National University of San Martín

The National University of San Martín (UNSAM) was founded in 1992. Six years later, the State conveyed the University a piece of land previously owned by the State Railway Company.In 2001, UNSAM started to restore the existing buildings and to set up new ones.At present, the Miguelete Campus has 16 hectares and more than a dozen buildings.

Chartered in 1992, UNSAM is a public university which provides undergraduate and graduate education in the Arts and Humanities (School of Humanities, Mauricio Kagel Institute and Institute for Research in Cultural Heritage), the Social Sciences (School of Political Science, School of Business and IDAES), and the Natural Sciences and Engineering (School of Science and Technology, 3IA, IIB, INCALIN, Sabato Institute and the Institute for Rehabilitation).

UNSAM boasts a growing number of research-led partnerships with leading universities in, mainly Europe and North America but also around the world. The École des Hautes Études en Sciences Socials, University of Paris 3-Sorbonne and Paris 8 (France), the University of Kassel and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), the University of Leeds (United Kingdom), Roma Tre University, Padova University (Italy), The New School University (United States), are some of them. UNSAM has signed almost 400 international  agreements, many leading to joint research projects and programs involving students' and teachers' exchange, joint chairs and joint degrees and fellowships.