The National University of Litoral ( es, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, UNL) is a public university in Argentina. It is based in Santa Fe, the capital of Santa Fe Province. It has colleges and other academic facilities in Esperanza, Reconquista and Gálvez, also in Santa Fe Province.

History

The original institution was established as the ''Universidad Provincial de Santa Fe'' (Provincial University of Santa Fe) in 1889. The

Argentine university reform of 1918 The Argentine university reform of 1918 was a general modernization of the universities, especially tending towards democratization, brought about by student activism during the presidency of Hipolito Yrigoyen, the first democratic government. T ...

brought modernization and democratization to higher education in Argentina. The National University of Litoral was created the following year by a national law signed on October 17, becoming the first regional university in the country, with influence over the Argentine Littoral (Santa Fe and the Mesopotamic provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes).

Notable alumni

* Jorge Goldenberg - San Martín, Buenos Aires. Screenwriter. *

Juan José Saer Juan José Saer ( Serodino, Santa Fe, Argentina, June 28, 1937Paris, France, June 11, 2005) was an Argentine writer, considered one of the most important in Latin American literature and in Spanish-language literature of the 20th century. He is ...

Serodino Serodino is a town (''comuna'') in the . It is located in the Iriondo Department, 152 km away from the provincial capital ( Santa Fe) and 59 km away to Rosario. At the it had a population of 3,375 (2,969 in urban areas). The economy of the ...

. Novelist. *

Miguel Brascó Miguel Brascó (14 September 1926 – 10 May 2014) was an Argentine writer, poet and translator, humorist, cartoonist, editor, critic who is a specialist in wine and gourmet Gourmet (, ) is a cultural idea associated with the culinary arts of ...

Sastre, Santa Fe Sastre is a town (''comuna'') in the west of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 139 km west from the provincial capital. It had about 5,500 inhabitants at the and it is the head town of the San Martín Department. It is named after Mar ...

. Writer, humorist, critic. *

Alberto Cassano Alberto Cassano (23 January 1935 – 12 July 2014) was an Argentine engineer and academic. He was a professor at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral during most of his career. He founded the program CONICET. He founded the Instituto de Des ...

- Carmen de Patagones. Engineer, professor. Founded the scientific program CONICET. *

Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni Eugenio is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name deriving from the Greek ' Eugene'. The name is Eugénio in Portuguese and Eugênio in Brazilian Portuguese. The name's translated literal meaning is well born, or of noble status. Similar de ...

- Buenos Aires. Judge of

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. * Ricardo Lorenzetti -

Rafaela Rafaela () is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, about 96 km from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the Castellanos Department. It has a population of 99,150 per the . The city was established in 1881 by Guillermo ...

. Judge. President of Supreme Court of Argentina. * Horacio Rossatti - Santa Fe, Argentina. Lawyer. Former Mayor of the City of Santa Fé. Currently, President of the Supreme Court of Argentina. *

Rogelio Pfirter Rogelio Pfirter (born 25 August 1948) is an Argentine diplomat who served as Argentina's ambassador to the United Kingdom and to the Holy See. He was the Director General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) from 20 ...

- Santa Fe, Argentina. Diplomat. OPAQ director 2002–2010. * Jorge Faurie - Santa Fe, Argentina. Diplomat. Former chancellor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship.

Governors

Floro Bogado Floro Eleuterio Bogado (February 20, 1939 – December 12, 2017) was an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, lawyer and diplomat. He served as Vice-Governor of Formosa Province under Gildo Insfrán from 1995 to 2017, and was Governor from 198 ...

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. Governor Formosa Province 1983-1987 *

Luis Beder Herrera Luis Beder Herrera (born 26 May 1951) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician. He was the governor of La Rioja Province from 2007 to 2015. Born in Campanas, La Rioja, Herrera graduated as a lawyer in 1976 from the National Univer ...

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. Governor La Rioja Province (Argentina) 2007-2015 *

Deolindo Bittel Deolindo Bittel (May 26, 1922September 22, 1997) was a prominent Argentine politician. Life and times Early career and entry into politics Deolindo Felipe Bittel was born in Villa Ángela, a Chaco Province town known for its tannin industry, in ...

- Villa Ángela. Governor Chaco Province 1963-1966 and 1973-1976 * Ángel Rozas - General Pinedo. Governor Chaco Province 1995-2003 * José Antonio Romero Feris - Corrientes. Governor Corrientes Province 1983-1987 * Enrique Mosca - Santa Fe. Governor Santa Fe Province 1920-1924 * Waldino Suárez - Santa Fe. Governor Santa Fe Province 1946-1949 *

Aldo Tessio Aldo Emilio Tessio (October 28, 1909 – January 17, 2000) was an Argentine politician belonging to the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He served a Governor of Santa Fe Province from October 12, 1963, to June 28, 1966. Born in Esperanza, Santa Fe, ...

- Esperanza, Santa Fe. Governor Santa Fe Province 1963-1966 * Jorge Obeid - Diamante, Entre Ríos. Governor Santa Fe Province 1995-1999 y 2003-2007 *

Carlos Raúl Contín Carlos Raúl Contín (November 4, 1915 – August 8, 1991) was an Argentine politician and leader of the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR). Life and times Born in Nogoyá, Contín enrolled in the National University of the Littoral and became ...

Nogoyá Nogoyá is a city in the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It has 22,824 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the Nogoyá Department. It lies in the southwest of the province, by the Nogoyá Stream (a tributary of the Paraná River), a ...

. Governor Entre Ríos Province 1963-1966 * Sergio Montiel -

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. Governor Entre Ríos Province 1983-1987 y 1999-2003 * Oscar Castillo - San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. Governor

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1999-2003 *

Francisco Pérez (governor) Francisco Pérez (born May 9, 1969) is an Argentine lawyer and politician elected Governor of Mendoza Province in 2011. Biography Pérez was born in San Salvador de Jujuy, in 1969, to María Ercilia and Francisco Pérez. His father, with whom he ...

- San Salvador de Jujuy. Governor Mendoza Province 2011-2015 *

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- San Salvador de Jujuy. Governor Jujuy Province 1966-1966 *

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- Puerto San Julián. Governor Chubut Province 1991-1999 *

Arturo Puricelli Arturo Puricelli (born October 8, 1947) is an Argentine lawmaker. He served as Governor of Santa Cruz Province (1983–87), and as the country's Minister of Defense (2010–13) and Security (2013). Life and times Arturo Antonio Puricelli was bor ...

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. Governor Santa Cruz Province 1983-1987 *

Rosana Bertone Rosana Andrea Bertone (born 9 May 1972, in San Salvador, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine politician and the former Governor of Tierra del Fuego Province, serving from 2015 to 2019. Since 2019 she has been a National Deputy. Political career Berto ...

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. Governor Tierra del Fuego Province 2015-2019

Notable faculty

* Ángela Romera Vera - Legal scholar and Sociology chair. First Argentine woman diplomat. *Prof. Raquel Chan. Biochemist, lead researcher in the team that developed the drought tolerant wheat and soybean seeds HB4®.

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