La Plata - Education

Education

Statistics
Educational Institutions
Educational Level Total State Private
Nivel Inicial 184 82 102
Nivel Primario 171 96 75
Nivel Medio 102 48 54
Nivel Terciario o Superior no Universitario 42 9 33
Students enrolled
Educational Level Total State Private
Nivel Inicial 29.111 14.791 14.320
Nivel Primario 93.575 58.825 34.750
Nivel Medio 29.884 21.243 8.641
Nivel Terciario o Superior no Universitario 12.162 4.597 7.565

La Plata hosts one of the most renowned universities in Argentina, the National University of La Plata (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP). It has over 75,000 regular students, 8,000 teaching staff, 16 faculties and 106 available degrees.

UNLP students and professors include:

  • Raúl Alfonsín (Law degree in 1950) President of Argentina (1983–1989)
  • Néstor Kirchner (Law degree) President of Argentina (2003–2007)
  • Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Law degree) President of Argentina (current; term 2011-2015)
  • René Favaloro (Medicine degree in 1949, creator of the technique for coronary bypass surgery)
  • Carlos Saavedra Lamas (law teacher, and rector, Nobel Peace Prize recipient)
  • Ernesto Sábato (Physics PhD in 1937)
  • Mario Bunge (Physics-Mathematics PhD in 1952)
  • Florentino Ameghino (professor of geology)
  • Juan José Arévalo (Philosophy PhD in 1934, 24th President of Guatemala)
  • Emilio Pettoruti
  • Pedro Henríquez Ureña

Four high school institutes are under UNLP control, three of them are located in La Plata:

  • Rafael Hernández National High School (Spanish: Colegio Nacional Rafael Hernández)
  • Víctor Mercante Lyceum (Spanish: Liceo Víctor Mercante)
  • Fine Arts High School (Spanish: Bachillerato de Bellas Artes)

La Plata is also home of other three universities:

  • Universidad Católica de La Plata
  • Universidad Notarial Argentina
  • Facultad Regional de la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional.

Students come to these four universities from every part of Argentina and other countries, giving the city a rich young multicultural lifestyle.

There is also an international school for translators, Traductorado.

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