Universidad de Buenos Aires
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The Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) is the biggest university in Argentina, founded on August 12 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires. It consists of 13 faculties, six hospitals, 10 museums and three high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini, and Instituto Libre de Segunda Enseñanza.
Despite its size, the UBA has no central campus. Even though plans existed for a centralized 'university city', it currently holds only 2 schools with all other schools dispersed throughout the city.
This campus, called Ciudad Universitaria, is located in Nuñez, in northern Buenos Aires. It is close to Jorge Newbery Airport and River Plate Football Stadium.
Faculties
The faculties that compose the University are:
- Facultad de Psicología (Psychology)
- Facultad de Ingeniería (Engineering)
- Facultad de Odontología (Dentistry)
- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica (Pharmacy and Biochemistry)
- Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Phylosophy and Literature)
- Facultad de Derecho (Law)
- Facultad de Medicina (Medicine)
- Facultad de Ciencias Sociales (Social Sciences)
- Facultad de Veterinaria (Veterinary medicine)
- Facultad de Agronomía (Agronomy)
- Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (Economics)
Ciudad Universitaria:
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (Exact Sciences and Natural Sciences)
- Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo (Architecture, Design and Urbanism)
Notable alumni
The following former students of UBA received a Nobel Prize:
- Carlos Saavedra Lamas -- Peace
- Bernardo Houssay -- Physiology
- Luis Federico Leloir -- Chemistry
- César Milstein -- Medicine
- Adolfo Pérez Esquivel -- Peace
