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{{Short description|Public university in Lima, Peru}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = National University of San Marcos
| native_name = Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
| native_name_lang = es
| image = UNMSM_coatofarms_seal.svg
| image_size = 170px
| caption = Coat of arms
| former_name = Royal and Pontifical University of the City of the Kings of Lima, University of Lima
| motto = ''Universidad del Perú, Decana de América''
| mottoeng = University of Peru, Dean of the Americas
| latin_name = Academia S. Marci Vrbis Regvm in Perv<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://archive.org/search?query=Academia+S.+Marci+Vrbis+Regvm+in+Perv&sin=TXT |website=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
| established = May 12, 1551 ({{Age|1551|5|12}} years ago)
| founder = [[Charles I of Spain]]
| type = [[Public university]]
| other_name =
| endowment = {{Currency|469 million|PEN|passthrough=yes}} (FY 2013)<ref>{{Cite web
|url= http://www.universidadcoherente.org
|title= Presupuesto 2000–2013 en millones de nuevos soles
|access-date= May 30, 2013
|author= Universidad Coherente
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130721125218/http://universidadcoherente.org/
|archive-date= July 21, 2013
}}</ref><ref name="Información presupuestal">{{Cite web
|url = http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/transparencia/presupuesto
|title = Información presupuestal
|access-date = October 6, 2019
|author = Portal de Transparencia Universitaria (UNMSM)
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120419131121/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/transparencia/presupuesto
|archive-date = April 19, 2012
}}</ref>
| rector = Jeri Ramón Ruffner<ref name="Autoridades: Rector de la UNMSM">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/?url=autoridades-rector
|title= Autoridades: Rector de la UNMSM
|access-date=August 31, 2010
|author= Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
}}</ref>
| academic_staff = 3,315 (2017)<ref name="Compendio estadístico UNMSM 2018">{{cite web
|url = http://ogpl.unmsm.edu.pe/resources/Publicaciones/Compendios/Compendio2018/CAPITULOS_pdf/CE2018%20-%20CAP%2001.pdf
|title = Compendio estadístico UNMSM 2018
|access-date = June 8, 2019
|author = Oficina General de Planificación de la UNMSM
|archive-date = September 4, 2021
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210904023226/https://ogpl.unmsm.edu.pe/resources/Publicaciones/Compendios/Compendio2018/CAPITULOS_pdf/CE2018%20-%20CAP%2001.pdf
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
| students = 37,468 (2020)<!-- those references are no source for a number of 2020! --><ref name="Compendio estadístico UNMSM 2018" /><ref name="II Censo Nacional Universitario 2010">{{Cite web
|url = http://www.guillermopereyra.com/documentosenpdf/cenau2010.pdf
|title = II Censo Nacional Universitario 2010
|access-date = February 4, 2011
|author = INEI-ANR
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120813004739/http://guillermopereyra.com/documentosenpdf/cenau2010.pdf
|archive-date = August 13, 2012
}}</ref><ref name="San Marcos al día (n° 212): San Marcos en la sociedad del conocimiento">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/212.pdf
|title= San Marcos al día (n° 212): San Marcos en la sociedad del conocimiento
|access-date= August 30, 2010
|author= Revista "San Marcos al día" (UNMSM)
|archive-date= December 13, 2011
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111213033844/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/212.pdf
|url-status= dead
}}</ref><ref name="San Marcos al día (n° 308): Excelencia académica y moderna infraestructura">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/308.pdf
|title= San Marcos al día (n° 308): Excelencia académica y moderna infraestructura
|access-date= October 17, 2015
|author= Revista "San Marcos al día" (UNMSM)
|archive-date= March 4, 2016
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193044/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/308.pdf
|url-status= dead
}}</ref>
| undergrad = 30,866
| postgrad = 6,602
| doctoral =
| city = Lima
| country = Peru
| campus = Urban
| campus_size = {{Convert|170 |acre}}
| mascot = [[Panthera leo|Lion]]
| colors = {{legend|Gold|Gold|borde=solid 1px black}} {{legend|White|White|borde=solid 1px black}} {{legend|#4682b4|Metallic blue|borde=solid 1px black}} {{legend|#CA1F7B|Magenta|borde=solid 1px black}}
| affiliation = National Association of Public Universities of Peru, [[International Association of Universities]], [[Iberoamerican Association of Postgraduate Universities]], Organización Universitaria Interamericana, Association of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean, [[Universia]], Fudan-Latin America University Consortium
| website = {{URL|https://www.unmsm.edu.pe/|unmsm.edu.pe}}
| logo = UNMSM escudo XVI-XXI transparente siglas nombre horizontal.svg
| logo_size = 265px
| notas =
| coordinates = {{Coord|12|03|30|S|77|05|00|W|region:PE-PER_type:city_scale:15000|display=title,inline}}
}}
The '''National University of San Marcos''' ({{langx|es|Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|link=no}}, '''UNMSM''') is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] located in [[Lima]], the capital of [[Peru]]. In the Americas, it is the first officially established ([[Privilege (legal ethics)|privilege]] by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]]) and the [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Latin America and the Caribbean|oldest continuously operating university]].<ref name="dean">{{cite book |last1=Valcárcel |first1=Carlos Daniel |url=http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibvirtual/libros/historia/San_marcos/Fund_Uni_Sto_Domin.htm |title=San Marcos Universidad Decana de América |publisher=National University of San Marcos |year=2001 |isbn=9972-46-140-8 |location=[[Lima]] |language=es |access-date=June 4, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Fundación de la Universidad de Santo Domingo">{{Cite web|url=http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibvirtual/libros/historia/San_marcos/Fund_Uni_Sto_Domin.htm|title=Fundación de la Universidad de Santo Domingo (23 February 1558)|access-date=August 18, 2010|author=Carlos Daniel Valcárcel}}</ref><ref name="The Founding of Harvard College. Appendix A: The Student Universities of Bologna, Spain, and Spanish America">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PQMdzhnfaSwC&dq=harvard+on+san+marcos+university+lima&pg=PA356|title=The Founding of Harvard College. Appendix A: The Student Universities of Bologna, Spain, and Spanish America|access-date=January 18, 2018|author=Samuel Eliot Morison|year=1995 |publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=9780674314511 }}</ref>
The university started in the general studies that were offered in the convent of the Rosario of the order of Santo Domingo—the current [[Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo, Lima|Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo]]—in around 1548. Its official foundation was conceived by [[Fray Thomas de San Martín]] on May 12, 1551; with the decree of Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire]]. In 1571, it acquired the degree of pontifical granted by [[Pope Pius V]], with which it ended up being named the "Royal and Pontifical University of the City of the Kings of Lima".<ref name="Cedvla real del señor emperador Carlos V, y la reyna doña Juana su madre, sobre la fundación de ella Real Vniversidad">{{Cite web
|url = http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/archivos/Real_Cedula_transcripcion.pdf
|title= Cedvla real del señor emperador Carlos V, y la reyna doña Juana su madre, sobre la fundación de ella Real Vniversidad
|access-date= August 30, 2010
|author = Carlos V
}}{{dead link|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/archivos/Real_Cedula_transcripcion.pdf|bot=InternetArchiveBot|date=March 2019}}</ref><ref name="Fundación de la Universidad de Lima">{{Cite web|url=http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibvirtual/libros/historia/San_marcos/Fund_Uni_Lima.htm|title=Fundación de la Universidad de Lima (12 May 1551)|access-date=August 18, 2010|author=Carlos Daniel Valcárcel}}</ref> It is also referred to as the "University of Lima" throughout the [[Viceroyalty of Peru|Viceroyalty]].<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO II: Conquista y Virreinato">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gEaTPgAACAAJ&q=enciclopedia%20tematica%20del%20peru|title=Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO II: Conquista y Virreinato|access-date=August 30, 2010|author=José Antonio del Busto Duthurburu|publisher=Orbis Ventures, El Comercio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003140939/http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=gEaTPgAACAAJ&dq=enciclopedia%20tematica%20del%20peru&source=gbs_slider_thumb|archive-date=October 3, 2011}}</ref>
Throughout its history, the university had a total of four colleges under tutelage: the Colegio Real y Mayor de San Martín and the Colegio Real y Mayor de San Felipe y San Marcos, the Real Colegio de San Carlos—focused on law and letters, derived from the merger of the two previous ones—and the Royal College of San Fernando—focused on medicine and surgery.
