Universidad de San Andrés

The Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA) is a private, non-profit university in Victoria, in the San Fernando partido of Buenos Aires Province, 28 kilometres north-west of the city of Buenos Aires on the Río de la Plata, formally established on 1 September 1988 by the Asociación Civil Educativa Escocesa de San Andrés.圣安德烈斯大学（Universidad de San Andrés，简称 UdeSA）是阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯省圣费尔南多区维多利亚的一所私立非营利大学，位于布宜诺斯艾利斯市西北 28 公里的拉普拉塔河畔，由圣安德烈斯苏格兰公民教育协会于 1988 年 9 月 1 日正式创办。

It descends from St Andrew's Scots School, founded by Scottish immigrants in 1838, keeps a Presbyterian heritage without confessional teaching, and follows a liberal arts model with about 7,500 students in the 2025/26 academic year.该校源自 1838 年苏格兰移民创办的圣安德烈斯苏格兰学校，承袭长老会传统但不进行宗派教育，采用博雅教育模式，2025/26 学年约有 7500 名学生。

UdeSA is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027 and 44th in Latin America in the QS Latin America and the Caribbean Rankings 2027, and OpenAlex indexes 3,331 works and 55,949 citations for it.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间，在 2027 年 QS 拉美及加勒比地区排名中列第 44 位，OpenAlex 收录其 3331 项研究成果与 55,949 次引用。

