National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua | |
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Motto | A la libertad por la universidad |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1812 |
Rector | Octavio Guevara |
Administrative staff | 709 |
Students | 24,629 |
Postgraduates | 1,283 |
Location | Managua, Nicaragua |
Website | www.unan.edu.ni/ |
The National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, UNAN) is the main state-funded public university of Nicaragua.
Its main campus is located in Managua. The original campus, UNAN-Leon, is located in León and is now secondary, mainly used for medicine majors.
2018 Nicaraguan protests
UNAN was the site violent clashes during the 2018 Nicaraguan protests.[1] Protesters fortified the UNAN campus, but were forced to retreat when the university was attacked by paramilitaries aligned with the government.[1]
Organization
The university is divided into five faculties:
- School of Medical Science
- Faculty of Education and Humanities
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Economic Science
- POLISAL (Health Polytechnic)
See also
References
- 1 2 Partlow, Joshua (July 14, 2018). "'They are shooting at a church': Inside the 15-hour siege by Nicaraguan paramilitaries on university students". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018.
External links
- UNAN Website (in Spanish)
Coordinates: 12°06′20″N 86°16′25″W / 12.1056°N 86.2737°W
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