University of Mendoza (Argentina)

University of Mendoza. It is a privately managed higher education institution, which has been serving the community since 1960. Its headquarters is located in the Province of Mendoza, Argentina, west of the city of Mendoza. It also has a branch in the city of San Rafael, located in the south of the province.

Historical review

The University of Mendoza was founded on December 22, 1959, by means of an assembly that gave it the first statutes. Teaching activities began on May 13, 1960, with the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences. In August 1962took its final form of legal constitution and the Superior Government of the Nation, through decree No. 14,179, of that same year, registered it as a Private University, granting it the obligations and rights that emerge from the Law. For its part, the The Government of the Province of Mendoza, by decree No. 3,043/62, registered it as a Non-Profit Civil Association and the Secretary of Social Promotion of the Nation granted it recognition as a Public Welfare Entity through Resolution No. 44/87.

Research

Research is usually carried out within the scope of each faculty of this university. Other research is carried out within the framework of the Department of Scientific and Technological Research (DICYTyV). The DICYTyV is supervised by the Center for Higher Research (CIS). The latter is intended to coordinate and assign the investigations carried out by the DICYTyV. Highly complex investigations are directly carried out by the CIS. DICYTyV annually holds a conference in which researchers report on the work carried out and, in addition, organizes important University extension activities and maintains relations with relevant scientific institutions in America and Europe.

Careers