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

universities A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

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, sorted by

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

private universities Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public student loans, and grants. Depe ...

and 333,501 for

public universities A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national university ...

. 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 ( ; ), 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 ...

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

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, 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 ( es, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, link=no, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. It is considered the most important, recognized and representative educ ...

, the oldest in the Americas.

Nationwide

Department of Lima

CCSM-UNMSM Casona de San Marcos y Parque Univesitario

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos The National University of San Marcos ( es, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, link=no, UNMSM) is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. It is considered the most important, recognized and representative educ ...

(UNMSM), Dean University of the Americas (The ''University of Peru)'', the first university in Peru and in the Americas. * Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (UNI) *

Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal Federico Villarreal National University ( es, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, UNFV) is a public university located in Lima, Peru. It was named in honor of the Peruvian mathematician Federico Villarreal. History It first functioned ...

(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. It is located 223 feet (68 metres) above sea level and 148 km north of the city of ...

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

Chosica Lurigancho-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. It was created on January 2, 1857. Its capital is the town of Chosica. The district h ...

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

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Cayetano Heredia University ( es, link=no, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, 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 Peru ...

(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. It is the country's best university in the fi ...

(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 The Peruvi ...

(UAP) *

Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University (''Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya'' – UARM) is a private, non-profit university located in the city of Lima, Peru, in the district of Pueblo Libre. It was founded by the Society of Jesus on 4 July 2003. It ...

(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 was ...

(UPC) *

Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae 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 ...

(UCSS) *

Universidad Particular Marcelino Champagnat 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 ...

(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 The Universidad Científica del Sur or Scientific University of the South (UCSUR) is a private institution of higher education, located at 19 km south from the city of Lima, nearby Pantanos de Villa Reserved Zone. The university was founde ...

(UCSUR) * Universidad de Piura (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 ( es, Universidad Peruana Unión) 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 Adv ...

(UPEU) *

Universidad Ricardo Palma 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 ...

(URP) * Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL) * Universidad ESAN (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 o ...

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 ( es, Universidad Nacional de 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 Faustin ...

, Trujillo * Universidad Nacional Toribio Rordríguez De Mendoza, Chachapoyas *

Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo 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 ...

, 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 Peru ...

* 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 and Loreto Region. It is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, as well as the ninth-most populous city of Peru. Iquitos is the largest city in the world th ...

* Universidad Nacional de San Martín *

Universidad Nacional de Piura 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 ...

, Piura *

Cesar Vallejo University Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * C ...

, Trujillo *

Private University of the North Northern Private University ( es, Universidad Privada del Norte) 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 beg ...

, Trujillo *

Private University of Trujillo The Private University of Trujillo (UPTP) is a Peruvian private university founded on October 11, 2006, in the city of Trujillo, La Libertad Region. History The National Council for the operating license of Universities (CONAFU) authorized the P ...

, Trujillo * Universidad de Piura (UDEP),

Piura Piura is a city in northwestern Peru located in the Sechura Desert on the Piura River. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. Its population was 484,475 as of 2017. It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro fou ...

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

Chiclayo Chiclayo (; qu, Chiklayu) is the principal city of the Lambayeque region in northern Peru. It is located inland from the Pacific coast and from the nation's capital, Lima. Founded by Spanish explorers as "Santa María de los Valles de Chiclay ...

* Universidad Particular de Iquitos * Universidad de Lambayeque, Chiclayo * Universidad Privada Juan Mejía Baca, Chiclayo *

Leonardo Da Vinci Private University Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard. People Notable people with the name include: * Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance scientist, ...

, Trujillo * Universidad San Pedro,

Sullana SullanaRegional Tourism Office of Piuraciudad de Sullana. Consulted on July 8, 2009. is the capital of the Sullana Province, in the north-western coastal plains of Peru on the Chira valley. Location Sullana is located at 04°53' south latitude a ...

Central regions

* Universidad Nacional de Áncash Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo,

Huaraz Huaraz () (from Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Waraq'' or ''Waras'', "''dawn''"), founded 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 ...

* Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú (UNCP), Huancayo * Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión,

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 the Pasco region, and an important mining center. At elevation, it is one of the highest cities in the world, and the highest or the sec ...

* Universidad Nacional de Ucayali,

Pucallpa Pucallpa (, qu, puka allpa, lit=red dirt; 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 Corone ...

* Universidad Continental de Ciencias e Ingeniería, 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. The university's rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steer ...

Chimbote Chimbote ; qu, Chimputi) is the largest city in the Ancash Region of Peru, and the capital of both Santa Province and Chimbote District. The city is located on the coast in Ferrol Bay, 130 km south of Trujillo and north of Lima on the No ...

Los Andes Peruvian University , mottoeng = Towards Academic Excellency , image_name = Los Andes Peruvian University logo.png , image_size = 150px , caption = Seal of "Los Andes" Peruvian University, Huancayo , established =1983 , type =P ...

(UPLA),

Huancayo Huancayo (; in qu, label=Wanka Quechua, Wankayuq , '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru. Location Huancayo is located in Huancayo Province, of which it is also the capital. Sit ...

Department of Huánuco

* Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán,

Department of Huánuco Huánuco () is a department and region in central Peru. It is bordered by the La Libertad, San Martín, Loreto and Ucayali regions in the north, the Ucayali Region in the east, the Pasco Region in the south and the Lima and Ancash regions in ...

Huánuco Huánuco (; qu, Wanuku) 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 Huán ...

* University of Huanuco,

Southern regions

* Universidad Nacional San Cristóbal de Huamanga,

Ayacucho Ayacucho (, qu, Ayak'uchu) is the capital city of Ayacucho Region and of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru. During the Inca Empire and Viceroyalty of Peru periods the city was known by the name of Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga), and it c ...

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

Abancay Abancay (from Quechua language: Hamanqay, Amanqay, or Amankay, meaning ''lily'') is a city in southern-central Peru. It is the capital of both the Apurímac Region and the Abancay Province, and serves an important cultural, economic, and politi ...

* Universidad Católica de San Pablo, Arequipa * Universidad Católica de Santa María,

Arequipa Arequipa (; Aymara and qu, Ariqipa) is a city and capital of province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated city ...

* Universidad Andina del Cusco,

Cusco Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the list of cities in Peru, seventh m ...

* Universidad Peruana Austral de Cusco, 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 and Madre de Dios rivers. The latter river joins the Madeira River as a tributary of the Amazo ...

* Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Puerto Maldonado * Universidad de Moquegua, Moquegua * Universidad Andina Néstor Cáceres Velásquez, Juliaca * Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno *:de:Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, (UNSA) :de:Arequipa, Arequipa, SUNEDU * Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Tacna * Universidad Privada de Tacna, Tacna

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