History

• The first Scottish settlers reached Argentina in 1825, bringing a Presbyterian conviction that every community needed both a church and a school, a pattern they reproduced in the pampa outside Buenos Aires.首批苏格兰移民于 1825 年抵达阿根廷，带来了「每个社区都应有教堂与学校」的长老会信念，并在布宜诺斯艾利斯城外的潘帕斯草原上复制了这一模式。
• St Andrew's Church was consecrated in 1829, nine years before the school that would later sponsor the university and more than a century and a half before the university itself opened.圣安德烈斯教堂于 1829 年落成，比后来资助创办大学的学校早九年，也比大学本身开办早了一个半世纪以上。
• In 1838 the settlers founded St Andrew's Scots School, whose founding document pledged that teaching would rest on the Holy Scriptures and the rules of the Church of Scotland.1838 年，移民们创办圣安德烈斯苏格兰学校，其创校文件承诺教学以《圣经》与苏格兰教会规章为基础。
• On 25 March 1985 the board of ACEESA, the civil association that ran the school, resolved to commission a study of the state of Argentine higher education and of its own capacity to enter the sector.1985 年 3 月 25 日，管理该校的圣安德烈斯苏格兰公民教育协会理事会决定委托开展一项研究，评估阿根廷高等教育状况以及自身进入该领域的能力。
• The study found existing provision unsatisfactory and recommended that ACEESA assume responsibility for creating a new university, a decision recorded in the board's minutes of 1985.研究认为当时的高等教育供给难称满意，建议由该协会承担创办一所新大学的责任，这一决定载入 1985 年的理事会会议记录。
• Planners borrowed from universities in the United States, Canada, Australia and Britain and invited foreign consultants, producing a programme unlike any then available in Argentina and closer to an American college than to a professional faculty.规划者借鉴美国、加拿大、澳大利亚与英国大学的做法，并邀请外国顾问参与，设计出当时阿根廷尚不存在的培养方案，更接近美国式文理学院而非单一专业学院。
• The founders adopted a liberal arts curriculum that treated undergraduate study as academic education rather than narrow professional training.创办者采用博雅课程，把本科教育视为学术养成而非狭窄的职业培训。
• They also insisted on a campus with full-time professors and a library at the centre of study, which was eventually built in San Fernando.他们还坚持要有一个配备全职教授、以图书馆为学习中心的校园，这一校园最终在圣费尔南多建成。
• ACEESA formally created the university on 1 September 1988, naming it after Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, whose saltire and thistles appear in its crest together with the motto Quaerere Verum.该协会于 1988 年 9 月 1 日正式创办大学，以苏格兰主保圣人圣安德烈命名，校徽上因此出现苏格兰斜十字旗、蓟花以及「Quaerere Verum」校训。
• Argentina's Ministry of Education and Justice authorised it to operate provisionally through Resolution 1543 of 23 August 1990, issued under decree 8472/69.阿根廷教育与司法部通过 1990 年 8 月 23 日第 1543 号决议，依据第 8472/69 号法令批准该校临时办学。
• The School of Education was created in 1996 as a postgraduate school for senior officials in ministries and provincial school systems, and it later added teacher training and doctoral work.教育学院创办于 1996 年，最初是一所面向部委与省级教育系统高级官员的研究生院，后来增设教师培训与博士项目。
• In 1998 the university received a Konex Diploma al Mérito in the educational institutions category, an award covering its first decade of work from 1988 to 1998.1998 年，该校获得科内克斯教育机构类荣誉证书，奖项涵盖其 1988 至 1998 年第一个十年的办学成绩。
• In 2010 governance was separated from the school through the creation of the Fundación Universidad de San Andrés (FUdeSA), which took over management and left ACEESA responsible for the school alone.2010 年，学校与大学治理分离，圣安德烈斯大学基金会（FUdeSA）成立并接管大学管理，协会则只负责中小学。
• Article 3 of the foundation's statutes committed the university to its Presbyterian ethical heritage while guaranteeing non-confessional teaching and rejecting proselytism.基金会章程第三条承诺大学秉承长老会伦理传统，同时保障非宗派教学并拒绝劝诱改宗。
• By 2015 it enrolled 1,033 undergraduates and 897 graduate students, a small and deliberately selective academic community.到 2015 年，该校有 1033 名本科生与 897 名研究生，构成一个规模小而刻意保持选拔性的学术共同体。
• Lucas S. Grosman, a Yale-trained lawyer who had directed the law department since 2009 and taught at the university since 2003, became rector in May 2017.卢卡斯·S·格罗斯曼是耶鲁大学培养的法学家，自 2009 年起执掌法学系、自 2003 年起在该校任教，并于 2017 年 5 月出任校长。
• Under Grosman the university expanded its international agreements to more than 70 partner institutions and became the first in Argentina to offer an ESCP Europe-accredited double degree.在格罗斯曼任内，该校国际合作协议扩展至 70 多所伙伴院校，并成为阿根廷首个开设获 ESCP 欧洲商学院认证双学位的大学。
• In the 2025/26 academic year it reported about 7,500 students across 17 undergraduate programmes and a growing portfolio of master's and doctoral degrees, more than double the enrolment of a decade earlier.2025/26 学年，该校报告约有 7500 名学生，开设 17 个本科项目以及不断扩展的硕士与博士项目，规模比十年前增加了一倍以上。
• Postgraduate and executive courses moved into four sites in downtown Buenos Aires, at Riobamba 1276, Callao 1055, Suipacha 1333 and Perú 352.研究生与高管课程迁入布宜诺斯艾利斯市中心的四处校址，分别位于里奥班巴街 1276 号、卡亚俄大道 1055 号、苏伊帕查街 1333 号与秘鲁街 352 号。
• The Victoria campus on the Río de la Plata became the university's academic centre, while the downtown sites served working professionals in law, finance and government.拉普拉塔河畔的维多利亚校区成为大学的学术中心，市中心校址则服务法律、金融与政府领域的在职专业人士。
• Its rise was reflected in the QS World University Rankings, where it stood seventh among Argentine universities in 2019.该校的上升势头体现在 QS 世界大学排名中，2019 年它在阿根廷高校中位列第七。