The University of San Marcos has passed through several locations, of which it maintains and stands out: the "[[Casona of the National University of San Marcos|Casona de San Marcos]]", one of the buildings in the [[Historic Centre of Lima|Historic Center of Lima]] that were recognized as [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage Sites]] by [[UNESCO]] in 1988.<ref name="Historic Centre of Lima">{{Cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/es/list/500/|title=Historic Centre of Lima|access-date=December 27, 2014|author=World Heritage Center, UNESCO}}</ref><ref name="Historic Centre of Lima: Gallery">{{Cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/es/list/500/gallery/|title=Historic Centre of Lima: Gallery|access-date=August 18, 2010|author=World Heritage Center, UNESCO}}</ref><ref name="Casona de San Marcos: remanso cultural en el Centro de Lima">{{Cite web|url=http://larepublica.pe/turismo/cultural/767123-casona-de-san-marcos-remanso-cultural-en-el-centro-de-lima|title=Casona de San Marcos: remanso cultural en el Centro de Lima|access-date= May 13, 2016|author=Diario La República|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514105902/http://larepublica.pe/turismo/cultural/767123-casona-de-san-marcos-remanso-cultural-en-el-centro-de-lima|archive-date=May 14, 2016}}</ref> The University of San Marcos has 66 professional schools,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.admision.unmsm.edu.pe/portal/index.php?id=escuelas-profesionales|title=Escuelas Profesionales – Oficina Central de Admisión|access-date=October 24, 2019|website=www.admision.unmsm.edu.pe}}</ref> grouped into 20 faculties,<ref name="Facultades">{{Cite web|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/?url=organizacion-areaacademica|title=Facultades de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|access-date=August 12, 2010|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos}}</ref> and these in turn in 5 academic areas.<ref name="Áreas académicas de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos">{{Cite web|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/?url=organizacion-areaacademica|title=Áreas académicas de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|access-date=August 10, 2010|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos}}</ref> Through its "Domingo Angulo" historical archive, the university preserves documents and writings. In 2019, the "Colonial Fund and Foundational Documents of the National University of San Marcos: 1551–1852” was incorporated into the [[Memory of the World Programme|UNESCO Memory of the World Register]].<ref name="Documentos históricos de San Marcos son reconocidos como patrimonio mundial por la Unesco">{{Cite web |author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |title=Documentos históricos de San Marcos son reconocidos como patrimonio mundial por la Unesco |url=http://unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/ver/Documentos-historicos-de-San-Marcos-son-reconocidos-como-patrimonio-mundial-por-la-Unesco |access-date=July 14, 2019 |language=spanish |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713022459/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/ver/Documentos-historicos-de-San-Marcos-son-reconocidos-como-patrimonio-mundial-por-la-Unesco |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Documentos históricos de la UNMSM son reconocidos como Patrimonio Mundial por la Unesco">{{Cite web |author=Diario La República |title=Historical documents of the UNMSM are recognized as World Heritage by UNESCO |url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/2019/07/13/san-marcos-documentos-historicos-de-la-unmsm-son-reconocidos-como-patrimonio-mundial-por-la-unesco-universidad-nacional-mayor-de-san-marcos |access-date=July 14, 2019 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
The National University of San Marcos is currently the leading Peruvian institution in scientific production, both annually<ref>[https://unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/noticia-san-marcos-mantiene-liderazgo-en-produccion-cientifica-a-nivel-nacional Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. "San Marcos mantiene liderazgo en producción científica a nivel nacional"]. Retrieved June 23, 2022.</ref> and cumulatively throughout history.<ref>[https://unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/noticia-san-marcos-es-la-institucion-peruana-con-mayor-produccion-cientifica-acumulada-segun-scopus Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. "San Marcos es la institución peruana con mayor producción científica acumulada según Scopus"]. Retrieved June 23, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/harvard-san-marcos-es-la-mejor-universidad-con-proyectos-de-innovacion Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. "Harvard: San Marcos es la mejor universidad con proyectos de innovación"]. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2016.</ref> It has also achieved the top position nationally in various editions of academic university rankings,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111127092836/http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001918/191861s.pdf Asamblea Nacional de Rectores, with the support of UNESCO. "Ranking Universitario en el Perú"]. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011 Quacquarelli Symonds. "QS World University Rankings 2011"]. Retrieved in English.</ref><ref>[https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2012 Quacquarelli Symonds. "QS World University Rankings 2012"]. Retrieved in English.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202092736/http://www.urapcenter.org/2010-2011 University Ranking by Academic Performance"]. Archived from the original on February 2, 2011.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120202092736/http://www.urapcenter.org/2011-2012 URAP Research Laboratory. "2011-2012 University Ranking by Academic Performance"]. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130202092736/http://www.urapcenter.org/2012-2013 URAP Research Laboratory. "2012-2013 University Ranking by Academic Performance"]. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110216092736/http://larepublica.pe/noticias/2011-ranking Ranking pone a UNMSM como la mejor del Perú"]. Archived from the original on February 16, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.csic.es/web/guest/inicio Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. "2012 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities: January"].</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150807092736/http://4icu.org/reviews/2015-uni-ranking International Colleges & Universities. "2015 University Web Ranking"]. Archived from the original on August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.</ref> being one of the three Peruvian universities to ever reach such a position and the only public one to do so. It holds a ten-year institutional licensing granted by the National Superintendency of Higher Education (SUNEDU) and an international institutional accreditation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111213092736/http://elperuano.pe/noticias/2011-acreditacion Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. "Acreditarán a San Marcos: Es la primera universidad peruana que recibe esta distinción"]. Archived from the original on December 13, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.</ref> To date, twenty-one Presidents of the Republic of Peru,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201114092736/http://rtvsanmarcos.edu.pe/noticias RTV San Marcos. "Perú fue gobernado por 21 presidentes sanmarquinos a lo largo de su historia republicana"]. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2016.</ref> seven Peruvian candidates for the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Literature, and Peace,<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/country?start=peru The Nobel Prize. "The Nobel Prize Nomination Archive: Nominees from Peru"]. Retrieved January 30, 2023.</ref> and the only Peruvian Nobel Prize laureate<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2010/vargas-llosa/facts/ The Nobel Prize. "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010: Mario Vargas Llosa"]. Retrieved October 9, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/arts/09nobel.html The New York Times. "Vargas Llosa Takes Nobel in Literature"]. Retrieved October 9, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://elcomercio.pe/noticias/mario-vargas-llosa-premio-nobel El Comercio. "Profesores y estudiantes de San Marcos celebran premio Nobel de Mario Vargas Llosa"]. Retrieved October 9, 2010.</ref> have been alumni or professors of this institution. Due to its historical and academic significance, the National University of San Marcos is often referred to as the most important and representative educational institution in Peru.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190913092736/http://sucedioenelperu.pe/noticias Sucedió en el Perú. "Universidad de San Marcos"]. Archived from the original on September 13, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://alavueltadelaesquina.com/universidad-san-marcos-la-mas-antigua A la vuelta de la esquina. "Universidad San Marcos: La más antigua de América"]. Retrieved June 15, 2011.</ref><ref>[https://rpp.pe/noticias/2011-encuesta-ipsos RPP, Ipsos. "Encuesta IPSOS: Si el Perú fuera una radio, sería RPP Noticias"]. Retrieved July 28, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/noticias/2021/07/28 CNN. "Bicentenario de la Independencia de Perú: las 9 cosas en las que nadie puede superar a los peruanos"]. Retrieved July 28, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://mariovargasllosa.com/honoris-causa-discurso Mario Vargas Llosa. "Discurso de MVLL por el otorgamiento de Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos"]. Retrieved October 9, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://peru21.pe/cultura/alfredo-bryce-echenique-en-san-marcos-hallo-el-peru-y-en-un-techo-de-paris-el-mundo-478944 Perú21. "Alfredo Bryce Echenique: En San Marcos halló el Perú y en un techo de París, el mundo"]. Retrieved May 16, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/universidad-de-harvard-respeta-a-san-marcos Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. "Universidad de Harvard respeta a San Marcos por su trayectoria en Latinoamérica"]. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2016.</ref>
== History ==
[[File:Unmsm_fundacion1551.jpg|alt=Óleo referente a la fundación de la Universidad de San Marcos, oficialmente la primera universidad del Perú y de América, y a su gestor fray Tomás de San Martín.|thumb|226x226px|Oil referring to the founding of the University of San Marcos]]
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During the General Studies carried out in the cloisters of the Convent of the Rosario of the Order of Santo Domingo—current [[Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo, Lima|Basilica and Convento de Santo Domingo]]—in around 1548, the Lima town council would send [[Fray Thomas de San Martín|Fray Tomás de San Martín]] and Captain Juan Jerónimo de Aliaga to Spain, who obtained the [[Real cédula|founding order]] of the university from [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles I of Spain]] and [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|V of the Holy Roman Empire]] and [[Joanna of Castile|Queen Juana I of Castile]]. The foundation of the Royal University of the City of Kings was officially carried out.<ref name="UNMSM: Historia">{{Cite web
|url = http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcos/historia.html
|title= Reseña histórica de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
|access-date = August 18, 2010
|author= Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516224159/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcos/historia.html
|archive-date= May 16, 2011
}}</ref><ref name="Antecedentes históricos de la UNMSM">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.congreso.gob.pe/historico/restosarqueologicos/locales/sanmarcos/sanmarcos.htm
|title= Antecedentes históricos de la Real Universidad de San Marcos
|access-date=August 12, 2010
|author= Congreso de la República del Perú
}}</ref> The university began to function officially on January 2, 1553.<ref name="La universidad no es una isla: Un prólogo, un estudio, un plan, y tres discursos">{{Cite book
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RPQEAQAAIAAJ&q=La+universidad+no+es+una+isla...+Un+estudio,+un+plan,+y+tres+discursos
|title= La universidad no es una isla: Un prólogo, un estudio, un plan, y tres discursos
|access-date=December 16, 2010
|author= Luis Alberto Sánchez Sánchez
|year= 1985
}}</ref>
[[File:UNMSM_SalaCapitular_ConventodeSantoDomingo.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|200x200px|The chapter house in the Convent of the Rosario of the Dominicans]]
They asked the Royal Court for compliance with the [[Royal decree]] of 1570. The university moved to its second location, near the outskirts of San Marcelo, where the Convent of the [[Order of Saint Augustine]] had previously operated.<ref name="UNMSM: Historia" /> The "Royal and Pontifical University of San Marcos" was chosen as its official name on September 6, 1574, with [[Mark the Evangelist]] as the patron saint of the University.<ref name="Antecedentes históricos de la UNMSM" /> In 1575, the university changed its location again to [[Legislative Palace (Peru)|the old Plaza del Estanque]].<ref name="Fundación de la Universidad de Lima" /><ref name="La universidad no es una isla: Un prólogo, un estudio, un plan, y tres discursos" />
The officially named University of San Marcos began its work in the viceregal era with the faculties of Theology and Arts,<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XIV: Literatura">{{Cite book
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UEAhOQAACAAJ&q=bibliogroup:%22Enciclopedia+tem%C3%A1tica+del+Per%C3%BA%22
|title= Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XIV: Literatura
|access-date=August 30, 2010
|author= Ricardo González Vigil
|year= 2004
|publisher= Orbis Ventures, El Comercio
|isbn= 9789972752148
}}</ref> later the canons of Law and Medicine would be created. On November 27, 1579, the professors asked [[Philip II of Spain|King Philip II]] for the institution of jurisdiction that governed the [[University of Salamanca]]. In 1581, Viceroy Francisco Álvarez de Toledo authorized clerics and laymen to be elected.<ref name="UNMSM: Historia, Continuidad universitaria">{{Cite web
|url= http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibvirtual/Libros/historia/San_marcos/Cont_Uni.htm
|title= Reseña histórica de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, continuidad universitaria.
|access-date=August 12, 2010
|author= Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
}}</ref>
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The support for the secularization of the University of San Marcos was given by [[Francisco de Toledo|Viceroy Francisco Álvarez de Toledo]]. It was also exercised by the rector of the [[:es:Real Convictorio de San Carlos|Royal Convictory of San Carlos]].<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO II: Conquista y Virreinato" /> Between 1792 and 1811, the amphitheater and medicine chairs began to develop in the Royal Hospital of San Andrés. Both the University of San Marcos and the College of Law and Letters of San Carlos and the [[:es:Facultad de Medicina «San Fernando» (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)|College of Medicine of San Fernando]] began to be watched by the Viceroy because their house professors and students were suspected of envisioning.<ref name="Reseña histórica de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos">{{Cite web |author=Óscar Saco Rodríguez |title=Reseña histórica de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |url=http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/Bibvirtual/Publicaciones/geologia/v01_n1/rese%C3%B1a_histo.htm}}</ref>
[[File:Primer_Congreso_Constituyente_del_Perú_(1822)_-_Capilla_de_la_Universidad_San_Marcos.jpg|alt=|thumb|200x200px|The First Constituent Congress of Peru was chaired by [[Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza]] on September 20, 1822.|left]]
The University of San Marcos became part of the current [[Peru|Republic of Peru]] since its independence in 1821. The [[Constituent Congress of Peru, 1822|First Constituent Congress of Peru]] was initially chaired by the former rector of the University of San Marcos, [[Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza]]; of the 64 constituent deputies, 54 were San Marcos's alumnus and Carolines's.<ref name="Antecedentes históricos de la UNMSM" /><ref name="Reseña histórica del Congreso">{{Cite web
|url = http://www.congreso.gob.pe/historia/congreso.htm
|title= Reseña histórica del Congreso
|access-date = August 18, 2010
|author= Congreso de la República del Perú
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100728100329/http://www.congreso.gob.pe/historia/congreso.htm
|archive-date= July 28, 2010
}}</ref> In 1822, the university handed over its collection of 50,000 books to form the National Library of Peru. In 1840, the Colleges of San Carlos and San Fernando are taken over by the University of San Marcos. San Marcos was empowered by the then President [[Ramón Castilla]] to approve new universities and control the newly created ones.<ref name="Reseña histórica de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos" />
