List of universities in Venezuela explained

Venezuela has a wide array of universities, offering courses in a broad variety of subjects, spread between a total 23 public and 24 private universities located across several states. As a result of a Royal Decree signed by Philip V of Spain, the Central University of Venezuela—the country's oldest—was founded in 1721 as "Universidad Real y Pontificia de Caracas". The campus was originally at the now-known "Palacio de las Academias" but, in 1944, president Isaías Medina Angarita relocated it to the University City of Caracas.

The second oldest university is the University of the Andes. Established in 1810 as the "Real Universidad de San Buenaventura de Mérida de los Caballeros", its origins date back to 1785 when Fray founded a priest school in the city of Mérida. The University of Zulia—the third-oldest university—was founded in 1891 when the Federal College of Maracaibo was converted into a university. The government ordered the closure of the university for political reasons in 1904, and it remained closed until 1946. The University of Carabobo is the last to be founded before the twentieth century by being established in 1892 and dating back to 1833 when the College of Carabobo was created by presidential decree.

The first private university established in the country was the Andres Bello Catholic University, founded in 1953 as the "Catholic University of Venezuela" under the government of Marcos Pérez Jiménez. The development of the Nueva Esparta University begun when the Nueva Esparta College was established in 1954. After major improvements over the structure, the university was formally re-appointed under its current name. Originally designed as an extension of the Andres Bello Catholic University in 1962, the Catholic University of Táchira was established as an autonomic university in 1982, becoming the second catholic university in the country. The Metropolitan University's foundation dates back to 1960, when entrepreneur Eugenio Mendoza led a civil group to develop an institution "skilled to capacitate, with modern criteria, young students from all social classes." The university was finally established in 1970.

List

Public

Name! scope="col" rowspan="" style="width:5em;"
FoundedHeadquartersRef.
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela
2003Caracas[1]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Central de Venezuela
1721Caracas[2]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Centro Occidental Lisandro Alvarado
1962Barquisimeto[3]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad de Carabobo
1892Valencia[4]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Indígena de Venezuela
2000Bolívar[5]
Universidad Nacional Experimental de la Gran Caracas
2018Caracas[6]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana
1982Puerto Ordaz and San Felix[7]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad de Los Andes
1810Mérida[8]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad de Los Llanos Centrales Rómulo Gallegos
1977San Juan de los Morros[9]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad de Los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora
1975Barinas[10]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira
1974San Cristóbal[11]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Nacional Experimental de Yaracuy
2000San Felipe[12]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad del Zulia
1891Maracaibo[13]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad de Oriente
1958Cumaná[14]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda
1977Santa Ana de Coro[15]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Marítima del Caribe
2000Catia La Mar[16]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Nacional Abierta
1977Caracas[17]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador
1983Caracas[18]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Politécnica Antonio José de Sucre
1979Barquisimeto[19]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional
1974Caracas[20]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Rafael María Baralt
1982Cabimas[21]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Simón Bolívar
1967Caracas[22]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Simón Rodríguez
1971Caracas[23]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Sur del Lago Jesús María Semprum
2000Colon, Zulia[24]

Private

Name! scope="col" rowspan="" style="width:5em;"
FoundedHeadquartersRef.
height=50 scope="row"Instituto Universitario Politécnico "Santiago Mariño"
1991Barcelona[25]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt
1997Caracas[26]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Alonso de Ojeda
2002Ciudad Ojeda[27]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Arturo Michelena
2001Valencia[28]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua
1986Maracay[29]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Rafael Urdaneta
1974Maracaibo[30]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
1953Caracas[31]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta
1983Maracaibo[32]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Católica del Táchira
1962San Cristóbal[33]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Católica Santa Rosa
1999Caracas[34]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad de Margarita
2000Isla de Margarita[35]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Dr. José Gregorio Hernández
2002Valera[36]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Fermín Toro
1989Barquisimeto[37]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad José Antonio Páez
1997Valencia[38]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad José María Vargas
1995Caracas[39]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Metropolitana
1970Caracas[40]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Monteávila
1998Caracas[41]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Nororiental Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho
1987Barcelona[42]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Nueva Esparta
1954Caracas[43]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Panamericana del Puerto
2003Puerto Cabello[44]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacin
1989Maracaibo[45]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Santa María
1983Caracas[46]
[47]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Tecnológica del Centro
1979Guacara[48]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Valle del Momboy
1997Valera[49]
height=50 scope="row"Universidad Yacambú
1989Barquisimeto[50]

