Universidad ORT Uruguay became the country’s first officially recognized private university in 1996 and is now the largest of its kind in the country.
ORT offers more than 90 degrees at a postgraduate, undergraduate and technical level in Architecture, Engineering, Biotechnology, Management, Economics, International Relations, Design, Animation, Communications and Education.
More than 16,000 students pursue degrees in five faculties and one institute. The average employment rate of Universidad ORT’s graduates in the past few years is above 97%.
ORT activities in Uruguay began in 1942 to help refugees from Europe gain skills to help them find work and integrate in their new home. By the 1980s, ORT Uruguay was a leading trainer in electronics, telecoms and computer science and the first non-governmental educational institution in the country to be granted official tertiary level recognition for its degrees.
Switzerland
ORT Switzerland is a fundraising organization supporting ORT programs in Israel, across Europe and other continents.
Peru
Colegio León Pinelo is an affiliated ORT school and the only school serving Lima’s Jewish community. It is ranked among the top schools in Peru.
Belgium
Belgian ORT was established in 1946 primarily to educate Jewish children who had returned from the camps so that they could enter regular schools.