Universidad Nacional de Misiones

What Universidad Nacional de Misiones does

Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM) is a public national university established in 1973 in the Province of Misiones in northeastern Argentina, with its main campus in Posadas and additional operations in Oberá and Eldorado. The institution operates as part of Argentina's national public university system under national education law, governed by a Consejo Superior (Superior Council) with institutional autonomy. UNaM delivers higher education across six faculties (Economic Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Exact/Chemical/Natural Sciences, Engineering, Forest Sciences, and Arts and Design) and three schools (Nursing, Agrotechnical, and Professional Education), serving prospective students, current undergraduates, graduate professionals, and academic faculty.

The university's product portfolio is anchored in on-campus degree programs and a growing digital ecosystem that includes UNaM Virtual (distance learning platform), a self-service administrative portal (Portal de Autogestión), the RIDUNaM institutional digital repository (DSpace-based, hosting 4,800+ open-access academic items), UNaM TV, FM Universidad radio (FM 98.7), UNaM Transmedia (multimedia production unit), Editorial Universitaria (university press), and Revista Nexo Universitario. Internationally, UNaM operates through the RIEiR (Programa de Relaciones Internacionales e Integración Regional), managing student and faculty mobility agreements with partner institutions.

UNaM's business model is structurally distinct from commercial entities: it is funded primarily through Argentine national government budget allocations and competitive research grants, with no tuition charged to students. Revenue is supplemented by extension services, media production, publishing, and the management of a RIDUNaM open-access repository. The institution reaches 156 countries digitally and is a member of the RIAC inter-university quality assurance network as the Noreste region representative. Recent strategic emphasis has been placed on institutional quality coordination, transparency compliance (achieving 6th-place national ranking under Law 27.275), and internationalization of academic programs.

Name

Universidad Nacional de Misiones

Legal name

Universidad Nacional de Misiones

Website

https://unam.edu.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Universidad Nacional de Misiones is a public, tuition-free Argentine national university founded in 1973, operating six faculties and three schools across Misiones province to deliver higher education, research, and regional extension services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Online Divisions of Traditional Universities (Hybrid/Extension) (EDAHALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Polytechnic & Applied Sciences Universities (EDAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Public higher education
• University degree programs
• Scientific research institutions
• Distance learning platforms
• Community extension services

Headquarters

HQ city

Posadas

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Government Funding: As a public national university in Argentina, UNaM is primarily funded through national government budget allocations. Tuition is generally free for students at public national universities in Argentina.
2. Research Grants and Projects: The university receives funding for scientific research projects through national science and technology agencies, including grants for research institutes and laboratory networks.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM) is a public national university that delivers tuition-free undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate education through six faculties (Forest Sciences, Engineering, Exact Chemical and Natural Sciences, Arts and Design, Economic Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences) and three schools (Nursing, Agrotechnical, Professional Education). It also conducts scientific research, publishes academic works through its university press and digital repository (RIDUNaM), and runs distance learning (UNaM Virtual), television (UNaM TV), radio (FM 98.7), and transmedia production services for the university community and the broader Misiones province.

Product overview

Universidad Nacional de Misiones (UNaM) is a public Argentine university offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational services through its 6 faculties and 3 professional schools. The institution operates a multi-platform digital ecosystem comprising: UNaM Virtual (distance learning platform), Portal de Autogestión (self-service portal), RIDUNaM (digital repository with over 4,800 items), UNaM TV (television broadcasting), FM Universidad radio (FM 98.7), UNaM Transmedia (multimedia production unit), Editorial Universitaria (university press), and Revista Nexo Universitario (magazine). The faculties provide undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs across sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences, economics, arts, and forest sciences. The university also operates an international relations office (RIEiR) managing mobility programs and partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UNaM Virtual: Distance and online learning platform of UNaM offering virtual education programs.
• UNaM TV
• FM Universidad
• UNaM Transmedia
• Revista Nexo Universitario
• RIDUNaM
• Editorial Universitaria
• RIEiR - Programa de Relaciones Internacionales e Integración Regional

