Universidad de la República

The Universidad de la República (Udelar) is Uruguay's public university. It traces its foundation to 1849: the then Universidad Mayor de la República was inaugurated on 18 July 1849. Udelar describes itself as open, public, autonomous, co-governed and free of charge, and its undergraduate degree programmes are open to all and tuition-free. Besides its faculties, it has regional centres and seats in the interior of the country, such as the Centro Universitario Regional Litoral Norte and the seats in Colonia and Soriano.

The university works across all areas of knowledge and culture and offers both undergraduate (grado) and postgraduate (posgrado) programmes. Degree programmes are grouped into the social and artistic area, the health sciences, and technologies and natural and habitat sciences, and are taught by faculties such as Law, Architecture, Design and Urban Planning, Chemistry, Dentistry, Humanities and Education Sciences, and Arts.

For international exchange, the Pasaporte Udelar section gathers study abroad opportunities for students, teaching staff and employees, and Udelar takes part in the ESCALA undergraduate student mobility programme of AUGM. The university also runs UNI Radio, which it describes as Uruguay's first university radio station.