Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico
Seal of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Established 1948
Type Private University
President Dr. Jorge Iván Vélez Arocho
Students 12,000[1]
Location Ponce, Puerto Rico
Website www.pucpr.edu
Front entrance of the university.

The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico is a Roman Catholic university located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It provides courses in the areas of education, business administration, arts and human studies and science, leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate Degrees. Its campus is also home to a Law School as well as a new (August 2010) School of Architecture.[2] The university's original name (Catholic University of Santa Maria)[3] was changed in 1968 to Catholic University of Puerto Rico with the opening of campuses in Mayagüez and Arecibo. In 1984 the name was again changed to its current name, to commemorate the visit to Puerto Rico of Pontiff Pope John Paul II.

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History

The university was founded in spring of 1948 by James E. McManus, C.S.S.R., Bishop of the Diocese of Ponce, and James Peter Davis, Bishop of the Diocese of San Juan. It was originally founded as the Catholic University of Santa Maria.[3] The original campus consisted of a few classrooms provided by the Padres Capuchinos and the Hermanas Josefinas, catholic clergymen and nuns, respectively, in the Colegio San Conrado in Ponce, a catholic primary educational school. This continued until 1949, when the university obtained 120 acres (0.49 km2) from the Puerto Rico government. It has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1953.

Schools

In 1961, the university started the School of Law (Escuela de Derecho) providing graduate law studies and student exchange programs with other law schools in the United States and in Spain. The school has been host to famous and respected Puerto Rican law professors, including former Puerto Rico governor Rafael Hernández Colón.

In 1976, the university started the School of Medicine (Escuela de Medicina) as a graduate medical education program, which, when reorganized in 1979-1980, became an independent private non-profit medical school now known as the Ponce School of Medicine. In 2009 the university also opened a School of Architecture (Escuela de Arquitectura).[4]

In 2011, the university announced it was engaging in a $20 million expansion plan that would result in the creation of three new schools over a ten-year period. The three new schools were reported to be a School of Graphical Design, a School of Fashion, and a School of Cinematic Arts.[5]

Campuses

Aside from its main campus in barrio Canas Urbano, on Avenida Las Americas (PR-163), the university has two additional campuses: the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo in Arecibo and the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in Mayagüez. It also has a satellite extension in Coamo. The School of Architecture is also a separate campus from the main campus on Avenida Las Americas and is located across from Plaza Las Delicias in downtown Ponce.

Social

Fraternities

Sororities

References

  1. ^ Inversion de $20 Millones: Con ambiciosa agenda La Católica.Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 30, No. 1458. 9 November 2011. Page 4. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  2. ^ La Escuela de Arquitectura: Coquetea con la Internacionalización.Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. (Electronic Edition - Noticias Locales section) Ponce, Puerto Rico. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b Univ Catolica Santa Maria.
  4. ^ La Escuela de Arquitectura: Coquetea con la Internacionalización.Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. (Electronic Edition - Noticia Locales section) March 5, 2010.] Retrieved March 5, 2010.
  5. ^ Inversion de $20 Millones: Con ambiciosa agenda La Católica.Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 30, No. 1458. 9 November 2011. Page 4. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "PUCPR" (in Spanish). http://www.pucpr.edu/Catalogo/espanol/info_general/vice_asuntos_est.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-03. 

See also

  • Pontifical Catholic University School of Law
  • Ponce School of Medicine
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture

External links

Coordinates: 18°0′8.81″N 66°37′2.34″W / 18.0024472°N 66.6173167°W / 18.0024472; -66.6173167


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