National Autonomous University of Nicaragua explained

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
Native Name:	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua
Motto:	A la libertad por la universidad
Administrative Staff:	709
Rector:	Octavio Guevara
Students:	24,629
Postgrad:	1,283
Website:	www.unan.edu.ni/

The National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (Spanish; Castilian: link=no|Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, UNAN) is a public university in Nicaragua. Its main campus is located in Managua. The original campus, UNAN-Leon, is located in León and is now mainly used for medicine majors.

2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests

UNAN was the site of violent clashes during the 2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests.^[1] Protesters fortified the UNAN campus, but were forced to retreat when the university was assaulted by police forces.^[1]

Organization

The university is divided into five faculties:

• School of Medical Science
• Faculty of Education and Humanities
• Faculty of Economic Science
• POLISAL (Health Polytechnic)
• Faculty of science and engineering

See also

• Education in Nicaragua
• List of universities in Nicaragua
• List of colonial universities in Latin America

References

1. News: 'They are shooting at a church': Inside the 15-hour siege by Nicaraguan paramilitaries on university students . . Joshua . Partlow . 14 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180715052222/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/students-in-nicaragua-trapped-in-church-amid-gunfire-by-pro-government-militias/2018/07/14/c7f04512-86e3-11e8-9e06-4db52ac42e05_story.html . 15 July 2018.

External links

• UNAN Website

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