During the 1870s, the university moved to the [[Casona of the National University of San Marcos|Casona of San Marcos]]. During the [[War of the Pacific]] and specifically during the [[occupation of Lima]] by [[Chilean Army|Chilean troops]], art and cultural objects and assets were taken from the university in order to be taken to Chile by sea.<ref name="Antecedentes históricos de la UNMSM" /> At the end of the 19th century, the San Fernando Faculty of Medicine, which was located in a building in the old Plaza de Santa Ana, moved to its current location in the Orchard of Mestas.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XII: Salud">{{Cite book |author=Uriel García Cáceres |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y73yJwAACAAJ&q=bibliogroup:%22Enciclopedia+tem%C3%A1tica+del+Per%C3%BA%22 |title=Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XII: Salud |publisher=Orbis Ventures, El Comercio |year=2004 |isbn=9789972752124 |access-date=August 30, 2010}}</ref> Once the war ended, by law of 1901, it is stated that Peruvian university education corresponds to the National University of San Marcos and the minor universities of [[National University of Trujillo|Trujillo]], Cusco, and Arequipa, which were later joined by the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru|Catholic University of Lima]] and technical schools.<ref name="Reseña histórica de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos" />
=== Modern history ===
[[File:UniversidaddeSanMarco_AugustoBLeguia.jpg|alt=|thumb|200x200px|Then President Augusto Leguía after a speech at the university|left]]
At the beginning of the 20th century, university activists promoted a reform within the University of San Marcos.<ref name="La universidad no es una isla: Un prólogo, un estudio, un plan, y tres discursos" /> In 1909, the students had participated in protests against the [[:es:República Aristocrática|Peruvian dictatorial governments]]. In 1916, the Federation of Students of Peru (FEP) was established, led mainly by students from San Marcos. The FEP's demands included university reforms such as updating curricula, removing untrained faculty, and eliminating Peruvian government interference in the university. The university educational system was later reorganized and university autonomy was granted.<ref name="Lima: A cultural history: The Casona de San Marcos">{{Cite book
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=YErY-1GD7o8C&pg=PA141
|title= Lima: A cultural history: "The Casona de San Marcos"
|access-date=August 30, 2010
|author= James Higgins
|year= 2005
|publisher= Oxford University Press
|isbn= 978-0-19-517890-6
|language=English
}}</ref>
In 1946, the university's name was made official as the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. In 1951, as a commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the University of San Marcos, the university acquires a new piece of land to build the new [[University City of the National University of San Marcos|University City]], where the [[Estadio Universidad San Marcos|Stadium of the University of San Marcos]] was inaugurated that same year. A ceremony was also held that brought together the rectors of the main Ibero-American universities, who decided to give her the title of "Dean of America". Due to this, the university has retained the names of the '''University of Peru''' and the '''Dean of the Americas'''.<ref name="San Marcos al día (n° 212): San Marcos en la sociedad del conocimiento" />
In 1958, then Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] had scheduled a conference at the University of San Marcos as part of his visit to Latin America; however, this did not take place due to the protest of San Marcos, who spoke out against US policy in the region with phrases such as "Nixon, Go Home!".<ref name="Huellas digitales: la accidentada visita de Richard Nixon al Perú">{{Cite news
|url = http://elcomercio.pe/actualidad/1521127/noticia-huellas-digitales-accidentada-visita-richard-nixon-al-peru
|title= Huellas digitales: la accidentada visita de Richard Nixon al Perú
|access-date = March 31, 2013
|author= Diario El Comercio
|newspaper= El Comercio
|date= January 10, 2013
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130603214845/http://elcomercio.pe/actualidad/1521127/noticia-huellas-digitales-accidentada-visita-richard-nixon-al-peru
|archive-date= June 3, 2013
}}</ref><ref name="El centenario de Mr. Nixon">{{Cite web
|url = http://blogs.elcomercio.pe/huellasdigitales/2013/01/el-centenario-de-mr-nixon.html
|title= El centenario de Mr. Nixon
|access-date = March 31, 2013
|author= Archivo Histórico "El Comercio"
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130118061738/http://blogs.elcomercio.pe/huellasdigitales/2013/01/el-centenario-de-mr-nixon.html
|archive-date= January 18, 2013
}}</ref><ref name="Nixon en San Marcos: Imágenes inéditas">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.reporterodelahistoria.com/2008/11/nixon-en-san-marcos-imgenes-inditas.html
|title= Nixon en San Marcos: Imágenes inéditas
|access-date=March 31, 2013
|author= El Reportero de la Historia
}}</ref> The conference was transferred to the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru|Catholic University of Lima]].<ref name="The Harvard Crimson (May 12, 1958): Nixon in Peru">{{Cite web |author=Harvard University |title=The Harvard Crimson (May 12, 1958): Nixon in Peru |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1958/5/12/nixon-in-peru-pduring-his-recent |access-date=March 31, 2013 |language=English}}</ref>
In the mid-1960s, several faculties of the university began to move to the Ciudad Universitaria site, where 17 of the 20 faculties are currently located.<ref name="San Marcos al día (n° 126): 456: 1551 - 12 de mayo - 2007">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/126.pdf
|title= San Marcos al día (n° 126): 456: 1551 – 12 de mayo – 2007
|access-date= August 30, 2010
|author= Revista "San Marcos al día" (UNMSM)
|archive-date= December 13, 2011
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111213034434/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/126.pdf
|url-status= dead
}}</ref> On September 22, 1984, the current statute of the university was promulgated. It had nearly 40,000 students and more than 4,000 faculty.<ref name="San Marcos al día (n° 165): San Marcos, luz de la inteligencia del Perú y América">{{Cite web|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/165.pdf|title=San Marcos al día (n° 165): San Marcos, luz de la inteligencia del Perú y América|access-date=August 30, 2010|author=Revista "San Marcos al día" (UNMSM)|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073838/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/165.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XI: Ciencia y Tecnología">{{Cite book
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Yb3yJwAACAAJ&q=bibliogroup:%22Enciclopedia+tem%C3%A1tica+del+Per%C3%BA%22
|title= Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XI: Ciencia y Tecnología
|access-date=August 30, 2010
|author= Varios autores
|year= 2004
|publisher= Orbis Ventures, El Comercio
|isbn= 9789972752117
}}</ref> In 2010, a [[Nobel Prize]] was awarded to [[Mario Vargas Llosa]], a students of the University of San Marcos.<ref name="The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010: Mario Vargas Llosa">{{Cite web |author=Nobelprize.org |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010: Mario Vargas Llosa |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2010/ |access-date=October 9, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Peruvian wins Nobel for literature">{{Cite web |author= |title=Peruvian wins Nobel for literature |url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/07/peruvian-wins-nobel-for-literature/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010002242/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/07/peruvian-wins-nobel-for-literature/ |archive-date=October 10, 2010 |access-date=October 9, 2010 |agency=CNN}}</ref> As a tribute, on March 30, 2011, the university distinguished Vargas Llosa with its highest decoration: the San Marcos Medal of Honor in the degree of [[Grand Cross]]. The ceremony was held in the Casona de San Marcos.<ref name="Primera universidad">{{Cite web |author=Revista "San Marcos al día" (UNMSM) |title=San Marcos al día (n° 229): Primera universidad peruana con certificación institucional internacional: Acreditada. Exitoso proceso de admisión reunió a casi 27 mil postulantes: El número uno será médico |url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/229.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409140528/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/229.pdf |archive-date=April 9, 2011 |access-date=March 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name="UNMSM distinguirá a Vargas Llosa con máxima condecoración">{{Cite web |author=Agencia peruana de noticias (ANDINA) |title=UNMSM distinguirá a Vargas Llosa con máxima condecoración |url=http://www.andina.com.pe/agencia/noticia-san-marcos-distinguira-a-vargas-llosa-maxima-condecoracion-350019.aspx |access-date=March 26, 2011}}</ref> In 2019, the university awards a doctoral degree based on a thesis written and defended entirely in Quechua.<ref name="Roxana Quispe Collantes: Tesis imperial">{{Cite web |author=Diario La República |date=October 20, 2019 |title=Roxana Quispe Collantes: Tesis imperial |url=https://larepublica.pe/domingo/2019/10/20/roxana-quispe-collantes-tesis-imperial/ |access-date=October 20, 2019}}</ref><ref name="UNMSM Oct 16, 2019">{{Cite news |author=Diario El Comercio |date=October 16, 2019 |title=UNMSM: Primera tesis sustentada en quechua fue calificada como excelente con nota 20 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/videos/pais/roxana-quispe-collante-unmsm-primera-tesis-sanmarquina-sustentada-en-quechua-noticia/ |access-date=October 20, 2019 |newspaper=El Comercio}}</ref>
{{External media|float=right|title=Albert Einstein to San Marcos|audio1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMBlEg2Dev0 Audio of Albert Einstein in gratitude to the UNMSM] (courtesy: [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|HUJI]])|image1=[https://unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/templates/noticias2020/junio/d30/1_carta_einstein.jpg Manuscript in german by Albert Einstein in gratitude to the UNMSM] (courtesy: [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|HUJI]])}}
=== University symbols ===
[[File:Cedula_Real_1551_Universidad_de_San_Marcos.png|alt=|left|thumb|242x242px|Royal Decree in which Emperor Charles V authorized the creation of the National University of San Marcos]]Since its foundation until 1574, the first official shield showed an image of the [[Virgin of the Rosary|Virgen del Rosario]], considered the patron saint of the Dominican friars; on the right, a representation of the [[Pacific Ocean]]; and below a lime—fruit, referring to the city of Lima. The coat of arms was approved by King Charles I of Spain in 1551. By the end of 1570, after the papal bull of [[Pope Pius V|Pius V]], the coat of arms was modified, replacing the image of the Virgen del Rosario with that of the new patron of the university, the apostle [[Mark the Evangelist|Saint Mark]] and the [[Lion of Saint Mark|Lion]].
For the coat of arms, the documents about them in the century were black and white. It was not until 1929 that the colors, blue for the 'ocean', black or brown for the image of the saint, light blue for the background, and silver for the columns, became used. The second original shield with the image of San Marcos has been the longest-lasting symbol of the university. In 1929, the original colors were officially introduced: blue for the 'ocean', black or brown for the image of the saint, light blue for the background, and silver for the columns.<ref name="Escudo de San Marcos">{{Cite web
|url = http://www.tunasanmarcos.com/2010/escudo-de-san-marcos/
|title= Escudo de San Marcos
|access-date = August 29, 2010
|author= Tuna Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120118120211/http://www.tunasanmarcos.com/2010/escudo-de-san-marcos/
|archive-date= January 18, 2012
}}</ref>[[File:Bandera_UNMSM.png|alt=|thumb|200x200px|Flag of the University of San Marcos; the emblem represents the institution, and the white background represents the variety of academic colors of each faculty.]]
==== Flag ====
{| class="toccolours" align="right" style="font-size:90%;line-height:130%; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em;"
|+'''UNMSM anthem'''
|- align="center"
|''Adelante San Marcos glorioso''<br>''adelante tú siempre estarás,''<br>''porque nadie ha podido vencerte''<br>''y jamás nadie te vencerá.'' (bis)<br>
|- align="center"
|
|- align="center"
|''Es tu nombre un timbre de orgullo''<br>''Tradición de nobleza y de honor,''<br>''Siempre grande, siempre limpia''<br>''tu bandera muy alto estará.''<br>
|- align="center"
|
|- align="center"
|''Sanmarquinos unidos por siempre''<br>''en tan grande y profunda misión,''<br>''levantemos muy alto la frente''<br>''Convencidos de nuestro valor.''<br>
|- align="center"
|}
In ancient manuscripts, it was indicated that the university's official banner was composed of major shields centered on a white background; this description gave rise to the appearance of banners and flags of the university that followed these patterns during the 17th to 19th centuries. Although the use of a white flag with the shield of the university in the center had already been generalized, its use was recently made official through a rectoral resolution on June 14, 2010.<ref name="Resolución rectoral nº 3103-R-10 (Lima, 14 Junel 2010)">{{Cite web
|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/archivos/3103-R-10-bandera.jpg
|title=Resolución rectoral nº 3103-R-10 (Lima, 14 Junel 2010)
|access-date=August 30, 2010
|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
|archive-date=October 4, 2010
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004131525/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/archivos/3103-R-10-bandera.jpg
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
====
The university anthem is regularly performed at special ceremonies and anniversaries of the University of San Marcos, mainly by the University Choir. The lyrics of the anthem were composed by Manuel Tarazona Camacho, and the music by Luis Craff Zevallos.<ref name="Símbolos Sanmarquinos">{{Cite web |author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |title=Símbolos Sanmarquinos |url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/home/inicio/simbolos |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417044403/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/home/inicio/simbolos |archive-date=April 17, 2014 |access-date=August 30, 2010}}</ref>
The National University of San Marcos also mentions other symbolic documents for the university. Among them are the Royal Certificate by which King Charles I of Spain authorized the foundation of the university in 1551, and the Quipu found in the Huaca San Marcos.<ref name="Símbolos Sanmarquinos" />
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==Organization==
===Governance and administration===
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| title = Chronological Series of the 214 Rectors of the University of San Marcos<ref name="Autoridades: Galería de Rectores de la UNMSM">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/?url=autoridades-rector
|title= Autoridades: Galería de Rectores de la UNMSM
|access-date=August 31, 2010
|author= Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
}}</ref>
| caption_align = center
| image1 = UNMSM-CCSM Casona de la Universidad de San Marcos (110).jpg
| image2 = UNMSM-CCSM Casona de la Universidad de San Marcos (109).jpg
| caption2 = 1571–1600
| image3 = UNMSM-CCSM Casona de la Universidad de San Marcos (108).jpg
| caption3 = 1600–1700
| image4 = UNMSM-CCSM Casona de la Universidad de San Marcos (107).jpg
| caption4 = 1700–1822
| image5 = UNMSM-CCSM Casona de la Universidad de San Marcos (106).jpg
| caption5 = 1822–1905
| image6 = UNMSM-CCSM Casona de la Universidad de San Marcos (105).jpg
| caption6 = 1905–1966
| image7 = UNMSM-CCSM Casona de la Universidad de San Marcos (104).jpg
| caption7 = 1966–2022
| total_width = 300
| caption1 = 1551–1571
}}
The University of San Marcos was originally governed by clerics of monastic orders; during the [[Age of Enlightenment]], the [[Bourbon Reforms]] transformed it into a secular institution. The University Assembly is the highest governing body in the university.<ref name="Órganos de gobierno: Asamblea Universitaria">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/?url=universidad-organosgobierno-asambleauniversitaria
|title= Órganos de gobierno: Asamblea Universitaria
|access-date=August 12, 2010
|author= Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
}}</ref> It is made up of the rector and the two vice-rectors, the deans of the faculties, the director of the graduate school, representatives of the teachers, and representatives of the students—which constitute a third of the total number of members of the assembly—representatives of the graduates, and the president of the Federation of students of the University of San Marcos with the right to speak, without a vote.
