List of universities in Argentina

Universities in Argentina (National and Provincial) are public, tuition-free and state funded, while private universities require some form of tuition payment.

Public universities

National universities

Name	Acronym	Main Location		Website	Creation	R.
		City	Province
Alto Uruguay	UNAU	San Vicente	Misiones	unau.edu.ar	6 January 2015	[1]
Arts	UNA	Buenos Aires City		www.una.edu.ar	7 November 2014[a]	[2][3]
Arturo Jauretche	UNAJ	Florencio Varela	Buenos Aires	www.unaj.edu.ar	29 December 2009	[4]
Austral Patagonia	UNPA	Río Gallegos	Santa Cruz	www.unpa.edu.ar	11 January 1995[b]	[5][6]
Avellaneda	UNdAV	Avellaneda	Buenos Aires	www.undav.edu.ar	3 December 2009	[7]
Buenos Aires	UBA	Buenos Aires City		www.uba.ar	12 August 1821	[8]
Catamarca	UNCa	Catamarca	Catamarca	www.unca.edu.ar	19 September 1972	[9]
Central Buenos Aires	UniCen	Tandil	Buenos Aires	www.unicen.edu.ar	9 October 1974[c]	[10][11]
Chaco Austral	UNCAus	Sáenz Peña	Chaco	www.uncaus.edu.ar	26 December 2007	[12]
Chilecito	UNdeC	Chilecito	La Rioja	www.undec.edu.ar	18 December 2002	[13][14]
Comahue	UNComa UNCo	Neuquén	Neuquén	www.uncoma.edu.ar	21 July 1971[d]	[15][16]
Comechingones	UNLC	Villa de Merlo	San Luis	www.unlc.edu.ar	7 November 2014	[17]
Córdoba	UNC	Córdoba	Córdoba	www.unc.edu.ar	29 May 1854[e]	[18]
Cuyo	UNCuyo	Mendoza	Mendoza	www.uncuyo.edu.ar	4 April 1939	[19]
Delta	UNDelta	San Fernando	Buenos Aires	undelta.edu.ar	12 October 2023	[20]
Entre Ríos	UNER	Concepción del Uruguay	Entre Ríos	www.uner.edu.ar	30 May 1973	[21]
Formosa	UNF	Formosa	Formosa	www.unf.edu.ar	21 October 1988	[22]
General San Martín	UNSAM	General San Martín	Buenos Aires	www.unsam.edu.ar	2 July 1992	[23]
General Sarmiento	UNGS	Malvinas Argentinas	Buenos Aires	www.ungs.edu.ar	10 June 1992	[24]
Guillermo Brown	UNaB	Almirante Brown	Buenos Aires	www.unab.edu.ar	27 October 2015	[25]
Hurlingham	UNaHur	Hurlingham	Buenos Aires	unahur.edu.ar	2 December 2014	[26]
José C. Paz	UNPaz	José C. Paz	Buenos Aires	www.unpaz.edu.ar	29 December 2009	[27]
Jujuy	UNJu	Jujuy	Jujuy	www.unju.edu.ar	13 December 1973	[28]
La Matanza	UNLaM	La Matanza	Buenos Aires	www.unlam.edu.ar	23 October 1989	[29]
La Pampa	UNLPam	Santa Rosa	La Pampa	www.unlpam.edu.ar	18 April 1973[f]	[30][31]
La Plata	UNLP	La Plata	Buenos Aires	www.unlp.edu.ar	25 September 1905[g]	[32][33]
La Rioja	UNLaR	La Rioja	La Rioja	www.unlar.edu.ar	28 December 1993[h]	[34][35]
Lanús	UNLa	Lanús	Buenos Aires	www.unla.edu.ar	29 June 1995	[36]
Littoral	UNL	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	www.unl.edu.ar	17 October 1919[i]	[37][38]
Lomas de Zamora	UNLZ	Lomas de Zamora	Buenos Aires	www.unlz.edu.ar	24 October 1972	[39]
Luján	UNLu	Luján	Buenos Aires	www.unlu.edu.ar	27 December 1972	[40]
Mar del Plata	UNMdP	Mar del Plata	Buenos Aires	www.mdp.edu.ar	27 October 1975[j]	[41][42]
Misiones	UNaM	Posadas	Misiones	www.unam.edu.ar	25 April 1973	[43]
Moreno	UNM	Moreno	Buenos Aires	www.unm.edu.ar	29 December 2009	[44]
National Defense	UNDef	Buenos Aires City		www.undef.edu.ar	2 December 2014	[45]
National Technological University	UTN	Buenos Aires City		www.utn.edu.ar	2 December 1959[k]	[46][47]
Northeast	UNNe	Corrientes	Corrientes	www.unne.edu.ar	14 December 1956	[48]
Northwestern Buenos Aires	UNNoBA	Junín	Buenos Aires	www.unnoba.edu.ar	18 December 2002	[49][50]
Patagonia San Juan Bosco	UNP	Comodoro Rivadavia	Chubut	www.unp.edu.ar	29 February 1980[l]	[51][52]
Pedagogical	UniPe	La Plata	Buenos Aires	unipe.edu.ar	17 November 2015[m]	[53][54]
Pilar	UNPilar	Pilar	Buenos Aires	unpilar.edu.ar	12 October 2023	[55]
Quilmes	UNQ	Quilmes	Buenos Aires	www.unq.edu.ar	23 October 1989	[56]
Rafaela	UNRaf	Rafaela	Santa Fe	www.unraf.edu.ar	23 December 2014	[57]
Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz	UNSO	San Isidro	Buenos Aires	www.unso.edu.ar	2 December 2015	[58]
Río Cuarto	UNRC	Río Cuarto	Córdoba	www.unrc.edu.ar	7 May 1971	[59]
Río Negro	UNRN	Viedma	Río Negro	www.unrn.edu.ar	19 December 2007	[60]
Río Tercero	UNRT	Río Tercero	Córdoba	unrt.com.ar	12 October 2023	[61]
Rosario	UNR	Rosario	Santa Fe	www.unr.edu.ar	18 December 1968	[62]
Salta	UNSa	Salta	Salta	www.unsa.edu.ar	18 May 1972	[63]
San Antonio de Areco	UNSAdA	San Antonio de Areco	Buenos Aires	www.unsada.edu.ar	2 December 2015	[64]
San Juan	UNSJ	San Juan	San Juan	www.unsj.edu.ar	30 May 1973	[65]
San Luis	UNSL	San Luis	San Luis	www.unsl.edu.ar	30 May 1973	[66]
Santiago del Estero	UNSE	Santiago del Estero	Santiago del Estero	www.unse.edu.ar	16 May 1973	[67]
South	UNS	Bahía Blanca	Buenos Aires	www.uns.edu.ar	19 January 1956	[68]
Tierra del Fuego	UNTdF	Ushuaia	Tierra del Fuego	www.untdf.edu.ar	16 December 2009	[69]
Tres de Febrero	UNTreF	Tres de Febrero	Buenos Aires	www.untref.edu.ar	30 June 1995	[70]
Tucumán	UNT	Tucumán	Tucumán	www.unt.edu.ar	4 April 1921[n]	[71]
Villa María	UNVM	Villa María	Córdoba	www.unvm.edu.ar	19 April 1995	[72]
Villa Mercedes	UNViMe	Villa Mercedes	San Luis	www.unvime.edu.ar	3 December 2009	[73]
West	UNO	Merlo	Buenos Aires	www.uno.edu.ar	3 December 2009	[74]

