Universidad Alas Peruanas (UAP or Peruvian Wings University) is a university located in
Lima, Peru
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
, founded on April 26, 1996, by Joaquin Ramirez thorough an Cooperativa Alas Peruanas, composed of members of the
Peruvian Armed Forces
The Peruvian Armed Forces ( es, Fuerzas Armadas del Perú) are the military services of Peru, comprising independent Army, Navy and Air Force components. Their primary mission is to safeguard the country's independence, sovereignty and territoria ...
.
In January 2014, the school launched UAPSat-1, a satellite that monitors the environment outside the earth's atmosphere aboard the
Cygnus CRS Orb-1
Orbital-1, also known as Orb-1, was the second flight of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo spacecraft, its second flight to the International Space Station (ISS) and the third launch of the company's Antares launch vehicle. The mission launche ...
mission.
History
The creation of the Alas Peruanas University was the idea o
Dr. Fidel Ramírez Prado(Doctor of Education from the National University of San Marcos, with specialization courses in Spain, Canada, the United States, Panama, Israel, England and Mexico), who in March 1989 received the support of the delegates of the Alas Peruanas Cooperative General Assembly to proceed with such an ambitious project.
After almost seven years and long periods of paperwork, on April 26, 1996, by Resolution No. 102 the creation of the Universidad Alas Peruanas was authorised. Its first Rector was Mr. Fidel Ramírez Prado.
The Universidad Alas Peruanas opened on June 1, 1996, with five professional courses in the Jesús María district.
At present, it has 20 national branches and 34 professional courses of studies.
Alas Peruanas International
The Universidad Alas Peruanas promotes the exchange of knowledge and research at the international level in all its academic areas at undergraduate and graduate levels as well as for its teaching staff. The aim is to create and multiply relations with prestigious foreign institutions, among others:
* Universidad Estatal del Valle de Ecatepec (UNEVE).
* Universidad de Mendoza – Argentina.
* Universidad del Golfo México.
University Directory
University Authorities
Cpc.José E. Castillo Carazas
* CEO
Dr. Francisco Luis Pérez Expósito
* Rector
Dr. Ricardo Díaz Bazán, Ph.D.
* Academic Vice-Rector – Vice-Rector of Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Oscar Lagravère Von Massenbach, Ph.D.
* Dean, School of Engineering and Architecture
Oswaldo J. Vasquez Cerna, Ph.D.
* Dean, School of Business Sciences and Education
Dr. Iván M. Vojvodic Hernández
* Dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dr. Jesús M. Galarza Orrilla
* Dean, School of Law and Political Sciences
Mg. Walter R. Tasayco Alcántara
* Dean. School of Agricultural Sciences
Schools and Courses
Graduate school
Master's Degree
Second specialization
Alas Peruanas Network
University
With headquarters in the city of Lima, it also has several branches and Decentralized Academic Units throughout the country.
* Branches
AbancayAndahuaylasArequipaAyacuchoCajamarcaChiclayoCuscoHuachoHuancayoHuánucoIcaJaénJuliacaPiuraPucallpaPuerto MaldonadoTacnaTarapoto
an
Tumbes
The Alas Peruanas Cooperative
The savings and credit-type cooperative was set up on December 14, 1968, and officially recognized by Resolution No. 053-69 of the National Institute of Cooperatives (INCOOP) on March 11, 1969, and duly registered in Lima's Public Registry on Volume I, Entry 1 Folio 429, in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 085, obtaining its compliance certification from the INCOOP on July 7, 1982, having been registered on Volume II, Entry 5, page 531 of the Cooperatives Records of the Public Registry of Lima.
Dr. Fidel Ramírez Prado, currently general manager and rector of the Universidad Alas Peruanas, was the great driving force behind the cooperative for many years, having led it to its present position.
CEPRE UAP
The Pre-University Centre Universidad Alas Peruanas (CEPRE - UAP) is a dynamic institution, part of the Peruvian University System that offers direct admission to the 6 schools and their 30 courses to students who satisfactorily pass the Admission Course. A quality education and good values formation are the base of our country's future.
Institutes
They are educational institutions of higher education promoted by the Universidad Alas Peruanas, with the purpose of forming technical professionals in accordance with the current Technological Superior Education Institutes and Schools Act (MODULAR system) using state-of-the-art equipment and experienced scholars in the teaching and learning process.
Branches:
Lima
Piura
Ica
Arequipa
* Chincha
Chiclayo
I.E.P. "Alas Peruanas" (Colleges)
It has three branches:
Arequipa
Chiclayo
* https://www.uap.edu.pe/filiales/filial-ica/
Notable alumni
* Liz Benavides (born 1969), lawyer, Peru's attorney general
References
External links
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComunidadUAP.oficial/
Instagram
@uap.oficial
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Educational institutions established in 1996
Universities in Lima
1996 establishments in Peru