Cayetano Heredia University
Cayetano Heredia University is a private nonprofit university located in Lima, Peru. It was named in honor of Cayetano Heredia, one of the eminent Peruvian physicians of the 19th century. The university is overseen by a board of trustees (patronato) and is not owned by any private or state entity. It is considered one of the top medical schools in Peru, along the Faculty of Medicine "San Fernando" of National University of San Marcos, and is currently one of the major producers and publishers of scientific research in the country.
Cayetano Heredia University
Campus in Lima Norte
National University of San Marcos
The National University of San Marcos is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. It is considered the most important, recognized and representative educational institution at the national level. At the continental level, it is the first officially established and the oldest continuously operating university in the Americas, which is why it appears in official documents and publications as "University of Peru, Dean University of the Americas".
Oil referring to the founding of the University of San Marcos, officially the first university in Peru and America, and its manager Fray Tomás de San Martín.
The chapter house in the Convent of the Rosario of the Dominicans, where the University of San Marcos began to function.
Engraving of the old facade of the place where the University of San Marcos worked throughout the viceroyalty, later this place would be ceded to the Congress of the Republic of Peru.
Welcome mural of the National University of San Marcos, it mentions the date of its official foundation by royal decree: May 12, 1551.