Academics

• UdeSA is organised into eight academic units: the School of Management and Business, the School of Engineering, the School of Education, and the departments of Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Humanities, and Mathematics and Science.圣安德烈斯大学设有八个学术单位：管理与商学院、工程学院、教育学院，以及社会科学系、法学系、经济学系、人文学系、数学与科学系。
• It offers 17 undergraduate degrees, including law, business administration, political science and government, international relations, economics, finance, accounting, communication, design, humanities, behavioural sciences and education, taught as four- or five-year professional degrees.该校开设 17 个本科学位，包括法学、工商管理、政治学与政府、国际关系、经济学、金融学、会计学、传播学、设计、人文学、行为科学与教育学，多为四至五年制专业学位。
• Three newer engineering degrees cover artificial intelligence, biotechnology and sustainability, alongside a primary-teaching qualification and a degree in digital business.三个较新的工程学位分别覆盖人工智能、生物技术与可持续发展，另有小学教育教师资格项目与数字商业学位。
• Its four doctoral programmes are in economics, education, history, and Latin American literature and cultural criticism.该校的四个博士项目分别为经济学、教育学、历史学以及拉美文学与文化批评。
• The MBA and executive MBA are accredited by the London-based Association of MBAs, and the school also runs a master's in health management.该校的工商管理硕士与高级工商管理硕士项目获伦敦工商管理硕士协会认证，学院还开设健康管理硕士项目。
• UdeSA was the first Argentine institution to offer a double degree accredited by the French Grandes Écoles group ESCP Europe.圣安德烈斯大学是阿根廷首个开设获法国大学校联盟 ESCP 欧洲认证双学位的高校。
• Its international office maintains more than 70 study-abroad agreements, including exchanges with Harvard University, the Wharton School, Bocconi University, Sciences Po and St Antony's College, Oxford.其国际办公室维护 70 多项海外学习协议，合作院校包括哈佛大学、沃顿商学院、博科尼大学、巴黎政治学院与牛津大学圣安东尼学院。
• The university reports 596 academics, of whom 76 are full-time researchers, spread across its departments and schools, a ratio it presents as essential to its seminar-based model.该校公布有 596 名学术人员，其中 76 人为全职研究人员，分布于各系与学院；学校把这一比例视为其研讨课模式的关键。
• The Max von Buch Library holds more than 70,000 volumes and was recognised by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through its Programme for Latin American Libraries and Archives, one of the foundation's regional programmes.马克斯·冯·布赫图书馆藏书逾 7 万册，并获安德鲁·梅隆基金会拉美图书馆与档案馆计划认可，该计划是基金会面向该地区的项目之一。
• Research is channelled through 14 centres, including the Centre for Public Law Studies (CEDEP), the Centre for Technology and Society (CETyS), the Centre for Social Innovation (CIS) and the Centre for Media and Society (MESO).科研通过 14 个中心开展，包括公法研究中心（CEDEP）、技术与社会研究中心（CETyS）、社会创新中心（CIS）与媒体与社会研究中心（MESO）。
• Four laboratories support data science, artificial intelligence and robotics, the study of time and experience (LITERA) and the observation of public opinion (LOOP).四个实验室分别支持数据科学、人工智能与机器人、时间与经验研究（LITERA）以及民意观察（LOOP）。
• The School of Education runs the Centre for Applied Research in Education (CIAESA), which studies teaching practices and evidence-based policy.教育学院下设教育应用研究中心（CIAESA），研究教学实践与循证政策。
• UdeSA hosts a UNESCO Chair and a centre for restorative research, reflecting its emphasis on law, education and public policy.该校设有联合国教科文组织教席与恢复性司法研究中心，体现其对法律、教育与公共政策的重视。
• The law department is directed by María de Lourdes Vázquez, a Harvard Law School LL.M. graduate, and teaches constitutional law, antitrust and human rights.法学系由哈佛法学院法学硕士玛丽亚·德卢尔德斯·巴斯克斯领导，教授宪法、反垄断与人权法。
• The economics department is led by Tommy E. Murphy, who holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford awarded in 2009.经济学系由汤米·E·墨菲领导，他于 2009 年获牛津大学博士学位。
• Undergraduate honours are graduated: cum laude requires an average above 7 and a place in the top quarter, magna cum laude above 8 and the top 15 per cent, and summa cum laude above 9 and the top 5 per cent.本科荣誉分级授予：「cum laude」要求平均分高于 7 分且居年级前 25%，「magna cum laude」要求高于 8 分且居前 15%，「summa cum laude」要求高于 9 分且居前 5%。
• Teaching is in Spanish, and the liberal arts requirement means every student takes seminars in humanities and social sciences before specialising.教学语言为西班牙语，博雅教育要求意味着每位学生在专业分流前都须修读人文与社会科学研讨课。

