La Molina National Agrarian University

The La Molina National Agrarian University (acronym: UNALM) is a public university, located in the district of La Molina, in the city of Lima, capital of Peru.. It was founded on July 22, 1902 by President Eduardo López de Romaña, initially as the National School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. It currently has 12 specialized schools in the field of agricultural, natural and environmental sciences. It has always been located within the top ten places nationally in the various university rankings.

History

Historical review

The National Agrarian University La Molina was founded on July 22, 1902 by President Eduardo López de Romaña, initially as National School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. At the request of the Peruvian government through its Ambassador in Antwerp, a Belgian mission from the University of Gembloux, made up of agricultural engineers Georges Vanderghem, Enrique Van Hoorde, Víctor Marie and Jean Michel, as well as the veterinarian Arthur Declerck from the Cureghem Veterinary School.

The official inauguration was on July 22, 1902 as a department of the Development Directorate, with Don Eugenio Larrabure Unanue being Minister of the branch. In 1912, the Central Agronomic Station was created with a view to developing agricultural experimentation and providing services to farmers. This is how, before completing fifteen years of foundation, the School is already an entity that applies the three fundamental purposes of the Agrarian University: teaching, research and extension. The first location assigned to the National School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine was a pavilion on the Santa Beatriz farm, where it operated for 30 years. In 1933 it moved to the La Molina farm, in the Ate Valley, where it operates to this day. The Organic Law of Public Education of 1941 had already granted the School the category of higher education institution and established its pedagogical, administrative and economic autonomy.

In 1959, University Law 13417 recognized the National School of Agriculture as a university and, as such, changed its name to the current La Molina National Agrarian University. In 1961, the following faculties began to function as academic organizations: Agronomy, Zootechnics, Agricultural Engineering and the Institute of Research and Advanced Studies. The same year, the creation of the Faculty of Sciences and that of Economic and Social Sciences was sanctioned, which later changed its name to Social Sciences and later to Economics and Planning. Both Faculties began their work simultaneously at the beginning of 1962. In 1963 the Faculty of Forestry Sciences began its activities, in 1966 the Faculty of Fisheries, and in 1969 the Faculty of Food Industries. Later, the Sierra, Selva and Forestry Research Institutes were organized as teaching and research centers that cover fields related to various faculties for the study of specific problems.

Organization

Government

The National Agrarian University La Molina is a community of teachers, students and graduates dedicated to the essential purposes of a university and research institution. It is autonomous in the administrative, economic, regulatory, government and academic fields. The National Agrarian University La Molina is governed by University Law No. 23733, enacted on December 9, 1983, which reimplements the system of Faculties, maintains the Academic Departments and leaves each University free to organize and establish its own regime. academic, according to their characteristics and needs.

• University Assembly: It is the largest governing body of the university, it is composed of the rector, the academic vice-rector, the administrative vice-rector, the dean of the faculties, the director of the postgraduate school, the representatives of the Teachers of the various Facultys, in number equal to the double of the sum of the University authorities of them the half are Main, one third Associates and a sixth assistant, the representatives of the students in the proportion of the

• University Council: It is the largest organ for the promotion and execution of the university, it is composed of the rector, the Academic and Administrative Vice-Rectors, the Deans of the Faculty, the director of the Post Grade School, the representatives of the students in the proportion of one third of the total members of the Council and a representative of the Graduates.

• Rector: The rector is the legal representative of UNALM. He also chairs the two main governing bodies of the University: the University Assembly and the University Council. There are also two vice-rectors: the academic, the administrative. They support the rector in the government of the University and in case of impediment or vacance, one of them assumes the post.

Academic areas

The University has 8 faculties, 12 professional schools and 1 Postgraduate University School.

Admission

In addition to the Undergraduate and Postgraduate specialties, UNALM offers advice, short refresher courses and technical and professional recycling, semi-annual specialization courses, refresher courses for laboratories and technicians in Biology, practical gardening courses, bio-gardens, hydroponics, raising small animals (guinea pigs, quails, etc.), bakery, dairy products, sausages, etc. UNALM has a Riding School and a Language Center. In addition, it offers agro-industrial products to the community through its Sales Center. Along with UNE, they are the only two national universities that do not return the admission test to the student.

