3. AUTHORITIES
Rector
Ing. Javier Andrés Macchi
rector@iugr.edu.ar
Vice-Rector for Administration Organisation
Dr. Gerardo Strada Saenz
gerardostrada@gmail.com
Vice-Rector for Academic Organisation
Lic. Arturo Gustavo Forcher
aforcher@iugr.edu.ar
Academic Coordinators:
Degree in Kinesiology and Physical Therapy
Lic. Gabriel Converso
kinesiologia@iugr.edu.ar
Degree in Occupational Therapy
Lic. Mariel Pellegrini
terapiaocupacional@iugr.edu.ar
Degree in Orthotics and Prosthesics
Lic. Juan Carlos Basadonna
ortesisyprotesis@iugr.edu.ar
Degree in Educational Psychology
Lic. Ofelia Madile
psicopedagogia@iugr.edu.ar
Director of the Teaching Staff Department
Lic. Mónica Priotti
docencia@iugr.edu.ar
Director of the Research Department
Ing. Roberto Martínez
direcciondeinvestigacion@iugr.edu.ar
Director of the Extension Department
Arq. Adelqui Borgobello
extension@iugr.edu.ar
Director of the Postgraduate Department
Lic. Raúl Beribé
posgrado@iugr.edu.ar
Director of the Institucional Evaluation Unit
Lic. María Eugenia Rovetto
evaluacioninstitucional@iugr.edu.ar
Secretary for Cultural Affairs
Sra. Haydeé Gruvman
hgruvman@fgr.org.ar
Secretary for Internacional Relations
Lic. María Eugenia Noriega
internacional@iugr.edu.ar

4. Instituto Universitario del Gran Rosario
History
The Fundación del Gran Rosario, began operating in 2000, for the purposes of
deepening the work on academic training, drafting of projects and proposals
aimed at encouraging the cultural, scientific and technological development of
Rosario and its surrounding areas.
As from inception, it promotes Higher Education activities seeking academic
excellence and sustainable regional development, mainly in areas of knowledge
still lacking in this region, such as Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences.
Thus, the Foundation implemented graduate and postgraduate courses under an
Academic Agreement with the Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Such experi-
ence constituted a strength that led the Foundation to create the Instituto
Universitario del Gran Rosario (IUGR), which entity is operating on a self-governing
basis since 2006.
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Creation
The Instituto Universitario del Gran Rosario (IUGR) is a higher education institution,
operating on a self-governing basis as to academic and institutional matters,
engaged in Health Sciences, specially developing Rehabilitation and Movement
Sciences, a discipline still lacking in this region.
Provisionally authorized by the Argentine Government in 2006, the IUGR began
operating in 2008, with graduate and postgraduate courses, subject to strict
evaluation by the Argentine Commission of University Evaluation and
Accreditation [Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria]
(CONEAU).
The IUGR's foundational purpose is to be an institution with academic excellence so
as to become a referent for the city of Rosario and its surrounding area. For such
purpose, it counts on a faculty consisting of teachers and professors with a relevant
academic and professional career, and it also encourages research activities and
links to society.
The IUGR's main mission is to train professionals working on an interdisciplinary
basis both in clinic and care for the patient, boosting and prioritizing people's
abilities, taking individuals as an integral being in constant social interaction.
The broad pre-professional practice system the IUGR has managed to draw up
constitutes an essential pillar for the training of such professionals. Through the
Health Care Teaching Units [Unidades Docentes Asistenciales], located both in
public and private health institutions of the city of Rosario and its surrounding
area, students from all courses of studies, conduct their pre-professional practice,
under their teachers' constant supervision. Since 2011, this practice system is
available to students from other countries through the Pre-professional Practice
International Program.
Another fundamental element in this training process, is the academic exchange
with renowned universities in the areas of rehabilitation and movement. In this
respect, the IUGR encourages the creation of cooperation links to institutions in
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our country and from abroad, in order to foster the ongoing improvement of
academic quality, as well as encouraging the exchange of students, teachers and
researchers.
Simultaneously, the IUGR is actively engaged in the attention of persons with
disabilities, by developing initiatives aimed at improving their quality of life and
promoting equal opportunities, mainly in the labor area. An example of this
commitment is the recently created Inclusive Rosario University Center (CURI)
[Centro Universitario Rosario Inclusiva], exclusively intended to support and
encourage this type of activities.