Campus

• The main campus occupies a site at Vito Dumas 284 in Victoria, San Fernando partido, facing the Río de la Plata 28 kilometres from central Buenos Aires, and houses the university's central administration.主校区位于圣费尔南多区维多利亚的维托·杜马斯街 284 号，面朝拉普拉塔河，距布宜诺斯艾利斯市中心 28 公里，并容纳大学的中央行政机构。
• The campus comprises low-rise academic buildings, lawns, a library, computer laboratories, study rooms, a dining hall and a student lounge.校园由低层教学楼、草坪、图书馆、计算机实验室、自习室、餐厅与学生休息室组成。
• Sports facilities include football pitches and open green spaces used by its field hockey, swimming and running teams.体育设施包括足球场与开阔绿地，供曲棍球、游泳与跑步队使用。
• An on-campus residence hall houses a limited number of undergraduates, and the Jacaranda Residence stands 18 blocks from campus.校内宿舍可容纳数量有限的本科生，哈卡兰达宿舍则位于校园外 18 个街区处。
• The university's four downtown sites are Riobamba 1276, Callao 1055, Suipacha 1333 in the Cultural Inglesa building, and Perú 352 in the ECSA building.该校在市中心设有四处校址：里奥班巴街 1276 号、卡亚俄大道 1055 号、位于英国文化协会大楼的苏伊帕查街 1333 号，以及位于 ECSA 大楼的秘鲁街 352 号。
• These downtown premises host postgraduate courses and executive education, connecting the university to the legal and financial district around Congreso, Tribunales and Retiro.这些市中心场所承担研究生课程与高管教育，把大学与国会、法院和雷蒂罗一带的法律与金融区连接起来。
• The Max von Buch Library is the campus's academic hub, with reading rooms, digital resources and a collection oriented to social sciences, humanities and management.马克斯·冯·布赫图书馆是校园的学术枢纽，设有阅览室、数字资源，馆藏侧重社会科学、人文学与管理学。
• A third location in Nordelta extends the university's presence into the northern suburbs of Greater Buenos Aires.该校在诺德尔塔的另一处场所把其存在延伸至大布宜诺斯艾利斯北郊。
• The Victoria campus lies in a low-density residential district near the town centre, so students reach it by suburban train and bus rather than on foot from the capital, with the Mitre line linking Victoria station to Retiro.维多利亚校区位于低密度住宅区、靠近镇中心，学生需乘郊区火车与公交抵达，而非从首都步行前往，米特雷线把维多利亚站与雷蒂罗站连接起来。

