University Government of the UNSA, during the Aristocratic Republic. (1900-1919)

Abstract

Studies on the first university in the city of Arequipa are very scarce, which is why we are interested in addressing this topic as a small contribution to the history of our alma mater. Our object of study is the National University of San Agustín (UNSA), particularly in the first two decades of the twentieth century, a period defined by Jorge Basadre as the Aristocratic Republic. Hypothetically, we propose to reflect on the rector's management during the period in question, in order to know how the most representative university educational institution in Arequipa was directed, and in this way contribute historiographically to the history of the university in Peru. By analyzing the rector's reports and books linked to the management of the authorities and the University Council, we reconstruct the management of each rector and institutional academic growth; The Constitutions and Regulations, which are currently called the University Statute, allowed us to approach the institutional organization and thus be able to study the changes and continuities that transformed the Arequipa university.