The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez is a private,
Roman Catholic
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university in
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez (, ) is a city and the eighth-largest municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez, and is also known as ''La Sultana del Oeste'' (The Sultaness of the West), ''Ciudad de las Aguas Pura ...
. It is part of the
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico) is a private Roman Catholic university with its main campus in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It provides courses leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Docto ...
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The university began as an extension of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico in the early 1960s. In 1982 it was awarded the official title of "Center", and later it became the Mayagüez Campus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in 1996. During the 1989-1990 academic year the facilities in the
Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances were inaugurated.
The campus includes four buildings (Monseñor Ulises Casiano, Centro de Estudiantes, Centro Tecnológico and EUTHAC). The enrollment is above one thousand fivehundred students and the faculty part-time and full-time is composed of about one hundred professors.
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Its academic offers include non-university technical certificates in various concentrations. As well as its academic university programs in Associates and bachelor's degrees from its four colleges (Education, Science, Business Administration, Arts and Humanities). Master's degrees can be found in three academic areas: Business Administration (4 concentrations), Education (3 concentrations) and Social Sciences.
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References
External links
Official website
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1962 establishments in Puerto Rico
Education in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Educational institutions established in 1962