Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
| Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico Recinto de Mayagüez | |
| Type | Catholic University |
|---|---|
| Established | 1962 |
| Chancellor | Olga N. Hernandez |
| President | Jorge I. Velez Arocho |
| Principal | Frank J. Sierra |
| Dean | Alejandro Ruiz |
Academic staff | 100 |
| Students | 1600 |
| Address |
486S Ramon Emeterio Betances,  Mayagüez, PR, Puerto Rico |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Pionero |
| Website | http://www.pucpr.edu/mayaguez |
The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez is a university located in the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It is part of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.
The university began as an extension of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico in the early 1960s. In 1982 it was awarded the official title of "Center", and later it became the Mayagüez Campus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in 1996. During the 1989-1990 academic year the facilities in the Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances were inaugurated.[1]
The campus includes four buildings (Monseñor Ulises Casiano, Centro de Estudiantes, Centro Tecnológico and EUTHAC). The enrollment is above one thousand fivehundred students and the faculty part-time and full-time is composed of about one hundred professors.[1]
Its academic offers include non-university technical certificates in various concentrations. As well as its academic university programs in Associates and bachelor's degrees from its four colleges (Education, Science, Business Administration, Arts and Humanities). Master's degrees can be found in three academic areas: Business Administration (4 concentrations), Education (3 concentrations) and Social Sciences.
EUTHAC - Escuela Universitaria de Turismo Hotelería y Artes Culinarias The Tourism, Hotel and Culinary Arts School is the first Puerto Rican school fully dedicated to excel in the tourism, hotel and culinary arts academic industry. The state of the art building started construction in December 2014 and will be finished by August 2016. It counts with various restaurant kitchens, drinks and coffee bar, simulated hotel bedroom, among other interesting features. One of the first projects that grew in EUTHAC was the first touristic religious route of Puerto Rico with "Ruta de la Fe". Other projects were EUTHAC has been involved are with MUSA and the San German History Museum.
References
- 1 2 "Historia" (in Spanish). PUCPR. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
Coordinates: 18°10′53.63″N 67°8′43.14″W / 18.1815639°N 67.1453167°W