National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
| Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua | |
 | |
| Motto | A la libertad por la universidad |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 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 the main state-funded public university of Nicaragua.
Its main campus is located in Managua. The original campus, UNAN-Leon, is located in León and is now secondary, mainly used for medicine majors.
Organization
The university is divided into five faculties:
- School of Medical Science
- Faculty of Education and Humanities
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Economic Science
- POLISAL (Health Polytechnic)
See also
- Education in Nicaragua
- List of universities in Nicaragua
- List of colonial universities in Latin America
External links
- UNAN Website (Spanish)
Coordinates: 12°06′20″N 86°16′25″W / 12.1056°N 86.2737°W
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