The University of Carabobo ( Spanish: ''Universidad de Carabobo'') is an autonomous, public university of Venezuela located in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

, Venezuela. It offers graduate and postgraduate studies in different areas. The university offers a lot of green spaces for student recreation, as well architectural art around the faculties, a theater, and two dining halls. There are around 65,000 students, mostly coming from the central part of the country. The main campus is at

Bárbula Bárbula is a locality in Naguanagua Municipality, Venezuela. It has the main campus of the University of Carabobo. The facilities include a palmetum, the ''Parque Universitario Palmetum''. Battle of Bárbula At the beginning of the 19th centu ...

, north of Valencia in the municipality of

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. The University of Carabobo also has a centre in La Morita, Maracay, Aragua State.

History

The University was reopened in 1958 after the

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which ended the Perez Jimenez dictatorship. It acquired the former railway station at Camoruco, some 3 km from the city center, which had become redundant with the closure of the rail service to Puerto Cabello. The converted railway station continues to be the seat of the "Rectorado" of the University.

Faculties

College of Law and Political Sciences (FCJP)

College of Health Sciences (FCS)

College of Engineering

College of Economic and Social Sciences (FACES)

College of Education Sciences (FACE)

College of Dentistry

College of Sciences and Technology (FACYT)

Notable alumni

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Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist who served as the President of South Africa, first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1 ...

(honorary doctorate) * L. Rafael Reif

References

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