The Interamerican University of Puerto Rico at Ponce — or Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Ponce (UIPR-P) in Spanish, and often referred as "''La Inter''"— is a Christian co-educational non-sectarian

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Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government. Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...

. It was founded in 1962. It is part of the

Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico The Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Spanish: ''Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico''; often abbreviated to ''UIPR'' or ''Inter'') is a private Christian university with its main campus in San Germán, Puerto Rico. It also has c ...

system, whose main campus is in San German,

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History

The school opened in August 1962 as an extension program of the San German campus. It opened at facilities on Calle Villa, near downtown Ponce, at Primera Iglesia Metodista La Resurrección. The school then moved to calle Marina and Calle Jobos, at the locale also known as Casa Forneris. In 1966, more spacious quarters were established at the intersection of Calle Castillo and Calle Mayor. In the early 1980s the university started to build a new campus east of the city. In 1984 it moved to this new campus in the Mercedita sector of Barrio

Vayas Vayas is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Playa, Bucana, Canas and Capitanejo, Vayas is also one of Ponce's five coastal barrios. Together with Capitanejo, Vayas is also one of two rural coastal bar ...

, Ponce. In 1992 the school became an autonomous campus of the Inter-American University system.

Academics

The school offers programs in education, health, and management. It has over 25 academic programs, including offering five Master Degrees in Education, Business and Criminal Justice. It also offers 22

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s, seven

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s, and four technical certificates. It has an enrollment of approximately 5,000 students. The university offers academic programs in 11 teaching units.

Expansion

In August 2012, the school announce a $10 million expansion plan that would create a college preparatory school. The new facility is scheduled to open in August 2013 in the immediacy of the current school grounds.''Anuncia expansión la Interamericana.''
Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 15 August 2012. (Title in printed version: "Comenzo las Obras: Introducira Escuela Privada la Universidad Interamericana." Year 30. Issue 1498. Page 8.) Retrieved 15 August 2012. Weblink updated 24 March 2018.

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