National Agrarian University (Nicaragua)

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National Agrarian University
Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA)
Motto Por un desarrollo agrario integral y sostenible
Motto in English
For a comprehensive and sustainable agricultural development
Type Public
Established 1917
Rector Telémaco Talavera Siles[1]
Location Managua, Nicaragua
Nickname UNA
Website www.una.edu.ni

The National Agrarian University (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Agraria, UNA) is a public university in Managua, Nicaragua.[2][3]

The National Agrarian University has its roots in the National School of Agriculture (Spanish: Escuela Nacional de Agricultura), established on May 25, 1917. It was incorporated in 1986, by presidential decree, into the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua as the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (ISCA).[4]

In 1990, the ISCA faculty at the National University became an independent entity; the National Agrarian University, with four faculties:

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