Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ( USAC ) is the State University of Guatemala. It is the oldest and largest university in Central America. It was founded in 1676 and has its headquarters in Guatemala City.
- 2.1 institutions
- 2.2 libraries
- 2.3 collaborations and memberships
- 3.1 faculties
- 3.2 schools
History
Vorgründungszeit
Since the beginning of the 16th century in Guatemala offered some high schools, such as the Colegio de Santo Domingo, the Colegio de San Lucas, the Colegio Tridentino and the Colegio de San Francisco an academic lecture on nature. The first two also possessed temporarily temporary permits for awarding academic degrees.
In 1562, then founded the first bishop of Guatemala, Francisco Marroquín, to fellows from poorer backgrounds a study College ( Colegio Universitario de Santo Tomás ) with the Departments of philosophy, law and theology. This became the immediate forerunners of the later university.
In 1646 the Royal Oberpostdirektion Director ( Correo Mayor ) Pedro Crespo Suárez founded the Dominican Order, a sum of 20,000 pesos for the establishment of a university. This led the City Council of the then capital of Santiago de Guatemala, the Spanish king to request such permission in 1652.
Creation and colonial
The University of San Carlos de Guatemala was established by decree of the Spanish king Charles II of 31 January of 1676. Not inconsiderable fortune in the new university on - Here, the Colegio Universitario de Santo Tomás went with his - through gifts of Bishop Marroquín and other patrons. The establishment of the first chair was celebrated on December 18, 1680, the official opening of the University on January 7, 1681.
In the beginning, the university had its headquarters in a building within the Dominican monastery of Santiago de Guatemala. Besides the usual faculties of their time - two rights ( civil law and canon law ), medicine, philosophy and theology - they also offered the study of indigenous languages. In addition to scholastic doctrines and modern philosophy and later the teachings of the English and French scientists of the 18th century were taught. The study was open to all, irrespective of caste and origin: criollos and Spaniards as well as Indians. Among its first graduates will find both names of indigenous origin, as well as people from the common people.
International significance reached the university, when Pope Innocent XI. they rose by papal bull of June 18, 1687 to Pontifikaluniversität (Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala).
1758 moved to the Casa de Alcántara opposite the cathedral. After Santiago de Guatemala in 1773 almost completely destroyed by an earthquake and the present capital was founded, also attracted the university in 1777 in order to Guatemala City.
During the colonial period studied more than five thousand students at the University.
The post-colonial university today
End of the 19th century, the university lost its autonomy under the government of Manuel Estrada Cabrera. This they did not arrive until 9 November 1944 adopting the then-ruling " Revolutionary Junta " again. This was then enshrined in the Constitution of Guatemala from 1945. The university has since been independently with regard to the selection of staff and students, the internal administration, the disposition of their assets and their guaranteed government grants as well as in terms of entering into international cooperation.
During the time of the civil war in Guatemala ( 1963-96 ), the University of San Carlos was a center of the peaceful as well as the armed resistance against the government, especially against the ruling military regime until 1986. This meant that she was standing by the military at the center of repression. Particularly in the first half of the 1980s were numerous professors and students of the University of violence to the victim.
Significant teachers and students of the University
Research
Institutions
In addition to the offerings of the Faculties and schools there is a center for language (Centro de Aprendizaje de Lenguas ), a Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (Centro de Estudios Urbano y Regional ) and a center for inter-ethnic Studies (Centro de Estudios Interétnicos ).
Libraries
Since 1974, the University has a central library, in which all faculty and special libraries have been combined. Designed by the architect Max Holzheu Stollreiter and Augusto de León Fajardo and the artist Luis Díaz Aldana library building was awarded by UNESCO. Since 1993 catalog and circulation are automated and accessible via the Internet.
In addition to the Central Library, the University of smaller libraries entertains at their remote locations (see: "Campus ").
Partnerships and memberships
The university has more than 100 international cooperation agreements with universities and scientific institutions in 27 countries, especially in Spain, Mexico and the United States. Among other things, she is a certified partner of the DAAD. In addition, she is a member of the network of Latin American and Caribbean universities.
Teaching
The University is organized in 10 faculties and six schools. They offer a total of 102 Licenciatur 's and master's degree programs.
Faculties
The following faculties and schools are available at the University:
- Agronomy
- Architecture
- Economics
- Law and Social Sciences
- Medicine
- Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Human Sciences
- Engineering
- Veterinary Medicine
- Dentistry
Train
- Political Science
- Communication Sciences
- Psychology
- Education
- History
- Social work
Campus
The central campus of the University is located in the zone 12 in the northwest of Guatemala City.
In addition, the University has 10 distributed over the whole country sites:
- Centro Universitario de Petén in Santa Elena, Petén
- Centro Universitario de Izabal in Puerto Barrios, Izabal
- Centro Universitario del Norte in Coban, Alta Verapaz
- Centro Universitario de Noroccidente in La Mesilla, Huehuetenango
- Centro Universitario de Occidente in Quetzaltenango
- Centro Universitario de San Marcos in San Marcos
- Centro Universitario de Oriente in Chiquimula
- Centro Universitario del Sur in Escuintla
- Centro Universitario de Suroccidente in Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez
- Centro Universitario de Suroriente in Jalapa