [16]N/AN/A572467425339
Universidad de la Empresa (Q)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1081947520433
Universidad CatólicaN/AN/AN/A88 [16]N/AN/A472375424338
Universidad de Montevideo651 [17]65196 [17]56 [16]N/AN/A714599469382

See also

Notes
  1. A Decree-Law, in general, is a rule having the force of law, issued by the Executive with no intervention or prior authorization of Congress or Parliament. There were various types, among them those in under certain cases, pursuant to urgent reasons which prevent obtain approval for a Legislative Decree, and require validation by the Legislative when the urgent reason cease. Other type of Decree-Law are rules issued by military governments, ignoring the Constitution.

References
  1. "Decreto 104/2014 del Poder Ejecutivo de Uruguay". Registro Nacional de Leyes y Decretos (in Spanish). Montevideo: Dirección Nacional de Impresiones y Publicaciones Oficiales. May 21, 2014. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  2. "Decreto 343/1984 del Poder Ejecutivo de Uruguay". Registro Nacional de Leyes y Decretos (in Spanish). Montevideo: Dirección Nacional de Impresiones y Publicaciones Oficiales. August 28, 1984. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. "Quiénes somos — Universidad Católica del Uruguay" (in Spanish). Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  4. Rama, Claudio (July 2014). Universidad de la Empresa (ed.). "El largo ciclo de la reforma de la diferenciación de la educación superior en Uruguay. De la universidad sistema al sistema universitario (1984 – 2013)" (PDF). Avaliação: Revista da Avaliação da Educação Superior (in Spanish). Campinas. 19 (2): 509–530. doi:10.1590/S1414-40772014000200014. ISSN 1414-4077. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-15.
  5. "Ley 15.661. Se establecen disposiciones para los títulos profesionales que otorguen las Universidades Privadas" (in Spanish). Montevideo: Parliament of Uruguay. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  6. "Ley 15.738. Actos legislativos dictados por el Consejo de Estado" (in Spanish). Montevideo: Parliament of Uruguay. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  7. "Decreto 308/1995 del Poder Ejecutivo de Uruguay". Registro Nacional de Leyes y Decretos (in Spanish). Montevideo: Dirección Nacional de Impresiones y Publicaciones Oficiales. August 29, 1995. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  8. "VII Censo de Estudiantes Universitarios de grado, Universidad de la República" (in Spanish). Universidad de la República. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  9. "Anuario Estadístico de Educación 2012" (PDF). Anuario Estadístico de Educación (in Spanish). Montevideo: Dirección de Educación, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura: 139. ISSN 0797-6038. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  10. "Claeh se convierte en la séptima universidad de Uruguay" (in Spanish). Búsqueda. 4 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  11. "Ranking Iberoamericano SIR 2012" (PDF). SCImago Institutions Rankings (in Spanish). SCImago Research Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  12. "SIR Iber 2015" (PDF). SCImago Institutions Rankings. SCImago Research Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  13. "2013-2014 Ranking by Country: Uruguay". University Ranking by Academic Performance. Informatics Institute, Middle East Technical University. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  14. "2014-2015 Ranking by Country: Uruguay". University Ranking by Academic Performance. Informatics Institute, Middle East Technical University. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  15. "Universidad de la Republica (Undergraduate) 2014". Top Universities. Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  16. "QS University Rankings: Latin America 2015". Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  17. "Universidad de Montevideo (Undergraduate) 2014". Top Universities. Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
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