Central University of Venezuela

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The Central University of Venezuela is the country’s oldest and one of its most prestigious public universities, renowned for its modernist campus in Caracas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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instanceOf public university
research university
university
affiliatedHospital Hospital Universitario de Caracas
architectOfCampus Carlos Raúl Villanueva
campusDesignStyle modernist architecture
campusLocation Parish San Pedro, Caracas
campusType urban campus
cityRank oldest university in Venezuela
country Venezuela
foundedAs Real y Pontificia Universidad de Caracas
foundingDate 1721
fundingType publicly funded
governingBody Rectorate of the Central University of Venezuela
hasCampus University City of Caracas
hasColors blue
gold
hasFaculty Faculty of Agronomy
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Humanities and Education
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Sciences
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences
hasNotableAlumni Adolfo Ernst
Arturo Uslar Pietri
Baruj Benacerraf
Henrique Capriles Radonski
Jacinto Convit
José María Vargas
María Corina Machado
Rafael Caldera
Rómulo Betancourt
Teodoro Petkoff
hasNotableArtistOnCampus Alexander Calder
Fernand Léger
Jean Arp
linked to: Hans Arp

Victor Vasarely
Wifredo Lam
hasNotableArtwork Clouds of Calder
hasNotableBuilding Aula Magna
Rectorate Plaza
isOneOf most prestigious universities in Venezuela
oldest universities in the Americas
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn Capital District (Venezuela)
Caracas
Libertador Municipality
memberOf Association of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean
Union of Latin American Universities
motto La casa que vence las sombras
mottoInEnglish The house that defeats the shadows
nativeName Universidad Central de Venezuela
primaryLanguageOfInstruction Spanish
shortName UCV
type public institution
unescoCriteria criterion (i)
criterion (iv)
unescoInscriptionYear 2000
unescoWorldHeritageSite University City of Caracas

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Caracas hasUniversity Central University of Venezuela
Rómulo Betancourt education Central University of Venezuela
Rómulo Gallegos educatedAt Universidad Central de Venezuela
linked to: Central University of Venezuela
Maracay hasUniversity Universidad Central de Venezuela – Núcleo Maracay
linked to: Central University of Venezuela
José Antonio Abreu educatedAt Central University of Venezuela
Twin towers of Plaza Venezuela (Caracas) near Central University of Venezuela
Municipality of Libertador contains Central University of Venezuela (partly associated with Caracas urban area)
linked to: Central University of Venezuela
Central University of Venezuela nativeName Universidad Central de Venezuela
linked to: Central University of Venezuela
Central University of Venezuela foundedAs Real y Pontificia Universidad de Caracas
linked to: Central University of Venezuela
Central University of Venezuela governingBody Rectorate of the Central University of Venezuela
linked to: Central University of Venezuela