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Graduate courses:
Degree in Kinesiology and Physical Therapy
Approved by Ministry Resolution No. 1243/07
Degree in Occupational Therapy
Approved by Ministry Resolution No. 1243/07
Degree in Orthosis and Prosthesis
Approved by Ministry Resolution No. 158/09
Degree in Educational Psychology
Approved by Ministry Resolution No. 755/11
Degree in Physical Activity
Starting in February 2013
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Degree in Kinesiology and Physical Therapy (5 years)
A professional with a Degree in Kinesiology and Physical Therapy is a university
graduate whose competence is shown in knowledge, abilities, skills and attitudes
in activities of health promotion, maintenance, prevention and recovery. They
have skills to act with a comprehensive vision respecting all and any human beings'
and society's ethical, moral and cultural principles.
Such professionals have knowledge on anatomy, histology, physiology, semiology
and pathology enabling them to work in the clinic of surgical medical diseases. In
addition, they have specific discipline knowledge that make it possible for them to
determine and perform evaluations and kinesiological physiotherapies adjusted to
each health-disease process, and to plan general and/or special health services and
services relating to audits, experts' opinions and labor functional examinations.
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Degree in Occupational Therapy (4 years)
The performance of a professional with a Degree in Occupational Therapy is
related to rehabilitation and movement. The goal of the new concept of rehabilita-
tion is to reinstate the capacity of people, focusing on participation, self-
determination and equal opportunities. Such professionals provide services to
persons of different age groups whose occupational performance is interrupted or
threatened by a situation of stress, disease, disability or accident, among others.
The curricular design of the course of studies is oriented to training from an inter-
disciplinary perspective, since it is necessary to take into account that any alter-
ations that may occur in certain areas (organic, psychic, social) may cause an imbal-
ance in other areas: this solution of problems shows a broader and more compre-
hensive concept and evidences a new rehabilitation model.
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Degree in Educational Psychology (5 years)
The intervention of a professional with a Degree in Educational Psychology is
focused on the promotion of operating forms of learning at all instances of the
development of persons, from children to the elderly. Such professional works on
an interdisciplinary basis on prevention, diagnosis and treatment, in public and
private institutions in the areas of health, social and community, education, labor
and forensic matters.
Learning constitutes a complex issue, since it comprises several factors, and in such
complexity the fracture is more evident. The purpose of the IUGR's plan of studies
for the Degree in Educational Psychology is to train Educational Psychologists with
a solid theoretical and practical training that may assure an accountable, ethical,
pertinent, creative and essentially human professional practice, supported on a
strict academic training.
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Degree in Orthosis and Prosthesis (4 years)
The professional with a Degree in Orthosis and Prosthesis is capable of designing,
manufacturing, adjusting and assembling orthopedics elements for people with
disabilities, that contribute to improving their quality of life. Their main goal is to
find equipment to achieve the patient's physical rehabilitation, not setting aside
their full integration into society.
Their professional scope comprises intervention in different areas requiring the
orthotics and prosthetics approach, such as traumatology, neuromuscular,
musculoskeletal, rheumatology, and sports medicine areas, among others. Such
scope also covers activities related to the planning and arrangement of general
health services and/or special orthotics and prosthetics services, both in the public
and private sector.
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Degree in Physical Activity (4 years)
The Degree in Physical Activity is intended to provide students with appropriate
scientific training in basic and specific aspects related to Physical Activity and
Training, as well as the relevant methods and techniques.
During the course of studies, students will be provided with practical experimenta-
tion, they will acquire theoretical and practical foundations, and they will experi-
ence practical knowledge to be used in recreational, sports, physical fitness and
sports performance activities.
This is a four-year course of studies intended to training human resources capable
of understanding the complexity of new paradigms related to Physical Activity and
Training.
Our goals:
To train Professionals with a Degree in Physical Activity with a sound theo-
retical and practical education that may assure a responsible, ethical, appropriate
and creative professional practice based on strict academic training.
To train Professionals that may contribute a vision and practice of the basic
and specific aspects related to Physical Activity and Training with respect to the
different age groups.
