| Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua | |
 | |
| Motto | A la libertad por la universidad |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1812; 212 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. Protesters fortified the UNAN campus, but were forced to retreat when the university was assaulted by police forces.
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
- ^ 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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