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The Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
is the oldest in the Republic of Argentina and one of the first in America.
Its origins go back to the first quarter of the XVII century when the Jesuits
opened in Córdoba the Maximum School, the foundation for what it would
be the future University. It was in 1613 the first time when higher education
was formally established under the directorship of Bishop Juan Fernando de
Trejo y Sanabria and the trusteeship of the Jesuit priests.
On August 8, 1621, the Pope Gregorio XV granted to the Maximum School the authority to confer academic degrees. The Jesuits were in charge of the University until 1767. Right after, the Franciscans were given complete administrative control over the University. During this period, the University followed an exclusively theological-philosophical academic curriculum. Shortly before the end of the century, the first group of law students graduated from the University.
In 1856, the
University becomes nationalized and left under the dependency and direction
of the national government.
In 1918, the youth
of Córdoba initiated a movement to which voices from all over the
continent were quickly added fighting for the democratization of education.
This movement is known as the University Reform. This reform had an enormous
political, social and historical impact throughout Latin America.
