The National University of Lanús ( es, Universidad Nacional de Lanús, UNLA) is an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
national university
A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state.
Some national universities are associated with national cultural or po ...
, located in
Remedios de Escalada,
Lanús Partido
Lanús is a partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban conglomerate neighbouring Buenos Aires city.
The partido has an area of , and a population of 453,500 (). Its capital is the city of Lanús.
L ...
,
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
.
It was created on June 7, 1995 by national law .
[Text of law 24 496, in Spanish: http://www1.hcdn.gov.ar/dependencias/ceducacion/leyes/24496.html ]
History
The university was created on June 7, 1995 by national law .
It first operated in La Habana 568,
Valentín Alsina, in a building loaned by the Federation of Meat.
On 1996, of land that used to belong to the
Roca Railway
The General Roca Railway (FCGR) (native name: Ferrocarril General Roca) is a broad gauge railway in Argentina which runs from Constitución railway station, Constitución station in Buenos Aires to the south of the country through the provinc ...
(at that moment, under
FEMESA
Ferrocarriles Metropolitanos S.A. (also known for its acronym FEMESA) was a company set up by the Argentine government in 1991, during the presidency of Carlos Menem, to oversee the privatisation of commuter rail services within the city of Buenos ...
control) were transferred to the University with the and national laws.
In 2003, national law 25,766 granted the university a building, which at that moment housed the
Ferrocarriles Argentinos archives.
See also
Science and Education in Argentina
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Argentine Universities
Notes
Lanus
Educational institutions established in 1995
Universities in Buenos Aires Province
1995 establishments in Argentina
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