Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

—according to article 4 of Executive Decree 104/014—there are two types of higher education institutions: * those engaged in teaching, research and extension to three or more unrelated subject areas, which use the name "university" (''universidad'' in

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) * those engaged in teaching, research and extension in one or more related subject areas, or in two unrelated, which are referred to as "university institute" (''instituto universitario'' in Spanish)

Introduction

During most of Uruguay's history, the University of the Republic predominated as the only university, whose founding process began in 1833 with the bill of the priest Damaso Antonio Larrañaga, the Oribe's decree of May 27, 1838 and the decree of 1849 that founded the UdelaR. In the same century, through executive decree of January 26, 1876, the Liceo de Estudios Universitarios was authorized with legal effects as university courses, thereby becoming in 1878 the Universidad Libre, later named Universidad Católica. This institution was closed in 1886 due to financial problems and legal issues. After this, only the University of the Republic remained for a long time. At the end of the

Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay The civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay (1973–85), also known as the Uruguayan Dictatorship, was an authoritarian military dictatorship that ruled Uruguay for 12 years, from June 27, 1973 (after the U.S. backed 1973 coup d'état) until Mar ...

in 1984, the Executive branch passed Decree 343/984 in which the operation of the Universidad Católica del Uruguay was authorized (being this its refounding), and here began a shift "from a one-university system to a system of universities", in which coexist both public and private universities. Subsequently, Decree-Law 15,661 of October 29, 1984 validates

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s issued by

private universities Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grants. Depe ...

with the same legal effects as those issued by the University of the Republic, which have been approved by the Executive and registered to

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. These Decree-Law and Decree mentioned above (as were issued by unconstitutional organs) were validated by the Law of validity of acts of the military dictatorship government. In 1995, proceedings by which institutions can access the official recognition were established, through Executive Decree 308/995. This last regulatory decree was abrogated by Decree 104/014, which becomes the regulatory of the aforementioned Decree-Law.

Universities

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Rankings

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References

External links

Universidad de la República
official website (in Spanish)
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
official website (in Spanish)
Universidad ORT Uruguay
official website (in Spanish and English)
Universidad de Montevideo
official website (in Spanish and English)
Universidad de la Empresa
official website (in Spanish)
Instituto Universitario Claeh
official website (in Spanish)
Colegio del Espiritu Santo
official website (in Spanish and English) {{Uruguay topics, state=collapsed Education in Uruguay Educational organizations based in Uruguay