Reputation

• UdeSA is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, a tied interval in the global table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，圣安德烈斯大学位列 1001-1200 区间，这是全球榜单中的一个并列区间。
• It rose to 44th in Latin America and the Caribbean in the QS Latin America and the Caribbean Rankings 2027, up from 51st in the previous edition of a table that weighs academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper and faculty-student ratio.在 2027 年 QS 拉美及加勒比地区排名中，该校升至第 44 位，上一版为第 51 位；该榜单综合学术声誉、雇主声誉、篇均引用与师生比等指标。
• QS ranked it seventh among Argentine universities in 2019 and has described it as the fourth-best private university in the country.QS 在 2019 年将其列为阿根廷高校第七，并称其为该国第四佳私立大学。
• It did not enter the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, and it is absent from the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 and the Shanghai ARWU 2026 main tables, so its international profile rests mainly on the QS tables.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，也未出现在 US News 2026-2027 全球最佳大学榜与 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜中，因此其国际能见度主要依赖 QS 榜单。
• OpenAlex indexes 3,331 works and 55,949 citations for the university, concentrated in economics, education, law and the social sciences, with output far smaller than that of Argentina's large national universities.OpenAlex 收录该校 3331 项研究成果与 55,949 次引用，集中于经济学、教育学、法学与社会科学，产出规模远小于阿根廷的大型国立大学。
• Its 1998 Konex Diploma al Mérito recognised the institution's first decade as a private university, in a national awards scheme that honours figures and institutions in Argentine culture, science and education.该校 1998 年获得的科内克斯荣誉证书，是对其作为私立大学第一个十年的认可；这一全国性奖项旨在表彰阿根廷文化、科学与教育领域的杰出人物与机构。
• The Association of MBAs accredits its MBA programmes, and its ESCP Europe double degree was the first of its kind in Argentina.其工商管理硕士项目获工商管理硕士协会认证，其 ESCP 欧洲双学位为阿根廷首例。
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's recognition of the Max von Buch Library underlined the strength of its humanities and social science collections.安德鲁·梅隆基金会对马克斯·冯·布赫图书馆的认可，凸显其人文与社会科学馆藏的实力。
• With about 7,500 students, UdeSA sits outside the mass-university model and is one of only two liberal arts institutions in Argentina, alongside Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.该校约有 7500 名学生，不属于大众化大学模式，是阿根廷仅有的两所博雅教育院校之一，另一所为托尔夸托·迪泰拉大学。
• Its academic reputation rests on law, economics, education and public policy, fields in which its graduates occupy senior positions in government, courts and universities, and its 7,500 students and 596 academics imply roughly twelve students per academic.其学术声誉建立在法学、经济学、教育学与公共政策之上，毕业生在这些领域担任政府、法院与高校的高级职务；7500 名学生与 596 名学术人员意味着每名学术人员约对应十二名学生。

Student life

• Its motto is Quaerere Verum, usually translated as Seek the Truth, and its crest combines the Scottish saltire with thistles.该校校训为「Quaerere Verum」，通常译为「寻求真理」，校徽融合苏格兰斜十字旗与蓟花。
• The university retains a Presbyterian ethical heritage but is explicitly non-confessional, practices no proselytism and admits students of all beliefs.大学保留长老会伦理传统，但明确为非宗派机构，不进行劝诱改宗，招收各种信仰的学生。
• It fields teams in football, basketball, field hockey, swimming, archery, volleyball and running, and holds internal and external tournaments in tennis, chess, archery and golf, with exchange students eligible for every squad.该校派出足球、篮球、曲棍球、游泳、射箭、排球与跑步队，并举办网球、国际象棋、射箭与高尔夫的内外赛事，交换生可加入所有队伍。
• Housing options include the on-campus residence hall, the Jacaranda Residence 18 blocks away, host families and rented apartments near Victoria.住宿选择包括校内宿舍、18 个街区外的哈卡兰达宿舍、寄宿家庭以及维多利亚附近的租赁公寓。
• The Programa de Anfitriones pairs each international student with a local UdeSA student for a semester.「东道主计划」为每名国际学生配对一名本地圣安德烈斯大学学生，为期一学期。
• Extracurricular life includes an art workshop, a choir, a student magazine and music groups, as well as tango, photography and Mandarin Chinese groups.课外生活包括艺术工作坊、合唱团、学生杂志与音乐团体，以及探戈、摄影与普通话小组。
• Cultural activities range from city tours and a trip to the Paraná Delta to graffiti tours and tango lessons in Buenos Aires.文化活动从城市导览、巴拉那三角洲之旅，到涂鸦导览与布宜诺斯艾利斯探戈课程。
• The campus's riverside setting and its distance from the capital mean student life centres on the Victoria site during the week and on Buenos Aires at weekends.校园临河且与首都保持距离，意味着学生生活平日以维多利亚校区为中心，周末则转向布宜诺斯艾利斯。
• The university marks its anniversary on 1 September, the date of its formal establishment in 1988, with academic ceremonies and alumni events.该校以 1988 年 9 月 1 日正式创办之日作为校庆日，届时举行学术典礼与校友活动。

