NUC University, (formerly known as National University College) is the largest for-profit

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with its main campus in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The university was founded in 1982 as the National College, and offers

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and

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, and

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. NUC University is

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by the

Council of Higher Education of Puerto Rico ''Their mission'' is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access to all the students. The Council of Education of Puerto Rico es, Consejo de Educació ...

and the

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History

In 1980, a steering committee, led by Jesús Siverio Orta, worked on the planning and organization of the institution. It was not until the first of April, 1982 that the institution began its educational operations in Bayamón,

under the name National College of Business and Technology. In June of the same year, the committee acquired the Polytechnical Community College, obtaining at the same time its operating license from the

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with the same rights, privileges and obligations as the predecessor institution. NUC University began its educational program with four classrooms on the third floor of the Ramos Building located in the city of Bayamón, which also had a typing laboratory, a pharmacy laboratory and a library. Initially, the institution only offered Pharmacy Assistant and Secretarial Science programs. The first group of students from these two programs graduated in July 1983. In 1984 it opened the Arecibo Campus in

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, Puerto Rico, and in 2003 the Río Grande Campus in

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, Puerto Rico. In the following years NUC University started expanding rapidly, establishing a learning center at the San Cristóbal Hospital on September of 2007 in Ponce, Puerto Rico which later became the Ponce Campus on July 10, 2009. In January 2011, NUC opened an additional location in

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, Puerto Rico and in June 2014, it became the Caguas Campus. In March 2017, NUC opened a Campus in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and in November 2018, the institution opened it most recent campus, the South Florida Campus in the State of

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Campuses

The multi-campus school is one of the largest secondary education institutions in

. Today NUC University have 15 campuses, nine of them in the State of

, and 13 centers of the IBC technical division. Puerto Rico Campuses: * NUC Arecibo * NUC Bayamón * NUC Caguas * NUC Mayagüez * NUC Ponce * NUC Río Grande Florida Campuses: * NUC South Florida * NUC-FTC Deland * NUC-FTC Kissimmee * NUC-FTC Orlando * NUC-FTC Pembroke Pines * NUC-FTC South Miami * NUC-FTC Lakeland * NUC-FTC Tampa * The DAVE School

Accreditations

NUC University is authorized by the

and

by the

to offer university studies of the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, as the case may be. Likewise, the university is committed to the professional accreditation of its academic programs. For this reason, some academic units have programs accredited by organizations, such as: * Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) * Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) * Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) * American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission (ACFEFAC)

Certifications and authorizations

The institution is also authorized and certified by the following entities: * Puerto Rico State Approving Agency for Veterans Education * Microsoft IT Program * U.S. Department of Education * Vocational Rehabilitation

Memberships

* Puerto Rico Private Education Association * Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators of Puerto Rico * American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers * Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities * National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

References

External links

* Universities and colleges in Puerto Rico Educational institutions established in 1983 1983 establishments in Puerto Rico {{Caribbean-university-stub