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The Metropolitan University of Asunción (UMA) is a privately managed University created by Law of the Nation, No. 2073 of February 3, 2003. Since its creation, the UMA sought to make "Academic Excellence" a reality and set itself the challenge of providing a comprehensive, high-quality higher education, with clear objectives, according to its Mission and Vision, appropriate to the present and the future. It began its activities in the same year of its creation, with the Career of Educational Sciences and English Language dependent on the Faculty of Humanities; achieving remarkable growth as a Higher Education Institution. In 2005, the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences was created with the authorization by the Superior University Council and the Council of Universities, of the Accounting and Auditing, Economics and Business Administration careers. Starting in 2006, the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences was created by Resolution No. 86 of May 27, 2006, inaugurating its academic activities in 2006 after the approval of the Law School, by Resolution of the Superior Council of the University. Subsequently, in 2006, by Resolution of the Superior Council of the University, the Faculty of Health Sciences was created, opening the careers of Nursing, Physiology and Kinesiology, and Human Nutrition. Likewise, in 2006 the Graduate Faculty was created by means of a Resolution of the Superior Council of the University, with the programs being Master's Degree in Educational Sciences, Master's Degree in Law, Master's Degree in Psychology, Doctorate in Education, Doctorate in Law, Doctorate in Psychology , Doctorate in Development and National Defense among other programs, thus allowing the projection of the UMA as a benchmark in Education. The training and permanent updating of its teachers is a priority of the institution, as the main axis of the development of academic activity and the achievement of educational quality.