Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)

Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), also rendered in English as the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, is a private, for-profit university in Lima, Peru, founded in 1994 and headquartered on its Monterrico campus in the district of Santiago de Surco, where its first classes were held and where the rectorate remains.秘鲁应用科学大学（UPC）是秘鲁利马的一所私立营利性大学，创办于 1994 年，校部设在圣地亚哥—德苏尔科区的蒙特里科校区，首批课程也在那里开讲，校部至今仍设于此。

It enrols around 72,000 students in 13 faculties across four Lima campuses, offering 58 undergraduate programmes, more than 120 postgraduate programmes and a semi-distance track for working adults, and it is one of the largest private universities in Peru.该校在利马四个校区的 13 个学院中培养约 72000 名学生，开设 58 个本科专业、120 多个研究生项目，以及面向在职成人的半程与远程课程，是秘鲁规模最大的私立大学之一。

UPC is placed in the 1401+ band of the QS World University Rankings 2027 and in the 2001+ band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and since December 2025 it has been led by its first woman rector, Milagros Morgan Rozas.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 1401+ 并列区间，在泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 2001+ 区间，自 2025 年 12 月起由首位女校长米拉格罗斯·摩根·罗萨斯领导。

History

• The university was created by Law 26276, promulgated by the Congress of Peru on 5 January 1994, as a private institution with a business-oriented governing model, under the government of Alberto Fujimori.该校依据秘鲁国会 1994 年 1 月 5 日颁布的第 26276 号法律创立，是一所采用企业化治理模式、私立大学，当时由阿尔韦托·藤森政府执政。
• Its foundation was promoted by a group of Peruvian entrepreneurs and professionals: Graciela Bancalari, David Fischman, Alfredo Miró Quesada and Mariana Rodríguez, who came from business and professional backgrounds.该校由一批秘鲁企业家与专业人士推动创办，包括格拉谢拉·班卡拉里、戴维·菲施曼、阿尔弗雷多·米罗·克萨达与玛丽安娜·罗德里格斯，他们兼具商业与专业背景。
• On 28 March 1994 the first stone was laid at the Monterrico campus in Surco, the first admission took place on 4 August and teaching began on 15 September with engineering, architecture and communications.1994 年 3 月 28 日，蒙特里科校区举行奠基仪式，8 月 4 日进行首次招生，9 月 15 日以工程、建筑与传播三个方向开始授课。
• In March 1995, during the general election campaign, the university hosted the "Creatividad Presidencial" debate between Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and Alberto Fujimori, and it introduced the Selección Preferente route for secondary graduates in the top third of their class.1995 年 3 月大选竞选期间，该校举办哈维尔·佩雷斯·德奎利亚尔与阿尔韦托·藤森之间的「总统创造力」辩论，并推出面向高中成绩前三分之一毕业生的优先选拔通道。
• A business management faculty with finance, marketing and accounting programmes was added in 1996, the year pavilion B was built to accommodate the growing first cohorts.1996 年增设企业管理学院，开设金融、市场营销与会计专业，同年建成 B 座教学楼以容纳不断扩大的首批学生。
• The Escuela de Negocios, founded in 1997, became the university's Business School and later its graduate school, concentrating master's degrees, diplomas and executive courses, and it later took the name Escuela de Postgrado.1997 年创立的商学院后来发展为该校的商业学院与研究生院，集中开设硕士、文凭与高管课程，后来又改称研究生院。
• Law was added as a faculty in 1998 and economics in 2000, broadening a portfolio that had begun with engineering, architecture and communications.法学院于 1998 年设立，经济学院于 2000 年设立，使最初以工程、建筑与传播为主的学科布局进一步扩展。
• In September 2004 the university was acquired by the US-based Laureate Education corporation and integrated into its international network, a group then expanding across Latin America.2004 年 9 月，该校被美国劳瑞德教育集团收购，并入其国际网络，该集团当时正在拉丁美洲扩张。