To train Professionals that may have the methodological theoretical set-
tings regarding research, with an interdisciplinary criterion enabling the develop-
ment of new models based on the paradigm of Physical Activity and Training.
To train Professionals capable of giving advice and intervening in different
institutional environments to meet the specific needs of human life quality
improvement.
To train Professionals that may interact in different contexts, such as recre-
ational, sports, physical fitness and sports performance activities.
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Pre-professional practice
The Health Care Teaching Units, located in premises of public and private health
care institutions in our city, constitute a pre-professional practice environment for
students. Simultaneously, they are part of a system of expansion towards the
community through which IUGR's students perform health care works. By means of
these Units, the provincial health system relies on the contribution from IUGR's
students and teachers, whereas the IUGR enriches and boosts its professionals'
training quality.
Since the end of 2011, this practice system is available to international students,
through the Professional Practice International Program.
Kinesiology and Physical Therapy:
Under their tutor's strict supervision, students perform collaborative tasks for
prevention, rehabilitation and treatment of patients with surgical and non-
surgical chronic pathologies in 19 health care institutions (high and medium
complexity primary care centers). Thus, in recent years, more than 60,000 annual
practices have been performed.
Occupational Therapy:
Students perform practices in the areas of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Physical
Dysfunction, Psychological and Social Dysfunctions, Labor and Community Health.
At present, Second Year students have provided care approximately to 100 patients
of the Provincial Geriatrics Hospital throughout this year.
Educational Psychology:
As from the Fourth Year, students perform practices both in Education and Clinic
areas, in several Education and Health Institutions in Rosario and the surrounding
areas, covering an average of 1,000 hours/year of practice, which are added to the
hours in the Office of the Health Care Teaching Unit of Educational Psychology.
Orthosis and Prosthesis:
Under an instructor's supervision, students perform activities of observation,
evaluation and equipment manufacture in the Health Care Teaching Unit installed
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at the Orthosis and Prosthesis Lab of the ILAR (Institute of Anti-Polio Fight and
Rehabilitation of Disabled People) [Instituto de Lucha Antipoliomielítica y
Rehabilitación del Lisiado], of the Municipality of Rosario, under a schedule of up
to 3 hours/day. The Lab's Service Chief is a Professional with a Degree in Orthosis
and Prosthesis.
In 2004, in collaboration with the Municipality of Rosario, the first actions were
taken to start up our Lab, with the goals of producing orthotics and prosthetics
equipment and generating specific rehabilitation equipment for people receiving
attention at municipal public health care providers. In 2010, the Principal of the
IUGR, the Governor of the Province of Santa Fe, the Municipality of Rosario and the
Orthosis and Prosthesis Lab of the ILAR, executed an Agreement aimed at consoli-
dating such actions, renewing the commitment to satisfy the needs of the region
for orthotics and prosthetics assistance.
Orthosis and
Prosthesis Lab
Under an Agreement
with the Municipality
of Rosario and San Martín
National University
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Postgraduate Courses
Major in Sports Kinesiology and Physical Therapy
Approved by Ministry Resolution No. 490/09 ME
Major in Cardiorespiratory Kinesiology and Physical
Therapy (Starting in 2012)
Favorably evaluated by CONEAU – Project No. 10417/09
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Major in Sports Kinesiology and Physical Therapy
(750 hours)
The Major in Sports Kinesiology and Physical Therapy is intended to train specialists
with a high academic level, capable of satisfying the needs and demands of integral
intervention of Sports Kinesiology and Physical Therapy.
It is based on an initial module of interdisciplinary training regarding sports
pathology, physical activity and related diseases.
Then, there is specific sports rehabilitation training in seminars with the core
purpose of integrating theory and practice, through a remarkable practical
approach of the modalities and resources used by kinesiology professionals among
their therapy strategies.
The third section of training ends up in a final module (internships in specialized
centers) where all theoretical and practical knowledge acquired during the course
of studies is integrated with practice related to sports kinesiology and physical
therapy.
