National University of San Marcos

National University of San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Coat of arms
Latin: Academia S. Marci Vrbis Regvm in Perv
Former name
Royal and Pontifical University of the City of the Kings of Lima, University of Lima
MottoUniversidad del Perú, Decana de América
Motto in English
University of Peru, Dean of the Americas
TypePublic university
EstablishedMay 12, 1551 (473 years ago)
FounderCharles I of Spain
AffiliationNational Association of Public Universities of Peru, International Association of Universities, Iberoamerican Association of Postgraduate Universities, Organización Universitaria Interamericana, Association of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean, Universia, Fudan-Latin America University Consortium
EndowmentS/.469 million (FY 2013)[1][2]
RectorJeri Ramón Ruffner[3]
Academic staff
3,315 (2017)[4]
Students37,468 (2020)[4][5][6][7]
Undergraduates30,866
Postgraduates6,602
Location
Lima
,
Peru

12°03′30″S 77°05′00″W / 12.05833°S 77.08333°W / -12.05833; -77.08333
CampusUrban, 170 acres (69 ha)
Colors
  Gold
  White
  Metallic blue
  Magenta
MascotLion
Websiteunmsm.edu.pe

The National University of San Marcos (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. In the Americas, it is the first officially established (privilege by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) and the oldest continuously operating university.[8][9][10]

The university started in the general studies that were offered in the convent of the Rosario of the order of Santo Domingo—the current Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo—in around 1548. Its official foundation was conceived by Fray Thomas de San Martín on May 12, 1551; with the decree of Emperor Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1571, it acquired the degree of pontifical granted by Pope Pius V, with which it ended up being named the "Royal and Pontifical University of the City of the Kings of Lima".[11][12] It is also referred to as the "University of Lima" throughout the Viceroyalty.[13]

Throughout its history, the university had a total of four colleges under tutelage: the Colegio Real y Mayor de San Martín and the Colegio Real y Mayor de San Felipe y San Marcos, the Real Colegio de San Carlos—focused on law and letters, derived from the merger of the two previous ones—and the Royal College of San Fernando—focused on medicine and surgery.

The University of San Marcos has passed through several locations, of which it maintains and stands out: the "Casona de San Marcos", one of the buildings in the Historic Center of Lima that were recognized as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 1988.[14][15][16] The University of San Marcos has 66 professional schools,[17] grouped into 20 faculties,[18] and these in turn in 5 academic areas.[19] Through its "Domingo Angulo" historical archive, the university preserves documents and writings. In 2019, the "Colonial Fund and Foundational Documents of the National University of San Marcos: 1551–1852” was incorporated into the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.[20][21]

  1. ^ Universidad Coherente. "Presupuesto 2000–2013 en millones de nuevos soles". Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  2. ^ Portal de Transparencia Universitaria (UNMSM). "Información presupuestal". Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  3. ^ Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. "Autoridades: Rector de la UNMSM". Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Oficina General de Planificación de la UNMSM. "Compendio estadístico UNMSM 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  5. ^ INEI-ANR. "II Censo Nacional Universitario 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  6. ^ Revista "San Marcos al día" (UNMSM). "San Marcos al día (n° 212): San Marcos en la sociedad del conocimiento" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  7. ^ Revista "San Marcos al día" (UNMSM). "San Marcos al día (n° 308): Excelencia académica y moderna infraestructura" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  8. ^ Valcárcel, Carlos Daniel (2001). San Marcos Universidad Decana de América (in Spanish). Lima: National University of San Marcos. ISBN 9972-46-140-8. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  9. ^ Carlos Daniel Valcárcel. "Fundación de la Universidad de Santo Domingo (23 February 1558)". Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  10. ^ Samuel Eliot Morison (1995). The Founding of Harvard College. Appendix A: The Student Universities of Bologna, Spain, and Spanish America. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674314511. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  11. ^ Carlos V. "Cedvla real del señor emperador Carlos V, y la reyna doña Juana su madre, sobre la fundación de ella Real Vniversidad" (PDF). Retrieved August 30, 2010.[dead link]
  12. ^ Carlos Daniel Valcárcel. "Fundación de la Universidad de Lima (12 May 1551)". Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  13. ^ José Antonio del Busto Duthurburu. Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO II: Conquista y Virreinato. Orbis Ventures, El Comercio. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
  14. ^ World Heritage Center, UNESCO. "Historic Centre of Lima". Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  15. ^ Diario La República. "Casona de San Marcos: remanso cultural en el Centro de Lima". Archived from the original on May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
  16. ^ "Escuelas Profesionales – Oficina Central de Admisión". www.admision.unmsm.edu.pe. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  17. ^ Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. "Facultades de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos". Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  18. ^ Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. "Áreas académicas de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos". Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  19. ^ Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. "Documentos históricos de San Marcos son reconocidos como patrimonio mundial por la Unesco" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  20. ^ Diario La República. "Historical documents of the UNMSM are recognized as World Heritage by UNESCO" (in Spanish). Retrieved July 14, 2019.