List of universities in Uruguay

In Uruguay—according to article 4 of Executive Decree 104/014—there are two types of higher education institutions: those engaged in teaching, research and extension to three or more unrelated subject areas, which use the name "university" (universidad in Spanish) 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)

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. 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. 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 Catholic University of 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. Subsequently, Decree-Law 15,661 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. 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. In 1995, proceedings by which institutions can access the official recognition were established, through Executive Decree 308/995. This last regulatory decree was abrogated by Decree 104/014, which becomes the regulatory of the aforementioned Decree-Law.

Universities Public: University nameAcronymFoundedHQLocationsEnrollmentEnglish Spanish University of the RepublicUniversidad de la República UDELAR 1849 Montevideo CURE (Maldonado, Rocha, Treinta y Tres, Paysandú, Rivera, Salto, Tacuarembó (2012) Technological University of Uruguay Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay UTEC 2012 Montevideo Colonia, Durazno, Paysandú, Río Negro, Rivera

Private: University nameEnglishAcronym Founded HQ Locations Enrollment ORT UniversityUniversidad ORT Uruguay ORT 1942 Montevideo (2012) University of the EnterpriseUniversidad de la Empresa UDE Montevideo (2012) Catholic UniversityUniversidad Católica UCUDAL Montevideo Punta del Este, Salto (2012) University of MontevideoUniversidad de Montevideo UM 1986 Montevideo (2012) Latin American Center for Human EconomyCentro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana. CLAEH 1957 Montevideo Tacuarembó, Punta del Este

Rankings Institution 2012 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2013 2014 Universidad de la República 701 701 54 56 829 850 70 32 72 35 Universidad Tecnológica del Uruguay Universidad ORT Uruguay 81 572 467 425 339 Universidad de la Empresa 1081 947 520 433 Universidad Católica 88 472 375 424 338 Universidad de Montevideo 651 651 96 56 714 599 469 382

List of universities in Uruguay

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