University of Cuenca

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University of Cuenca
Universidad de Cuenca
Motto"Fons Vitae Eruditio Possidentis"
Type Public
Established1867
Rector Dr. María Augusta Hermida Palacios [1]
Students12000
Address
Avenue 12 de abril
,
Cuenca
,
Azuay Province
,
Ecuador

2°54′02″S79°00′32″W / 2.90056°S 79.00889°W / -2.90056; -79.00889
Website www.ucuenca.edu.ec

The University of Cuenca (Spanish: Universidad de Cuenca) is an Ecuadorian university located in Cuenca. University of Cuenca is the principal university of Azuay Province. The university was officially founded in 1867, [2] being the first university on Cuenca.

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History

Created under the presidency of Jerónimo Carrión y Palacio, on October 15, 1867, under the name of University Corporation of Azuay and the faculties of Jurisprudence, of Medicine and Pharmacy, of Philosophy and Literature and of Theology. His first rector was the Ecuadorian lawyer and politician Benigno Malo .

In 1868 the chairs of Industrial Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Geology, Engineering, Lithography and Engraving were created under the leadership of German professors. As a result of this, the Faculty of Sciences was created in 1890. On May 24, 1882, the Public Library of Azuay is founded at the University. In 1897, after the Liberal Revolution, the then University Corporation of Azuay was recognized as the University of Azuay.

In 1919 the first student representation in the university was created. In 1925 the Public Library of Azuay takes the name of "Juan Bautista Vázquez". [3] Later on 1926 the university was renamed as the University of Cuenca.

In 1935 the Higher School of Mines was created and four years later, the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences with the School of Civil Engineering.

Under the rector of Carlos Cueva Tamariz the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Education Sciences was founded in 1952, followed a year later by the School of Industrial Chemistry, now School of Chemical Engineering.

In 1958 Cueva founded the School of Architecture and Urbanism and three years later the School of Economic Sciences. Cueva Tamariz retired in 1966 leaving a modern and renovated university. Two years after his retirement, the School of Nursing and Social Work was founded.

In 1970 the President of the Republic, José María Velasco Ibarra closed all state universities until 1971.

After the reopening, the University created the schools of Business Administration in 1971, of Electrical Engineering the following year, of Sociology in 1975, and those of Medical Technology, Agronomic Engineering and Veterinary Medicine in 1979.

In the decade of the 80s the schools of Superior Accounting, Physical Education and Visual Arts were opened.[ citation needed ]

In 2021, Dr. María Augusta Hermida Palacios became the first woman rector of the university. [1]

Faculties

University of Cuenca Main Campus Universidad de Cuenca - panoramio.jpg
University of Cuenca Main Campus

Currently the university is made up by the following faculties:

Architecture and Urbanism

Arts

Agricultural Sciences

Hospitality Sciences

Economic and Administrative Sciences

Medical Sciences

Chemical Sciences

Philosophy, Letters and Educational Sciences

Engineering

Jurisprudence, Political and Social Sciences

Odontology

Psychology

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arquitecta de profesión y docente, María Augusta Hermida es la nueva rectora de la Universidad de Cuenca | El Comercio". 2021-01-28. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  2. ↑ Universidad de Cuenca (1968). Anales de la Universidad de Cuenca (in Spanish). Cuenca,Ecuador: Universidad de Cuenca. p. 92.
  3. ↑ EDITOR.CDJBV. "Historia".



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