- National University of Jujuy
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National University of Jujuy Universidad Nacional de Jujuy Established 1973 Type Public Academic staff 1,385 Students 11,726 Location San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina Website http://www.unju.edu.ar/ The National University of Jujuy (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, UNJU) is an Argentine national university, situated in the city of San Salvador de Jujuy, capital of Jujuy Province.
Its presursor, the Instituto Superior de Ciencias Económicas (Economic Sciences Institute), was established by Governor Horacio Guzmán in 1959. Redesignated the Provincial University of Jujuy in 1972, a program of decentralization of the country's national university system, as outlined by presidential adviser Dr. Alberto Taquini, resulted in the school's formal establishment as such on November 11, 1973.
The university maintains sixteen schools and five institutes, the latter of which are specialized in miming, geology, and zoology. It also operates an FM radio station, UNJu, and a publisher, EdiUNJu.
See also
Categories:- Argentine National universities
- Educational institutions established in 1973
- Argentina stubs
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