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University of Havana

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University of Havana or UH (in Spanish, Universidad de la Habana) was founded in September 21, 1721 and is the oldest university in Cuba and one of the first to be founded in the Americas. Its language of instruction is Spanish.

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History

It was first called "Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana" (in English Royal and Pontifical San Geronimo University of Havana). At those times, universities needed a royal or papal autorization in order to be created and thus the names Real y Pontificia. The two men who gave that authorization to the university were Pope Innocent XIII and King Philip V of Spain.

In 1842, the university changed its status to become a secular, royal and literary institution. Its name became Real y Literaria Universidad de La Habana (in English, Royal and Literary Havana University) and later on,-at the time of the Republicans, the name was changed to Universidad Nacional (in English, National University).

The university had first been established in San Juan de Letrán (located in Villa de San Cristóbal in Old Havana) before it was transferred in May 1, 1902 to a hill in the Vedado area of Havana. The interiors of the building were decorated by Armando Menocal y Menocal. The seven frescos represent Medicine, Science, Art, Thought, Liberal Arts, Literature and Law. At the main university entrance there is a bronze statue of Alma Mater (meaning the "Nourishing mother" in Latin) that was created in 1919 by artist Mario Korbel.

The main library "Rubén Martínez Villena" was established later in 1936.

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Courses

The University of Havana is made up of 15 faculties (Spanish: facultades) and 14 research centers in different fields like economics, sciences, social science and humanities. In total, up to twenty five specialties are tought in the university. Nowadays, it has about 6000 degree students in regular classes.

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