Rodrigo Arim, rector of the University of the Republic, met in the office of the nationalist deputy Sebastián Andujar. there they tried linked topics to the University.
Arim indicated that it was a “fruitful” meeting, where “we received certainties. The elimination of the additional Solidarity Fund will not affect the resources of the University
“We had an exchange about the Hospital de Clínicas and the interior itself. Especially about the development of new careers outside of Montevideo. It is undoubtedly good news in the country, but we have to attend to it immediately », he stressed.
“In this 2022, the trend that had been consolidating in 2021 of an increase of 4,000 to 5,000 students in the admission to the University will be consolidated. That is almost the size of a faculty in Montevideo, which implies the chance of having additional resources, to ensure that students successfully go through university education.
«It was an exchange about our priorities, and about the way in which the deputies are working to be able to face this and other needs that the country has. It is a long process in parliamentary discussion. Regarding the exchange itself, he maintained that “it gives peace of mind and gives well-founded hope that some programmatic lines will be addressed in this discussion.”
Arim and the Solidarity Fund
The Fund, and its additional, represents “for the University of the Republic about 600 million pesos in this 2022, about 15 million dollars. That is just over half of the investments made by the University per year. If that comes to fruition, it would be a significant impact. But they told me that in the case of materializing the proposed modification, it will be without affecting the resources of the University of the Republic.
«The University, within its priorities, established a plan for prostate cancer. We present and achieve financing for breast cancer care. It involves the use of surgical robots. These are some of the lines that we propose».