Notable people

• The Asociación Civil Educativa Escocesa de San Andrés, heir to the church built in 1829 and the school founded in 1838, was the founding body of the university in 1988.圣安德烈斯苏格兰公民教育协会继承了 1829 年建成的教堂与 1838 年创办的学校，是 1988 年创办大学的母体。
• Lucas S. Grosman has been rector since May 2017, after directing the law department from 2009 and earning a J.S.D. from Yale University in 2006, and in 2025 he published Escasez e igualdad on social rights and judicial review.卢卡斯·S·格罗斯曼自 2017 年 5 月起任校长，此前于 2009 年起执掌法学系，并于 2006 年获耶鲁大学法律科学博士；2025 年他出版《稀缺与平等》，讨论社会权利与司法审查。
• Carlos Rosenkrantz was rector from June 2008 to December 2015, joined Argentina's Supreme Court in 2016 and presided over it from 2018 to 2021.卡洛斯·罗森克兰茨于 2008 年 6 月至 2015 年 12 月任校长，2016 年进入阿根廷最高法院，并于 2018 至 2021 年任院长。
• Rosenkrantz received the 2016 Konex Prize for the Humanities in the discipline of theory and philosophy of law for the period 2006-2015.罗森克兰茨获 2016 年科内克斯人文奖，奖项领域为 2006 至 2015 年的法律理论与法哲学。
• Florencia Garramuño, director of the humanities department, holds a Princeton doctorate, received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998 and published The Opaque Experience with Peter Lang in 2018.人文学系主任弗洛伦西亚·加布拉穆尼奥拥有普林斯顿大学博士学位，1998 年获约翰·西蒙·古根海姆基金，2018 年由彼得·朗出版社出版《不透明的经验》。
• Roberto Bouzas, an economist with a master's degree from the University of Cambridge, is among the university's senior professors and has taught international economics there for decades.罗伯托·博萨斯是剑桥大学硕士出身的经济学家，为该校资深教授之一，在该校教授国际经济学数十年。
• Tommy E. Murphy, who earned his doctorate at Oxford in 2009, leads the economics department and works on Latin American economic history.汤米·E·墨菲于 2009 年获牛津大学博士，领导经济学系并研究拉美经济史。
• Axel Rivas, director of the School of Education, is a specialist in education policy and school improvement in Argentina.教育学院院长阿克塞尔·里瓦斯是阿根廷教育政策与学校改进领域的专家。
• Marcelo Leiras, who completed a doctorate in political science at the University of Notre Dame in 2006, directs the social sciences department.马塞洛·莱拉斯于 2006 年获圣母大学政治学博士，现任社会科学系主任。
• Martín Lousteau, an economics graduate, was Argentina's minister of economy in 2007-2008 at the age of 37, ambassador to the United States in 2015-2017, a national senator from 2019 to 2025 and president of the Radical Civic Union from 2023.经济学毕业生马丁·卢斯托 37 岁时出任阿根廷经济部长（2007 至 2008 年），后任驻美国大使（2015 至 2017 年）、2019 至 2025 年的国家参议员，并自 2023 年起任激进公民联盟主席。
• Jorge Capitanich took a master's degree in public policy at UdeSA and served as chief of the cabinet of ministers from 2013 to 2015 and governor of Chaco from 2007 to 2013 and 2019 to 2023.豪尔赫·卡皮塔尼奇在圣安德烈斯大学取得公共政策硕士学位，曾任 2013 至 2015 年内阁首席部长，并于 2007 至 2013 年及 2019 至 2023 年任查科省省长。
• Sacha Llorenti, a Bolivian diplomat, was his country's ambassador to the United Nations from 2012 to 2019 and later secretary-general of ALBA-TCP.玻利维亚外交官萨查·略伦蒂于 2012 至 2019 年任该国驻联合国大使，后任美洲玻利瓦尔联盟—人民贸易协定秘书长。