222 different specializations, 109 Master's degrees and 40 PhDs. Architecture and Urban planning Agronomy Dentistry Engineering Humanities and Education Law and Government Medicine Social Sciences and Economy Pharmacy Sciences Veterinary Research ranking The Ranking Iberoamericano de Instituciones de Investigacion based on the Institute for Scientific Information ranked the Central University of Venezuela as the most productive research institution in the country and as the 20th most productive in Latin America. Other top 25 positions were reached in the following areas: 8th in Law 10th in Social Sciences 12th in Psychology and Education 15th in Physiology and Pharmacology 16th in Philology and Philosophy 16th in Food technology 18th in Mathematics 18th in Medicine 21st in Plant and Animal Biology 21st in History and Art 22nd in Architecture and Civil Engineering 22nd Molecular Biology The 2010 University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP), ranked the UCV as the best university in Venezuela and 805th university in the world. The 2016 QS World University Rankings placed the UCV as 18th overall in their Latin American Universities Ranking. Notable alumni Humanists Francisco de Miranda (1750–1816) General, political thinker; fought in the main three revolutionary wars of the 18th century, American, French and South American. Andrés Bello (1781–1865) Poet, lawmaker, philosopher, educator and philologist. Sylvia Constantinidis (1962) Pianist, composer, conductor, music educator, author, writer. (Original name: Maria Silvia Castillo Casanova Arismendi de Constantinidis). Juan Germán Roscio (1763–1821) Lawyer, main redactor of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence. Andrés Eloy Blanco (1896–1955) Poet. Miguel Otero Silva (1908–1985) Writer, journalist and co-founder of the newspaper El Nacional. María Teresa Castillo (1908–2012) Journalist, activist, politician and founder of Caracas Athenaeum. Alberto Barrera Tyszka (1960) Writer. Scientists Marisol Aguilera (1971) researcher, professor. José Gregorio Hernández (1864–1919) physician. José González-Lander (1933–2000) engineer, chief designer of the Caracas Metro. Alfredo Jahn (1867–1940) engineer, anthropologist. Manuel Núñez Tovar (1878–1925) naturalist, researcher, parasitologist and entomologist. Luis Razetti (1862–1932) physician. Rafael Villavicencio (1832–1920) physician. Politicians Carlos Benito Figueredo (1857–1935) journalist, politician and diplomat. Alexis Navarro (1946–2016), Governor of Nueva Esparta (2000–2004) Alfredo Peña (born 1944) journalist, member of the constituent assembly which drafted the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution and mayor of Caracas (2000). Teodoro Petkoff (born 1932) congressman, co-founder of the political party MAS and current chief editor of the newspaper "Tal Cual". Ali Rodriguez (born 1937) secretary-general of OPEC (2000) and chairman of Petroleos de Venezuela PDVSA. Hermann Escarrá (born 1952) member of the 2017 Constituent