The National University of San Marcos, Dean of America, founded on May 12, 1551, was the beginning of the university history of the continent. The Dominicans in their convents of Cusco, the main Peruvian city in the sixteenth century, and Lima, studied Arts and Theology to exercise the old members and prepare the novices of the Order. The increase of higher studies determined that, in the chapter of the famous convent of Cusco (01/07/1548), Fray Tomás de San Martín requested to found a university or General Study in Lima or also called City of the Kings.
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) is the largest university in Peru, autonomous and democratic; generator and diffuser of scientific, technological and humanistic knowledge; committed to the sustainable development of the country and the protection of the environment; trainer of competent professionals and researchers, responsible, with values and respectful of cultural diversity; promoter of national identity, culture of quality, excellence and social responsibility.
Vision
Universidad del Perú, national and international benchmark in quality education; based on humanistic, scientific and technological research, with academic excellence; committed to human and sustainable development; leader in the promotion of cultural and artistic creation.
From the twentieth century, with the specialization of knowledge, many careers became independent and motivated the creation of various Faculties, to the point that currently the Dean of America has 62 careers (corresponding to five academic areas) distributed in 20 Faculties.
