Universidad Científica del Sur

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**Universidad Cientifica del Sur**
Motto	Pensar con el cerebro responder con el corazón
Established	1998
Type	Private
President	Fernando Cabieses
Faculty	198
Undergraduates	1,000
Postgraduates	100
Location	Lima, Peru
Campus	Urban
Athletics	4 sport teams
Website	ucsur.edu.pe

The Universidad Científica del Sur, or UCSUR, is an educational and research institution that belongs to the Higher Education System of the Republic of Peru. UCSUR is an emerging institution: it was founded on 1998. Is in the City of Lima and its campus is adjacent to the Pantanos de Villa Reserved Zone, at Villa El Salvador district.

1 History
2 Institutional Accreditation
3 Organization
- 3.1 Divisions and Schools UCSUR
4 External link

[edit] History

UCSUR was founded on February 5, 1998 when it was approved by the National Commission on the Functioning of Universities (CONAFU), an institution charged with supervising for a 5-year period any new university-level institution established in Peru.

[edit] Institutional Accreditation

On March, 8th of 2006 the CONAFU, after a 7 years evaluation period, gives the Definitive Autorization Resolution to the UCSUR, which implies that from now on the University is fully autonomous.

[edit] Organization

UCSUR has 1000 students in 6 schools and 3 levels.

[edit] Divisions and Schools UCSUR

The schools and their specialties are:

Health Sciences Division: host the School of Human Medicine, whose graduates are Medical Surgeons, the School of Nutrition whose graduates have a Nutritional License and the School of Stomatology.
Business and Engineering Sciences Division: have the School of Organizational Systems Engineering and its graduates are Systems Engineers and the School of Economic Engineering, its graduates are Economic Engineers
AgroEnvironmental Sciences Division: which only have one school, the School of Veterinary and Zootechnics Medicine and its graduates are Veterinary Doctors.