The Interamerican Open University (in Spanish, Universidad Abierta Interamericana, UAI) is a private university

University

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 in Argentina

Argentina

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. Its main seat and rector

Rector

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ate is located in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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. It has educational facilities in six locations in the city and in Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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, as well as three locations and an administrative seat in Rosario

Rosario

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, Santa Fe

Santa Fe Province

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.

The university was founded in 1995. It is part of a network called Vanguardia Educativa, made up of non-confessional

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 teaching and research institutions. It has the following faculties:

• Architecture
• Sciences of Communication
• Entrepreneurial Sciences
• Law and Political Sciences
• Educational Development and Research
• Medicine and Health Sciences
• Human Motricity and Sports
• Psychology and Human Relations
• Informatics Technology
• Tourism and Hospitality

UAI provides also postgraduate education

Postgraduate education

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, granting master's degree

Master's degree

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s in several fields.