Federico Villarreal National University ( es, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, UNFV) is a public university located in

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. It was named in honor of the Peruvian mathematician Federico Villarreal.

History

It first functioned as a branch of the Community University of the Center - Universidad Comunal del Centro (UCC) based in

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. That same year, the Peruvian geographer, philosopher, historian and politician Javier Pulgar Vidal was commissioned to manage the university. The

branch of the UCC began its activities in a rented house, located at 262 Moquegua street. The entrance exams were set for the month of August 1960 and classes began on 16 September of the same year. In 1961, the Community University of the Center was nationalized as the

National University of the Center of Peru The National University of the Center of Peru (Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú), UNCP for short, is the largest public university of the center of Peru. It was founded by supreme decree law no. 46 on December 16, 1959. Apart from its mai ...

. Due to the emergence of disagreements with the central headquarters in Junin,

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promoted the creation of the Lima branch and thus managed to declare its autonomy in January 1963. The Federico Villarreal National University was created by Order Nº 14692 on 30 October 1963. The law to create the university was presented by the APRA parliamentary bench, exposed and defended by

Luis Alberto Sánchez Luis Alberto Félix Sánchez Sánchez (October 12, 1900 – February 6, 1994) was a Peruvian lawyer, jurist, philosopher, historian, writer and politician. A historic member of the Peruvian Aprista Party, he became a Senator and member of two Co ...

, and promulgated by Fernando Belaunde Terry.

Organization

The UNFV is organized into 18 faculties: * Administration *

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- Hipolito Unanue (loccated near the Hipolito Unanue National Hospital in

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) *

Laws Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vari ...

and political sciences *

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...

Civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

* Industrial and systems engineering * Geographical,

Environmental A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...

and Ecotourism Engineering * Oceanography, Fisheries, Food Sciences and Aquaculture *

Electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...

and Computer Engineering *

Natural Sciences Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ...

and Mathematics *

odontology Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...

* Medical technology *

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

* agricultural sciences, * engineering sciences *

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

* accounting *

social sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...

Together they are offering 60

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programs, 52 master programs, and 13 doctorates.

Rankings

Federico Villarreal National University is one of the best public universities of Peru. In 2021, the ''

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'' of the

Spanish National Research Council The Spanish National Research Council ( es, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its main objective is to develop and promote res ...

(CSIC) ranked the Federico Villarreal National University in the 27th place in the

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, in its ranking.

Notable alumni

''See also Federico Villarreal National University alumni'' * Laura Bozzo (TV talk show presenter and lawyer) * Mercedes Cabanillas (educator and politician) * César Hildebrandt (journalist) * José Luis Pérez-Albela (doctor-writer, former athlete and lecturer) *

Alejandro Aguinaga Alejandro Aurelio Aguinaga Recuenco (born 28 January 1950) is a Peruvian doctor and Fujimorist politician. He is a Congressman, representing the Lambayeque Region, as he was before between 2006 and 2016. He was also the Health Minister during the ...

(administrator, surgeon and politician) * Arturo Cavero Velásquez (singer of Creole music) *

José Antonio Chang José Antonio Chang Escobedo (born 19 May 1958) is a Peruvian politician of Chinese descent who was the Prime Minister of Peru from 2010 to 2011, appointed by President Alan García. He was also Minister of Education until he resigned both cab ...

(industrial engineer, rector and politician) *

Teófilo Cubillas Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga (; born 8 March 1949) is a Peruvian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was selected as Peru's greatest ever player in an IFFHS poll, in which he was also included in the world's Top 50. H ...

(soccer player, accountant) * Liliana La Rosa (nurse, university professor and former minister) *

Luis Nava Guibert Luis José Nava Guibert (born March 19, 1946) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. He served as Secretary General of the Presidency, from July 2006 to May 2011; and Minister of Production, from May to July 2011, during the second presidency of Al ...

(lawyer and politician) * Julián Pérez Huarancca (novelist and short story writer) * Nidia Vílchez (public and political accountant) * César Villanueva (administrator and politician) * José Watanabe (poet) * Juan Sheput (industrial engineer, politician and university professor) * Zulema Tomás (doctor, politician and ex health minister)

Cooperations

University of Salamanca The University of Salamanca ( es, Universidad de Salamanca) is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the city of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It was founded in 1218 by King Alfonso IX. It is t ...

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links=no, ''Universidad de Madrid'', ''Universidad Central de Madrid''; la, Universitas Complutensis Matritensis, links=no) is a public research university loc ...

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- Laspau * Virginia International University * National University of Colombia *

Autonomous University of Asunción In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy, from , ''autonomos'', from αὐτο- ''auto-'' "self" and νόμος ''nomos'', "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's ...

* Technical University of Machala * Municipal University of Sao Caetano do Sul *

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* University of Atlántico Continuing on the route of internationalization, since 2017, UNFV joined the

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Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima

References

External links

Official site

Comunidad UNFV
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