Administrative officials of the highest level can attend the assembly when they are required as advisors, without the right to vote.<ref name="Órganos de gobierno: Asamblea Universitaria" /> The main attributions of the university assembly are: the modification of the statute of the university, requiring in such a case the majority of its members; approval of the General Plan for the operation of the university and carrying out its evaluation; it is in charge of the election of the rector and vice-rectors.<ref name="Órganos de gobierno: Asamblea Universitaria" />
The University Council is the body in charge of the direction and execution of the university.<ref name="Órganos de gobierno: Consejo Universitario">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/?url=universidad-organosgobierno-consejouniversitario
|title= Órganos de gobierno: Consejo Universitario
|access-date=August 12, 2010
|author= Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
}}</ref> The representative of the graduates and the president of the Federation of Students have the right to speak, without a vote. Administrative officials of the highest level can attend the council when they are required as advisers, without the right to vote.<ref name="Órganos de gobierno: Consejo Universitario" /> The powers of the council are: to formulate the general plan for the development and operation of the university, as well as to establish its policies.<ref name="Órganos de gobierno: Consejo Universitario" />
The Rectorate is the university's governing body, consisting mainly of the Rector. The rector is the first executive authority of the university, as well as its legal representative and its institutional image. The University of San Marcos has had 216 rectors since its foundation.<ref name="Autoridades: Galería de Rectores de la UNMSM" /> Its Vice-Rectorate is made up of two vice-rectors: one for undergraduate academics and the other for research and postgraduate.<ref name="Vicerrectorado Académico de la UNMSM">{{Cite web |author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |title=Vicerrectorado Académico de la UNMSM |url=http://viceacademico.unmsm.edu.pe/ |access-date=August 31, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Vicerrectorado de Investigación de la UNMSM">{{Cite web |author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |title=Vicerrectorado de Investigación de la UNMSM |url=http://vrinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/ |access-date=August 31, 2010}}</ref> The government and administration of the faculties and schools are in charge of the Deans and the School Directors, respectively.<ref name="Autoridades: Decanos">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/decanos/2010/decanos.php?a=decanos
|title= Autoridades: Decanos
|access-date= December 26, 2010
|author= Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
|archive-date= December 13, 2011
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111213032109/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/decanos/2010/decanos.php?a=decanos
|url-status= dead
}}</ref> In addition, the postgraduate units of each faculty are in charge of their respective directors, with the Director of the Graduate School as the general director.<ref name="Autoridades: Director de la Escuela de Postgrado">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/?url=autoridades-directorpostgrado
|title= Autoridades: Director de la Escuela de Postgrado
|access-date=December 26, 2010
|author= Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
}}</ref>
=== Faculties and academic structure===
The University of San Marcos has 20 faculties grouped into 5 academic areas, in which 65 undergraduate programs, 77 master's degrees, and 27 doctorates are offered.
==== Health Sciences ====
[[File:UNMSM_Facultad_de_Medicina_San_Fernando.jpg|thumb|Interior of the main building of the campus of the Faculty of Medicine "San Fernando"]]Faculty of Medicine San Fernando is the Faculty of Human Medicine of the University of San Marcos. It is also called the "San Fernando" Faculty of Medicine. After the creation of the Royal College of Medicine and Surgery of San Fernando in 1811, it was installed as faculty on October 6, 1856, by [[Cayetano Heredia]].<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XII: Salud7">{{cite book|access-date=August 30, 2010|author=Uriel García Cáceres|publisher=Orbis Ventures, El Comercio|title=Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XII: Salud|year=2004 |isbn=9789972752124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y73yJwAACAAJ&q=bibliogroup:%22Enciclopedia+tem%C3%A1tica+del+Per%C3%BA%22}}</ref> In the National Medical Exams in Peru, the "San Fernando" Faculty of Medicine has obtained first place on numerous occasions.<ref name="Resultados del Examen Nacional de Medicina (ENAM) 20082">{{cite web|access-date=September 2, 2010|author=Asociación Peruana de Facultades de Medicina (ASPEFAM)|title=Resultados del Examen Nacional de Medicina (ENAM) 2008|url=http://www.aspefam.org.pe/enam/consultas/mediaporcentual2008.html}}</ref><ref name="Resultados del Examen Nacional de Medicina (ENAM) 20092">{{cite web|access-date=September 2, 2010|archive-date=March 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324120649/http://www.aspefam.org.pe/enam/consultas/mediaporcentual2009.html|author=Asociación Peruana de Facultades de Medicina (ASPEFAM)|title=Resultados del Examen Nacional de Medicina (ENAM) 2009|url=http://www.aspefam.org.pe/enam/consultas/mediaporcentual2009.html}}</ref>
The Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry was started in 1931. It would not be until October 29, 1943, that the law approved the creation of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XII: Salud7" /> The faculty offers studies of undergraduate, specialization, and postgraduate.<ref name="Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica2">{{cite web|access-date=August 11, 2010|archive-date=August 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831150501/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/farmacia/|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/farmacia/}}</ref> The Faculty of Dentistry was created in 1920. In the following year, this institute was incorporated.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XII: Salud7" /> It has dental clinics.<ref name="Facultad de Odontología">{{cite web|access-date=August 11, 2010|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Odontología|url=https://odontologia.unmsm.edu.pe/}}</ref>
The National School of Agronomy and the [[Chorrillos Military School]] would come together, creating the National School of Veterinary Sciences, which in 1946 would become the current Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XII: Salud7" /> In 1956, the faculty moved to its current location in [[San Borja District|San Borja]].<ref name="Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria">{{cite web|access-date=August 11, 2010|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria|url=http://veterinaria.unmsm.edu.pe/}}</ref> The Faculty of Psychology was created in 1963.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XII: Salud7" /><ref name="Facultad de Psicología2">{{cite web|access-date=August 11, 2010|archive-date=June 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610081147/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/psicologia/|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Psicología|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/psicologia/}}</ref>
==== Basic Sciences ====
[[File:UNMSM_Facultad_de_Ciencias_Matematicas.jpg|link=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:UNMSM_Facultad_de_Ciencias_Matematicas.jpg|thumb|Main pavilion of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences]]The Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering was created on April 7, 1855. The faculty was started by Antonio Raimondi and José Eboli. In 1946, then President [[José Luis Bustamante y Rivero]] promulgated Law 10555, which created the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of San Marcos. On April 24, 1964, the study of chemical engineering was introduced, with which the faculty acquired the current name of Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XI: Ciencia y Tecnología3">{{cite book |author=Varios autores |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yb3yJwAACAAJ&q=bibliogroup:%22Enciclopedia+tem%C3%A1tica+del+Per%C3%BA%22 |title=Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XI: Ciencia y Tecnología |publisher=Orbis Ventures, El Comercio |year=2004 |isbn=9789972752117 |access-date=August 30, 2010}}</ref>
The Faculty of Biological Sciences became independent on March 15, 1866. In the 20th century, there was a reform of the biological sciences study program and the granting of the professional title of biologist was established.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XI: Ciencia y Tecnología3" /> The Faculty of Physical Sciences was officially instituted in 1966.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XI: Ciencia y Tecnología3" /> The Faculty of Mathematical Sciences began its operation in the year 1850. In 1862, it was called the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; in 1876, it was named the Faculty of Sciences. It is located in Ciudad Universitaria.<ref name="Escuela académico-profesional de Computación Científica">{{cite web |author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |title=Escuela académico-profesional de Computación Científica |url=http://matematicas.unmsm.edu.pe/computacion/computacion.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529013429/http://matematicas.unmsm.edu.pe/computacion/computacion.htm |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |access-date=September 2, 2010}}</ref>
==== Engineering ====
[[File:UNMSM_Facultad_de_Ingenieria_Industrial.jpg|link=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:UNMSM_Facultad_de_Ingenieria_Industrial.jpg|thumb|Main pavilion of the Faculty of Industrial Engineering]]In 1971, the School of Metallurgical Engineering was created. The School of Mining Engineering was created on November 5, 1980.<ref name="Escuela académico-profesional de Ingeniería de Minas">{{cite web|access-date=September 2, 2010|archive-date=June 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610081136/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/minas/index.php|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Escuela académico-profesional de Ingeniería de Minas|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/minas/index.php}}</ref> The School of Geographic Engineering was created on the next day on November 6, 1980.<ref name="Escuela académico-profesional de Ingeniería Geográfica">{{cite web|access-date=September 2, 2010|archive-date=July 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708221608/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/geografica/|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Escuela académico-profesional de Ingeniería Geográfica|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/geografica/}}</ref> In 1983, the university assembly approved the creation of the Faculty of Geology, Mines, Metallurgy, Geographical Sciences, and Fluid Mechanics. In 2009 and 2014, the School of Civil Engineering and the School of Environmental Engineering were created respectively; this being the final conformation of the current Faculty of Geological, Mining, Metallurgical and Geographic Engineering.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XI: Ciencia y Tecnología3" />
The Faculty of Industrial Engineering was established in 1969. However, this program did not function independently until 1982.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XI: Ciencia y Tecnología3" /> The Faculty of Electronic and Electrical Engineering was branched out from the electrical and electronic courses at the Faculty of Physical Sciences.<ref name="Facultad de Ingeniería Electrónica y Eléctrica">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|archive-date=August 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818090300/http://www.electronicasanmarcos.com/|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Ingeniería Electrónica y Eléctrica|url=http://www.electronicasanmarcos.com/}}</ref>
Faculty of Systems Engineering and Informatics's main antecedent is the School of Computing, which was founded with the French government in the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences in 1969. In 1996, the school of Systems Engineering was created. On October 30, 2000, by rectory resolution, the Faculty of Systems Engineering and Informatics of the University of San Marcos was created.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XI: Ciencia y Tecnología3" />
==== Economics and Management Sciences ====
[[File:UNMSM Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas.jpg|thumb|Main pavilion of the Faculty of Administrative Sciences]]
The Faculty of Administrative Sciences, the Faculty of Accounting Sciences, and the Faculty of Economic Sciences started as part of the studies at the Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences. In 1920, the faculties were restructured and broken down. In 1984, the creation of an independent faculty for the study of administration was established, which is the current Faculty of Administrative Sciences.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO III: República3">{{cite book|access-date=August 30, 2010|archive-date=October 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003140928/http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=gUaTPgAACAAJ&dq=enciclopedia%20tematica%20del%20peru&source=gbs_slider_thumb|author=Percy Cayo Códova|publisher=Orbis Ventures, El Comercio|title=Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO III: República|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gUaTPgAACAAJ&q=enciclopedia%20tematica%20del%20peru}}</ref><ref name="Facultad de Ciencias Contables">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Ciencias Contables|url=http://contabilidad.unmsm.edu.pe/}}</ref><ref name="Facultad de Ciencias Económicas">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Ciencias Económicas|url=http://economia.unmsm.edu.pe/}}</ref>
