The government has given final approval for the River Plate University Institute act as private university institutionafter completion of the relevant assessments and compliance with the provisions of the Higher Education Act. The decision was formalized by Decree 889/2025, published this Tuesday in the Official Gazette, and allows the university to fully exercise the powers equivalent to a private university with final recognition.
The measure was ordered by the President and bears the Signatures of Javier Mileithe presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni and the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello. The decree was issued following the technical assessments carried out by the National Commission for University Assessment and Accreditation (Coneau) and the reports prepared by the Education Secretariat of the Ministry of Human Capital, as set out in the recitals of the standard.
He River Plate University Institute has its legal address at Avenida Presidente Figueroa Alcorta 7597 in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and Provisional operation has been approved since 2010based on Decree 1312. Within this framework, the institution requested final recognition in accordance with the provisions of the Higher Education Law, which regulates the regime applicable to private universities.
According to the principles of the Decree, the application was processed following the procedure provided for in Decree 576/96, which establishes the requirements and stages for the evaluation of university institutions seeking final recognition. In this process the National Directorate of University ManagementThe Undersecretary of State for University PolicyThe Minister of Education and the Coneaua decentralized organization operating within the sphere of influence of the Ministry of Human Capital.
In his statement, Coneau recommended that the River Plate University Institute be granted final recognition as the institution meets required academic, institutional and regulatory requirements through current legislation. As can be seen from the evaluation, the name of the Institute guard Consistent with the development of the disciplinary areas foreseen in your institutional project.
The evaluation panel noted that the institutional mission and vision is consistent with the proposed goals and that the academic project considers the development of the substantive functions of Teaching, research and extension. In this sense, he emphasized that the academic offer is linked to knowledge that is oriented towards science Sport, leisure and physical educationwith the aim of promoting scientific research, innovation and knowledge production in these areas.
The courses offered from the institute assessed positively in accordance with the applicable regulations and the applicable scientific criteria. Coneau believed that the academic structure was consistent with the institutional mission and that the educational proposals were aligned with the main purpose of the House of Studies, which focuses on the field of sports and related disciplines.
In matters InfrastructureConeau concluded that the available buildings, equipment and resources allow ongoing academic activities to be maintained. The institute has Development plans for the maintenance and possible expansion of its infrastructuredependent on institutional growth, and has sufficient bibliographic resources in line with current academic offerings.
Another one of these valued aspects was the number and variety of initiatives interinstitutional articulation of the River Plate University Institute, both locally, nationally and internationally. The organization considered that these measures are relevant and consistent with the institutional mission, noting that it makes sense to continue to promote the university’s integration into its social and community environment.
Based on this conclusion, The Education Secretary of the Ministry of Human Capital recommended final recognition. The publication in the Official Journal thus completes a process that began more than a decade ago, when the university received preliminary approval to operate as a university institute and, with final recognition by the state, fully integrated it into the private university system.
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