Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo | |
| Motto | Neo Mundi Decanatus (Latin) |
|---|---|
Motto in English | Deanery of the New World |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1866 |
| Founder | José Gabriel García and Emiliano Tejera |
| Rector | Editrudis Beltrán |
Academic staff | 1,770 |
| Students | 170,530 (2010) |
| Address | Av. Alma Mater, Ciudad Universitaria, D.N. de Sto. Dgo. , Barahona, Bonao, Duvergé, Hato Mayor, Higüey, La Vega, La Romana, Mao, Nagua, Neiba, Puerto Plata, San Francisco de Macorís, San Juan de la Maguana, Santiago, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago Rodríguez, Santo Domingo (flagship) 18°27′39″N 69°55′04″W / 18.4608°N 69.9179°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue and white |
| Nickname | UASD |
| Website | www |
The Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) (English: Autonomous University of Santo Domingo) is a public university system in Dominican Republic, with its flagship campus in Ciudad Universitaria (lit. University City) neighborhood of Santo Domingo and regional campuses in many cities of the country. It was founded by Jose Gabriel Garcia and Emiliano Tejera in 1866 as the Professional Institute, replacing the former Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, one of the first universities of the Western Hemisphere (Americas), which was founded unofficially by a Papal bull in 1538, officially by royal decree in 1558, and closed in 1822. It was later renamed University of Santo Domingo in 1914.
In structure, the school followed the model of the University of Alcalá de Henares. The university organized its offerings into four schools: Medicine, Law, Theology, and the Arts. Today, the university has expanded to eight schools: Humanities, the Arts, Law and Political Science, Health Sciences, Economics and Social Sciences, Science, Engineering and Architecture, and Agricultural Sciences.