==== Humanities, and Legal and Social Sciences ====
The Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences started from the faculties of theology and arts, which would later derive the Faculty of Letters. In 1854, under the government of [[Ramón Castilla]], it adopted the name of Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities. In the 20th century, the faculty changed its name several times until 1965, when it was given the current name. It is currently located in the University City.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO II: Conquista y Virreinato2">{{cite book|access-date=August 30, 2010|archive-date=October 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003140939/http://books.google.com.pe/books?id=gEaTPgAACAAJ&dq=enciclopedia%20tematica%20del%20peru&source=gbs_slider_thumb|author=José Antonio del Busto Duthurburu|publisher=Orbis Ventures, El Comercio|title=Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO II: Conquista y Virreinato|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gEaTPgAACAAJ&q=enciclopedia%20tematica%20del%20peru}}</ref><ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO III: República3" /><ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XIV: Literatura2">{{cite book|access-date=August 30, 2010|author=Ricardo González Vigil|publisher=Orbis Ventures, El Comercio|title=Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO XIV: Literatura|year=2004 |isbn=9789972752148 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UEAhOQAACAAJ&q=bibliogroup:%22Enciclopedia+tem%C3%A1tica+del+Per%C3%BA%22}}</ref> The faculty is in charge of various research institutes and museums, such as the Museum of Art and the Language Center of the University of San Marcos.<ref name="Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|archive-date=November 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123024830/http://letras.unmsm.edu.pe/|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas|url=http://letras.unmsm.edu.pe/}}</ref>
The Faculty of Education started with the authorization of the then president of Peru, [[Manuel Pardo (politician)|Manuel Pardo y Lavalle]], at the Pedagogy on March 18, 1876. On December 14, 1925, the Pedagogy section was created in the Faculty of Letters. It would not be until April 24, 1946, that with the promulgation of the University Statute of 1946, the Faculty of Education was created at the University of San Marcos. It is located mainly in the University City; it also has the San Marcos Application College.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO II: Conquista y Virreinato2" /><ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO III: República3" /><ref name="Facultad de Educación">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|archive-date=December 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213010255/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/fac_educacion/|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Educación|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/fac_educacion/}}</ref>[[File:Unmsm_facultaddederechoycienciapolitica.jpg|link=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Unmsm_facultaddederechoycienciapolitica.jpg|thumb|Main pavilion of the Faculty of Law and Political Science]]In 1770, the historic Real Convictorio de San Carlos was founded—merging the existing San Felipe College of Law and the San Martín College of Philosophy and Law.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO II: Conquista y Virreinato2" /> On June 28, 1935, a new university statute was issued, in which it was called the Faculty of Law and Political Science.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO III: República3" /> It has a free legal office for its service.<ref name="Facultad de Derecho y Ciencia Política">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Derecho y Ciencia Política|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/derecho/|archive-date=November 9, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109191817/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/derecho/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1969, with the promulgation of the Organic Law of the Peruvian University, the Department of Historical-Social Sciences is created. On September 24, 1984, in accordance with the University Law, a new administrative academic structure created the Faculty of Social Sciences.<ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO II: Conquista y Virreinato2" /><ref name="Enciclopedia Temática del Perú. TOMO III: República3" /> The faculty is in charge of the university's [[Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge|Museum of Archeology and Anthropology]].<ref name="Facultad de Ciencias Sociales">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|archive-date=October 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008043512/http://sociales.unmsm.edu.pe/|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Facultad de Ciencias Sociales|url=http://sociales.unmsm.edu.pe/}}</ref>
==Academics==
===Admissions===
Admission for undergraduate studies is mainly through an [[Educational entrance examination|entrance examination]]. Although there are ways to carry out a special exam in the case of transfers, foreigners, first places in schools, and the disabled. The most required type of exam is the one that is carried out twice a year: in March and in September.
In the case of postgraduate studies, admission is made through enrollment. As there are a limited number of vacancies, an admission exam is carried out that is prepared and graded by a special jury according to the area of study to which it is applied. In 2020, after the suspension of the first admission exam on March 12 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and after more than six months of not applying it,<ref>{{Cite web |last=UNMSM |first=Oficina de Pagina Web |title=Examen de admisión será virtual y se realizará los días 2 y 3 de octubre {{!}} Noticias {{!}} Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos {{!}} UNMSM |url=http://unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/ver/examen-de-admision-sera-virtual-y-se-realizara-los-dias-2-y-3-de-octubre |access-date=2020-12-05 |website=unmsm.edu.pe |language=es-ES |archive-date=2020-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107140441/http://unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/ver/examen-de-admision-sera-virtual-y-se-realizara-los-dias-2-y-3-de-octubre |url-status=dead }}</ref> the University Council decided to approve the application of the online admission exam, being the first of its kind in the history of the university, on October 2 and 3 of that same year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA |title=San Marcos anuncia examen virtual de admisión para el 2 y 3 de octubre |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-san-marcos-anuncia-examen-virtual-admision-para-2-y-3-octubre-811627.aspx |access-date=2020-12-05 |website=andina.pe |date=August 28, 2020 |language=es}}</ref>
=== International programs ===
The University of San Marcos is actively involved in fostering international cooperation and engagement through various academic programs, research collaborations, and global partnerships. In addition, the university has counted as a main member of the [[:es:Alianza Estratégica (Perú)|Strategic Alliance of Peruvian Universities]] with agreements to achieve exchanges of undergraduate and postgraduate students from the three main Peruvian universities—UNMSM, [[National University of Engineering|UNI]] and [[National Agrarian University|UNALM]]—and others Peruvian universities as associated members.
===Rankings===
{{Infobox university rankings
| QS_W = 901–950
| QS_W_year = 2025
| QS_W_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024|title=QS World University Rankings – 2024 |publisher=Top Universities |access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| THE_W = 1501+
| THE_W_year =2023
| THE_W_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/world-ranking|title=World University Rankings 2023|work=Times Higher Education|date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref>
| USNWR_W = =1778 | USNWR_W_year = 2024 | USNWR_W_ref =<ref name="USNWR">{{cite web|url= https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities |title=U.S. News|author=U.S. News|access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
}}In the first national university ranking in Peru, prepared by the [[:es:Asamblea Nacional de Rectores del Perú|National Assembly of Rectors]] of Peru under the auspices of [[UNESCO]] in 2006, the National University of San Marcos ranked first in the country.<ref name="Ranking Universitario en el Perú">{{Cite web |author=Asamblea Nacional de Rectores (ANR), con el auspicio de la UNESCO |title=Ranking Universitario en el Perú |url=http://www.iesalc.unesco.org.ve/dmdocuments/biblioteca/libros/rankinguniv-peru.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127052820/http://www.iesalc.unesco.org.ve/dmdocuments/biblioteca/libros/rankinguniv-peru.pdf |archive-date=November 27, 2011 |access-date=August 30, 2010}}</ref>
Together with the [[Cayetano Heredia University]] and the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Peru]], the National University of San Marcos is one of the only three Peruvian universities—and the only public one—that has managed to rank first nationally in certain editions of different major international university rankings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.4icu.org/pe/|title=2013 University Web Ranking: Universities in Peru|publisher=4 International Colleges & Universities|access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgci.udg.mx/boletines/biblioVirtual/pdf/rankinguniv-peru.pdf|title=Ranking universitario en el Perú|publisher=Asamblea Nacional de Rectores (ANR) and UNESCO|access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urapcenter.org/2010/country.php?ccode=PE|title=University Ranking by Academic Performance (2010): Top Perú|publisher=URAP Center|access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>
In 2021, the [[Webometrics Ranking of World Universities]] of the [[Spanish National Research Council]] (CSIC) ranked the National University of San Marcos as the best university in the country in its first ranking of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cruz |first=Yohel |date=January 29, 2021 |title=Ranking de Webometrics ubica a San Marcos como la mejor universidad del Perú |url=https://rpp.pe/lima/actualidad/ranking-de-webometrics-ubica-a-san-marcos-como-la-mejor-universidad-del-peru-noticia-1317800 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=RPP |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Universidad {{!}} Ranking Web de Universidades: Webometrics clasifica 30000 instituciones |url=https://www.webometrics.info/es/detalles/unmsm.edu.pe |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=www.webometrics.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UNMSM: Universidad San Marcos figura entre las 1,000 mejores del mundo, según QS World University Rankings |url=https://noticia.educacionenred.pe/2020/06/unmsm-universidad-san-marcos-figura-1000-mejores-mundo-segun-qs-world-university-200878.html |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=EDUCACIONENRED.PE |language=es}}</ref> In 2022, the university was awarded by the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation of Peru (Concytec) and the [[Elsevier|Elsevier corporation]] for being the institution with the historical highest number of scientific publications in [[Scopus]] (6,907), the largest bibliographic database of abstracts and citations of articles in all the universities of Peru.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GrupoRPP |date=November 10, 2022 |title=La UNMSM fue reconocida por ser la institución peruana con mayor número de publicaciones científicas en Scopus |url=https://rpp.pe/ciencia/mas-ciencia/la-unmsm-fue-reconocida-por-ser-la-institucion-peruana-con-mayor-numero-de-publicaciones-cientificas-en-scopus-noticia-1445681 |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=RPP |language=es}}</ref>
==Campuses==
Since its foundation, the University of San Marcos has passed through five different main locations:<ref name="UNMSM: Historia2">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|archive-date=May 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516224159/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcos/historia.html|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Reseña histórica de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcos/historia.html}}</ref> From 16th to 19th centuries: the first location was located at the premises of the Convent of Nuestra Señora del Rosario of the Dominican Order; the second one was near the outskirts of San Marcelo, shortly before the Convent of the Order of San Agustín had functioned; the third—since 1575—was in the primitive Plaza del Estanque, the current location of the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru|Congress of Peru]].
In the second half of the 19th century, it was moved to the premises of the old Convictorio de San Carlos. At the end of the 19th century, the "San Fernando" Faculty of Medicine moved to its permanent location on the current Avenida Grau. Since the mid-1960s, during the government of Manuel Prado, the university began to occupy its main campus, the current Ciudad Universitaria, located between Avenida Universitaria and [[Venezuela Avenue|Avenida Venezuela]]. The rectory, the Central Library and 17 of the 20 faculties of the university are currently located there.
