Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) is a private non-profit institution founded in 1991 by the Di Tella Foundation and the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, with support from the international philanthropic community. Gerardo della Paolera (Ph.D in Economics, University of Chicago) served as rector from 1991 to 2001. In August 2001, the Board of Trustees of UTDT, whose Chairman is Manuel Mora y Araujo, appointed Juan Pablo Nicolini (Ph.D in Economics, University of Chicago) as Rector of the Institution.
The mission of the University — which opened its doors on March 11, 1992— is to educate new generations of academic, social, political and business leaders, and to enhance research and scholarship in the arts and sciences.
The University is organized in schools, centers, and departments, with graduate and undergraduate programs in humanities and social sciences. There are eight academic units: Architecture, Business, Economics, Government, History, Law, Mathematics and Statistics and Political Science and International Relations. The University offers (6) undergraduate degrees in Business Economics, Economics, History, International Relations, Law and Political Science. It also offers (13) graduate degrees. (9) MA degrees in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, History, International Studies, Journalism, Law and Economics, Non profit organizations and Public Policy; and (2) graduate programs in Education Administration and in Urban Economics. Two (2) Ph.D. degrees have recently been added in Economics and History.
UTDT offers weekly workshops in economics, political science, business economics, international affairs, contemporary architecture, writing and literary criticism, and in legal philosophy. The academic calendar consists of two 15-week semesters: fall (March-July) and spring (August- December).
Enrollment in 2001 is 1100 undergraduate and 500 graduate students. UTDT seeks to recruit the very best high school and college graduates in Argentina, admitting on average 60% of those who apply. Approximately 16% of the students receive financial aid from the University. The faculty consists of 53 full time professors and 27 visiting professors. The student faculty ratio is 17,7 to 1. Many faculty members have joint appointments with American Universities, including Chicago, Columbia, Maryland, Rochester, and NYU. UTDT is a highly regarded Research University in Latin America and its library, founded in 1958, is the most valuable library devoted to the social sciences in Argentina.
UTDT currently has exchange programs with 56 universities in 21 countries.
American University (USA); Arizona State University (USA); Arizona State University - School of Law (USA); Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft Berlin (Germany); Boston College (USA); Bucerius Law School (Germany); Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (Mexico); Chicago-Kent College of Law (USA); Copenhagen Business School (Denmark); Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary); Dalhousie University (Canada); Doshisha University (Japan); École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal (Canada); École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris (France); Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam School of Management (The Netherlands); European Business School (England); Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil); George Mason University, School of Law (USA); Georgetown University Law Center (USA); Institut D’Études Politiques de Paris (France); Institut d\' Études Politiques de Lille (France); Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Mexico); Instituto Universitàrio de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ) (Brasil); Johns Hopkins University (USA); Keio University (Japan); La Trobe University (Australia); Middlebury College (USA); New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business (USA); Norges Handelshoyskole (NHH) (Norway); Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile); Southwestern University, School of Law (USA); Tilburg University (The Netherlands); Universidad de las Américas, Puebla (México); Universitá Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Italy); Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain); Université de Montréal (Canada); Université Laval (Canada); Université Paris Dauphine (France); Universiteit van Amsterdam (Holland); University of Economics, Prague (Czech Republic); University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (USA); University of Miami (USA); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School (USA); University of Otago (New Zealand); University of Richmond (USA); University of Texas (USA); University of Texas, School of Law (USA); University of Toronto (Canada); Universität Erfurt (Germany); Universität Göttingen (Germany); Universität St. Gallen (Switzerland); Universität zu Köln (Germany); Warsaw School of Economics (Poland); WHU Koblenz, Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management (Germany); Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Austria).