• The Division of Professional Studies for Executives (EPE) was created in 2005, merging continuing-education programmes for graduates into a single semi-distance track with evening and weekend classes, which became the university's main channel for adult learners.2005 年设立高管专业进修部（EPE），把面向毕业生的继续教育项目整合为统一的半程授课体系，课程安排在晚间与周末，成为该校面向成人学习者的主要通道。
• Faculties of health sciences, human sciences and hotel and tourism administration were opened in 2006, followed by arts and music in 2009.2006 年开设健康科学、人文科学以及酒店与旅游管理学院，2009 年又增设艺术与音乐学院。
• The design faculty was created in 2011, the same year that teaching began at the San Isidro campus in Lima's financial district.设计学院于 2011 年成立，同年位于利马金融区的圣伊西德罗校区开始授课。
• In 2012 the education faculty was created and the Villa campus in the coastal district of Chorrillos, south of the city centre, welcomed its first undergraduate cohort.2012 年成立教育学院，位于市中心以南沿海的乔里略斯区的比利亚校区迎来首批本科生。
• The San Miguel campus opened in 2015 together with the psychology faculty, extending the university's presence to a fourth Lima district between the historic centre and Callao, with psychology as the last of the 13 faculties to be created.2015 年圣米格尔校区与心理学院同时启用，使该校的办学版图扩展至历史中心与卡亚俄之间的第四个城区，心理学也成为 13 个学院中最后设立的一个。
• In 2016 UPC obtained institutional accreditation from the WASC Senior College and University Commission, the US accreditor for senior colleges and universities in the western states and one of the recognised regional accreditors, becoming the first Peruvian university to hold it.2016 年该校获得美国西部院校协会高等院校委员会的机构认证，该委员会是美国西部各州高等院校的认证机构，也是获认可的地区认证机构之一，该校由此成为秘鲁首所获此认证的大学。
• On 6 October 2017 SUNEDU, the state regulator created by Peru's 2014 university law, granted institutional licensing by Resolution 037-2017-SUNEDU/CD after verifying the basic quality conditions, since licensing is mandatory under that law.2017 年 10 月 6 日，依据秘鲁 2014 年大学法设立的国家高等教育监管局在核实基本质量条件后，依据该法必须取得的许可，以第 037-2017-SUNEDU/CD 号决议授予该校机构办学许可。
• The medicine programme received specific SUNEDU licensing on 12 May 2022, allowing UPC's Medical School to award the medical degree in its own right, medicine being one of the programmes that require specific state approval.医学专业于 2022 年 5 月 12 日获得监管局专项许可，使该校医学院得以自主授予医学学位，医学也是须获国家专项批准的专业之一。
• WSCUC renewed the institutional accreditation in 2022 for ten years, extending its validity to 2032 and covering all campuses and programmes.2022 年该委员会续签机构认证十年，有效期延至 2032 年，覆盖全部校区与专业。
• The university marked its thirtieth anniversary in 2024 with a year of academic and cultural events across its four campuses.2024 年该校迎来建校三十周年，在四个校区举办贯穿全年的学术与文化活动。
• On 1 December 2025 Milagros Morgan Rozas took office as rector, the first woman to lead the university, succeeding Edward Roekaert Embrechts after twelve years and his appointment as rector emeritus.2025 年 12 月 1 日，米拉格罗斯·摩根·罗萨斯就任校长，成为该校历史上首位女性校长，接替任职十二年后获授荣誉校长称号的爱德华·罗卡尔特·恩布雷希茨。
• An INDECOPI report published on 4 February 2026 ranked UPC fourth among Peruvian universities for patents granted in 2025, with 22 titles, INDECOPI being Peru's competition and intellectual property authority.2026 年 2 月 4 日，秘鲁国家竞争与知识产权保护局发布报告，该校以 2025 年获授的 22 项专利位列秘鲁高校第四，该局是秘鲁竞争与知识产权主管机构。
• The university has grown from a single Surco campus and three founding programmes into a four-campus system with 13 faculties and more than 50 degree programmes in three decades.三十年间，该校从苏尔科单一校区与三个创始专业，发展为拥有四个校区、13 个学院与 50 多个学位专业的体系。

