The Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (''Autonomous University of Asuncion'') is a private

university A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

. It was founded in 1978 as the Escuela Superior de Administración de Empresas (''Superior School of Business Administration''). It obtained its title of university in 1991. As of 2006, it has 5000 students (

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

and graduate) and 350

professors Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a 'person who professes'. Professors ...

. The university comprises five colleges: * College of Law, Political and Social Sciences * College of Science and Technology * College of Economic Sciences and Administration * College of Humanistic Sciences and Communication * College of Health Sciences

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