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Major in Cardiorespiratory Kinesiology and Physical Therapy
The Major in Cardiorespiratory Kinesiology and Physical Therapy is intended to
train specialists with a high academic level, capable of satisfying the needs and
demands of integral intervention of Kinesiology applied to respiratory and cardiac
pathologies in adults and children.
This postgraduate course is structured on five topics, distributed in two years:
I. Kinesiology and Physical Therapy in Pediatric Respiratory Care.
II. Kinesiology and Physical Therapy in Adult Respiratory Rehabilitation.
III. Kinesiology and Physical Therapy in Adult Critical Care.
IV. Kinesiology and Physical Therapy in Adult Cardiac Rehabilitation.
V. Methodology.
The first four topics are divided into modules, based on an arrangement and
subsequent sequence starting with the development of Basic Sciences (Anatomy,
Physiology, Diagnostic Imaging, etc.) and then specific kinesiology and physical
therapy techniques are addressed, to conclude with health care practice in
specialized centers.
The Methodology topic is divided into two modules: the first one comprises
contents of research Methodology oriented to Health Sciences, and the second is a
Workshop for the Final Paper.
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Ongoing Training
According to the guidelines governing the IUGR, our non-delegable social respon-
sibility is to train professionals who work on an interdisciplinary basis in the
patient's clinic and care. In order to professionalize such ongoing training, the
IUGR develops training programs that may allow:
the encouragement of specialization and proficiency processes in the
training of university graduates
the development of ongoing training devices required to promote
changes and innovations necessary at regional level
the strengthening of a scientific and technological training in areas of
knowledge and development inherent in the IUGR
The courses, workshops and seminars offered from time to time are the
following:
Neurological Rehabilitation Area:
- Basic and Advanced Course on Adult Hemiplegia assessment and treatment. Bobath
Concept.
- Course on Stroke Rehabilitation.
- Neuropsychological Approach in Post Stroke Rehabilitation Therapies.
- Basic Course on Propioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation. Kabat Method.
- Propioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation applied to Occupational Therapy.
- Occupational Therapy for Spinal Cord Injuries.
- Occupational Therapy for Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury Aftereffects.
- Analysis of Normal Movement.
- Neurorehabilitation of Neurological Disorders.
- Course on Spinal Cord Injuries.
- Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation.
- Respiratory Rehabilitation - Kinesiology.
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Manual Therapy Area:
- Manipulative Therapies Seminar.
- Manipulative Therapies Postgraduate Course.
- Myofascial Induction Seminars.
- Neural Mobilization Course.
Sports Kinesiology Area:
- Course on Rehabilitation of sports-related injuries.
- Refresher Course on Physical Therapy.
- Annual Course on Sports Medicine, Orthopedics and Kinesiology.
Aquatic Rehabilitation Area:
- Aquatic Rehabilitation Refresher Course.
Occupational Therapy Area:
- Neurodevelopment.
- Occupational Sciences.
Orthosis and Prosthesis Area:
- Materials Technology.
- Computer Aided Design.
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Congresses
Spanish Argentine Kinesiology Congress
Every two years since 2005, the Spanish Argentine
Sports Kinesiology Congress is held at the City of Rosario. In
2007, such Congress was held in parallel with the First Spanish
Argentine Neurorehabilitation Congress and the Rehabilitation
Science Research Symposium. In 2009, the Congress was mainly
focused on Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation and Manual
Therapies.
Both Spanish and Argentine specialized speakers
present their lectures on the scheduled subjects. Conferences,
round tables, workshops, free topics, and posters are some of
the modalities of this mega academic activity.
In May 2011, the IUGR arranged and certified the IV
Spanish Argentine Kinesiology Congress, based on the follow-
ing topics: Rehabilitation in Orthopedics, Traumatology and
Sports.
Interdisciplinary and Disability Congress
The First Interdisciplinary and Disability Congress was
arranged in 2009 jointly with La Casa del Sol Naciente. Such
Congress was addressed to professionals and students of
Occupational Therapy, Special Education, Kinesiology,
Educational Psychology, Education and careers related to health
and education. This Congress had more than twenty lecturers,
and Erna Imperatore Blanche, Ph.D. OTR/L, from Southern
California University of Los Angeles, USA, was the keynote
speaker.