Provincial universities

Name	Acronym	Main Location		Website	Creation	University Status	R.
		City	Province
Arts	IUPA	General Roca	Río Negro	www.iupa.edu.ar	10 March 1999	15 May 2015	[75][76]
Buenos Aires City	UniCABA	Buenos Aires City		udelaciudad.edu.ar	28 November 2018	–	[77]
La Punta	ULP	La Punta	San Luis	www.ulp.edu.ar	19 May 2004	–	[78]
Chubut	UDC	Rawson	Chubut	udc.edu.ar	22 December 2008	–
Trades	UPrO	Villa Mercedes	San Luis	uprosanluis.edu.ar	22 October 2014	–	[79]
Córdoba	UPC	Córdoba	Córdoba	www.upc.edu.ar	20 April 2007	16 September 2015	[80][81]
Entre Ríos	UAdER	Paraná	Entre Ríos	www.uader.edu.ar	12 June 2000	22 June 2001	[82][83]
Ezeiza	UPE	Ezeiza	Buenos Aires	upe.edu.ar	22 June 2009	16 September 2015	[84][85]
Laguna Blanca	UPLaB	Laguna Blanca	Formosa	www.uplab.edu.ar	1 July 2022	30 January 2023	[86]
Southwest	UPSo	Pigüé, Bahía Blanca	Buenos Aires	www.upso.edu.ar	8 July 1992	1 April 2014	[87][88]