=== University city ===
Since 1966, the University City of the National University of San Marcos, generally known as "University City of Lima" or simply "University City", is the main campus of the National University of San Marcos. In it are located 17 of the 20 faculties of the University of San Marcos, the Central Library, the [[Estadio Universidad San Marcos|Stadium of the University of San Marcos]], and one of the university residences. In addition, the City includes the archaeological complex of Huaca San Marcos.<ref name="Catálogo Universitario y Prospecto de Admisión 2011-I">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Catálogo Universitario y Prospecto de Admisión 2011-I|url=http://www.admision.unmsm.edu.pe/portal/index.php}}</ref> The university has two residence halls for its two main campuses.<ref name="Catálogo Universitario y Prospecto de Admisión 2011-I" /><ref name="Residencia de la Ciudad Universitaria">{{cite web |author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |title=Residencia de la Ciudad Universitaria |url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/ogbu/residencia_cu.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722143116/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/ogbu/residencia_cu.htm |archive-date=July 22, 2009 |access-date=September 1, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Residencia universitaria Julio C. Tello">{{cite web |author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |title=Residencia universitaria Julio C. Tello |url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/ogbu/residencia_jct.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414094855/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/ogbu/residencia_jct.htm |archive-date=April 14, 2009 |access-date=September 1, 2010}}</ref>
Since 2007, road works have been carried out outside the University City. The works were imposed by the former mayor, [[Luis Castañeda]], of the [[Metropolitan Municipality of Lima]]. In 2008, specialists from the [[National University of Engineering]] and the CDL-College of Engineers of Peru reformulated the municipal works. The works have been stopped by a precautionary measure from the [[National Institute of Culture]] (INC) after verifying that these works damaged part of the cultural heritage in the Huaca San Marcos. In January 2011, the new municipal management deemed that the operation was unnecessary.<ref name="Construcción de anillo vial en San Marcos fue capricho de la gestión de Castañeda, según comuna limeña2">{{cite web|access-date=January 26, 2011|author=Diario El Comercio|title=Construcción de anillo vial en San Marcos fue capricho de la gestión de Castañeda, según comuna limeña|url=http://elcomercio.pe/lima/704329/noticia-construccion-anillo-vial-san-marcos-fue-capricho-gestion-castaneda}}</ref><ref name="Ven innecesario anillo vial en San Marcos2">{{cite web|access-date=January 26, 2011|archive-date=January 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129083040/http://peru21.pe/noticia/704186/ven-innecesario-anillo-vial-san-marcos|author=Diario Perú21|title=Ven innecesario anillo vial en San Marcos|url=http://peru21.pe/noticia/704186/ven-innecesario-anillo-vial-san-marcos}}</ref>[[File:UNMSM P1000084.jpg|thumb|Exterior view of the Central Library]]
The "Pedro Zulen" Central Library of the university is a 19,800 m² building. It has a multifunctional stage and 400 seats. The Central Library "Pedro Zulen", under the auspices of [[UNESCO]], leads the initiative to develop digitalization of publications.<ref name="Catálogo Universitario y Prospecto de Admisión 2011-I" /><ref name="San Marcos al día (n° 163): Tesis en línea">{{cite web|access-date=September 1, 2010|author=Revista "San Marcos al día" (UNMSM)|title=San Marcos al día (n° 163): Tesis en línea|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/163.pdf|archive-date=December 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213034455/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/sanmarcosaldia/semanarios/163.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The library directs the main activity of SISBIB.<ref name="Catálogo Universitario y Prospecto de Admisión 2011-I" /><ref name="Colecciones: Bibliotecas Especializadas">{{cite web|access-date=March 31, 2013|archive-date=July 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716173906/http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibliotecas/coleccion/bib_espec/Bib_Espec.htm|author=Sistema de Bibliotecas de la UNMSM (SISBIB)|title=Colecciones: Bibliotecas Especializadas|url=http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibliotecas/coleccion/Bib_Espec/Bib_Espec.htm}}</ref> Each one of the faculties of the National University of San Marcos has its own library in the study areas of each faculty, these are connected to each other through the Library System (SISBIB) of the university.
==== Stadium of the University of San Marcos ====
The [[Estadio Universidad San Marcos|Stadium of the National University of San Marcos]], officially known as the "Colossus of America", is located in the center of the University City. Its main accesses are through block 5 of Av. Amézaga and block 36 of Av. Venezuela. At the local level, it has been the official stadium of the university soccer team, [[Deportivo Universidad San Marcos|Club Deportivo Universidad San Marcos]], which played until 2011 in the Second Division of Peru.
It was inaugurated in 1951, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the founding of the University of San Marcos. The San Marcos stadium initially had a total capacity of 70,000 people.<ref name="Historia del Estadio de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos">{{cite web|access-date=September 1, 2010|author=Mario Miguel Meza Bazán|title=Historia del Estadio de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|date=March 6, 2010 |url=http://summahistoriae.blogspot.com/2010/03/historia-del-estadio-san-marcos-de-la.html}}</ref> It has been conditioned to an official capacity of 32,000 people;<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2023 |title=DEF LEPPARD/MOTLEY CRUE Change LIMA, PERU Venue/Announce Support Act |url=https://www.deflepparduk.com/def-leppard-motley-crue-change-lima-peru-venue-announce-support-act.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Def Leppard Tour History |language=en}}</ref> the remodeled venue was for the 2019 [[South American U-17 Championship]] and the [[2019 Pan American Games]].
== Research ==
The University of San Marcos has 37 academic research units.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=December 13, 2011 |title=Institutos de Investigación de Universidades del Perú : Biblioteca Virtual en Ciencia y Tecnología |url=http://bvcyt.concytec.gob.pe/php/level.php?lang=es&component=43&item=11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213011414/http://bvcyt.concytec.gob.pe/php/level.php?lang=es&component=43&item=11 |archive-date=December 13, 2011 |access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Unidades Desconcentradas – Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Posgrado {{!}} UNMSM |url=https://vrip.unmsm.edu.pe/unidades-desconcentradas/ |access-date=October 24, 2019 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2012 |title=Unidades e Institutos de Investigación |url=https://vrinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/vicerrectorado/unidades_centros.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221133220/https://vrinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/vicerrectorado/unidades_centros.html |archive-date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref> They are classified mainly in the areas of: health sciences, basic sciences, engineering, economic and management sciences, and humanities and legal and social sciences. The research centers have museums and laboratories. Each institute also has its own publications.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Unidades, Centros e Institutos de Investigación2">{{cite web|access-date=August 31, 2010|archive-date=May 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528133328/http://vrinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/vicerrectorado/unidades_centros.html|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Unidades, Centros e Institutos de Investigación|url=http://vrinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/vicerrectorado/unidades_centros.html}}</ref> The university has around 500 research groups.<ref name="Vicerrectorado de investigación de la UNMSM2">{{cite web |author=Vicerrectorado de investigación de la UNMSM |title=Directorio de grupos de investigación |url=https://vrip.unmsm.edu.pe/rais/grupo.php |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref> Since 2015, the University of San Marcos has also had the Center for Technological, Biomedical and Environmental Research (CITBM). It is led by the University of San Marcos and is made up of three national companies and three international [[Center of excellence|centers of excellence]].<ref name="CITBM-UNMSM2">{{cite web|access-date=May 19, 2020|author=Centro de Investigaciones Tecnológicas, Biomédicas y Medioambientales|title=CITBM-UNMSM|url=http://citbm.unmsm.edu.pe/}}</ref> Below is a list of the main research institutes of the University of San Marcos:<ref name="Unidades, Centros e Institutos de Investigación2" />
{| width="100%"
| valign="top" |'''Health Sciences:'''
* <small>'''[[FMSF-UNMSM|FMSF]]''': Clinical Research Institute</small>
* <small>'''[[FMSF-UNMSM|FMSF]]''': Center for Research in Biochemistry and Nutrition "Alberto Guzmán Barrón"</small>
* <small>'''[[FMSF-UNMSM|FMSF]]''': National Institute of Andean Biology</small>
* <small>'''[[FMSF-UNMSM|FMSF]]''': Pathology Research Institute</small>
* <small>'''[[FMSF-UNMSM|FMSF]]''': Institute of Tropical Medicine "Daniel A. Carrión"</small>
* <small>'''[[FMSF-UNMSM|FMSF]]''': Institute of Ethics in Health</small>
* <small>'''[[FMSF-UNMSM|FMSF]]''': Research Unit of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry</small>
* <small>'''[[FFB-UNMSM|FFB]]''': Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Resources "Juan de Dios Guevara"</small>
* <small>'''[[FFB-UNMSM|FFB]]''': Institute for Research in Biological Chemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology "Marco Antonio Garrido Malo"</small>
* <small>'''[[FFB-UNMSM|FFB]]''': Latin American Center for Teaching and Research in Food Bacteriology</small>
* <small>'''[[FO-UNMSM|FO]]''': Stomatological Research Institute</small>
* <small>'''[[FMV-UNMSM|FMV]]''': Veterinary Institute of Tropical and Altitude Research</small>
* <small>'''[[FPSI-UNMSM|FPSI]]''': Institute for Psychological Research</small>
| valign="top" |'''Basic Sciences:'''
* <small>'''[[FCB-UNMSM|FCB]]''': Research Institute of Biological Sciences</small>
* <small>'''[[FCF-UNMSM|FCF]]''': Physics Research Institute</small>
* <small>'''[[FCM-UNMSM|FCM]]''': Research Institute of Mathematical Sciences</small>
'''Engineering:'''
* <small>'''[[FQIQ-UNMSM|FQIQ]]''': Research Unit of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering</small>
* <small>'''[[FQIQ-UNMSM|FQIQ]]''': Institute of Chemical Sciences</small>
* <small>'''[[FQIQ-UNMSM|FQIQ]]''': Institute of Chemical Engineering</small>
* <small>'''[[FIGMMG-UNMSM|FIGMMG]]''': Research Institute of Geological, Mining, Metallurgical, Geographical Engineering</small>
* <small>'''[[FII-UNMSM|FII]]''': Industrial Engineering Research Institute</small>
* <small>'''[[FIEE-UNMSM|FIEE]]''': Research Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering</small>
* <small>'''[[FISI-UNMSM|FISI]]''': Research Institute of Systems Engineering and Informatics</small>
| valign="top" |'''Economics and Management Sciences:'''
* <small>'''[[FCA-UNMSM|FCA]]''': Research Institute of Administrative Sciences</small>
* <small>'''[[FCC-UNMSM|FCC]]''': Research Institute of Financial and Accounting Sciences</small>
* <small>'''[[FCE-UNMSM|FCE]]''': Research Institute of Economic Sciences</small>
'''Humanities, and legal and social sciences:'''
* <small>'''[[FLCH-UNMSM|FLCH]]''': Institute of Humanistic Research</small>
* <small>'''[[FLCH-UNMSM|FLCH]]''': Institute of Applied Linguistics</small>
* <small>'''[[FLCH-UNMSM|FLCH]]''': Research Institute of Peruvian and Latin American Thought</small>
* <small>'''[[FLCH-UNMSM|FLCH]]''': Institute for Linguistic Research</small>
* <small>'''[[FEDU-UNMSM|FEDU]]''': Educational Research Institute</small>
* <small>'''[[FDCP-UNMSM|FDCP]]''': Law and Political Science Research Unit</small>
* <small>'''[[FCS-UNMSM|FCS]]''': Social Historical Research Institute</small>
|}
=== Production and scientific publications ===