Headquarters and infrastructure

University City

The campus of the La Molina Agrarian University is located in the city of Lima, in the La Molina District, neighboring other research centers such as the National Institute of Agrarian Research (INIA), the National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA) and the International Potato Center. The university campus occupies an area of 220 hectares, being the largest campus in the country, it has modern classrooms, laboratories and workshops with the highest technology. The university also has extensive green areas and research areas.

In its more than 6,000 hectares, the necessary facilities are provided for the delivery of intensive courses and field practices, the development of appropriate technologies is encouraged, and it contributes to development in the areas of its influence. La Molina has three regional development institutes located in the three great ecological zones of Peru: coast, mountains and jungle, seeking to help the sustainable development of the areas that host them. In addition, La Molina has other experimentation centers and business units, where agricultural, forestry, fishing, agroindustrial and business practices are also carried out.

National Agricultural Library

The National Agricultural Library (BAN) is the main information center in the area of Agricultural and related Sciences of the National Agrarian University La Molina. It is considered the leading Agricultural Library of Peru and since January 2000 it has additionally carried out the responsibility of the National Coordinating Center of the "Documentation System of Latin America and the Caribbean" (SIDALC) assigned by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), with the purpose of establishing the Network of Agricultural Libraries of Peru (REBIAPE).

Open Learning Center

Currently it is one of the only public libraries that has an Open Learning Center (AAC), a space created for all technological innovation in the sector of learning, teaching and career transformation thanks to the proposal of the Academic Vice-Rector of UNALM for the configuration of a Library for the 21st century. This center has different creation spaces where people can experiment through various technological, bibliographic and creative resources such as digital manufacturing, 3D modeling, laser cutting, access to MOOC platforms and scientific research.

Production Centers

Laboratories

Research

The National Agrarian University La Molina has always collaborated significantly in the scientific development of Peru throughout its history. Currently, in Peru, the Agrarian University is one of the few Peruvian universities that conduct research (currently only 10 universities out of more than 80 do so), all of this mainly due to the fact that research development has not been a properly funded area. by the Peruvian government in recent decades.

Research centers and institutes

Currently the National Agrarian University La Molina has the following research institutes:

• INDDA (Instituto de desarrollo agroindustrial)
• IBT (Biotechnology Institute)
• IPPS (Institute of small sustainable production)
• IRD Costa (Regional coastal development Institute)
• IRD Sierra (Regional Sierra Development Institute)
• IRD Selva (Regional Jungle Development Institute)

Scientific production and publications

• Revista Agronegocios: In order to help in the development of Peru's leadership in agro-exports and provide much-neededed related information. At the end of 2003 he began as the Agro-negocios Bulletin, with the participation of some teachers of the master's degree in Agro-negocios to then form the Revista Agro-negocios from August 2007. It includes sections of Agrobusiness or Agroexport, Foreign Trade, Market Research, FTA, Sierra Exportadora, Environment, Markets, Entrepreneurship, Statistics, Research, among others.
• Revista Agronía: Founded in 4 July 1904, for the first promotion of students of the "National School of Agriculture and Veterinary" (ENAV), today UNALM. Agronomy has the great commitment to contribute to the development of the country, as through the dissemination of technical and scientific articles, which are abstracts of research of teachers, students or other important projects, influential in academic and professional knowledge. The Agronomy Directive, composed of students of Agronomy of UNALM, has the participation of a Technical Committee, composed of teachers of the Faculty of Agronomy, Economics and Planning of UNALM, thus ensuring the quality of the information that is disseminated through the editions. Within the functions of Agronomy, the integration of the students of Agronomy of Peru, through the Correspondence Network, is highlighted, since it is important to exchange information regarding the agrarian systems of Peru. On the other hand, to complement the dissemination of agricultural technologies, Agronomy, frequently develops courses and integrated modules of crops, which are aimed at professionals, field technicians, agricultural producers and students linked to agro.

