Since its inception in 1939, the National University of Cuyo has focused its mission on offering solutions to human problems. All this from the promotion and dissemination of knowledge as a tool for cultural and social progress. 

This approach has remained in force to this day, which is why they have exerted great influence on their environment. Because they provide access to quality education to a significant number of people from different places. In this sense, the UNCUYO promulgates that education is a fundamental right, which must be assumed as a public, free and secular good. All this has allowed the University to develop a solid career, marking important milestones in the dissemination of knowledge throughout Argentina. For which it carries out a series of activities that keep interest and motivation awake towards development through education.

The National University of Cuyo has formulated its purposes in the Statute where it is established that the development and dissemination of culture in all its forms through teaching, scientific research, technical preparation is essential, as well as professional training and raising the ethical and aesthetic level.