Founded in August 1905 by Dr. Joaquín Víctor González, the UNLP emerged as a modern university, far removed from the academicist stamp characteristic of the traditional houses of higher learning.

Faculty of Natural Sciences of the university "Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP)". The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum is one of the main Academic Units of the UNLP from the point of view of the production and transfer of scientific knowledge.