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Rafael Belloso Chacín University

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The Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacín University (Spanish: Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín, URBE) is a private university in Maracaibo, Zulia State, and one of the largest in Venezuela. The university was founded by its founding principal and superior council president, Óscar Belloso Medina in 1989. It has approximately 40.000 students in undergraduate, graduate and other courses offered by this university and these are divided into 5 faculties from which they derive 9 schools that are taught in 17 careers and 25 graduate programs.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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The Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacín University (Spanish: Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín, URBE) is a private university in Maracaibo, Zulia State, and one of the largest in Venezuela. The university was founded by its founding principal and superior council president, Óscar Belloso Medina in 1989.2

The story

Foundation

The university was founded on 5 October 1989 in honor of Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacin, MD founder and rector of the university. It started academic activities on 26 March 1990 with 567 students and 100 teachers.

Faculties

On 5 October 1995, six years after the foundation of the city, he joined the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences with the School of Law and the Faculty of Administrative Sciences adds two new degrees: Accounting and Industrial Relations.

By November 1996, the Graduate Student Day, marks the final entry to the super information highway with the operation of the Internet.

From Wikipedia’s article on Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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