The National University of Cuyo (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, UNCuyo) is the largest center of higher education in the province of Mendoza, Argentina.
As of 2005, the university had 12 academic schools in the city of Mendoza and a delegation in the city of San Rafael (province of Mendoza), in addition to the Balseiro Institute, which is the most developed institute of Physics research in Argentina, located in the city of San Carlos de Bariloche (province of Río Negro). It includes the University Technological Institute which offers technical education in four other cities in Mendoza province. Moreover, UNCuyo is also devoted to improving education due to having 7 other buildings working as High Schools:
- C.U.C. (Colegio Universitario Central "Gral. Jose de San Martin")
- Escuela de Comercio Martín Zapata
- Liceo Agrícola
- Escuela del Magisterio
- Colegio de Gral. Alvear.
- D.A.D (Departamento de aplicación Docente)
- Escuela Carmen Vera Arenas
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