The University of Ciego de Ávila "Máximo Gómez Báez" (, UNICA) is a
public
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university
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located in
Ciego de Ávila
Ciego de Ávila () is a city in the central part of Cuba and the capital of Ciego de Ávila Province. The capital city has a population of about 156,322 and the province 430,507.
Geography
Ciego de Ávila lies on the Carretera Central highway a ...
,
Cuba
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. It was founded in 1978 and is organized in 7 Faculties.
Organization
These are the 5 faculties in which the university is divided into:
* Faculty of
Engineering
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* Faculty of
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
* Faculty of
Informatics
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* Faculty of
Agriculture
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* Faculty of
Social Sciences
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and
Humanities
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See also
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Education in Cuba
Education in Cuba has been a highly ranked system for many years. The University of Havana was founded in 1727 and there are a number of other well-established colleges and universities. Following the 1959 revolution, the Castro government nat ...
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List of universities in Cuba
The following is an incomplete list of colleges and universities in Cuba:
Provincial colleges
* Agrarian University of Havana "Fructuoso Rodríguez", Mayabeque (UNAH* University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas, Central University of Las Villas, ...
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Ciego de Ávila
Ciego de Ávila () is a city in the central part of Cuba and the capital of Ciego de Ávila Province. The capital city has a population of about 156,322 and the province 430,507.
Geography
Ciego de Ávila lies on the Carretera Central highway a ...
External links
University of Ciego de Ávila Website
Ciego de Avila
Universities and colleges established in 1978
Buildings and structures in Ciego de Ávila
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