This list of universities in Peru includes officially recognized public and private

universities A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

, sorted by

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. In 2015, enrollment was divided into 979,896 for

private universities Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. However, they often receive tax breaks, public student loans, and government grants. Depending on the count ...

and 333,501 for

public universities A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

. The average number of years of schooling in Peru for students born after 1980 was 11.4 years in 2018, and 12.6 years for

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

, with expected years of schooling being 14.2 years overall. They are regulated by the National Superintendence of Higher University Education (

SUNEDU The National Superintendency of Higher University Education (), also known by its acronym SUNEDU, is a government organisation whose purpose is the licensing, quality supervision, and inspection of higher university educational service in Peru. ...

) On

May 12 Events Pre-1600 * 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism. * 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the ...

, is instituted as the "''Day of Peruvian Universities''", due to being the date of creation of the

University of San Marcos The National University of San Marcos (, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. In the Americas, it is the first officially established ( privilege by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) and the oldest continu ...

, the oldest in the Americas.

Nationwide

Department of Lima

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos The National University of San Marcos (, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. In the Americas, it is the first officially established ( privilege by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) and the oldest continu ...

(UNMSM) *

Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería The National University of Engineering (, UNI) is a public university, public engineering and science university located in the Rímac District of Lima, Peru. It's widely considered as one of Peru's most prestigious educational institutions. Hi ...

(UNI) * Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (UNFV) * Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión,

Huacho Huacho () is a city in Peru, capital of the Huaura Province and capital of the Lima Region. Also is the most populated city of the Lima Region and Norte Chico civilization, Norte Chico. It is located 223 feet (68 metres) above sea level and 148&nbs ...

(UNJFSC) * Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle,

Chosica Lurigancho-Chosica, also known simply as Chosica, is a district of Lima Province, Peru, located in the valley of the Rímac River, which it shares with neighboring Chaclacayo and Ate districts. Its capital is the town of Chosica. Its administra ...

(UNE) * Universidad Nacional de Música (UNM) * Universidad Nacional Tecnológica de Lima Sur (UNTELS) *

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Cayetano Heredia University (, UPCH; or simply ''Cayetano Heredia'') is a private nonprofit university located in Lima, Peru. It was named in honor of Cayetano Heredia, one of the eminent Peruvian physicians of the 19th century. The universit ...

(UPCH) *

Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina The National Agrarian University, also formally called National Agrarian University – La Molina (Spanish: ''Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina'') (UNALM), is a public university in Lima, Peru. Of particular renown in the fields of agricu ...

(UNALM) * Universidad de Lima (Private) (UL) * Universidad del Pacífico (UP) *

Universidad Alas Peruanas Universidad Alas Peruanas (UAP or Peruvian Wings University) is a university located in Lima, Peru, founded on April 26, 1996, by Joaquin Ramirez thorough an Cooperativa Alas Peruanas, composed of members of the Peruvian Armed Forces. In Januar ...

(UAP) * Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya (UARM) *

Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas The Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) is a private university in Lima, Peru, founded on January 5, 1994. Currently, it offers 46 career programs categorized in 13 schools. History The Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas wa ...

(UPC) * Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae (UCSS) * Universidad Particular Marcelino Champagnat (UMCH) *

Universidad César Vallejo Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

(UCV)

Universidad Científica del Sur Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

(UCSUR) *

Universidad de Piura The University of Piura (; "UDEP") is a private university in Peru. It has two campuses, the main one is in Piura, while a more recently built one is located in the Miraflores District of Lima. In 1964, Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei ...

(UDEP),

Universidad de San Martín de Porres Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

(USMP) *

Universidad Peruana Unión Peruvian Union University () is a Seventh-day Adventist university in Lima, Peru. It is the second largest of ten Adventist universities in South America. Its acronym is "UPeU". It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the w ...

(UPEU) * Universidad Ricardo Palma (URP) *

Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola St. Ignatius of Loyola University () (USIL) is a private institution for higher education and research in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1995, as part of the Educational Corporation San Ignacio de Loyola, by Raúl Diez Canseco. The main campus is ...

(USIL) *

Universidad ESAN ESAN University or Universidad ESAN in Spanish (acronym: ESAN) is a non-profit private university, located in Lima, Peru. ESAN University is a leading academic institution in business education, that was founded in 1963 as ESAN - Escuela de Admin ...

