Research and innovation
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
AT THE UCU
We aim to develop excellence in scientific research, aligned with the highest quality world standards. We promote a strong collaboration with universities and partners from different sectors to form working networks, both nationally and internationally.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students learn to conduct research through involvement in research projects led by our research professors.
Consistent with our mission and vision, we work with state agencies, civil society, the Church, the United Nations, academia, companies and the political system. Through basic and applied research, we seek to provoke changes in the society we live in.
The Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation supports and encourages our research professors to promote their development.
Our professors who are highly-dedicated to research (acronym PiAD) work in 12 departments. The departments also house “High Dedication Professors” (acronym PAD).
The UCU also has three doctoral programs, in Psychology, Engineering and Communication. Innovation distinguishes strategic processes at UCU. Today we have three centers that support innovation in different areas: the Ithaka Center, the Agora Center and the Ignis Center. We also have five renowned journals and a Research Ethics Committee to enhance our work.
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Laboratories
Our departments
Administration and Business
Administration and Business
The Administration and Business Department aims to collaborate with the formation of knowledge and human capital to transform management practices and enhance businesses using innovative tools in the context of present social and environmental challenges. Our professors have a solid background in applied research on the most pressing problems in the fields of administration and business, with a proven capacity for high-quality teaching, and have close connections with the business environment.
Exact and Natural Sciences
Exact and Natural Sciences
The Department of Exact and Natural Sciences conducts research both in areas of basic and applied sciences, as well as in multidisciplinary areas, in cooperation with other departments of the University. Its members work in the areas of Dynamic Systems, Systems and Control, Complex Systems, Applied Optics, Metagenomics and Genomics, and Mathematics Pedagogy. The department also develops projects with the productive and business sector, with a focus on solving specific real-world problems.
Law
Law
Our professors stand out for their training and experience in research, which are present in their theoretical contributions in various areas of study and specialization, as well as for their contributions to achieve useful solutions in legal practice, mainly in matters of Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Administrative Law, Labor Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Financial Law.
Organizational Studies
Organizational Studies
The European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) established, in its 2020 colloquium, that, today more than ever, due to the digital transformation, the Academy must develop theories and methodologies that promote critical and creative thinking about organizations and their responsibility to people and societies. Labor relations, conflict and productivity, talent management, leadership, sustainability, well-being, trust, culture and organizational communication are the department’s areas of research, teaching and contribution to our community.
Computer Science
Computer Science
Our teaching staff comprises both professors and outstanding industry professionals. In addition, scientific research and extension activities are carried out, on projects linked to private companies, within the scope of the National Agency for Research and Innovation and with international agencies. We actively participate in the ICT4V (Information and Communications Technologies for Verticals) center committed to linking the capacities of Uruguayan universities with local companies to promote technological development. We expect our students to participate in these activities or promote their own ideas based on their innovative developments.
Neuroscience and Learning
Neuroscience and Learning
The Department of Neuroscience and Learning is the multidisciplinary area that contributes to the understanding of mental processes and learning. It analyzes the interactions between neurobiological processes and normal and altered psychological events, with an emphasis on cognitive, emotional, and motor functions. Its main objectives are the training of undergraduate and postgraduate students, basic and applied research, academic production and collaboration with researchers in other areas of knowledge related to neurodevelopment, learning processes and social cognition.
Health and Wellness
Health and Wellness
The department aims to provide quality teaching, through evidence-based knowledge in the area of health promotion and prevention. In order to achieve this, we focus on research and the generation of connections between the different professional areas that make up the department: physiotherapy, nutrition, medicine, nursing, dentistry and psychology. This interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary orientation allows us to develop various projects in a comprehensive approach to the study of individuals, health care providers and the promotion of quality of life.
Social Sciences
Social Sciences
The mission of the Department of Social Sciences is to advance understanding of the economic, political and social conditions of Uruguay and of the world in order to promote socioeconomic development and improve qulity of life for all individuals. Through scientific research, teaching and collaboration with outside partners, our professors have positioned themselves as authoritative scholars in various specializations within the fields of Political Science, Economics, and Sociology.
Education
Education
We seek to conduct high quality and relevant educational research, in accordance with open science principles, to advance the purposes of education and address the great challenges it faces. Our research lines and projects contribute from different approaches and perspectives in four thematic areas: a) initial training and teacher professional development; b) learning environments, practices and dynamics; c) coexistence, well-being and educational inclusion; and d) pedagogical leadership and educational management. We hope to advance knowledge in these areas and contribute experience that nourishes the teaching profession.
Humanities and Communication
Humanities and Communication
The Department, which values cross-cutting and interdisciplinary approaches, has four autonomous institutes: Institute of Philosophy, Institute of History, Art and Heritage, Institute of Society and Religion and Institute of Communication and Culture. The professors and researchers of the Department each also belong to one of the institutes. They work simultaneously on the specific topics of their field and to promote the role of the humanities in the University and society.
Engineering
Engineering
The mission of the Department of Engineering is to contribute to the development of fundamental research in engineering and its application to industry in Uruguay. Its lines of research are the following: use of by-products and food development, functional foods, sensory evaluation, microelectronics, signal processing, control, biomedical engineering, materials science, industrial water treatment and modeling technologies, remote sensing for monitoring environment, climate change and smart cities.
Psychology
Psychology
The Department of Psychology is in charge of the development and consolidation of research and teaching in the discipline, in its different areas of application, with a primary focus in Clinical and Health Psychology. This implies the development of basic scientific knowledge and techniques of evaluation and intervention, relevant to the processes of health and psychological illness in their different levels and contexts of expression. The department's tasks include assessment and diagnosis, counselling, treatment, prevention and research.