In Uruguay—according to article 4 of Executive Decree 104/014—there are two types of higher education institutions:
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Map of Uruguay
Introduction
During most of Uruguay's history, predominated the only university in the country at the time, the University of the Republic, whose founding process began in 1833 with the bill of the priest Damaso Antonio Larrañaga, the Oribe's decree of May 27, 1838 and the decree of 1849 that founded the Udelar. In the same century, through executive decree of January 26, 1876, was authorized with legal effects as university courses, that imparted by the Liceo de Estudios Universitarios, thereby becoming in 1878 as Universidad Libre, later named Universidad Católica. This institution was closed in 1886 due to financial problems and legal issues. After this, the Uruguayan university history would be that of the University of the Republic.
At the end of the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay in 1984, the Executive branch passed Decree 343/984 in which the operation of the Universidad Católica del Uruguay was authorized (being this its refounding), and here began a shift "from a one-university system to a system of universities", in which coexist both public and private universities. Subsequently, Decree-Law 15,661 of October 29, 1984 validates university degrees issued by private universities with the same legal effects as those issued by the University of the Republic, which have been approved by the Executive and registered to Ministry of Education and Culture. These Decree-Law and Decree mentioned above (as were issued by unconstitutional organs) were validated by the Law of validity of acts of the military dictatorship government. In 1995, proceedings by which institutions can access the official recognition were established, through Executive Decree 308/995. This last regulatory decree was abrogated by Decree 104/014, which becomes the regulatory of the aforementioned Decree-Law.
Universities
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Private: