| Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cuzco | |
| Native Name: | Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco |
| Type: | Public University |
| Rector: | Victor Raul Aguilar Callo |
| Students: | 14,828 |
| Postgrad: | 3,200 |
| City: | Cusco |
| Country: | Peru |
| Website: | www.unsaac.edu.pe |
The National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco) (UNSAAC), also known as Saint Anthony University of Cusco or University of Cusco, is a public university in Cusco, Peru and one of the oldest in the country. Its foundation was first proposed on March 1, 1692, at the urging and support of Pope Innocent XII. The document in which Pope Innocent XII sponsored the founding of the university was signed in Madrid, Spain by King Charles II on June 1, 1692, thus becoming Cusco's principal and oldest university. The university was authorized to confer the bachelors, licentiate, masters, and doctorate degrees.
UNSAAC consistently ranks among the top ten universities in the country. It currently has 24 faculties with 37 professorial chairs and 29 academic departments.
UNSAAC is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Proctoporus unsaacae,[2] which is endemic to Peru.[3]