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In 1613, the Society of Jesus founded the Collegium Maximum in today’s Córdoba Province. This gave rise to the University of Córdoba in 1621, the only university in Argentina for almost two centuries. It later became the National University of Córdoba following its incorporation by the national state in the mid-nineteenth century.
It was not until 1821 that the second public university was founded. The University of Buenos Aires was established in the wealthiest city of Argentina, later the capital of the Argentine Republic.
Between 1860 and 1930, Argentina experienced a high degree of economic advance by expanding its export-oriented economy. This was also a period of high population growth because of the massive influx of immigrants, mainly Spanish and Italian. As a result, Argentina’s population rose from 1.7 million inhabitants in 1869 to almost 8 million in 1914. During this period, the provincial governments of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, and Tucumán founded the...
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de García Fanelli, A. (2017). Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Argentina. In: Shin, J., Teixeira, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_399-1
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