| Faculty of Sciences | |
| Type: | Public, secular, autonomous |
| Established: | November 21, 1990 |
| Academic Staff: | 307 |
| Students: | 3945 (2012) |
| Address: | Iguá 4225 (corner of Mataojo) |
| City: | Montevideo |
The Faculty of Sciences is a public institution of education, research, and extension in the field of natural sciences and exact sciences, forming part of the Universidad de la República (UdelaR) of Uruguay. It is located in Montevideo, specifically in the neighborhood of Malvín Norte, at the intersection of Iguá and Mataojo streets.
The Faculty offers more than 20 undergraduate and graduate degrees in various natural and exact sciences. It comprises approximately 15% of the researchers in the National System of Researchers (SNI) of the country.
As of 2012, it had 3945 enrolled students, according to the VII Census of University Students of the Republic.[1]
On November 21, 1990, the creation of the Faculty of Sciences of the Republic was approved by the Universidad de la República, after being part of the former Faculty of Humanities and Sciences. Nine years after its creation, it moved to a new university building constructed and adapted especially for studies in sciences, with numerous laboratories and sophisticated equipment. In June 2012, the institution was named after Prof. Dr. Mario Wschebor, in tribute to the first dean of the institution.[2]
The Faculty offers the following undergraduate degrees in sciences:
It also grants the following graduate degrees (master's and doctorate):
In 2012, the students were distributed as follows: 1 in Astronomy, 1134 in Biochemistry, 1710 in Biological Sciences, 3 in Meteorological Sciences, 157 in Geography, 221 in Geology, 588 in Mathematics, 784 in Physical Sciences, 103 in Natural Resources, 24 in Environmental Management, and 44 in Management of Natural Resources.
The first dean of the Faculty was Mario Wschebor, serving two consecutive terms, from the creation in December 1990 until 1998. He was succeeded by Ricardo Ehrlich (biochemist), who completed the term from 1998 to 2002 and resigned in the middle of his second term in early 2005 to run as a candidate for the Frente Amplio for the Montevideo Departmental Government, being succeeded by Julio Ángel Fernández. In 2010, Fernández completed his deanship, and he was succeeded by Juan Cristina, who served two consecutive terms (2010 to 2014 and 2014 to 2018), followed by Mónica Marín, the current dean of the Faculty of Sciences.
| Dean | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Mario Wschebor | 1990-1998 | |
| Dr. Ricardo Ehrlich | 1998-2005 | |
| Prof. Julio Ángel Fernández | 2005-2010 | |
| Dr. Juan Cristina | 2010-2018 | |
| Dra. Mónica Marín | 2018 - present |