Products and services

• Facultad de Ciencias Forestales (FCF) Faculty specializing in forest sciences, sustainable natural resource management, and environmental sciences, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs in forestry disciplines for students in Misiones province.
• Facultad de Ingeniería (FIO)
• Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales (FCEQyN)
• Facultad de Arte y Diseño (FAyD)
• Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (FCE)
• Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (FHyCS)
• UNaM Virtual (Distance Learning Platform)
• RIDUNaM - Repositorio Institucional Digital
• Editorial Universitaria UNaM
• Programa de Relaciones Internacionales e Integración Regional (RIEiR)
• Posgrado (Postgraduate Programs)

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved 75% compliance with Law 27.275 (Information Access) vs. previous 29%
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RIAC - Red Interuniversitaria de Aseguramiento de la CalidadcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2021UNaM participates as the representative for the Noreste (Northeast) region in the Interuniversity Network for Quality Assurance (RIAC), which began operations in March 2021. The network facilitates cooperation among Argentine universities for quality assurance activities including self-evaluation, external evaluation, and accreditation of degree programs.
• Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNL serves as the Regional representative (Centro Region) in the RIAC network, collaborating with UNaM and other Argentine universities on quality assurance initiatives.
• Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNSAM represents the Metropolitan region in the RIAC network, partnering with UNaM on quality assurance and institutional evaluation activities.
• Universidad Austral (UA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrivate university partner representing the Metropolitan region in the RIAC quality assurance network.
• Partner Universities - International MobilityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNaM maintains international cooperation agreements enabling student and faculty mobility with partner institutions worldwide through its International Relations Office (RIEiR). Each faculty has dedicated international relations contacts facilitating mobility programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP): Large Argentine public university with strong research output, distance learning programs, and a multi-faculty structure paralleling UNaM's. UNLP is a broad incumbent that competes for research grants and postgraduate enrollment nationally.
• Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC): One of the oldest and largest Argentine public universities with comprehensive faculties including forest/agricultural sciences and a strong research base. A broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities across most of UNaM's academic disciplines.
• Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA): Argentina's flagship public university with the largest faculty footprint, the most extensive graduate programs, and the strongest international research profile. UBA competes for the same national postgraduate and research talent pool as UNaM.

Direct peers

• Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL): Another Argentine public national university with multi-faculty structure, distance learning capabilities, and fellow RIAC member (Centro region). UNL is one of UNaM's closest structural peers within the national university system.
• Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM): Argentine public national university and RIAC Metropolitan region representative. UNSAM shares UNaM's profile as a multi-faculty comprehensive institution with active research institutes and technology transfer programs.
• Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR): Mid-sized Argentine public national university with multi-faculty structure (engineering, economics, humanities, exact sciences, medicine) and active international mobility programs through similar RIEiR-type offices.
• Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE): Argentine public national university serving a neighboring northeastern region (Corrientes/Chaco). UNNE is the closest geographic and demographic peer to UNaM, offering similar faculty mix including engineering, agriculture, and humanities.
• Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (UNT): Argentine public national university in northwestern Argentina with comparable faculty count, regional university mission, and agricultural/forestry orientation aligned to Tucumán's primary industries.

Others

• Universidad Nacional de Misiones - UNaM Virtual: Listed for completeness as the internal distance-learning arm of UNaM; not a true peer but the closest adjacent platform for benchmark on Argentine university online programs (alongside UBA XXI and UNLP Virtual).

Regional players

• Universidad Austral: Private Argentine university participating in RIAC alongside UNaM. Austral is a comparable higher-education institution in the same national system but operates under private funding, contrasting with UNaM's public free-tuition model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/un_misiones
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@TUMTVUNaM
• Facebookfacebook.com/fmunam987
• Instagraminstagram.com/unam.tv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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