Academics

• UPC organises its teaching in 13 faculties: administration in hospitality and tourism, architecture, contemporary arts, health sciences, human sciences, communications, law, design, economy, education, engineering, business and psychology.该校教学分为 13 个学院：酒店与旅游管理、建筑、当代艺术、健康科学、人文科学、传播、法学、设计、经济、教育、工程、商业与心理学。
• Its 2026 website lists 58 undergraduate programmes across the 13 faculties, up from the 46 programmes recorded in older reference profiles, with degrees spanning engineering, business, health, law, design and the arts.该校 2026 年官网列出 13 个学院下的 58 个本科专业，多于早期资料记载的 46 个，学位覆盖工程、商业、健康、法学、设计与艺术等领域。
• The EPE track offers more than 18 undergraduate programmes in semi-distance and distance formats, designed for adults already in work who attend campus sessions at weekends.EPE 项目面向已有工作的成人，以半程与远程形式开设 18 个以上本科专业，学员在周末到校上课。
• Postgraduate provision exceeds 120 programmes, including master's degrees, diplomas and specialisation certificates taught through the Graduate School based at the San Isidro campus.研究生教育设有 120 多个项目，包括由圣伊西德罗校区的研究生院开设的硕士、文凭与专业进修证书课程。
• Engineering is the largest faculty and several of its programmes hold ABET accreditation, the US-based quality seal for applied science, computing, engineering and technology, awarded to programmes rather than institutions.工程学院规模最大，其多个专业持有美国工程与技术认证委员会的认证，这是面向应用科学、计算、工程与技术的国际质量标志，按专业而非按院校认证。
• A double-degree agreement with the University of Arizona allows UPC students to earn a US degree while studying largely in Peru, following a route the university markets as international from home, since the University of Arizona is a public research university in Tucson.该校与亚利桑那大学签订双学位协议，使学生主要留在秘鲁学习即可获得美国学位，校方把这一路径宣传为「在本国获得国际经历」，亚利桑那大学则是位于图森的公立研究型大学。
• An alliance with Minerva University, a US institution known for seminar-based active learning, underpins a model in which students connect interests across disciplines instead of choosing a single path, with Minerva based in San Francisco and teaching through small seminars.该校与以研讨式主动学习著称的美国米内尔瓦大学结盟，支撑一种鼓励学生跨学科连接兴趣而非只选单一方向的模式，米内尔瓦大学位于旧金山并以小班研讨教学。
• The university reports more than 250 international agreements in over 35 countries, covering exchanges, joint programmes, internships and research cooperation.该校报告在 35 个以上国家拥有 250 多项国际协议，涵盖交换、联合项目、实习与研究合作。
• Its Directorate of Research coordinates indexed publication in Scopus and Web of Science together with technology transfer, the patent portfolio and the academic repository, which holds theses and faculty publications.该校研究处统筹在斯高帕斯与科学网索引期刊上的发表，以及技术转移、专利组合与学术知识库建设，后者收录学位论文与教师著作。
• The Graduate School concentrates master's degrees, diplomas and specialisation certificates rather than research doctorates, reflecting the university's applied and professional orientation.研究生院集中开设硕士、文凭与专业进修证书，而非研究型博士，体现该校应用与职业导向。
• In 2026 the San Miguel campus added an artificial intelligence engineering programme covering machine learning, data systems and automation, extending the engineering offer to the newest campus.2026 年圣米格尔校区新设人工智能工程专业，内容涵盖机器学习、数据系统与自动化，把工程教育延伸至最新的校区。
• UPC's anti-bribery management system is certified to ISO 37001, the international standard for anti-bribery management published in 2016, and validated by the assurance firm LRQA.该校的反贿赂管理体系通过 ISO 37001 认证，这是 2016 年发布的反贿赂管理国际标准，并由鉴证机构 LRQA 审核。
• The academic repository and library network give open access to theses, working papers and teaching materials, and subscribe to Scopus and Web of Science, the two main bibliographic databases.该校学术知识库与图书馆网络开放提供学位论文、工作论文与教学资料，并订阅斯高帕斯与科学网这两大文献数据库。
• Admission runs through a general entrance examination and the Selección Preferente route reserved for the top third of secondary-school cohorts.入学主要通过统一入学考试，并保留面向中学成绩前三分之一学生的优先选拔通道。
• Medicine is the most selective programme and requires its own admission examination before students enter the Medical School and begin basic sciences and clinical training.医学是最具选拔性的专业，考生须先通过专门的入学考试，才能进入医学院学习基础医学与临床课程。
• The arts and music, design, education and psychology faculties, added between 2009 and 2015, completed the current 13-faculty structure and moved UPC beyond its engineering and business origins.艺术与音乐、设计、教育与心理四个学院在 2009 年至 2015 年间相继设立，补齐了现有的 13 个学院结构，使该校走出工程与商业的初始范围。
• The business faculty and the Graduate School continue the executive-education line begun by the Escuela de Negocios in 1997, serving companies and working professionals.商业学院与研究生院延续 1997 年商学院开创的高管教育传统，面向企业与在职专业人士。
• Each faculty runs its own professional school and curriculum, while students also take general-studies courses alongside their major.各学院自行管理专业与课程，学生则在主修之外修读通识课程。

