Universidad del Azuay explained

Universidad del Azuay
Type:	Private university co-financed by the state
Chancellor:	Francisco Salgado Arteaga
Vice Chancellor:	Marta Cobos Cali (Academic) Jacinto Guillén García (Research)
Address:	Avenue 24 de Mayo and Hernán Malo
City:	Cuenca (Ecuador)
Country:	Ecuador
Coordinates:	-2.9189°N -79°W
Campus:	Urban
Nickname:	UDA

Universidad del Azuay (UDA) is an Ecuadorian university located in the Province of Azuay, its campus are in the city of Cuenca and in the parish of Baños.^[1]

The university was founded in 1968 as part of the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil in the city of Cuenca under the name of the "Institute of Philosophy and Educational Sciences". It was authorized by the Holy See on May, 1969.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The Institute began its activities in the 1968–1969 academic year, the founding professors were Francisco Olmedo Llorente, Claudio Malo González, Carlos Pérez Agustí, Rafael Galiana, José Castelví Queralt and Nelson Yánez Ortega.^{[5] [6]} The first cohort had around sixty students, but not all of them graduated.^[7]

The priest Agustín López Canessa became the first director of the institute, he was delegated by the Archbishop of Cuenca.^[8]

In December 1970, the School of Accounting was founded and the institute was renamed as Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil in Cuenca. Claudio Malo González was named as Academic Director.^[9] Later, the two academic departments of the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil in Cuenca (the Institute of Philosophy and Educational Sciences and the School of Accounting) requested their annexation to the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, which took place on November, 1976, which led the academic units to become the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Education Sciences and the Faculty of Accounting and Administration Sciences, respectively.^[10] In 1990, after meeting all the legal requirements, it was renamed as Universidad del Azuay, being its current name. Nowadays, the university has incorporated six Faculties and more than 20 careers.^[11]

Faculties and Schools

Faculty of Administration Sciences

• Business Administration
• Accounting and Auditing
• Economics
• Engineering in Computer Science
• Marketing

Faculty of Legal Sciences

• Law
• International Studies

Faculty of Science and Technology

• Biology
• Civil Engineering
• Production Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Food Engineering
• Engineering in Automotive Mechanics
• Mining Engineering
• Environmental Engineering

Faculty of Design, Architecture and Art

• Architecture
• Theatre
• Interior Design
• Product Design
• Graphic Design
• Textile Design

Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Education Sciences

• Communication
• Basic Education
• Initial Education
• Clinical Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Organizational Psychology
• Tourism

Faculty of Medicine

• Medicine

Since 2012, the university is member of the Ecuadorian Network for Research and Postgraduate Studies.^[12]

Rectors of Universidad del Azuay

Rectors of Universidad del Azuay!!Name!Start of administration!End of administration

	Juan Cordero Íñiguez^[13] ^[14]	1990	1992
	Mario Jaramillo Paredes^[15]	1992	2012
	Carlos Cordero Díaz^[16]	2012	2017
	Francisco Salgado Arteaga^[17]	2017	Present

See also

• List of universities in Ecuador
• Universidad de Cuenca
• Education in Ecuador

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Universidad del Azuay inauguró su nuevo campus en Baños . Diario El Mercurio . 14 June 2021.
2. Book: Cordero Íñiguez . Juan . Historia y Testimonio / Universidad del Azuay: Nuestros primeros veinticinco años . 26 June 2018 . Ecuador . 978-9942-778-47-5 . 28 .
3. Book: Olmedo Llorente . Francisoc . Universidad Verdad: En torno al nacimiento de la Universidad del Azuay . 2008 . 31 . 16 June 2021.
4. Web site: LEY DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DEL AZUAY . ODS Territorio Ecuador . 16 June 2021.
5. Book: Cordero Íñiguez . Juan . Historia y Testimonio / Universidad del Azuay: Nuestros primeros veinticinco años . 26 June 2018 . Ecuador . 978-9942-778-47-5 . 28 .
6. Book: Francisco. Universidad Verdad: En torno al nacimiento de la Universidad del Azuay. 31. 2008.
7. Universidad del Azuay: Nuestros primeros veinte y cinco años. Juan. Universidad del Azuay Casa Editora. Casa Editora. 28. 2018.
8. Book: Juan. Universidad del Azuay: Nuestros primeros veinte y cinco años. Casa Editora. 28. 2018. 978-9942-778-47-5.
9. Book: Cabrera González . Luis Mario . Universidad Verdad: La Facultad de Ciencias de la Administración: 38 años de vida académica . 2008 . Ecuador . 121 .
10. Book: Cordero Íñiguez . Juan . Historia y Testimonio / Universidad del Azuay: Nuestros primeros veinticinco años . 26 June 2018 . Ecuador . 978-9942-778-47-5 . 33 .
11. Web site: OFERTA ACADÉMICA DE LAS INSTITUCIONES DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR . Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación - SENESCYT . 16 June 2021.
12. Web site: REDU . Escuela Politécnica Nacional . 4 September 2012 . 14 June 2021.
13. Web site: Medio siglo de excelencia académica . Universidad del Azuay . 6 October 2018 . 14 June 2021.
14. Web site: Juan Cordero. El historiador que se enamoró del futuro . MundoDiners . 6 February 2014 . Revista MundoDiners . 26 June 2021.
15. Web site: Medio siglo de excelencia académica . Universidad del Azuay . 6 October 2018 . 14 June 2021.
16. Web site: Autoridades Universitarias . Avance La revista de Cuenca para Ecuador y el Mundo . Revista Avance.
17. Web site: Francisco Salgado, nuevo rector de la UDA . Universidad del Azuay . 6 January 2017 . 14 June 2021.