University of the Republic / Universidad de la Republica

The University of the Republic is the largest public university in Uruguay. It has more than 135,000 undergraduate students, according to 2018 data from the continuous survey of students. It was founded on July 18, 1849 in Montevideo, and currently has a presence in 14 departments of the country. Its first rector was Lorenzo Fernández, and its current rector since 2018 is the economist Rodrigo Arim.