Campus

• The rectorate and central administration sit at the Monterrico address, from which the four campuses are coordinated.校部与中央行政机构设在蒙特里科校区地址，四个校区由此统一协调。
• UPC operates four campuses in metropolitan Lima: Monterrico in Santiago de Surco, San Isidro, Villa in Chorrillos and San Miguel, all within the city's urban core.该校在利马都会区运营四个校区：圣地亚哥—德苏尔科的蒙特里科、圣伊西德罗、乔里略斯的比利亚以及圣米格尔，均位于城市核心地带。
• The Monterrico campus, the founding site, covers about 3 hectares at Prolongación Primavera 2390 in Los Álamos de Monterrico and remains the founding undergraduate site.蒙特里科校区是创始校区，位于蒙特里科洛斯阿拉莫斯的普里马维拉延长大道 2390 号，占地约 3 公顷，仍是本科教育的创始基地。
• The San Isidro campus opened in 2011 in Lima's financial district and serves as the main seat of the Graduate School and executive programmes.圣伊西德罗校区于 2011 年在利马金融区启用，是研究生院与高管项目的主要所在地。
• The Villa campus in Chorrillos welcomed its first undergraduates in 2012 and houses the university's main sports infrastructure.乔里略斯的比利亚校区于 2012 年迎来首批本科生，并容纳该校主要的体育设施。
• The San Miguel campus opened in 2015 and added artificial intelligence engineering in 2026, making it the newest teaching site.圣米格尔校区于 2015 年启用，2026 年又开设人工智能工程专业，是最新的教学基地。
• A former postgraduate site in Independencia was closed after a 2017 incident and the reorganisation that followed SUNEDU licensing, concentrating postgraduate teaching at San Isidro.位于独立区的原研究生校区在 2017 年事件及监管局许可后的重组中被关闭，研究生教学随之集中于圣伊西德罗。
• Lima, founded in 1535 as the City of Kings, spreads over a coastal desert of about ten million inhabitants and concentrates Peru's business, media and cultural institutions.利马于 1535 年建城，旧称「诸王之城」，分布在沿海沙漠地带，拥有约一千万人口，集中了秘鲁的商业、媒体与文化机构。
• Campuses combine lecture halls, engineering and health laboratories, design studios, libraries and sports fields in dense urban blocks rather than a single suburban estate.各校区把讲堂、工程与健康实验室、设计工作室、图书馆与运动场集中于紧凑的城市街区，而非单一郊区校园。
• The four sites place students close to Surco's residential districts, San Isidro's financial centre, Chorrillos' sports cluster and San Miguel's commercial corridor, while the historic centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991, and the Costa Verde beaches lie nearby.四个校区让学生分别靠近苏尔科的住宅区、圣伊西德罗的金融中心、乔里略斯的体育集群与圣米格尔的商业走廊，1991 年被列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产的历史中心与绿色海岸沙滩也在附近。

