National Autonomous University of Nicaragua

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua
Motto	A la libertad por la universidad
Type	Public
Established	1812; 213 years ago (1812)
Rector	Octavio Guevara
Administrative staff	709
Students	24,629
Postgraduates	1,283
Location	Managua , Nicaragua
Website	www.unan.edu.ni/

The National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (Spanish: 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

Notable people

• Anasha Campbell, politician and tourism executive

See also

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

References

1. Partlow, Joshua (14 July 2018). "'They are shooting at a church': Inside the 15-hour siege by Nicaraguan paramilitaries on university students". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018.

External links

• UNAN Website (in Spanish)

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