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FICH

The Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias Hídricas (Faculty of Engineering in Water Sciences) is one of the various faculties that belong to the Universidad Nacional del Litoral (National University of the Littoral), one of the oldest and most important public universities in Argentina.

FICH is located within the UNL University Campus, which concentrates a large portion of the institution’s academic, sports, and recreational activities. Nearly 50% of the university’s total student population attends the campus daily.

The university campus is located to the east of the city, very close to the suspension bridge and the eastern waterfront.

This faculty hosts most of the university programs related to technology, including Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence Engineering, and the University Technician in Free Software program, the first and only program in the country that trains professionals to contribute to Free Software communities.

FICH has several research laboratories in the field of Water Sciences, which are of great importance to the city and the region. It also houses various research institutes and centers, among them the Instituto de Investigación en Señales, Sistemas e Inteligencia sinc(i) (Institute for Research in Signals, Systems, and Intelligence), whose mission is to develop new algorithms for machine learning, data mining, signal processing, and complex systems, providing innovative technologies for advancements in healthcare, bioinformatics, precision agriculture, autonomous systems, and human–computer interfaces.