Reputation

• UPC is placed in the 1401+ band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, the open final band shared by 102 universities rather than a numbered position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位于 1401+ 并列区间，这是 102 所高校共同处于的开放式末段，而非具体名次。
• In the 2026 QS table UPC sat in the 1201-1400 band and was ranked joint sixth in Peru, third among the country's private universities.在 2026 年 QS 榜单中，该校处于 1201 至 1400 区间，全国并列第六，在秘鲁私立高校中位列第三。
• QS Latin America 2026 placed UPC 107th in the region and fifth in Peru, its strongest regional showing in recent editions of that table.2026 年 QS 拉美排名将该校列为地区第 107 位、秘鲁第五，是近年地区榜单中的最好表现。
• UPC holds five stars in the QS Stars rating, which assesses teaching, employability, internationalisation, facilities and social responsibility and is separate from the QS World University Rankings, and presents itself as the first and only Peruvian university at that level.该校在 QS 星级评级中获得五星，该评级考察教学、就业能力、国际化、设施与社会责任，独立于 QS 世界大学排名，校方称自己是秘鲁首所也是唯一达到该等级的大学。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place UPC in the 2001+ band, the open final band, so it is listed without a numbered position, with THE assessing teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列入 2001+ 区间，即开放式末段，因此该校虽上榜却没有具体名次，该榜单考察教学、研究、引用、产业收入与国际视野。
• Merco, a Spanish-language corporate reputation monitor, ranked UPC first in Peru's education sector for the sixth consecutive year, while Ipsos 2025 found it the first choice of fifth-year secondary students.2026 年西班牙语企业声誉监测机构梅尔科连续第六年将该校列为秘鲁教育行业第一，2025 年益普索调查则显示它是高中五年级学生的首选。
• Ipsos also placed UPC fourth among private universities whose graduates employers most seek, and Pronabec's Beca 18 winners chose it more often than any other Peruvian university in 2025.益普索还将该校列为雇主最青睐毕业生的第四所私立大学，而 2025 年国家奖学金计划「18 号奖学金」获奖者选择该校的比例高于秘鲁其他高校。
• UPC is the only Peruvian university with institutional accreditation from WSCUC, a status first granted in 2016 and renewed in 2022 until 2032.该校是秘鲁唯一拥有美国西部院校协会高等院校委员会机构认证的大学，2016 年首次获得，2022 年续签至 2032 年。
• The 2026-2027 U.S. News global ranking and the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities did not include UPC in their main tables, both tables being weighted heavily towards research output.2026 至 2027 年度美国新闻与世界报道全球排名与 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜均未收录该校，这两个榜单都高度侧重科研产出。

