The University of Belgrano (, commonly referred to as UB) is a private university in the Belgrano district of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was established in 1964.

Overview

The university has nine departments:

  • Architecture and Urban Planning
  • Law and Political Science
  • Economics
  • Humanities
  • Engineering and Computer Technology
  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Language and Foreign Studies
  • Health Sciences
  • Applied Sciences

The school operates 90.9 FM, a station featuring eclectic programming and daily BBC News broadcasts.

The school offers an international program called The Argentine and Latin American Studies Program (PEAL) which is a five-week term consisting of two courses in Spanish at intermediate and advanced level, and four upper-division survey courses in Latin American Studies at the 300 level.

Ranking

According to the QS World University Rankings, UB is the seventh-best private university in the country and is ranked fifth in Buenos Aires.

Notable people

  • Diana Cabeza (1954–2024), designer
  • Alicia Beatriz Casullo (1940–2019), psychoanalyst
  • Javier Milei (born 1970), president of Argentina
  • Soledad Rosas (1974–1998), anarchist
  • Martín Rappallini (1968), president of Argentine Industrial Union

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