According to the 2009 annual balance prepared by the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC) of Peru, 20% of Peruvian scientific production was generated by the National University of San Marcos.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ugarte Vega Centeno |first=Máximo |date=March 24, 2014 |title=LA UNIVERSIDAD PÚBLICA EN LA SOCIEDAD DEL CONOCIMIENTO |url=http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/quipu/article/view/6274 |journal=Quipukamayoc |volume=21 |issue=39 |pages=75 |doi=10.15381/quipu.v21i39.6274 |issn=1609-8196|doi-access=free }}</ref> Several scientific publications of the University of San Marcos and its research institutes had appeared in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''<ref name="Nature.com search: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos2">{{cite web|access-date=August 30, 2010|author=Nature|language=en|title=Nature.com search: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|url=http://www.nature.com/search/executeSearch?sp-q=Universidad+Nacional+Mayor+de+San+Marcos&sp-p=all&sp-c=25&sp-m=0&sp-s=date_descending&include-collections=journals_nature%2Ccrawled_content&exclude-collections=journals_palgrave%2Clab_animal&sp-a=sp1001702d&sp-sfvl-field=subject%7Cujournal&sp-x-1=ujournal&sp-p-1=phrase}}</ref> and ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]''.<ref name="Science Magazine Search Results: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos2">{{cite web|access-date=August 30, 2010|author=Science|language=en|title=Science Magazine Search Results: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/search?src=hw&site_area=sci&fulltext=Universidad+Nacional+Mayor+de+San+Marcos}}</ref> The main scientific publications of the University of San Marcos are published in academic journals ''Alma Máter'' and ''Theorema''<ref name="Presentan revistas Theorema y Alma Máter2">{{cite web|access-date=December 29, 2015|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Presentan revistas Theorema y Alma Máter|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/ver/presentan-revistas-theorema-y-alma-mater|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193127/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/noticias/ver/presentan-revistas-theorema-y-alma-mater|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in the 20 official magazines of each of the university's faculties. Each professional school also has its own academic journal.<ref name="Informe Revistas en Español2">{{cite web|access-date=July 27, 2012|archive-date=December 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203161629/http://gale.cengage.com/tlist/sb5022.html|author=Cengage Learning|title=Informe Revistas en Español|url=http://www.gale.cengage.com/tlist/sb5022.html}}</ref>
{| width="100%"
| valign="top" |'''Health Sciences''':
* <small>'''[[FMSF-UNMSM|FMSF]]''': ''Anales de la Facultad de Medicina''</small>
* <small>'''[[FFB-UNMSM|FFB]]''': ''Ciencia e Investigación''</small>
* <small>'''[[FO-UNMSM|FO]]''': ''Odontología Sanmarquina''</small>
* <small>'''[[FMV-UNMSM|FMV]]''': ''Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú''</small>
* <small>'''[[FPSI-UNMSM|FPSI]]''': ''Revista de Investigación en Psicología''</small>
'''Basic Sciences''':
* <small>'''[[FQIQ-UNMSM|FQIQ]]''': ''Revista Peruana de Química e Ingeniería Química''</small>
* <small>'''[[FCB-UNMSM|FCB]]''': ''Revista Peruana de Biología''</small>
* <small>'''[[FCF-UNMSM|FCF]]''': ''Revista de Investigación de Física''</small>
* <small>'''[[FCM-UNMSM|FCM]]''': ''Pesquimat''</small>
| valign="top" |'''Engineering''':
* <small>'''[[FIGMMG-UNMSM|FIGMMG]]''': ''Revista del Instituto de Investigación de la Facultad de Minas, Metalurgia y Ciencias Geográficas''</small>
* <small>'''[[FII-UNMSM|FII]]''': ''Industrial Data''</small>
* <small>'''[[FIEE-UNMSM|FIEE]]''': ''Electrónica-UNMSM''</small>
* <small>'''[[FISI-UNMSM|FISI]]''': ''Revista de Investigación de Sistemas e Informática''</small>
'''Economics and management sciences''':
* <small>'''[[FCA-UNMSM|FCA]]''': ''Gestión en el Tercer Milenio''</small>
* <small>'''[[FCC-UNMSM|FCC]]''': ''Quipukamayoc''</small>
* <small>'''[[FCE-UNMSM|FCE]]''': ''Pensamiento Crítico''</small>
| valign="top" |'''Humanities and legal and social sciences''':
* <small>'''[[FLCH-UNMSM|FLCH]]''': ''Letras''</small>
* <small>'''[[FLCH-UNMSM|FLCH]]''': ''Escritura y Pensamiento''</small>
* <small>'''[[FEDU-UNMSM|FEDU]]''': ''Investigación Educacional''</small>
* <small>'''[[FDCP-UNMSM|FDCP]]''': ''Docentia et Investigatio''</small>
* <small>'''[[FCS-UNMSM|FCS]]''': ''Investigaciones Sociales''</small>
|}
=== University Press ===
{{main|National University of San Marcos Press}}
[[File:UNMSM_Cenprolid.jpg|alt=|thumb|250x250px|Bookstore of the university]]
The Editorial Fund of the University of San Marcos is the division in charge of publishing books, magazines, and newspapers. The publications are made both in the traditional printed format and via the Internet.
== Culture and heritage ==
=== Cultural centers ===
Currently, the National University of San Marcos has two [[cultural center]]s in two of its historic buildings. The [[Casona of the National University of San Marcos|Casona de San Marcos]]—its main cultural center—and the Colegio Real de San Marcos.
[[File:CCSM-UNMSM Casona de San Marcos y Parque Univesitario.jpg|alt=|thumb|Exterior view of the Casona de San Marcos]]
The [[Casona of the National University of San Marcos|Cultural Center "La Casona" of San Marcos]] is one of the main tourist attractions of the [[Historic Centre of Lima|Historic Center of Lima]]. The complex is part of the area and the list of buildings in the historic center of the capital that in 1988 was declared a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]]. In 1989, the National University of San Marcos, the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) and the [[National Institute of Culture]] sign a Peru-Spain agreement to adapting its architectural complex for culture and artistic creation.<ref name="El Centro Cultural de San Marcos y la antigua Casona del parque universitario (parte 3)">{{cite web |author=Centro Cultural de San Marcos «La Casona» |title=El Centro Cultural de San Marcos y la antigua Casona del parque universitario (parte 3) |url=http://www.ccsm-unmsm.edu.pe/inicio/casona3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102042904/http://www.ccsm-unmsm.edu.pe/inicio/casona3.htm |archive-date=January 2, 2011 |access-date=August 31, 2010}}</ref><ref name="El Centro Cultural de San Marcos: Un horizonte de renovaciones">{{cite web|access-date=August 31, 2010|archive-date=September 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928143747/http://www.ccsm-unmsm.edu.pe/inicio/sobreccsm.htm|author=Centro Cultural de San Marcos «La Casona»|title=El Centro Cultural de San Marcos: Un horizonte de renovaciones|url=http://www.ccsm-unmsm.edu.pe/inicio/sobreccsm.htm}}</ref>[[File:Antiguo_colegio_real_de_San_Felipe.jpg|alt=|thumb|Exterior view of the Royal College]]
The Royal College Cultural Center of Contemporary Peruvian Cultures, established in 2006, is located in the environment of the old "Royal College" of San Marcos, next to the [[Congress of the Republic of Peru]]. It is made up of three units of the university: the Institute of Applied Linguistics CILA, the "Domingo Angulo" Historical Archive of the University of San Marcos, and the Andean Rural History Seminar. Exhibitions and shows are regularly held.<ref name="Trabajo Fotográfico en Colegio Real de San Marcos">{{cite web|access-date=March 31, 2013|author=Universia Perú|title=Trabajo Fotográfico en Colegio Real de San Marcos|url=http://noticias.universia.edu.pe/vida-universitaria/noticia/2009/10/14/711204/trabajo-fotografico-colegio-real-san-marcos.html|archive-date=February 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214203123/http://noticias.universia.edu.pe/vida-universitaria/noticia/2009/10/14/711204/trabajo-fotografico-colegio-real-san-marcos.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Exposición en Colegio Real: Nuestras damas decimonónicas">{{cite web|access-date=March 31, 2013|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Exposición en Colegio Real: Nuestras damas decimonónicas|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/?id=1710}}</ref>
It was founded on the initiative of [[Viceroyalty of Peru|Viceroy]] [[Francisco de Toledo|Francisco Álvarez de Toledo]] in 1592. After the [[Bourbon Reforms]] that led to the [[Suppression of the Society of Jesus|expulsion of the Jesuits]], the campus was recast as the Convictorio de San Carlos. At the end of the 18th century, the War Inspector [[Gabriel de Avilés, 4th Marquis of Avilés|Gabriel de Avilés y del Fierro]] dedicated the premises to the headquarters of the Royal Regiment of Lima. Since the end of the 20th century, the University of San Marcos has given the Royal College the functions of a Cultural Center and Historical Archive.
=== University museums ===
The University of San Marcos has institutions that function exclusively as museums, these are the [[Museum of Natural History, Lima|Museum of Natural History of Lima]],<ref name="Visitas al Museo de Historia Natural Javier Prado">{{cite web|access-date=March 10, 2013|archive-date=March 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322005756/http://museohn.unmsm.edu.pe/visitas.php|author=Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" de la UNMSM|title=Visitas al Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado"|url=http://museohn.unmsm.edu.pe/visitas.php}}</ref> the Sacaco Paleontological Museum, the Museum of Art, the Museum of Archaeology, the Historical Museum of Physical Sciences, among others.<ref name="Museo Histórico de Ciencias Físicas">{{cite web|access-date=June 3, 2013|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Museo Histórico de Ciencias Físicas|url=http://museodecienciasfisicas.blogspot.com/2008/05/museo-historico-de-ciencias-fisicas.html}}</ref><ref name="Museo Histórico de Ciencias Físicas (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)">{{cite web|access-date=June 3, 2013|author=TurismoI.pe|title=Museo Histórico de Ciencias Físicas (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)|url=http://turismoi.pe/museos/museo-historico-de-ciencias-fisicas-universidad-nacional-mayor-de-san-marcos.htm}}</ref> The university also has four other specialized libraries.<ref name="Bibliotecas especializadas">{{cite web |author=Sistema de Bibliotecas de la UNMSM (SISBIB) |title=Bibliotecas especializadas |url=http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibliotecas/coleccion/Bib_Espec/Bib_Espec.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716173906/http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibliotecas/coleccion/bib_espec/Bib_Espec.htm |archive-date=July 16, 2013 |access-date=March 31, 2013}}</ref>
=== Archaeological sites ===
[[File:HuacadeSanMarcos.jpg|alt=La huaca San Marcos, anteriormente llamada Huaca Pando o Huaca Aramburú, captada por el investigador Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1873). Forma parte del complejo Maranga. Antiguamente tenía a su frente a la huaca Concha, destruida a mediados del siglo XX.|thumb|200x200px|The Huaca de San Marcos. It is part of the Maranga complex]]
The National University of San Marcos has researched various archaeological sites and historical collections, such as the Huaca de San Marcos and others of the Maranga archaeological complex. In it, various ceramics have been found, as well as spondylus and quipus. The [[Ministry of Culture (Peru)|Ministry of Culture of Peru]] first declared the Huaca San Marcos and then all the minor archaeological sites on the campus, as Cultural Heritage of the Nation.<ref name="Huaca San Marcos">{{cite web |author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |title=Huaca San Marcos |url=http://www.naya.org.ar/peru/sanmarcos.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013102110/http://www.naya.org.ar/peru/sanmarcos.htm |archive-date=October 13, 2009 |access-date=August 18, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Lista completa de sitios arqueológicos en Lima">{{cite web |author=Ministerio de Cultura del Perú |title=Lista completa de sitios arqueológicos en Lima |url=http://www.mcultura.gob.pe/documentosweb/2aac0fa501d481871e42af45edb95067/INVENTARIO_COMPLETO_Regi_n_Lima__3_.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112204825/http://www.mcultura.gob.pe/documentosweb/2aac0fa501d481871e42af45edb95067/INVENTARIO_COMPLETO_Regi_n_Lima__3_.xls |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref>
In 1966, [[Pablo Macera]] organized a trip to the Pacopampa archaeological site in [[Querocoto District]]; in 1970, he got Emilio Choy Ma to make a donation to San Marcos to acquire the Pacopampa Ceremonial Center.
