National University of Mar del Plata

National University of Mar del Plata
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
Rectorate of the National University of Mar del Plata
Former names
Universidad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (University of the Province of Buenos Aires)
TypePublic
Established1962; 62 years ago (1962)
RectorAlfredo Lazzeretti
Academic staff
4,734
Students25,549 (2016)
Location
Mar del Plata
,
Buenos Aires Province
,
Argentina
CampusComplejo Universitario Manuel Belgrano
Websitemdp.edu.ar

The National University of Mar del Plata (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, UNMdP) is an Argentine national university in the city of Mar del Plata, on the Atlantic coast.

The institution was established in 1962 as the Universidad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (University of the Province of Buenos Aires). The university acquired its current name in 1975, when under the auspices of the Taquini Plan the Argentine government took over its administration and merged it with the Universidad Católica Stella Maris (Catholic University Stella Maris).

The UNMdP currently includes nine faculties (Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Agricultural Sciences, Economics and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences and Social Work, Law, Humanities, Engineering and Psychology) and one school (School of Medicine[1]). It offers 50 graduate programmes, 11 pre-graduate programmes, and 48 post-graduate programmes.[2]

  1. ^ "Mar del Plata estrena su facultad pública de Medicina". lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 27 March 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. ^ "2019". mdp.edu.ar. Retrieved 13 February 2019.