National University of Trujillo

Universidad Nacional de Trujillo

Motto| República, Ley y Libertad
Scientia Liberet

Motto in English

| Republic, Law and Freedom
Knowledge Frees You
Type| Public University
Established| May 10, 1824; 201 years ago (1824-05-10)
Founders| Simón Bolívar
José Faustino Sánchez Carrión
Rector| Carlos Vásquez Boyer

Academic staff

| 12

Administrative staff

| 3,000
Students| 16,453 (2014)
Address|

Diego de Almagro 344

Trujillo

La Libertad

Peru

[ ⚑ ] : 8°6′53″S 79°2′19″W﻿ / ﻿8.11472°S 79.03861°W﻿ / -8.11472; -79.03861
Campus| Urban
35 acres (14 ha)
|u}}rs|  Blue
Mascot| Griffin
Website| www.unitru.edu.pe

The National University of Trujillo (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo) (UNT) is a major public university located in Trujillo, Peru, capital of the department of La Libertad. The university was founded by Simón Bolívar and José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, who met in Huamachuco; they signed the decree of foundation on May 10, 1824, before Peru's independence from Spain .[1] National University of Trujillo, was the first republican university founded in Peru.[2]

UNT has approximately 16,000 students in 13 academic faculties, making it one of the largest universities in the country. The current rector is Dr. Carlos Vásquez Boyer.

The UNT is ranked as one of the best universities in Peru.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Schools
* 3 Notable alumni
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History

Old campus of the National University of Trujillo in the center of the city

The National University of Trujillo is a Peruvian university located in the city of Trujillo, La Libertad Region in northern Peru whose acronym is UNT. It was founded during the Republican era by General Simón Bolívar, who issued from his headquarters in Huamachuco a decree founding the university on May 10, 1824, having as a secretary Don José Faustino Sánchez Carrión. The first director was Don Carlos Pedemonte y Talavera and whose term begins on October 22, 1831. On 23 November 1831 the Government appointed as supreme patron of the University to St. Thomas and St. Rose of Lima, where it ran. The first colleges environments were inside the school founded by bishops El Salvador. The first classes were Dogmatic and Moral Theology, Canons and Laws, Anatomy and Medicine, Philosophy and Mathematics. The first academic degrees awarded by UNT were those of Bachelor, Master and Doctor of Laws and Sacred Canons. It adopts the College system starting in 1861. From Its classrooms exited the universal poet César Vallejo in 1916, the first political philosopher Antenor Orregoin 1928, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Eduardo González Viaña, Carlos Hugo Garrido Chalén, among others.

## Schools

National University of Trujillo

UNT is organized into 13 schools which contain 37 professional departments.

Faculty | Professional School

|

Faculty of Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences
Microbiology and Parasitology
Fishery
Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry | Pharmacy and Biochemistry
Faculty of Education and Communication Sciences | Communication Sciences
Initial Education
Primary Education
Secondary Education
Faculty of Medicine | Human Medicine
Faculty of Dentistry | Dentistry
Faculty of Social Sciences | Social Work
Tourism
Anthropology
Archaeology
Geography
History
Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences | Physics
Computer Science
Statistics Engineering
Mathematics
Faculty of Economical Sciences | Administration
Economics
Accountancy
Faculty of Law and Political Sciences | Law
Political Sciences and Governability
Faculty of Engineering | Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgic Engineering
Systems Engineering
Mines Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering
Faculty of Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Nursing | Nursing
Faculty of Agropecuary Sciences | Agroindustrial Engineering
Agricultural Engineering
Zootechnics

## Notable alumni

Among former renowned professors and students are:

* César Vallejo, poet and journalist. Thomas Merton called him "the greatest universal poet since Dante". The late British poet, critic and biographer Martin Seymour-Smith, a leading authority on world literature, called Vallejo "the greatest twentieth-century poet in any language." He also was leader of the cultural group in Trujillo city called Grupo Norte (North Group).
* Abundio Sagástegui Alva, biologist. He has proposed about four new genus and 88 new species, based on Peruvian botanical diversity.
* Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement. He is recognized as the most influential Peruvian political leader of the twentieth century and one of the most important Latin American political ideologues.
* María Julia Mantilla García, Miss World 2004.
* Carlos Hugo Garrido Chalén, writer and poet.
* Eduardo González Viaña, writer and journalist.
* Antenor Orrego, political philosopher.
* Ciro Alegría, novelist, writer and journalist.
* Allan Wagner Tizón, diplomat.

## See also

* North Group

## References

1. ↑ "UNT celebra 187 años de fundación" (in es). http://laindustria.pe/trujillo/local/felicitaciones-unt-celebra-187-anos-de-fundacion. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
2. ↑ "National University of Trujillo". http://www.peru.gob.pe/docs/PLANES/10402/PLAN_10402_Estatuto_de_la_UNT_2011.pdf. Retrieved 25 May 2012.

## External links

* Official Site

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Universities in Peru

Public|

* Agraria La Molina
* Cajamarca
* Callao
* Daniel Alcides Carrión
* National University of the Center of Peru
* Education (Enrique Guzmán y Valle)
* Federico Villarreal
* Ingeniería
* Jorge Basadre Grohmann
* San Agustín
* San Antonio Abad del Cusco
* San Cristóbal de Huamanga
* San Luis Gonzaga
* National University of San Marcos
* San Martín
* Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza
* Trujillo

Private|

* Alas Peruanas
* Antenor Orrego
* Catholic University Los Angeles of Chimbote
* Universidad Católica de San Pablo
* Universidad Católica de Santa María
* Catholic University of Trujillo
* Cayetano Heredia
* Cesar Vallejo
* Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
* Lima
* Los Andes Peruvian University
* University of the Pacific
* Peruvian University of Applied Sciences
* Peruvian Union University
* Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
* Piura
* Private University of the North
* Private University of Trujillo
* San Ignacio de Loyola
* Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC)
* San Martín de Porres
* Scientific University of the South
* University of Sciences and Arts of Latin America

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