University of Puerto Rico

This article is about the University of the Puerto Rico System. For the system's flagship constituent university, see University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
University of Puerto Rico
Seal of the University of Puerto Rico
Former names
Escuela Normal (Normal school)
TypePublic
Established1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Academic affiliations
Sea-grant, Space-grant
Budget$1.52 billion (2014)[a]
PresidentLuis A. Ferrao
Academic staff
4,448[2]
Administrative staff
11,178[3]
Students44,233
Location
San Juan
,
Puerto Rico
Campus11 campuses
Websitewww.upr.edu
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University of Puerto Rico system campus locations

The University of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico), often shortened to UPR, is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 44,200 students and approximately 4,450 faculty members.[4] UPR has the largest and most diverse academic offerings in the commonwealth, with 472 academic programs of which 32 lead to a doctorate.[5]

  1. ^ López Alicea, Keila (February 27, 2014). "Severos recortes en la UPR". El Nuevo Día. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  2. ^ "Datos Institucionales". UPR. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  3. ^ "Datos Institucionales". UPR. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  4. ^ "Datos Sistémicos". Datos Institucionales. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  5. ^ "Commitment to Knowledge". acweb.upr.edu. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved 2023-04-09.


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