REPU MAGAZINE N 3
News
2017
Two new home-country universities
By Ricardo Gonzales and Richard Zapata
The REPU program is happy to announce that, so
far, selected students have come from 9 different
Peruvian universities. This year, 2 new universities
joined the growing list of REPU’s home-country
universities. For the first time, we had one electrical
engineering student from Universidad de Ingeniería
y Tecnología and one biology student from
Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruíz Gallo. Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo (UNPRG)
Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) Currently, this university has fourteen schools and
more than twenty specialties, and is Lambayeque’s
main university
This public university was created in 1970, as a
result of the fusion of two of the most representative
universities of the region of Lambayeque:
Universidad Agraria del Norte and Universidad
Nacional Lambayeque. It received its name in
recognition of one of the most important characters
of Lambayeque, the great inventor and national
hero, Lieutenant Colonel Pedro Ruiz Gallo.
UTEC is a young private Peruvian university mainly
focused on engineering, with a strong component of
innovation and humanities. Currently, UTEC offers
10 undergraduate engineering careers, as well as
professional and continuing education programs for
executives. It also has UTEC Ventures and applied
research services. In addition, UTEC is backed by
the commitment of its founding members and Board,
a group of entrepreneurs -like Eduardo Hochschild,
Dionisio Romero, Roque Benavides, etc.- who have
achieved great success in the most important
industries in the country. The Board’s commitment to
education, innovation, research, and economic
development supports the design of a first-rate
educational model, aimed at meeting the needs of
the labor market and addressing the various
problems of the 21st century. Each component of
UTEC’s offer is designed in line with the trends and
demands that globalization poses to modern
engineering. The workshops and courses are
designed to meet the needs of the labor market.
Figure 2. UNPRG main entrance
So far the list of Peruvian universities from which
REPU students have been selected is:
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Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
Universidad Ricardo Palma
Universidad Nacional Federico Villareal
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología
Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo
For more information on the 7 other universities on
this list, please refer to our 2014 REPU Magazine.
Figure 1. UTEC main building
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