Universidad Salesiana

What Universidad Salesiana does

Universidad Salesiana is a private Salesian Catholic higher education institution operating in Latin America. The firm's firmographic record places it in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, with a web presence at unisal.edu.ar, while operating geographies and research-publication metadata link the research activity to Ecuador under the name Universidad Politécnica Salesiana. This dual identity suggests either branch operations or source-attribution ambiguity; both names are recorded as doing-business-as entries. The institution's stated core technology focus is academic research in machine learning and data science, and in smart indoor lighting and IoT for sustainable buildings.

The institution's productized research outputs include the NSCH-Flourishing-ML Dataset — a curated, machine-learning-ready benchmark derived from the 2023 National Survey of Children's Health — and an accompanying reproducible computational pipeline for child flourishing analysis. A second major output is a PRISMA-based systematic bibliometric review of smart indoor lighting research covering 2010-2025, indexed across Scopus, Web of Science, and IEEE Xplore, focused on human-centric control, IoT platforms, and building automation. Research is disseminated through peer-reviewed publication (notably MDPI) rather than through commercial product channels. Customer segments are defined as horizontal academic research communities — primarily ML/child-health researchers and, secondarily, building sustainability researchers — with pain points centered on the absence of curated, reproducible datasets and fragmented literature.

As an educational institution, Universidad Salesiana does not publicly disclose commercial pricing. The business model is consistent with that of a private Catholic university: tuition-funded academic delivery supplemented by faculty-led, peer-reviewed research outputs. There is no disclosed revenue figure, no commercial distribution channel, and no information on enrollment, headcount, or funding rounds in the source data.

Name

Universidad Salesiana

Website

https://unisal.edu.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Salesian Catholic higher education institution conducting academic research in machine learning, data science, and smart indoor lighting for sustainable buildings, producing peer-reviewed ML benchmark datasets and PRISMA-based bibliometric reviews for global academic and policy communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bahía Blanca

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Universidad Salesiana is a private Catholic Salesian institution of higher education that delivers undergraduate and graduate academic degree programs and conducts applied academic research. Its documented research outputs include curated machine-learning-ready benchmark datasets for child health research and systematic bibliometric reviews on smart indoor lighting and IoT technologies for sustainable buildings.

Product overview

Universidad Politécnica Salesiana is a university conducting research across multiple domains. Its research outputs include the NSCH-Flourishing-ML dataset and reproducible computational pipeline for machine learning analysis of child flourishing, and the Smart Indoor Lighting Bibliometric Review covering sustainable building research. These represent academic research contributions rather than commercial product offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Degree Programs
• NSCH-Flourishing-ML Dataset
• NSCH-Flourishing-ML Computational Pipeline
• Smart Indoor Lighting Bibliometric Review

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Universidad de los Andes (Colombia): Elite private Colombian research university. Comparable as a top-tier Latin American private research university with strong publication record, though at substantially larger scale.
• Tecnológico de Monterrey: Large private Mexican research university with strong applied research and industry ties. Comparable as a private Latin American university investing heavily in technology, sustainability, and entrepreneurship programs.
• Universidad Nacional de Colombia: Colombia's flagship public research university. Comparable as a large Latin American university with broad applied research output, particularly in engineering and sustainability.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Top-tier private Catholic research university in Latin America. Comparable as a Catholic private research university with broad applied and basic research portfolio, but much larger scale and brand.

Direct peers

• Salesian University of Don Bosco (University of Dayton): US-based Salesian Catholic university. Comparable as a same-order (Salesian/Don Bosco) institution, sharing mission alignment, governance structure, and potential student/faculty exchange channels.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador: Private Catholic research university in Ecuador. Comparable in mission (Catholic, private, research-active) and Ecuadorian market, competing for the same student and faculty pool.
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Spanish polytechnic university with deep engineering and applied research portfolio. Comparable as a polytechnic university with strong smart-building, IoT, and sustainability research output relevant to UPS's bibliometric review area.
• Universidad San Francisco de Quito: Leading private research-intensive university in Ecuador. Comparable as a private Ecuadorian institution with strong research output and English-language program offerings, competing for similar students.
• Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María: Chilean technical university with a polytechnic identity. Comparable as a Latin American technical/polytechnic university with a strong applied research culture in engineering and technology.
• Escuela Politécnica Nacional: Ecuador's flagship public polytechnic university. Directly comparable as a national-level polytechnic institution in Ecuador focused on engineering, science, and applied research, often publishing in overlapping venues.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/unisalar
• Facebookfacebook.com/unisalar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/universidadsalesiana

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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