National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua
MottoA la libertad por la universidad
TypePublic
Established1812 (1812)
RectorOctavio Guevara
Administrative staff
709
Students24,629
Postgraduates1,283
Location,
Websitewww.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 attacked by paramilitaries aligned with the government.[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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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.

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