(UE) * Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón (UNIFE) * Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (UIGV) * Facultad de Teología Pontificia y Civil de Lima * Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú-Lima * University of Sciences and Arts of Latin America (UCAL) * Universidad Peruana de Ciencias e Informática (UPCI) * Universidad Peruana de las Americas * Universidad Tecnológica del Perú (UTP) * TECH Technological University

Region of Callao

* Universidad Nacional del Callao, Bellavista,

Callao Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and Regions of Peru, region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists ...

Escuela Nacional de Marina Mercante "Almirante Miguel Grau
,

Chucuito District Chucuito District is one of the districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (7 ...

Northern regions

National University of Trujillo The National University of Trujillo () (UNT) is a major public university located in Trujillo, Peru, capital of the department of La Libertad. The university was founded by Simón Bolívar and José Faustino Sánchez Carrión, who met in Huama ...

, Trujillo * National University Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, Chachapoyas * Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, Lambayeque * Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca,

Cajamarca Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Per ...

* Universidad Nacional de Jaen, Jaen *

Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana The Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP) was created on 14 January 1961 by Law 13498, given by the government of Peru's President Manuel Prado Ugarteche, responding to various needs that the Loreto community had, until then, ...

Iquitos Iquitos (; ) is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province, Peru, Maynas Province and Loreto Region. It is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, as well as the List of cities in Peru, ninth-most populous city in Peru ...

Universidad Nacional de San Martín Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

* Universidad Nacional de Piura, Piura *

Cesar Vallejo University Cesar or César may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''César'' (film), a 1936 French romantic drama * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt Places * Cesar, Portugal * Cesar Department, Colombia * Cesar River, in Colombia * Cesar R ...

, Trujillo *

Private University of the North Northern Private University () is a private university located in Trujillo, Peru. It was established by the Peruvian Congress Law N° 26275, on November the 5th, 1993. The academic activities in the University began on August the 15th, 1994. The ...

, Trujillo * Private University of Trujillo, Trujillo *

(UDEP),

Piura Piura is a city in northwestern Peru, located north of the Sechura Desert along the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017 and it is the 7th most populous city in Peru. ...

* Universidad Señor de Sipan, Lambayeque *

Antenor Orrego Private University The Antenor Orrego Private University is a Peruvian private university located in Trujillo, La Libertad Region. The university was named after the Peruvian journalist and political philosopher Antenor Orrego Espinoza. Faculties Faculty of En ...

, Trujillo *

Catholic University of Trujillo Catholic University of Trujillo () is a Peruvian private university located in Trujillo, Peru. It was born as an initiative of the Archdiocese of Trujillo on December 12, 1999, being Archbishop of Trujillo Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, and tak ...

, Trujillo * Universidad Privada Antonio Guillermo Urrelo, Cajamarca * Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Lambayeque * Universidad de Chiclayo,

Chiclayo Chiclayo (; mochica language, Mochica: ''Cɥiclaiæp'') is the principal city and capital of the Lambayeque region and Chiclayo Province in northern Peru. It is located from the Pacific coast, from the city of Trujillo, Peru, Trujillo, and from ...

* Universidad Particular de Iquitos * Universidad de Lambayeque, Chiclayo * Universidad Privada Juan Mejía Baca, Chiclayo * Leonardo Da Vinci Private University, Trujillo * Universidad San Pedro,

Sullana SullanaRegional Tourism Office of Piuraciudad de Sullana. Consulted on July 8, 2009. is a city in Peru and the capital of the Sullana Province, Piura, in the north-western coastal plains of Peru on the Chira valley. The city is home to 162,500 p ...

Central regions

* Universidad Nacional de Áncash Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo,

Huaraz Huaraz () (from Quechua: ''Waraq'' or ''Warash'', "''dawn''"), formerly designated as San Sebastián de Huaraz, is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the Ancash Region (State of Ancash) and the seat of government of Huaraz Province. The urb ...

* Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú (UNCP), Huancayo *

Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

Cerro de Pasco Cerro de Pasco is a city in central Peru, located at the top of the Andean Mountains. It is the capital of both the Pasco Province and the Department of Pasco, and an important mining center of silver, copper, zinc and lead. At an elevation of ...

* Universidad Nacional de Ucayali,

Pucallpa Pucallpa (, ; Shipibo language, Shipibo: ''May Ushin'') is a city in eastern Peru located on the banks of the Ucayali River, a major tributary of the Amazon River. It is the capital of the Ucayali region, the Coronel Portillo Province and the C ...

Universidad Continental de Ciencias e Ingeniería The Universidad Continental -- formerly the Universidad Continental de Ciencias e Ingeniería (UCCI) -- is a private university in Huancayo, Junín Region, Junín, Peru. The university has branches in Lima, Arequipa and Cusco. History The Univer ...

