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 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]
Universidad del Azuay
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 in 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]
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