• Revista Ecology Aplicada: Revista del departamento de Biología de la UNALM. Founded in 2002, it is a scientific journal exclusively in the field of Ecology. It is edited by the Blgo. Germán Arellano Cruz.

• Revista Xilema: Revista prepared by the students of the Faculty of Forest Sciences of the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. With the celebration of its 25th anniversary, it is placed among one of the oldest magazines in Latin America in the forest field. The journal is aimed at disseminating forest, environmental and biological issues. This magazine was relaunched in 2006 by forest students, and continues to be in force, improving more and more and reaching not only UNALM students, but also several universities related to the forest sector in the country and also international institutions.
• Revista Zonas Áridas: This magazine began in 1982. It publishes articles concerning the various aspects of arid and semi-arid zones worldwide, in order to contribute to the best knowledge of their natural and social components, and to the proper management of their resources. To this end it accepts contributions on arid areas in the different fields of basic and applied science, in particular: Biology, Ecology, Paleobiology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology, Hydrology, Forestry, Agriculture, Climatology and Architecture referred to arid areas.

Editorial background

Culture and heritage

Cultural center

University museums

• Museum of Entomology "Klaus Raven Büller": The Museum of Entomology began in 1962, at the initiative of Dr. Klaus Raven Büller, in order to have a reference collection that shows the diversity of the entomological fauna that Peru has, in addition to registering the species of agricultural importance, doctor-veterinary, predators and parasitoids. In the world literature there are lists of Peruvian species, missing in them knowledge regarding geographical distribution, biology, behavior and importance, which allows us to know their role in nature, hence Dr. Klaus Raven Büller initiated and sponsored research work with which and through the museum, it seeks to expand knowledge of the species that exist in Peru. To this end the museum has the support of renowned specialists and institutions both national and foreign. At present, the museum has approximately 3,000 species represented in 10,000 specimens, and it also has 300,000 specimens of species that are not yet determined and with new species for science. The recorded species present collection data, and information about their habits and importance; these data allow us to know place of occurrence, times of greater abundance, hosts, type of food (phytosphages, sapróphages, predators, parasitoids, etc.), as a consequence their role in nature.
• Botanic Garden "Octavio Velarde Núñez": The Botanic Garden of the Agraria National University La Molina was initiated in 1904 at the Santa Beatriz Fundo in the then "National School of Agriculture"(ENA), by the Ing. Astronomer Leopoldo Hecq. Later, with the transfer of the ENA to the La Molina Fundo, this is reorganized after 1933, by the Ing. Forestal Julio Gaudrón, in the place it currently occupies, about an area of 2 ha approximately. The Botanical Garden "Octavio Velarde Núñez", place for study and recreation, is currently one of the few botanical gardens in activity in the city of Lima.

Other centers, schools and cultural addresses

• Language Centre: The UNALM language centre offers language courses in: French, English, German, Japanese, Spanish, Quechua, Portuguese and Chinese. It has two laboratories equipped with video and individual audio cabins, one with 24 cabins and one with 40. It also has a compute room with 12 personal computers with headphones, a mini library and a video library. The UNALM Language Centre offers its courses to the university community and the general public.

Sports

The La Molina Agrarian University encourages sports activity in its students, currently the university has the following teams:

• Agraria La Molina University football team.
• Agraria University rugby team La Molina "los Moches"
• Basketball team of the National University Agraria La Molina.
• Table Tennis Team of the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
• Agraria National University Softball Team La Molina

International agreements

Academic rankings

University rankings
National post
ARWU (2020)	-
Webometrics (2021)	4
URAP (2021)	-
SCImago (2023)	6
World QS (2021)	6
THE WORLD (2021)	-

In recent years, the use of international university rankings has become widespread to evaluate the performance of universities at a national and global level; These rankings are academic classifications that place institutions according to a bibliometric scientific methodology that includes objective, measurable and reproducible criteria, taking into account, for example: academic reputation, employability reputation for graduates, research citations to their repositories and their impact on the web. Of the total of 92 licensed universities in Peru, the National Agrarian University La Molina has regularly been ranked within the top ten places nationally in certain international university rankings.

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