, Huancayo *

Catholic University Los Angeles of Chimbote Catholic University Los Angeles of Chimbote (Universidad Católica Los Ángeles de Chimbote; Uladech Católica or Uladech) is a Catholic university in Chimbote, Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America ...

Chimbote Chimbote ; ) is a city in northwestern Peru. It is the largest city in the Ancash Region and the List of cities in Peru, tenth most populous in Peru. With a population of 425,367 in 2017, it is the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote Dist ...

Los Andes Peruvian University The Los Andes Peruvian University (UPLA) () is an educational institution created on December 30, 1983 (Law Nº 23.757). The main campus is situated in Huancayo, Peru. It is one of the most prosperous

(UPLA),

Huancayo Huancayo (; in , '(place) with a (sacred) rock', ) is the capital of the Junín Region and Huancayo Province, in the central highlands of Peru, in the Mantaro Valley and is crossed by the Shullcas, Chilca and Mantaro rivers. It was founded as a ...

Department of Huánuco

Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

Department of Huánuco Huánuco () is a Political division of Peru, department and region in central Peru. It is bordered by the La Libertad Region, La Libertad, San Martín Region, San Martín, Loreto Region, Loreto and Ucayali Region, Ucayali regions in the north, t ...

Huánuco Huánuco (; ) is a city in central Peru. It had a population of 196,627 as of 2017 and in 2015 it had a population of 175,068. It is the capital of the Huánuco Region and the Huánuco District. It is the seat of the diocese of Huánuco. The met ...

* University of Huanuco,

Southern regions

* Universidad Nacional San Cristóbal de Huamanga,

Ayacucho Ayacucho (, , derived from the words ''aya'' ("death" or "soul") and ''k'uchu'' ("corner") in honour of the battle of Ayacucho), founded in 1540 as San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga and known simply as Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga) until 1825, i ...

* Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco * Universidad Nacional de San Agustín (UNSA), Arequipa * Universidad Tecnológica de los Andes,

Abancay Abancay (from Quechuan languages, Quechua language: Hamanqay, Amanqay, or Amankay, meaning ''lily''), founded in 1572 as Santiago de los Reyes de Abancay, is a city in southern-central Peru. It is the capital of both the Apurímac Region and th ...

Universidad Católica de San Pablo Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

, Arequipa * Universidad Católica de Santa María,

Arequipa Arequipa (; Aymara language, Aymara and ), also known by its nicknames of ''Ciudad Blanca'' (Spanish for "White City") and ''León del Sur'' (Spanish for "South's Lion"), is a city in Peru and the capital of the eponymous Arequipa (province), ...

* Universidad Andina del Cusco,

Cusco Cusco or Cuzco (; or , ) is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river. It is the capital of the eponymous Cusco Province, province and Cusco Region, department. The city was the cap ...

Universidad Peruana Austral de Cusco Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

, Cusco * Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica,

Huancavelica Huancavelica () or Wankawillka in Quechua is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the department of Huancavelica and according to the 2017 census had a population of 49,570 people. The city was established on August 5, 1572 by the Viceroy ...

* Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga de Ica, Ica * Universidad Andina del Cusco,

Puerto Maldonado Puerto Maldonado () is a city in southeastern Peru in the Amazon rainforest west of the Bolivian border, located at the confluence of the Tambopata River, Tambopata and Madre de Dios River, Madre de Dios rivers. The latter river joins the Madeira ...

* Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Puerto Maldonado * Universidad de Moquegua,

Moquegua Moquegua (, founded by the Spanish colonists as Villa de Santa Catalina de Guadalcázar del Valle de Moquegua) is a city in southern Peru, located in the Department of Moquegua, of which it is the capital. It is also capital of Mariscal Nieto Prov ...

Universidad Andina Néstor Cáceres Velásquez Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

Juliaca Juliaca (; Quechua language, Quechua and ) is the capital of San Román Province in the Puno Region of southeastern Peru. It is the region's largest city with a population of 276,110 inhabitants (2017 Peru Census, 2017). On the Altiplano, Juliaca ...

* Universidad Nacional del Altiplano,

Puno Puno ( Aymara and ) is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with a population of approximately 140,839 (2015 estimate). The city was established in ...

* Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann,

Tacna Tacna, officially known as San Pedro de Tacna, is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland f ...

* Universidad Privada de Tacna, Tacna

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