University of Panama

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University of Panama

Universidad de Panamá
Motto	Hacia la luz (lit. Towards the light)
Type	Public
Established	October 7, 1935
Rector	Eduardo Flores Castro
Location	Vía Simón Bolivar, Panama City , Panama
Website	http://www.up.ac.pa

The University of Panama (Spanish: Universidad de Panamá) was founded on October 7, 1935. Initially, it had 175 students learning education, commerce, natural sciences, pharmacy, pre-engineering or law. As of 2008^[update], it had 74,059 students distributed in 228 buildings across the country.

The University of Panama was founded by Octavio Méndez Pereira, who also served as the university's first president.