The Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) is a

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in Lima,

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, founded on January 5, 1994. Currently, it offers 46 career programs categorized in 13 schools.

History

The Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas was created by Law No. 26276 on January 5, 1994. On March 28, a ceremony took place in the campus of

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in Lima, where the first stone was placed. The first admission was on August 4, 1994, and on September 15, the first university courses started with the faculties of engineering, architecture and communications. In March 1995, the university held a debate called "''Creatividad Presidencial''" (Presidential Creativity) between

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and

Alberto Fujimori Alberto Kenji Fujimori Fujimori (26 July 1938 – 11 September 2024) was a Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer who served as the 54th president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.* * * * * * * Born in Lima, Fujimori was the country's fir ...

. In that same year, a new system of admission called ''Selección Preferente'' was created, for those students who had finished high school in the upper third ranking of their classes. In 1996, the faculty of

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was created, containing programs in finance, marketing and accounting. In the same year, pavilion B was founded. In 1997, the ''Escuela de Negocios de la UPC'' (Business School of UPC) is founded. It is now known as ''Escuela de Postgrado de la UPC''. In 1998, the

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was founded while in 2000, the faculty of economics. In September 2004, the university affiliated with the network of private ue universities called

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. The next year, the university created the ''División de Estudios Profesionales para Ejecutivos'', which connected into one single program the ''Programa de Eduación Superior Complementaria'', which was focused on graduates of college. In 2006, the faculties of health,

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and

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. In 2009, the faculty of arts and music were founded. In 2011, the faculty of

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was created and the first year of classes at the San Isidro campus was inaugurated. The following year the faculty of education was created and the first academic year of undergraduate at the Villa campus was inaugurated; and in 2015, the San Miguel campus is inaugurated and the

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faculty is created.

Campuses

The Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas has a main campus in

, Lima, Peru. It is known as ''el Campus Monterrico'', which has a size of 3 hectares. Another campus was built in San Isidro, Lima, Peru. This campus is known as the "San Isidro campus". In 2013, the Villa campus (in the district of Chorrillos) was purchased. In 2015, the San Miguel campus was purchased, which is located in the district of

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in Lima, Peru. The Villa campus has several sectors dedicated to sports. Previously, UPC had its postgraduate school in the Independencia district, but due to licensing by

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and for an

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that occurred in February 2017, it had to close.

Faculties

There are 13 faculties in the university: *Administration in Hospitality and Tourism, *Architecture, *Contemporary Arts, *Health Sciences, *Human Sciences, *Communications, *Law, *Design, *Economy, *Education, *Engineering, *Business, *Psychology

Notable alumni and academics

* George Forsyth: Peruvian-Chilean soccer player, businessman and politician. Former candidate for president in 2021 elections. *Luis Castañeda Pardo: Peruvian Politician and Lima councilor from 2011 to 2013. *

Anna Carina Anna Carina Copello Hora (born 14 August 1981) is a Peruvian pop singer. In 2010, she was nominated for the Premios Orgullosamente Latino: Soloist of the Year, Latin Song of the Year, Latin album of the Year, and Video of the Year. She has bee ...

Copello: Peruvian pop singer. *Pedro del Rosario: Politician and ex mayor of

Los Olivos District Los Olivos is a district of the Lima Province in Peru, in the Cono Norte area in the city of Lima. History In the Viceroyalty and early years of the republic, it was part of the great territory of Carabayllo. In the mid-16th century, when ...

. *

Mesías Guevara Mesías Antonio Guevara Amasifuén (born 13 June 1963) is a Peruvian politician and engineer. A former member of the Popular Action party, he served as the party's president from 2014 to 2023. He was previously a Congressman, representing Cajam ...

: Politician and president of Acción Popular Party.

References

External links

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Post Graduate School of the UPC

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{{Authority control Peruvian University of Applied Sciences Educational institutions established in 1994 1994 establishments in Peru