The Universidad Experimental del Táchira, also known as Universidad del Táchira or UNET, is a

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founded on February 27, 1974 in

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. Recently, the university has 8,240 students among undergraduate and graduate students and 686 professors. The UNET is an institution of high academic level for undergraduate and graduate students who seek for a

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, and

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. Committed to the positive transformation of the Tachira state and the country, and whose ideal is to increase and develop the social capital area of the university and the state to increase and develop their popularity and

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among

and

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. Also, to improve the development of the intellectual capital of the

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in order to achieve its basic functions: teaching, extension, and

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. As well as its employees and students' credibility to guarantee the quality of its educational services as academic institution.

History

Retrato de Rafael Caldera - Biblioteca La Casona

The Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira was created by President

Rafael Caldera Rafael Antonio Caldera Rodríguez ( ; 24 January 1916 – 24 December 2009) was a Venezuelan politician and academician who was the 46th and 51st president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1999, thus becoming the longest se ...

on February 27, 1974. It was opened on June 23, 1975 with

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and

agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

faculties only. Over the years, the

has become one of the most recognized and prestigious universities in

, reflected in the success of the majority of its graduates, who mostly are being hired by important companies over the country and even the world, because of the solid academic formation students acquired at the UNET and the work experience students complete in their

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s. Also, various research activities have made the UNET a very important academic institution that contributes to the process of

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development in the region and the country. Currently, several research plans are being developed and focused on Engineering and Architecture careers which are the most important careers in the university.

Symbols and Hymn

The UNET created its own symbols to demonstrate the autonomy that the university has against the other institutions around the country. It has three main symbols which are a

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, a

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, and a

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. The

is composed of blue and white colors and the University logo on the upper left. The

of the university is titled "Canto Universitario" which in English means "University song" and tells the story about important values the students must have to be part of the UNET and also mentions some regions of the Tachira state. Finally, the

of the university that goes by "Somos del Tachira... su Universidad". Its translation to English means "We are from Tachira... your University" was created by the UNET students to make reference to who they are and where they are from.

Campus

The UNET main campus is located in the Avenue Universidad Paramillo, in the city of San Cristobal, Tachira,

and holds three principal buildings denominated by A, B, and C. The

also has several headquarters that work as regular classrooms for students to take their classes or farms where UNET students perform projects of

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for the agronomy and engineering courses they take at the main campus or the other headquarters. The UNET headquarters for students to take their regular degree's classes and farms for the

projects are located in different cities of the Tachira state such as: * La Fria: A small town located in the Garcia de Heiva county in the state of Tachira, holds one of the farms the UNET uses to realize agronomic practices for UNET students and also to produce cocoa plantations for the students' research and local people's business around the region. The farm goes by the name of "La Morusca". * Rubio: A small city located in the Junin county of the Tachira state, it is the biggest headquarter of the UNET after the main campus and goes by the name of "La Tuquerena".

Agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

and agro-industrial engineering are the only careers that are taught in this headquarter. *

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: A small town known for holding the Mayor Buenaventura Vivas Airport and the "Santa Rosa" farm, which is another UNET headquarter where Engineering and Agronomy students can perform their agronomic practices, for research purposes. *Cordero: A small city located in the Andres Bello county that holds "La Primavera" farm, which is an UNET farm that is dedicated to the analysis of new agricultural technologies and recovery of micro watersheds where UNET students can participate as well as people from the region and other parts of the country that are interested on protecting the micro watersheds and investing on the new agricultural technologies.

Employees

Deans

*Dean of

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: The purpose of this department is to organize and gives all the information university staff will need to know for the beginning of each semester. Professors will be able to see their schedules and members of the department will be able to see the department's agenda for the meetings. Currently, Silverio Bonilla is the person in charge of the Dean's office in the UNET. *Dean of

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: The postgraduate dean's office is currently in charge of Miguel García, the purpose of this department is to offers all the academic options graduate students can obtain for studying at the UNET and also to keep the students informed about different activities and programs the university already offers or will offers in upcoming semesters. *Dean of extension: José Andrés Molina is the person in charge of this department and its mission is to organize and coordinate new programs students and people from the region or the country can join and experience the programs the university works with. Most of the programs this Dean's office offer are about agronomy and languages such as English, French, and German. *Dean of Student Development: Paula Villanueva is the person in charge of the Dean's Office for student development. The student development department has as a mission supports the students' integrity by giving the students the opportunity to train their bio, psycho, social, and spiritual aspects with special programs the university offers through this department such as sports or counseling. *Dean of

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: The person in charge of this Dean's office is Luis Villanueva, the purpose of this department is to facilitate students the opportunity to improve the researches the university has already done or create new researches about the basic areas the university works with. The areas the UNET is used to do its researchers are industrial, farming, and sciences.

Rectors

The position of Rector is known as the person who is in charge of exercising the legal representation of the Institution and President of the University Council. These are the people who have held the UNET in

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, including the rector in charge now. * Lorenzo Monrroy * Jorge Rad * Joaquín Rodríguez * Martial Huggins * Humberto Acosta * Trino Gutiérrez * José Sánchez Frank (2004-2013) * Raúl Alberto Casanova Ostos (2014–Present)

Academic offer

Undergraduate Careers

The university offers different careers to undergraduate students that have a high school diploma and that are assigned by the OPSU which is a service the Venezuelan government implemented to assigned bachelor's degree seekers into the public universities around the country. The UNET is known for having a large number of engineering careers that were added in different periods of time according to the number of students started to grow up. Some of the undergraduate careers the university offers are: *

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

– since 2008 *

Industrial Engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

Electronic Engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flo ...

- since 1991 * Informatics Engineering – since 1997 *

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering Academic discipline, discipline related to environmental science. It encompasses broad Science, scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiolo ...

– since 2004 *

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 construction, constructi ...

– since 1983 *

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

Music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

– since 2006

Graduate Careers

Since 1986, the UNET offers several careers to graduate students in the main and headquarters campuses, most of the students who decide to study a master's degree in the UNET have obtained their bachelor's degree at the university. Students from other universities are also welcome to apply for an opportunity to study a Masters in the UNET, but the university gives priority to the students who have already studied in the institution. The most studied careers for graduate students are: *

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

*Administration of

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Institutions *

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Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

and Industries Management of Agricultural Companies *Management of Tourist Companies *

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

*Teaching of the Basic Sciences mentions:

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

and

Educational management

References

External links

* http://www.unet.edu.ve/ * http://www.universia.edu.ve/universidades/universidad-nacional-experimental-tachira/in/29047 * http://www.altillo.com/universidades/venezuela/Universidad_Nacional_Experimental_del_Tachira.asp * https://www.facebook.com/UNEToficial/ * http://www.cambioclimatico-regatta.org/index.php/es/instituciones-clave/item/universidad-nacional-experimental-del-tachira * https://www.researchgate.net/institution/Universidad_Nacional_Experimental_del_Tachira_UNET {{DEFAULTSORT:Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira Universities in Venezuela Buildings and structures in San Cristóbal, Táchira Universities and colleges established in 1974 1974 establishments in Venezuela La Fría Ureña, Táchira