== Notable people ==
{{see also|Category:National University of San Marcos alumni|Category:Academic staff of the National University of San Marcos}}
Both formally and colloquially, the characters that have been part of the National University of San Marcos have received the title of ''sanmarquinos''.<ref name="San Marcos inaugura exposición con documentos inéditos de personajes ilustres">{{cite news|access-date=12 May 2019|author=Diario El Comercio|title=San Marcos inaugura exposición con documentos inéditos de personajes ilustres|newspaper=El Comercio |date=May 7, 2019 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/lima/sucesos/san-marcos-inaugura-exposicion-documentos-ineditos-personajes-ilustres-noticia-633281}}</ref><ref name="San Marcos inaugura exposición sobre egresados ilustres por su 468 aniversario">{{cite web|access-date=May 12, 2019|author=Diario La República|title=San Marcos inaugura exposición sobre egresados ilustres por su 468 aniversario|date=May 7, 2019 |url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1464259-unmsm-san-marcos-inaugura-exposicion-egresados-ilustres-468-aniversario-fotos-bicentenario-decana-america}}</ref> The word has been in common use by the Peruvian population to refer to the close and prominent figures of this house of studies, and even to the pets and animals adopted by the university community.<ref name="Mario Vargas Llosa llegó a Lima para sumarse a la FIL Lima 2019">{{cite news|access-date=July 15, 2019|author=Diario El Comercio|title=Mario Vargas Llosa llegó a Lima para sumarse a la FIL Lima 2019|newspaper=El Comercio |date=July 14, 2019 |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/libros/fil-lima-2019-mario-vargas-llosa-encuentra-lima-participar-feria-noticia-nndc-655359}}</ref><ref name="Mario Vargas Llosa ya se encuentra en Lima para la FIL 2019">{{cite web|access-date=July 15, 2019|author=Diario Perú 21|title=Mario Vargas Llosa ya se encuentra en Lima para la FIL 2019|date=July 14, 2019 |url=https://peru21.pe/cultura/mario-vargas-llosa-encuentra-lima-fil-2019-fotos-nndc-490216}}</ref><ref name="Murió Perrovaca, la popular mascota de San Marcos">{{cite web|access-date=July 15, 2019|author=Diario Perú 21|title=Murió Perrovaca, la popular mascota de San Marcos|date=March 28, 2019 |url=https://rpp.pe/lima/actualidad/perrovaca-murio-la-popular-mascota-de-san-marcos-unmsm-noticia-1188733}}</ref>
==Athletics==
On August 7, 1924, San Marcos students founded the University Sports Federation of Peru. Since 1936, this federation has organized the National University Sports Games, the Regional University Sports Games and the National University Championships. Since 1963, it has participated in the [[Universiade]].<ref name="Federación deportiva universitaria del Perú: Historia">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|archive-date=August 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805053415/http://perufedup.com/2010/fedup.html|author=Federación Deportiva Universitaria del Perú (FEDUP)|title=Federación deportiva universitaria del Perú: Historia|url=http://www.perufedup.com/2010/fedup.html}}</ref> The basketball team had participated in the [[Liga de Basket de Lima|Lima Basketball League]].<ref name="San Marcos Basket">{{cite web|access-date=October 25, 2010|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=San Marcos Basket|url=http://sanmarcosbasketball.webs.com/|archive-date=February 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213025042/http://www.sanmarcosbasketball.webs.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="División Superior Varones">{{cite web|access-date=August 19, 2010|archive-date=December 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221231210/http://www.ligadelima.com/equiposvarones.htm|author=Liga Deportiva de Basketball de Lima|title=División Superior Varones|url=http://www.ligadelima.com/equiposvarones.htm}}</ref><ref name="División Superior Damas">{{cite web |author=Liga Deportiva de Basketball de Lima |title=División Superior Damas |url=http://www.ligadelima.com/equiposdamas.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221232542/http://www.ligadelima.com/equiposdamas.htm |archive-date=December 21, 2009 |access-date=August 19, 2010}}</ref>
The University of San Marcos has had various professional football teams, including the University Football Federation ([[Club Universitario de Deportes]]) that was founded in 1924 by students until it was separated from the university and became private due to problems with the authorities in 1932; and the [[Deportivo Universidad San Marcos]] that came to dispute the second division until 2012.<ref name="Club UNMSM">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811092957/http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/clubunmsm/|author=Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos|title=Club UNMSM|url=http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/clubunmsm/}}</ref>
The first university Games were held in 1936 in the city of Lima. Since then, four years between each Games was marked, though, recently, they have been taking place every 2 years. In 1951, the [[Estadio Universidad San Marcos|Stadium of the University of San Marcos]] was inaugurated in the center of the main campus.<ref name="Federación deportiva universitaria del Perú: Cronología">{{cite web|access-date=August 18, 2010|archive-date=August 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805053415/http://perufedup.com/2010/fedup.html|author=Federación Deportiva Universitaria del Perú (FEDUP)|title=Federación deportiva universitaria del Perú: Cronología|url=http://www.perufedup.com/2010/fedup.html}}</ref> For the celebration of the [[2019 Pan American Games]], the Organizing Committee of [[2019 Pan American Games|Lima 2019]] chose various sports facilities located between the city of Lima, as well as in Callao, as Pan American venues. Among them, the National University of San Marcos had its [[Estadio Universidad San Marcos|stadium]] remodeled to host the [[Football at the 2019 Pan American Games|event]].<ref name="Lima 2019: ¿En qué sedes se realizarán los 40 deportes?">{{cite news|access-date=February 5, 2015|author=El Comercio|title=Lima 2019: ¿En qué sedes se realizarán los 40 deportes?|newspaper=El Comercio |date=October 11, 2014 |url=http://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/polideportivo/juegos-panamericanos-lima-2019-que-sedes-se-realizaran-40-deportes-noticia-1763319}}</ref><ref name="Universidad San Marcos sería sede de Juegos Panamericanos">{{cite web|access-date=February 5, 2015|archive-date=February 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205040408/http://www.larepublica.pe/23-05-2014/universidad-san-marcos-seria-sede-de-juegos-panamericanos|author=La República|title=Universidad San Marcos sería sede de Juegos Panamericanos|url=http://www.larepublica.pe/23-05-2014/universidad-san-marcos-seria-sede-de-juegos-panamericanos}}</ref> The Stadium of the National University of San Marcos was the sole venue of the [[2019 South American U-17 Championship]] that took place in Peru.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 12, 2019 |title=LA FPF CONFIRMA SEDE DEL SUDAMERICANO SUB 17 |url=http://www.fpf.org.pe/la-fpf-confirma-sede-del-sudamericano-sub-17/ |publisher=FPF |language=es}}</ref>
=== Origin of the Club Universitario de Deportes ===
{{Main|Club Universitario de Deportes}}
José Rubio Galindo, a student at the Faculty of Letters, and Luis Málaga Arenas, a student at the Faculty of Medicine, would join [[Plácido Galindo]], [[Eduardo Astengo]], Rafael Quirós, [[Mario de las Casas]], [[Alberto Denegri]], [[Luis de Souza|Luis de Souza Ferreira]] (who scored the first Peruvian goal in a [[FIFA World Cup]]),<ref>{{cite web|access-date=March 20, 2008|archive-date=July 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729160917/http://www.labandadeodriozola.com/portal/especiales/43-del-recuerdo/203-souza-ferreira-el-ultimo-testigo|editor=La Banda de Odriozola|title=Souza Ferreyra: El último testigo|url=http://www.labandadeodriozola.com/portal/especiales/43-del-recuerdo/203-souza-ferreira-el-ultimo-testigo}}</ref> Andrés Rotta, Carlos Galindo, Francisco Sabroso, [[Jorge Góngora]], [[Pablo Pacheco]], Carlos Lassus and [[Carlos Cillóniz]], among others. On August 7, 1924, at 7:00 p.m. (UTC-5), university students met at the headquarters of the Federation of Students of Peru, at 106 Juan de la Coba street.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=April 23, 2009|date=2003|editor=[[Andina (news agency)|Andina]]|title=Universitario de Deportes cumple 82 años|url=http://www.andina.com.pe/agencia/noticia-universitario-deportes-cumple-82-anos-94894.aspx}}</ref><ref name="elcuadrocopero3">{{cite web |last=Macavilca |first=Christian |date=2003 |editor=Peru.com |title=Universitario de Deportes: El Cuadro Copero |url=http://www.peru.com/futbol/sudamericana/equipos/universitario/index.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228180100/http://www.peru.com/futbol/sudamericana/equipos/universitario/index.asp |archive-date=February 28, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2008}}</ref><ref name="San Marcos y Universitario: ¿qué une tanto al club crema con la Decana de América?">{{cite web|access-date=May 13, 2019|author=Diario El Comercio|title=San Marcos y Universitario: ¿qué une tanto al club crema con la Decana de América?|url=https://elcomercio.pe/somos/historias/san-marcos-universitario-amor-nacio-aulas-468-aniversario-unmsm-federacion-universitaria-futbol-historia-fundacion-u-nnda-nnrt-noticia-634902}}</ref>
The National Sports Committee, the highest body of Peruvian sports at that time, recognized the Federación Universitaria as if it were a League. Hence, together with the Peruvian Football League, the Amateur Association, the Callao League, [[Circolo Sportivo Italiano]] and [[Lima Cricket and Football Club]], they formed the Football Federation.<ref name="dalehistoria">{{cite web|access-date=March 20, 2008|archive-date=February 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208094212/http://dalecrema.4t.com/archivos/historia.htm|editor=Dale Crema|title=Historia del Club|url=http://dalecrema.4t.com/archivos/historia.htm}}</ref> After participating in inter-university tournaments between 1924 and 1927,<ref name="elcuadrocopero3" /> the [[Peruvian Football Federation]] invited the Federación Universitaria to participate in the Selection and Competition Championship (First Division Tournament) of 1928.<ref name="elcuadrocopero3" />
[[File:Primer equipo campeón de Universitario de Deportes.jpg|thumb|Federación Universitaria team ]]
In the 1929 championship, the Federación Universitaria team of the University of San Marcos (today [[Club Universitario de Deportes]]) only had the participation of twelve teams due to the suspension of [[Club Alianza Lima|Alianza Lima]] for refusing to cede its players to the national team.<ref name="torneo1929">{{cite web|access-date=April 15, 2008|archive-date=August 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807070554/http://www.daleucampeon.4t.com/universitario_de_deportes1929.htm|date=2005|editor=Dale U Campeón|first=Carlos Manuel|last=Nieto Tarazona|title=Campeón Amateur 1929|url=http://www.daleucampeon.4t.com/universitario_de_deportes1929.htm}}</ref> The Federación Universitaria team still won the championship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nieto Tarazona |first=Carlos Manuel |date=24 February 2024 |title=Campeon 1929, Club Universitario de Deportes |url=http://www.daleucampeon.com/universitario_de_deportes1929.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828014623/http://www.daleucampeon.com/universitario_de_deportes1929.htm |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Daleucampeon}}</ref>
In 1930, the first [[FIFA World Cup]] was held in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]]. After the World Cup, the club traveled to the provinces by steamboat to face the Association White Star, which it defeated 1:0,<ref name="comunidad">{{cite web |editor=Comunidad Norte |title=Historia |url=http://www.comunidadnorte.com/historia.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617151352/http://www.comunidadnorte.com/historia.htm |archive-date=June 17, 2006 |access-date=March 20, 2008}}</ref> then he toured Huacho and participated in the Gubbins Cup.<ref name="dalehistoria" /> The following year, the rector José Antonio Encinas prohibited the use of the name—Federación Universitaria de Fútbol—and this led to the change by [[Club Universitario de Deportes]].<ref name="elcuadrocopero3" />
=== Club Deportivo San Marcos ===
{{Main|Deportivo Universidad San Marcos}}
In 2001, the University of San Marcos created the Club Deportivo Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, where it played until 2011. Club San Marcos played at the San Marcos stadium. The team was baptized with the name "The Lions" because the animal is the symbol of [[Mark the Evangelist]].<ref name="Club UNMSM"/> Later, the university created Deportivo San Marcos. The club has participated since 2013 in the first division of [[Cercado de Lima]].
==See also==
{{Portal bar|Peru|Education}}
* [[Education in Peru]]
* [[List of universities in Peru]]
* [[List of colonial universities in Latin America]]
* [[Casona de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]]
* [[University City of the National University of San Marcos]]
* [[National School of Sciences and Arts of Cuzco]], considered the oldest school in Peru
==Notes==
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