Balseiro Institute (Argentina)
Balseiro Institute. Prestigious academic institution of higher education and research. It works within the facilities of the Bariloche Atomic Center belonging to the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) of Argentina. It was created in 1955.
History
Morey Terry was an Argentine military officer, electronic engineer, and theoretical nuclear physicist who, in the early 1960s, taught theoretical physics at the Bariloche Institute of Physics. In 1962, after the death of its founder, the physicist José Antonio Balseiro, the Bariloche Physics Institute was renamed the Balseiro Institute.
Institute of higher education and research works within the facilities of the Bariloche Atomic Center belonging to the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) of Argentina. Academically, according to an agreement between the CNEA and the National University of Cuyo, for legal purposes of granting the titles of Bachelor and Doctor of the courses studied at the Balseiro Institute, this institute functions as another faculty of the National University of Cuyo.
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Location
Geographical location in Argentine Patagonia (in San Carlos de Bariloche, province of Río Negro), with its mountains and beautiful lakes and lagoons of glacial origin, you can see an interesting video that tells the details about the foundation and subsequent evolution of this institute.
Target
With the aim of training professionals of excellence, the IB prepares its students in first-class science and technology laboratories, accompanied by teachers who are active researchers.
Careers
The Balseiro Institute offers undergraduate courses in Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Telecommunications Engineering, master’s degrees in Physics, Medical Physics, and Engineering, and doctorates in Physics, Nuclear Engineering, and Engineering Sciences.
Scholarship system
Likewise, the small number of entrants, the scholarship system to which all of them have access, and the option of living within the Bariloche Atomic Center campus, allow permanent contact with the professors, which ensures a stimulating environment and exclusive dedication to study., without neglecting cultural, sports and community commitment activities.