First Educational Psychology Regional Congress
The First Educational Psychology Regional Congress
“Educational Psychology: Contexts and Learning” was held,
during three days, in October 2010. The Congress was addressed
to Professionals with a Degree in Educational Psychology,
Educational Psychologists, Psychologists, Speech Therapists,
Professionals with a Degree in Education Sciences and
Professionals, Students and Teachers of related disciplines, at all
levels and of any modalities. Such Congress counted on more
than 30 lecturers and the audience exceeded 550 people.
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21. Instituto Universitario del Gran Rosario
Links
Council of Rectors of Private Universities
www.crup.org.ar
The IUGR together with other Private Universities of Argentina constitute the
Council of Rectors of Private Universities (CRUP) [Consejo de Rectores de las
Universidades Privadas], a body for representation and inquiry of all member
entities, and before the State.
The CRUP has the following duties:
- It represents, on a jointly basis, all authorized private universities.
- It plans the courses of studies of private university education and
coordinates this task with the competent bodies of the Argentine Ministry of
Education and of the Councils of Principals of State and Provincial Universities.
- It renders an opinion before the Ministry of Education in the events
provided for in legal rules and regulations, on any issues affecting private
university education.
- It collaborates and encourages mutual cooperation between member
entities, for the achievement of goals and objectives inherent in a university, and of
private initiative in university higher education.
The CRUP takes part in the following Commissions within the scope of the
Argentine Ministry of Education:
1. Argentine Commission for Higher Education Improvement [Comisión
Nacional Para el Mejoramiento de la Enseñanza Superior]
2. University Council [Consejo de Universidades] (CU)
3. Argentine Commission of University Evaluation and Accreditation
[Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria] (CONEAU)
4. Council of Higher Education Regional Planning [Consejo de Planificación
Regional de Educación Superior] (CPRES)
The Council of Rectors of Private Universities is formed by private entities
authorized by the Argentine Government.
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Rosario Private Universities
Higher Education Joint Project
Rosario Private Universities (UPROS) is a joint higher education project comprising,
since 2009, three universities of the city of Rosario: Instituto Universitario Italiano
de Rosario (IUNIR), Universidad del Centro Educativo Latinoamericano (UCEL), and
Instituto Universitario del Gran Rosario (IUGR).
The principal offices of these three institutions are in the city of Rosario, and they
offer a wide range of excellent and customized education on a personal
attendance basis. In order to make the links to local society even closer, the joint
purpose of IUNIR, UCEL and IUGR is to boost the investment made by each one of
these institutions by contributing to the scientific and technological development
of our region and promoting solidarity actions.
As a whole, Rosario Private Universities provide a thorough academic offer,
covering almost all the offers of university studies existing in our city.
Commitment to Rosario and the region
With the purpose of boosting Higher Education in our city and in the region, in
their charters, Rosario Private Universities, by means of their Principals, agree to
take all actions required to strengthen each one of the member Institutions, to
develop joint Research Programs, to strengthen and fostering joint Expansion
actions, to spread Art and Culture, to facilitate the use of Libraries for teachers and
students, and to allow the exchange of teachers, students and researchers, thus
encouraging proficiency in their activities.
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23. Instituto Universitario del Gran Rosario
Location
The IUGR is located in the city of Rosario, the second largest populated city in
Argentina, with one of the most important Public Health Systems in Latin America.
Rosario is strategically located in the humid “Pampa”, on the West margin of the
Paraná River, only 300 km (186 miles) north and 30 minutes by air from Buenos
Aires, the capital of our country. Arising in the 18th century as the “Pago de los
Arroyos”, Rosario became a city in 1852. This was the beginning of a period of rapid
growth for the city, which developed into the second most important city of
Argentina and one of the most booming cities of South America in just a few
decades.
In Rosario In Santa Fe
Corrientes 1254 - (2000) Urquiza 4640-(3000)
Tel: 0341 4110506 / 4451035 Tel: 0342-4562445
info@iugr.edu.ar santafe@iugr.edu.ar
Laprida 1266 - (2000) In Venado Tuerto
Tel: 0341 4477505 / 4495982 Santa Fe 1859-(2600)
psicopedagogia@iugr.edu.ar Tel: 0342-461123
infovt@iugr.edu.ar
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