Latest News on Awards and Recognition

April 2026

• Autolink, Magma Relief, and Aula+ were honored at the 2026 ILAN Awards
  April 29, 2026
  The startups Autolink (first place), Magma Relief (second), and Aula+ (third) were recognized after presenting their proposals to a jury composed of representatives from ILAN (Israel Latin American Network), the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), and ORT.
• ORT will host the 2026 PRME Latin America and Caribbean Meeting
  April 29, 2026
  Universidad ORT Uruguay academic experts and regional leaders at a conference on responsible education, sustainability, and the future of business.
• Franz Mayr: Understanding the “Black Box” of Artificial Intelligence
  April 21, 2026
  The professor and graduate of the School of Engineering was awarded the PEDECIBA Prize for Best Doctoral Thesis in Computer Science 2025 for a project aimed at making artificial intelligence models more understandable and reliable.
• According to Cuti, ORT was the university with the highest enrollment in ICT technical programmes in 2024
  April 20, 2026
  Universidad ORT Uruguay the highest enrollment in technical programmes in information and communication technologies (ICT) in 2024 and ranked second among all institutions surveyed at this level, according to the report "Academic Training in ICT" published by Cuti.
• *Annals of Architectural Research* has been upgraded to Q3 in the SCImago Journal Ranking (SJR)
  April 17, 2026
  The SCImago SJR 2025 report ranked *Anales de Investigación en Arquitectura* at the Q3 level in the Architecture category. In the same series, the journal had been ranked at Q4 in 2023 and 2024.
• Technology leader gains international recognition
  April 15, 2026
  Sebastián Pombo, a professor in the School of Engineering, was named a Senior Member of the IEEE, one of the world’s most prestigious professional organizations in STEM fields.