Private universities

Name	Acronym	Main Location		Website	Creation	University Status	R.
		City	Province
21st Century	US21	Córdoba	Córdoba	www.21.edu.ar	24 January 1995		[89]
Aconcagua	UdA	Mendoza	Mendoza	www.uda.edu.ar	17 May 1965[o]	9 May 1968	[90][91]
Adventist	UAP	Libertador San Martín	Entre Ríos	www.uapar.edu	1898[p]	7 December 1990	[92]
Argentine Patagonia	UPat	Neuquén	Neuquén	upatagonia.edu.ar	9 November 2022		[93]
Atlantis	UAA	Mar de Ajó	Buenos Aires	atlantida.edu.ar	8 April 1994		[94]
Austral	Austral	Pilar	Buenos Aires	www.austral.edu.ar	20 May 1977[q]	4 March 1991	[95][96]
Belgrano	UB	Buenos Aires City		www.ub.edu.ar	11 September 1964	9 May 1968	[97][91]
Blas Pascal	UBP	Córdoba	Córdoba	www.ubp.edu.ar	1980[r]	21 December 1990	[98][99]
CAECE	Caece	Buenos Aires City		www.ucaece.edu.ar	9 May 1968		[91]
Catholic of Córdoba	UCCor	Córdoba	Córdoba	www.uccor.edu.ar	8 June 1956[s]	22 August 1959	[100][101]
Catholic of Cuyo	UCCuyo	Rivadavia	San Juan	www.uccuyo.edu.ar	4 May 1953[t]	17 September 1963	[102][103]
Catholic of La Plata	UCaLP	La Plata	Buenos Aires	www.ucalp.edu.ar	7 March 1964[u]	9 May 1968	[104][91]
Catholic of Misiones	UCaMi	Posadas	Misiones	www.ucami.edu.ar	13 September 2012		[105]
Catholic of Salta	UCaSal	Salta	Salta	www.ucasal.edu.ar	19 March 1963	9 May 1968	[106][91]
Catholic of Santa Fe	UCSF	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	www.ucsf.edu.ar	9 June 1957[v]	25 August 1960	[107][108]
Catholic of Santiago del Estero	UCSE	Santiago del Estero	Santiago del Estero	www.ucse.edu.ar	21 June 1960	8 September 1969	[109][110]
CEMA	UCEMA	Buenos Aires City		www.ucema.edu.ar	3 July 1978[w]	25 January 1995	[111][112]
Champagnat	UCh	Godoy Cruz	Mendoza	www.uch.edu.ar	1967[x]	4 September 1991	[113]
Cinema	UCine	Buenos Aires City		www.ucine.edu.ar	1991	30 September 1993	[114]
Concepción del Uruguay	UCU	Concepción del Uruguay	Entre Ríos	www.ucu.edu.ar	15 June 1971		[115]
Congreso	UC	Mendoza	Mendoza	www.ucongreso.edu.ar	6 January 1995		[116]
Cuenca del Plata	UCP	Corrientes	Corrientes	www.ucp.edu.ar	23 November 1993		[117]
East	UdE	La Plata	Buenos Aires	ude.edu.ar	6 October 2008		[118]
Enterprise	UAdE	Buenos Aires City		www.uade.edu.ar	1957[y]	9 May 1968	[119][91]
Enterprise and Social Sciences	UCES	Buenos Aires City		www.uces.edu.ar	4 October 1991		[120]
Evangelical	UE	Buenos Aires City		uevangelica.edu.ar	13 November 2023		[121]
FASTA	UFASTA	Mar del Plata	Buenos Aires	www.ufasta.edu.ar	16 August 1991		[122]
Favaloro	Favaloro	Buenos Aires City		www.favaloro.edu.ar	26 June 1992[z]	30 August 1998	[123]
Flores	UFlo	Buenos Aires City		www.uflo.edu.ar	3 January 1995		[124]
Gastón Dachary	UGD	Posadas	Misiones	ugd.edu.ar	12 February 1998[aa]	26 February 2009	[125][126]
Greater Rosario	UGR	Rosario	Santa Fe	ugr.edu.ar	5 May 2006[ab]	18 September 2018	[127][128]
Interamerican Open	UAI	Buenos Aires City		www.uai.edu.ar	7 August 1995		[129]
ISALUD	ISALUD	Buenos Aires City		www.isalud.edu.ar	14 December 1998[ac]	10 December 2007	[130][131]
John F. Kennedy	UK	Buenos Aires City		www.kennedy.edu.ar	4 April 1964	9 May 1968	[132][91]
Juan Agustín Maza	UMaza	Guaymallén	Mendoza	www.umaza.edu.ar	4 May 1960	28 March 1963	[133][134]
Latin American Educational Center	UCEL	Rosario	Santa Fe	www.ucel.edu.ar	3 December 1992		[135]
Maimónides	UM	Buenos Aires City		www.maimonides.edu	21 June 1990		[136]
Mendoza	UM	Mendoza	Mendoza	www.um.edu.ar	22 December 1959	7 January 1963	[137][138]
Merchant Navy	UdeMM	Buenos Aires City		www.udemm.edu.ar	1965[ad]	17 January 1975	[139][140]
Metropolitan for Education and Work	UMET	Buenos Aires City		umet.edu.ar	13 September 2012		[141]
Morón	UM	Morón	Buenos Aires	www.unimoron.edu.ar	18 May 1960	9 May 1968	[142][91]
Notarial	UNA	La Plata	Buenos Aires	universidadnotarial.edu.ar	29 September 1964	9 May 1968	[143][91]
Palermo	UP	Buenos Aires City		www.palermo.edu	12 November 1986	21 December 1990	[144]
Pontifical Catholic	UCA	Buenos Aires City		www.uca.edu.ar	7 March 1958	2 November 1959	[145]
Saint Paul-Tucumán	USPT	Tucumán	Tucumán	uspt.edu.ar	6 July 2007		[146]
Saint Thomas Aquinas	UNSTA	Tucumán	Tucumán	www.unsta.edu.ar	29 October 1959[ae]	6 August 1965	[147]
Salesian	UniSal	Bahía Blanca	Buenos Aires	www.unisal.org.ar	1 April 2014		[148]
San Andrés	UdeSA	Victoria	Buenos Aires	www.udesa.edu.ar	1 September 1988	23 August 1990	[149][150]
San Isidro	USI	San Isidro	Buenos Aires	www.usi.edu.ar	13 September 2012		[151]
Savior	USal	Buenos Aires City		www.usal.edu.ar	8 June 1944[af]	8 December 1959	[152]
Social Museum	UMSA	Buenos Aires City		www.umsa.edu.ar	5 November 1956	11 July 1961	[153]
South American Integration	UNISUD	Posadas	Misiones	unisud.edu.ar	5 July 2022		[154]
Southern Buenos Aires	USBA	Buenos Aires City		usba.edu.ar	28 September 2023		[155]
Torcuato di Tella	UTdT	Buenos Aires City		www.utdt.edu	24 September 1991		[156]

