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Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos | |
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Latin: Academia S. Marci Vrbis Regvm in Perv | |
Former name | Royal and Pontifical University of the City of the Kings of Lima, University of Lima |
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Motto | Universidad del Perú, Decana de América |
Motto in English | University of Peru, Dean of the Americas |
Type | Public university |
Established | May 12, 1551 (473 years ago) |
Founder | Charles I of Spain |
Affiliation | National Association of Public Universities of Peru, International Association of Universities, Iberoamerican Association of Postgraduate Universities, Organización Universitaria Interamericana, Association of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean, Universia, Fudan-Latin America University Consortium |
Endowment | S/.469 million (FY 2013)[1][2] |
Rector | Jeri Ramón Ruffner[3] |
Academic staff | 3,315 (2017)[4] |
Students | 37,468 (2020)[4][5][6][7] |
Undergraduates | 30,866 |
Postgraduates | 6,602 |
Location | Lima , Peru 12°03′30″S 77°05′00″W / 12.05833°S 77.08333°W |
Campus | Urban, 170 acres (69 ha) |
Colors | Gold White Metallic blue Magenta |
Mascot | Lion |
Website | unmsm.edu.pe |
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The National University of San Marcos (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. In the Americas, it is the first officially established (privilege by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) and the oldest continuously operating university.[8][9][10]
The university started in the general studies that were offered in the convent of the Rosario of the order of Santo Domingo—the current Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo—in around 1548. Its official foundation was conceived by Fray Thomas de San Martín on May 12, 1551; with the decree of Emperor Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1571, it acquired the degree of pontifical granted by Pope Pius V, with which it ended up being named the "Royal and Pontifical University of the City of the Kings of Lima".[11][12] It is also referred to as the "University of Lima" throughout the Viceroyalty.[13]
Throughout its history, the university had a total of four colleges under tutelage: the Colegio Real y Mayor de San Martín and the Colegio Real y Mayor de San Felipe y San Marcos, the Real Colegio de San Carlos—focused on law and letters, derived from the merger of the two previous ones—and the Royal College of San Fernando—focused on medicine and surgery.
The University of San Marcos has passed through several locations, of which it maintains and stands out: the "Casona de San Marcos". Part of the area in the Historic Center of Lima were recognized as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 1988.[14][15][16] The University of San Marcos has 66 professional schools,[17] grouped into 20 faculties,[18] and these in turn in 5 academic areas.[19] Through its "Domingo Angulo" historical archive, the university preserves documents and writings. In 2019, the "Colonial Fund and Foundational Documents of the National University of San Marcos: 1551–1852” was incorporated into the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.[20][21]
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