Private company
Universidad de Montevideo
The University of Montevideo (Spanish: Universidad de Montevideo; UM) is a private (catholic, Opus Dei) university in Montevideo, Uruguay. It opened in 1986, and obtained the right to be legally named a university in 1997. It has been ranked as the number one University in Uruguay by the QS World University Rankings four years in a row.2 It is part of Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitewww.um.edu.uy
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The University of Montevideo (Spanish: Universidad de Montevideo; UM) is a private (catholic, Opus Dei) university in Montevideo, Uruguay. It opened in 1986, and obtained the right to be legally named a university in 1997. It has been ranked as the number one University in Uruguay by the QS World University Rankings four years in a row. As of 2019, the UM reached the TOP 500 in the general rankings according to the international organization.2
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
- Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1986Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.um.edu.uy1
- X (Twitter)x.com/univmontevideo1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/universidaddemontevideo1
- WikipediaUniversity of Montevideo
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ961612
Sources
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsUniversidad de Montevideo photo by Unimontevideo, CC BY 3.0