Gallery

• 
  University of Buenos Aires, School of Law
• 
  University of Buenos Aires, School of Economics
• 
  University of Buenos Aires, School of Engineering, Paseo Colón Branch
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  National University of La Plata, Rectorate
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  National University of Rosario, School of Medicine
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  National University of Tucumán, Rectorate
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  National University of the Northeast, Rectorate
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  National University of the South, main building
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  National University of La Matanza, entrance to the main campus
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  National University of Tres de Febrero, principal school

See also

• Argentine University Federation
• Science and technology in Argentina
• University Revolution

Notes

1. Created on 10 December 1996 as Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte.
2. Created on 22 December 1990 as Universidad Federal de la Patagonia Austral.
3. Merging of the Instituto Universitario de Tandil created on 3 May 1964, and the Instituto Universitario de Olavarría.
4. Created on 3 November 1964 as Universidad del Neuquén.
5. Created on 19 June 1613 as Universidad de Córdoba, changed its name in 1800 to Real Universidad de San Carlos y de Nuestra Señora de Monserrat.
6. Created on 4 September 1958 as Universidad de La Pampa.
7. Created on 8 February 1897 as Universidad Provincial de La Plata.
8. Created on 2 June 1972 as Universidad Provincial de La Rioja.
9. Created on 16 October 1889 as Universidad de Santa Fe.
10. Created on 19 October 1961 as Universidad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Merged with Universidad Católica Stella Maris in 1975.
11. Created on 31 August 1948 as Universidad Obrera Nacional.
12. Created on 30 February 1973 as Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia. Merged with Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia in 1980.
13. Created on 9 August 2006 as Universidad Pedagógica Provincial.
14. Created on 2 July 1912 as Universidad de Tucumán.
15. Created as Instituto Superior de la Empresa. Changed its name in 1966 to Instituto Superior Aconcagua.
16. Created as Colegio Adventista del Plata.
17. Created as Asociación Civil de Estudios Superiores.
18. Created as Instituto Superior Pascal.
19. Created as Instituto Universitario pro Universidad Católica de Córdoba. Changed its name on 11 April 1959.
20. Created as Instituto Preuniversitario San Buenaventura.
21. Created as Universidad Comunitaria y Católica. Changed its name on 11 April 1966.
22. Created as Instituto Libre Pro-Universidad Católica de Santa Fe.
23. Created as Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina.
24. Created as Instituto Superior Champagnat de los Hermanos Maristas. Changed its name to Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales Marcelino Champagnat in 1971
25. Created as Instituto Superior de Estudios de la Empresa. Changed its name on 16 June 1962.
26. Created as Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Biomédicas.
27. Created as Instituto Universitario Gastón Dachary.
28. Created as Instituto Universitario del Gran Rosario.
29. Created as Instituto Universitario de la Fundación ISALUD.
30. Created as Fundación Manuel Trigo.
31. Created as Instituto Universitario Santo Tomás de Aquino.
32. Created as Instituto Superior de Filosofía. Changed its name to Institutos Universitarios del Salvador on 15 May 1958.