Latest News on Awards and Recognition

November 2022

• The Ministry of Education and Culture granted ARCU SUR accreditation to ORT’s Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
  Nov. 30, 2022
  The Bachelor's Degree in Economics has received ARCU SUR international accreditation.
• Women's volleyball team won the Bronze Cup at the Livosur Tournament
  Nov. 29, 2022
  The Universidad ORT Uruguay of Universidad ORT Uruguay women's volleyball team Universidad ORT Uruguay the Bronze Cup at the Women's Volleyball Tournament organized by the Southern Volleyball League (Livosur) in Division H.
• Fernando Paganini was awarded the Morosoli Gold Prize
  Nov. 28, 2022
  Dr. Fernando Paganini, associate dean for research and former member of GACH, was awarded the Morosoli de Oro Prize for Culture.
• Video by a teacher about Uruguay's national team roster surpasses 8.3 million views
  Nov. 22, 2022
  “Los 26 de la Celeste,” the music video produced by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) and filmed and edited by Manuel Carmona, has surpassed 8.3 million views on Twitter alone.
• Re Market, a company founded by female graduates, won the 2022 ANDE SME Award in the Pioneer category
  Nov. 16, 2022
  The National Development Agency (ANDE) presented the 2022 "MSME of the Year" award in the Pioneer category to Re Market, Uruguay's first packaging-free store.
• Six graduate programs at the School of Business are once again ranked among the best in the region
  Nov. 16, 2022
  The Master's in Taxation and Accounting Standards – IFRS was ranked 6th in the region. The MBA in Agribusiness was ranked 31st in the world.
• Graduates won the 2022 Clap Award for Best Illustration in Packaging Design
  Nov. 15, 2022
  The organizers of the International Ibero-American Design Awards, the 2022 CLAP Awards, announced in November that the company PIMBA had won the 2022 CLAP Award for Best Illustration in Packaging Design for its design of the label series for the MOSS craft beer brand in Uruguay.
• With “Alboroto animal,” a graduate won the Bartolomé Hidalgo Award in the Picture Book category
  Nov. 15, 2022
  The story "Alboroto animal," by Karina Macadar, with illustrations by Nat Cardozo, published by Loqueleo (Santillana Uruguay), won the Picture Book category at the 2022 Bartolomé Hidalgo Awards, presented by the Uruguayan Book Chamber, with the winners announced on November 5, 2022, during the 44th Book Fair held at the Montevideo City Hall.
• Dean of the School of Engineering Voted Best Business Leader
  Nov. 14, 2022
  On Thursday, November 10, Eduardo Mangarelli, dean of the faculty, was honored as one of Uruguay’s two top business leaders.
• Graduates Won the National Video Game Competition
  Nov. 7, 2022
  With " Cisma," Pablo Hornos and Agustín Sosa, graduates of the Bachelor's Degree in Animation and Video Games, won the 15th edition of the National Video Game Competition in the student category.
• A recent graduate has been appointed audience strategy editor for the Business and Technology section at The Washington Post
  Nov. 7, 2022
  Maite Fernández, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the School of Communication and Design at Universidad ORT Uruguay a Master’s degree in Multimedia Journalism from the University of Maryland, joined the editorial staff of The Washington Post as an Operations Editor in the International desk in May 2018. In November 2022, she became the audience strategy editor for the Business and Technology section.
• The Master's in Sales and Marketing was ranked in the QS rankings
  Nov. 3, 2022
  The master's program was recognized in the 2023 QS Business Master’s Rankings: Marketing.
• The Master's in Financial Management was ranked in the QS rankings
  Nov. 3, 2022
  The graduate program was recognized in the 2023 QS Business Master’s Rankings: Finance.
• Entrepreneur ranked among the world's top 100 fintech leaders
  Nov. 1, 2022
  Ximena Aleman holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism and is a senior student in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.