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Universidad del Azuay

Coordinates: 2°55′08″S 79°00′00″W / 2.9189369°S 78.999979°W / -2.9189369; -78.999979
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Universidad del Azuay
TypePrivate university co-financed by the state
Established1968; 56 years ago (1968)
ChancellorFrancisco Salgado Arteaga
Vice-ChancellorMarta Cobos Cali (Academic) Jacinto Guillén García (Research)
Address
Avenue 24 de Mayo and Hernán Malo
, ,
Ecuador

2°55′08″S 79°00′00″W / 2.9189369°S 78.999979°W / -2.9189369; -78.999979
CampusUrban
NicknameUDA
Websiteuazuay.edu.ec

Universidad del Azuay (UDA) is an Ecuadorian university located in the Province of Azuay, its campus are in the city of Cuenca and in the parish of Baños.[1]

The university was founded in 1968 as part of the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil in the city of Cuenca under the name of the "Institute of Philosophy and Educational Sciences". It was authorized by the Holy See in May 1969.[2][3][4]

The Institute began its activities in the 1968–1969 academic year, the founding professors were Francisco Olmedo Llorente, Claudio Malo González, Carlos Pérez Agustí, Rafael Galiana, José Castelví Queralt and Nelson Yánez Ortega.[5][6] The first cohort had around sixty students, but not all of them graduated.[7]

The priest Agustín López Canessa became the first director of the institute, he was delegated by the Archbishop of Cuenca.[8]

In December 1970, the School of Accounting was founded and the institute was renamed as Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil in Cuenca. Claudio Malo González was named as Academic Director.[9]

Universidad del Azuay

Later, the two academic departments of the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil in Cuenca (the Institute of Philosophy and Educational Sciences and the School of Accounting) requested their annexation to the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, which took place in November 1976, which led the academic units to become the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Education Sciences and the Faculty of Accounting and Administration Sciences, respectively.[10] In 1990, after meeting all the legal requirements, it was renamed as Universidad del Azuay, being its current name. Nowadays, the university has incorporated six Faculties and more than 20 careers.[11]

Faculties and Schools

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Faculty of Administration Sciences

  • Business Administration
  • Accounting and Auditing
  • Economics
  • Engineering in Computer Science
  • Marketing

Faculty of Legal Sciences

  • Law
  • International Studies

Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Biology
  • Civil Engineering
  • Production Engineering
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Food Engineering
  • Engineering in Automotive Mechanics
  • Mining Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering

Faculty of Design, Architecture and Art

  • Architecture
  • Theatre
  • Interior Design
  • Product Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Textile Design

Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Education Sciences

  • Communication
  • Basic Education
  • Initial Education
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Organizational Psychology
  • Tourism

Faculty of Medicine

  • Medicine

Since 2012, the university is member of the Ecuadorian Network for Research and Postgraduate Studies.[12]

Rectors of Universidad del Azuay

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Rectors of Universidad del Azuay
Name Start of administration End of administration
Juan Cordero Íñiguez[13][14] 1990 1992
Mario Jaramillo Paredes[15] 1992 2012
Carlos Cordero Díaz[16] 2012 2017
Francisco Salgado Arteaga[17] 2017 Present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "La Universidad del Azuay inauguró su nuevo campus en Baños". Diario El Mercurio. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ Cordero Íñiguez, Juan (26 June 2018). Historia y Testimonio / Universidad del Azuay: Nuestros primeros veinticinco años. Ecuador. p. 28. ISBN 978-9942-778-47-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Olmedo Llorente, Francisoc (2008). Universidad Verdad: En torno al nacimiento de la Universidad del Azuay. p. 31. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ "LEY DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DEL AZUAY" (PDF). ODS Territorio Ecuador. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ Cordero Íñiguez, Juan (26 June 2018). Historia y Testimonio / Universidad del Azuay: Nuestros primeros veinticinco años. Ecuador. p. 28. ISBN 978-9942-778-47-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Francisco (2008). Universidad Verdad: En torno al nacimiento de la Universidad del Azuay. p. 31.
  7. ^ Juan (2018). "Universidad del Azuay: Nuestros primeros veinte y cinco años". Universidad del Azuay Casa Editora. Casa Editora: 28.
  8. ^ Juan (2018). Universidad del Azuay: Nuestros primeros veinte y cinco años. Casa Editora. p. 28. ISBN 978-9942-778-47-5.
  9. ^ Cabrera González, Luis Mario (2008). Universidad Verdad: La Facultad de Ciencias de la Administración: 38 años de vida académica. Ecuador. p. 121.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ Cordero Íñiguez, Juan (26 June 2018). Historia y Testimonio / Universidad del Azuay: Nuestros primeros veinticinco años. Ecuador. p. 33. ISBN 978-9942-778-47-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ "OFERTA ACADÉMICA DE LAS INSTITUCIONES DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR" (PDF). Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación - SENESCYT. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  12. ^ "REDU". Escuela Politécnica Nacional. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Medio siglo de excelencia académica". Universidad del Azuay. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Juan Cordero. El historiador que se enamoró del futuro". MundoDiners. Revista MundoDiners. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Medio siglo de excelencia académica". Universidad del Azuay. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Autoridades Universitarias". Avance La revista de Cuenca para Ecuador y el Mundo. Revista Avance.
  17. ^ "Francisco Salgado, nuevo rector de la UDA". Universidad del Azuay. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2021.