University of CEMA
The UCEMA (Spanish: Universidad del CEMA) is a private university in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina. UCEMA is a non-profit private organization whose beginning dates back to 1978. First founded as a research center (Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina) with the objective of contributing to the economic development of the country, the university now offers eleven undergraduate programs, thirteen graduate level programs, and several executive programs. At present, UCEMA has more than 262 faculty members with terminal academic degrees in their fields of study, 6068 alumni and 1179 students.
Type | Non-profit private |
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Established | 1978 |
President | Roque Fernández |
Director | Edgardo Zablotsky |
Students | 1179 |
Address | Córdoba Avenue 374 , , |
Campus | Urban |
Website | ucema.edu.ar |
History
In the year 1978, the CEMA (Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina) was founded with the objective of improving the Argentinian economy through the investigation. Back in 1980, the center started the first program called Master in Economy, then in 1987 the Master in Business Administration. In the 1990 decade the Master in Finance, Master in Bank Management and Master in Agribusiness joined the center.
In 1995 the center of studies was transformed in a University Institute, using the previous experience y investigation and teaching, with the same objective of contributing to the developer that the center has had since the beginning. In 1996 the programs of the undergraduate such as Economy and Business Administration were added. Since 1997 the university has had Executive Programs.
In the new century the Department of Political Science was created and started to offer the Master in State Science and then the undergraduate Political Science. Also in that time the University started the PhD in Economy, Business Administration and Finance. In the year 2003 the Engineer Department was created with the Undergraduate Computing Engineer.
The newest programs are the International Relations and Marketing that were added in 2009, Human Resources added in the year 2015 and the last three programs added in 2020; Digital Business, Analytic Business and Finance.
Facilities
UCEMA's two main buildings are in downtown Buenos Aires in the midst of all financial and cultural activity (in Córdoba Avenue and in Reconquista Street). The installations are fully equipped with the latest technology and include the Adrian Guissarri Library and Documentation Center (containing more than 29,000 volumes), an auditorium, a space for art exhibitions, an information and computing center, a reading room and several study rooms throughout the university.
Investigation centers
The UCEMA develops the Journal of Applied Economics, the magazine UCEMA and the Basket of the Executive Professional that's evaluates the Argentinan inflation.
The institution has eight own investigation centers:
- Centro de Economía Aplicada (CEA)
- Centro de Investigaciones en Management, Emprendedurismo e Inversiones (CIMEeI)
- Centro de Estudios de Organizaciones y Productividad (CEOP)
- Centro de Economía de la Creatividad (CEC)
- Centro de Estudios en Banca y Finanzas (CEBaFi)
- Centro de Estudios Sectoriales y Desempeño Empresarial (CESyDE)
- Centro de Estudios de Historia Económica (CEHE)
- Observatorio de Política Exterior (OPEX)
Programs
Undergraduate
- Economics
- Business Administration
- Public Accountant
- Marketing
- Digital Business
- Analytic Business
- Finance
- International Relations
- Law
- Political Science
- Computing engineer
Graduate
- Ph.D. in Business Administration
- Ph.D. in Finances
- Ph.D. in Economics
- Master in Business Administration
- Master in Economics
- Master in Finances
- Master in International Studies
- Master in Agribusiness
- Master in Project Evaluation
- Postgraduate in Management
- Postgraduate in Human Resources
- Specialization in Finances
- Specialization in Project Evaluation
Executive
The university offers a lot of executives programs such as Sport Business, Change Management, Behavioral Economics, Customer Experience and many others.
Exchange programs
In the UCEMA page the exchange programs can be found.
America
- INSPER (Brazil)
- Universidade Positivo (Brazil)
- University of Toronto (Canada)
- Fundación Universitaria San Mateo (Colombia)
- Universidad de San Buenaventura Cali (Colombia)
- Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo (Ecuador)
- Universidad de las Americas (Ecuador)
- Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Guatemala)
- Florida International University (United States)
- Framimgam State University (United States)
- San Diego State University (United States)
- University of Rochester (United States)
- Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)
- Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (Mexico)
- Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Mexico)
- Universidad del Pacífico (Peru)
- University of Montevideo (Uruguay)
- University of ORT (Uruguay)
Europe
- ICHEC Brussels Management School (Belgium)
- AUDENCIA Business School (France)
- ESC Rennes School of Business (France)
- ESSC School of Management (France)
- ESSEC Business School (France)
- EXCELIA (France)
- Sciences Po (France)
- European Business School (Germany)
- HHL Leipzig (Germany)
- Hochschule Worms (Germany)
- Pforzheim University (Germany)
- WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany)
- University of Haifa (Israel)
- MIP Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
- Sapienza Universitá di Roma (Italy)
- Unicollege SSML (Italy)
- International University of Monaco (Monaco)
- Tilburg University (Netherlands)
- Higher School of Economics (Russia)
- Charles III University of Madrid (Spain)
- EADA Business School (Spain)
- ENAE Business School (Spain)
- ESCI Pompeu Fabra (Spain)
- University of Salamanca (Spain)
- Regent's University London (United Kingdom)
- University of ESSEX (United Kingdom)
Asia
- SolBridge International School of Business (South Korea)
Oceania
- University of Technology Sydney (Australia)
Accreditation
Study Abroad Program for foreign students
The university offers a specially designed Study Abroad Program, intended for third or fourth year undergraduates, with a wide range of English- and Spanish-language courses in Economics, Business, Political Science, Marketing and International Relations. Undergraduate students participating in the Study Abroad Program are allowed to take up to five courses during their one semester stay. Each course requires between three and five hours a week of classes and a final exam.
The MBA Study Abroad Program, intended for advanced MBA students, offers a wide range of both English- and Spanish-language courses in key areas of management such as Decision Making, Marketing, Strategy, and so on. Study Abroad MBA students share these classes with local MBAs, thus guaranteeing a truly multi-cultural academic experience. MBA students participating in the Study Abroad Program are allowed to take up to three courses during their one quarter stay. Each course involves one weekly class of three hours during twelve weeks and includes a final exam.
Notable faculty members
- Ricardo López Murphy — Master in Economics, University of Chicago
- Carlos Alfredo Rodríguez — Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago
- Roque Benjamín Fernández — Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago
- Jose Luis Espert — Master in Economy, University of CEMA
- Carlos Escudé — Ph.D. in Political Science, Yale University
- Juan Carlos de Pablo — Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University
- Mariano Fernández — Master in Economics, University of CEMA
- Fausto Spotorno — Master in Finance, University of CEMA