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Universidad ORT Uruguay
Logo of ORT UruguayEstablished 1942 Type Private, ORT Rector Dr. Jorge A. Grünberg Students about 8,000 Location Montevideo, Uruguay Campus Urban Website www.ort.edu.uy ORT Uruguay (Spanish: Universidad ORT Uruguay) is Uruguay's largest private university. It has about 8,000 students, distributed among five faculties and institutes.
History
ORT Uruguay was first established as a non-profit organization in 1942 and was officially certified as a private university in September 1996, becoming the first private educational institution in the country to achieve that status. It is a member of World ORT, an international education network founded in 1880 by the Jewish community in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Faculties and institutes
- Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Communication and Design
- Institute of Education
- Faculty of Engineering
External links
Coordinates: 34°54′13.81″S 56°11′26.16″W / 34.9038361°S 56.1906°W
Categories:- Universities in Uruguay
- Education in Montevideo
- Educational institutions established in 1942
- South America university stubs
- Uruguayan building and structure stubs
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