Universidad Nacional de Asunción

Key Highlights

• Public, autonomous university founded in 1889
• Organized into 14 faculties with locations in San Lorenzo, Asunción, and other Paraguayan cities
• Teaching, research, extension, and public-service functions are embedded in the institution’s mandate
• Hospital de Clínicas supports medical education and serves as a public referral center

Student Life & Environment

Student experience is distributed across the San Lorenzo campus, Asunción-based units, and regional sites. San Lorenzo contains much of UNA’s academic infrastructure, but students enrolled elsewhere should not assume that every central-campus service is available locally. Faculty sites may have their own libraries, laboratories, study areas, dining facilities, student organizations, and administrative support. The Central Library in San Lorenzo provides free information services, physical and electronic materials, home lending for eligible users, an online catalogue, user training, electronic books, and academic databases. It coordinates a wider university library network, which is particularly useful in an institution divided among numerous faculties. Access to some resources requires recognition as an internal university user. International exchange is possible, subject to faculty selection and available places. UNA’s international guide states that visiting students from foreign universities may study for a semester in courses offered through its faculties. Mobility applicants must coordinate academic choices and documentation with the relevant unit. Students should ask their faculty directly about scholarships, fee exemptions, food services, health support, sports, cultural activities, accessibility, and student representation, since official evidence shows that provision and procedures can be faculty-specific rather than uniform across UNA.

Location & Surroundings

The database places UNA in Asunción, reflecting the institution’s name and the presence of university units in the capital. However, the principal university campus and Rectorate are in San Lorenzo, within the Asunción metropolitan area. UNA’s international guide describes that campus as approximately 12 kilometres from Asunción and 15 kilometres from Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque. San Lorenzo is the center of gravity for much of the university’s teaching, research, library, and administrative infrastructure. The campus can be approached from the Mariscal Estigarribia and Mariscal López corridors. At the same time, several faculties or facilities operate in Asunción, Luque, and other Paraguayan cities. A student’s daily travel, nearby services, and access to central facilities therefore depend on the precise faculty and campus. Applicants should verify the address shown for their intended program before arranging accommodation or commuting. The official foreign-student guide provides orientation for the San Lorenzo campus but does not establish a university-wide housing guarantee. No current central residence inventory or standard housing price was verified, so students should request campus-specific housing guidance directly from their faculty or international office.

Costs & Career Outcomes

UNA has no single verified tuition figure that can responsibly be applied to every student. Academic and administrative charges are set and published by individual faculties, with differences by program, study load, entry process, and payment timing. For 2026 and 2026/27, official faculty pages publish separate fee resolutions. The Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, for example, lists its own undergraduate charges, while other faculties publish different schedules. Students should obtain the current resolution for the exact faculty, program, campus, and academic period before budgeting. Paraguay’s public higher-education gratuity framework may remove eligible academic charges for students who meet its requirements, but eligibility is not universal. Current 2026 faculty decisions show approved gratuity and fee-exemption beneficiaries. Applicants should ask whether they qualify, what documents are required, and which expenses remain payable. No current university-wide accommodation, food, transport, books, or international-student budget was verified. Career preparation is likewise faculty-led. Practical training may include laboratories, clinical education, fieldwork, research, internships, or final projects, depending on the discipline. The Faculty of Engineering maintained an active job board in 2026 with graduate vacancies and paid internship opportunities, illustrating employer engagement at faculty level. This should not be read as a guaranteed placement service or employment outcome. No reliable university-wide graduate salary or placement rate was found.