Universidad APEC

Universidad Acción Pro Educación y Cultura
Motto“Por un mundo mejor” (AD MELIOREM MUNDUM)
TypePrivate
Established1965
RectorDr. Franklyn Holguín Haché
Administrative staff
500+
Undergraduates8,800
Postgraduates1,500
Address
Av. Máximo Gómez #72
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18°28′25″N 69°54′49″W / 18.4736°N 69.9136°W / 18.4736; -69.9136
Websitehttps://www.unapec.edu.do
Universidad APEC is located in the Dominican Republic
Universidad APEC
Location in the Dominican Republic

Universidad APEC (Universidad Acción Pro-Educación y Cultura) (UNAPEC) is a private university located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It was founded in 1965 under the name of Instituto de Estudios Superiores (Institute of Higher Studies). Management, Spanish and Bilingual Executive Secretarial Science, and Accounting, were the first majors offered by this university.

In 1968, the government of the Dominican Republic granted APEC accreditation as a university with the right to award higher education degrees. The university changed its name to the current one (Universidad APEC) on August 11, 1983; such change having been approved by the Dominican government in 1985.