See also

Notes

Notes and References

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  4. Web site: Breve Cronica de la Universidad de Carabobo . . 20 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120922060149/http://www.uc.edu.ve/uni_infog_historia.php . 22 September 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  5. Web site: Centro Gumilla. Universidad Indígena de Venezuela. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20100815013323/http://gumilla.org/uiv. 15 August 2010. Spanish.
  6. Web site: Ahora somos la Universidad Nacional Experimental de la Gran Caracas (UNEXCA) donde vibra la voz de la Patria Colegio Universitario de Caracas. www.cuc.edu.ve. 2019-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180815141412/http://www.cuc.edu.ve/?p=5749. 2018-08-15. dead.
  7. Web site: Reseña Histórica . Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana . 20 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020044918/http://www.uneg.edu.ve/htmls/?p=institucion%2Fhistoriauneg.html . 20 October 2012 . Spanish . dead .
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  9. Web site: Historia de la Institución . Universidad de Los Llanos Centrales Rómulo Gallegos . 20 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020045217/http://www.unerg.edu.ve/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=210 . 20 October 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  10. Web site: Reseña Historica . Universidad de Los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora . 20 October 2012 . https://archive.today/20121224205123/http://www.unellez.edu.ve/portal/index.php/universidad/informacion-general/historia . 24 December 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  11. Web site: Historia. Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616204732/http://www.unet.edu.ve/la-institucion/historia-y-simbolos.html. 16 June 2011. Spanish.
  12. Web site: La Ciencia de la Caballería Andante. Universidad Nacional Experimental de Yaracuy. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20080703181418/http://www.uney.edu.ve/publicaciones/ciencia_caballeria.htm. 3 July 2008. Spanish.
  13. Web site: Historia I: desde los orígenes hasta su cierre en 1904 . . 20 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020050252/http://www.luz.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76:historia-i-desde-los-origenes-hasta-su-cierre-en-1904&catid=83&Itemid=474 . 20 October 2012 . Spanish . dead.
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  15. Web site: Historia. Universidad Francisco de Miranda. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20090421164535/http://unefm.edu.ve/web/institucion.html. 21 April 2009. Spanish.
  16. Web site: Historia . Universidad Marítima del Caribe . 20 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120921063410/http://www.umc.edu.ve/umcpro/index.php/historia . 21 September 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  17. Web site: Historia UNA. Universidad Nacional Abierta. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725152248/http://www.una.edu.ve/index.php?page=historiauna. 25 July 2011. Spanish.
  18. Web site: Reseña Histórica. Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110518040313/http://www.upel.edu.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=59. 18 May 2011. Spanish.
  19. Web site: Historia. Universidad Politécnica Antonio José de Sucre. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20100821205551/http://www.bqto.unexpo.edu.ve/historia.htm. 21 August 2010. Spanish.
  20. Web site: Historia . . 20 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019031819/http://www.unefa.edu.ve/caracas/index.php/el-nucleo/historia . 19 October 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  21. Web site: Rafael Maria Baralt . Universidad Rafael María Baralt . 20 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020051904/http://www.unermb.edu.ve/index.php/rafael-maria-baralt . 20 October 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  22. Web site: Presentación. Universidad Simón Bolívar. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616202425/http://www.usb.ve/institucion/presentacion.html. 16 June 2011. Spanish.
  23. Web site: Evolución Histórica. Universidad Simón Rodríguez. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617023155/http://www.unesr.edu.ve/home/universidad2/historia/evoluci%C3%B3n-hist%C3%B3rica. 17 June 2011. Spanish.
  24. Web site: Historia. Universidad Sur del Lago Jesús María Semprum. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616203724/http://www.unesur.edu.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=1&Itemid=22. 16 June 2011. Spanish.
