Mission
Our university aims to contribute to the country’s development by educating professionals who perform with competence in the knowledge society, fostering strong links with the productive sector, and promoting applied research.
Our educational philosophy promotes the pursuit of quality, innovation and respect for ethical standards in professional performance.
Professional titles
Graduates are equipped with tools that enable them to adapt to changes with flexibility, proactive attitude and critical spirit, value teamwork, understand the challenges posed by technological advances in their disciplines and are proficient in the international context.
ORT offers more than 90 professional, postgraduate degree, and technical postgraduate degree in architecture, engineering, biotechnology, management, economics, international relations, design, animation, communication, education, artificial intelligence, and dermatology.
More than 16,000 students study each year in five faculties and two institutes.
The university has been a pioneer in the introduction of new careers and educational technologies in Uruguay and each year allocates resources to the continuous improvement of teaching and research methods, educational infrastructure and teacher training.
Academic Staff
The academic staff includes over 1,800 lecturers and researchers, selected for their professional excellence and commitment to teaching, with more than a third working full-time.
Students and graduates
Graduates and students distinguish themselves for their competent and creative contribution in their fields of activity, obtaining awards and recognitions and achieving high levels of labor market insertion.
More than 25,000 graduates are successfully working in our country or abroad, in many cases in entrepreneurial or social enterprises created by themselves.
The employment rate for our college graduates is 97%.
Infrastructure
The university has academic infrastructure that includes practical and experimental laboratories in computer science, electronics, biotechnology, and audiovisual production for online courses; workshops in design, construction, technology, and 3D prototyping; a professional television studio; videoconferencing rooms; and three lecture halls.
Two libraries with specialized collections and access to electronic databases are available to students and teachers.
Cultural heritage
The cultural heritage of Universidad ORT Uruguay of paintings and sculptures created by Uruguayan artists.
Entrepreneurship and academic cooperation
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) has an innovation laboratory in which all areas of knowledge and development of the university converge. The CIE fosters the entrepreneurial attitude of students and graduates, and consolidates the entrepreneurial community in a dynamic space where they can work, collaborate and co-create.
The university has academic cooperation agreements with more than 230 universities and international organizations around the world to facilitate student exchanges and collaborative research and teaching projects, and is a member of leading international academic associations, including the International Association of Universities (AIU) and the Union of Latin American Universities (UDUAL).
Values education
Universidad ORT Uruguay teaching methods Universidad ORT Uruguay students to internalize values such as:
- Cooperative work.
- Compliance with deadlines.
- The search for quality.
- Respect for ethical standards in professional performance.
All careers require a high level of dedication and performance.
The hours dedicated to class work are complemented with laboratory practice, personal study, bibliographic research and field work.
Beginnings
ORT began its activities in Uruguay in 1942 as a technical school and was recognized as a university by the Ministry of Education and Culture in 1996.
It is a member of World ORT, an international educational network founded in 1880 by the Jewish community of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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