  25. Web site: Instituto Universitario Politécnico "Santiago Mariño". Instituto Universitario Politécnico "Santiago Mariño". Spanish.
  26. Web site: Universidad Alejandro Humboldt . . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728191801/http://www.unihumboldt.edu.ve/universidad.php . 28 July 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  27. Web site: Historia de la Universidad . Universidad Alonso de Ojeda . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121113221032/http://www.uniojeda.edu.ve/historia.php . 13 November 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  28. Web site: Historia . . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121008232217/http://www.uam.edu.ve/universidad/historia.html . 8 October 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  29. Web site: Historia. Universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua. 21 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20081224113153/http://www.uba.edu.ve/biblioteca/historia.php. 24 December 2008. Spanish.
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  31. Web site: Historia . . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121017124753/http://www.ucab.edu.ve/historia.1854.html . 17 October 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  32. Web site: La Universidad . Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120901222039/http://www.unica.edu.ve/index.php/la-universidad-mainmenu-157/informacinstitucional-mainmenu-79 . 1 September 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  33. Web site: Historia . Universidad Católica del Táchira . 21 October 2012 . https://archive.today/20121225070153/http://www.ucat.edu.ve/nuevo/ucat.php?ID_OPCION=82&ruta=./UCAT/Identidad/Historia . 25 December 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  34. Web site: Reseña Histórica . Universidad Católica Santa Rosa . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140922134324/http://www.ucsar.com.ve/index.php?ira=.%2Fsite%2F01La%20Universidad%2F01Historia . 22 September 2014 . Spanish . dead .
  35. Web site: Reseña Histórica . Universidad de Margarita . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019200716/http://www.unimar.edu.ve/unimarportal/includes/fancy_in.php?url=unimar%2Fresenahistorica.php . 19 October 2012 . Spanish . dead .
  36. Web site: Historia . Universidad Dr. José Gregorio Hernández . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005072229/http://www.ujgh.edu.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=152 . 5 October 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  37. Web site: Historia . Universidad Fermín Toro . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021194226/http://www.uft.edu.ve/historia.html . 21 October 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  38. Web site: Historia . . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120423063437/http://www.ujap.edu.ve/Universitas/html/ujap/historia.htm . 23 April 2012 . Spanish . dead.
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  42. Web site: Acerca de la UGMA . Universidad Nororiental Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301012505/http://www.ugma.edu.ve/subsite/Nosotros/AcercaUGMA.htm . 1 March 2012 . Spanish . dead.
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  44. Web site: Historia . Universidad Panamericana del Puerto . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728192330/http://www.unipap.edu.ve/unipap.php . 28 July 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  45. Web site: Historia . . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120805225838/http://www.urbe.edu/universidad/historia.html . 5 August 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  46. Web site: Historia . . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121007155214/http://www.usm.edu.ve/usmccs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=60 . 7 October 2012 . Spanish . dead.
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  48. Web site: Historia . Universidad Tecnológica del Centro . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051448/http://www.unitec.edu.ve/Contenido/Unitec/historia.jsp . 4 March 2016 . Spanish . dead.
  49. Web site: Historia . Universidad Valle del Momboy . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717024316/http://www.uvm.edu.ve/index.php?hoja=historiauniversidad . 17 July 2012 . Spanish . dead.
  50. Web site: UNY — Historia . Universidad Yacambú . 21 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603071126/http://uny.edu.ve/index.php/2011-12-15-04-27-04/hist . 3 June 2013 . Spanish . dead.

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