Student life

• The university motto is "Exígete. Innova.", Spanish for "demand more of yourself, innovate", a phrase used across its advertising, campus signage and graduation ceremonies.该校校训为西班牙语「Exígete. Innova.」，意为「对自己要求更高，勇于创新」，这一口号贯穿其宣传、校园标识与毕业典礼。
• UPC celebrates its anniversary on 5 January, the date of the 1994 creation law, and marked thirty years with a programme of events in 2024.该校以 1994 年创校法律签署日 1 月 5 日为校庆日，并于 2024 年以系列活动庆祝建校三十周年。
• University teams won the 2024 National University Games and 42 UPC athletes took medals at the 2025 Bolivarian Games in Ayacucho and Lima, a regional multi-sport event.该校运动队在 2024 年全国大学生运动会上夺冠，42 名运动员在 2025 年阿亚库乔与利马玻利瓦尔运动会上获得奖牌，该赛事是地区综合性运动会。
• The Protagonistas del Cambio UPC award recognised ten young people in 2026 for projects on health, education, the environment and opportunity generation.2026 年「改变的主角」奖项表彰了十位青年，其项目涉及健康、教育、环境与机会创造。
• UPC created the Creatividad Empresarial award, a Peruvian business-innovation prize that the university still organises and presents each year.该校创设「企业创造力」奖，这一秘鲁商业创新奖项至今仍由校方每年组织颁发。
• Pronabec's Beca 18 scholarship, which funds low-income students at private universities, is Peru's largest national scholarship programme and the route by which many UPC students finance their degrees.国家奖学金计划「18 号奖学金」为私立高校的低收入学生提供资助，也是秘鲁规模最大的国家奖学金计划，是该校许多学生完成学业的经费来源。
• UPC Cultural stages exhibitions, concerts and theatre across the campuses, while Lima's museums, cinemas and coastal promenades shape student leisure.校属文化项目在各校区举办展览、音乐会与戏剧演出，而利马的博物馆、影院与滨海步道则构成学生的休闲空间。
• The EPE track lets working adults study in the evening or at weekends, mixing online classes with Saturday sessions on campus.EPE 项目让在职成人于晚间或周末学习，把在线课程与周六的校园面授结合起来。
• Each campus provides libraries, study areas, cafeterias and student services, and the Monterrico site concentrates the largest share of clubs and cultural activities.各校区均设有图书馆、自习区、餐厅与学生服务，蒙特里科校区的社团与文化活动最为集中。

Notable people

• George Forsyth, a former professional footballer, was mayor of La Victoria from 2019 to 2020 and a candidate in the 2021 presidential election.乔治·福赛斯曾是职业足球运动员，2019 年至 2020 年任拉维多利亚区区长，并参加 2021 年总统选举。
• Anna Carina Copello, known as Anna Carina, is a Peruvian singer, songwriter, actress and television presenter.安娜·卡里娜·科佩略以艺名安娜·卡里娜知名，是秘鲁歌手、词曲作者、演员与电视主持人。
• Mesías Guevara, a former congressman and governor of Cajamarca from 2019 to 2022, presided over the Acción Popular party from 2014 to 2023.梅西亚斯·格瓦拉曾任国会议员与卡哈马卡大区区长（2019 至 2022 年），并于 2014 年至 2023 年领导人民行动党。
• Pedro del Rosario is a Peruvian politician and former mayor of the Los Olivos district in northern Lima.佩德罗·德尔罗萨里奥是秘鲁政治人物，曾任利马北部洛斯奥利沃斯区区长。
• Luis Castañeda Pardo, son of a former Lima mayor, sat on the Lima city council from 2011 to 2013.路易斯·卡斯塔涅达·帕尔多曾任利马市议员（2011 至 2013 年），其父亦曾担任利马市长。
• Milagros Morgan Rozas became rector on 1 December 2025, the first woman to lead UPC.米拉格罗斯·摩根·罗萨斯于 2025 年 12 月 1 日就任校长，是该校首位女性校长。
• Edward Roekaert Embrechts led the university for twelve years before stepping down in 2025, when he was named rector emeritus.爱德华·罗卡尔特·恩布雷希茨领导该校十二年，2025 年卸任后获授荣誉校长称号。
• David Fischman, a co-founder, is a Peruvian author and management consultant known for books on leadership and personal development.联合创办人戴维·菲施曼是秘鲁作家与管理顾问，以领导力与个人成长类著作知名。
• Graciela Bancalari, Alfredo Miró Quesada and Mariana Rodríguez were the other members of the founding group that promoted the 1994 creation law.格拉谢拉·班卡拉里、阿尔弗雷多·米罗·克萨达与玛丽安娜·罗德里格斯是推动 1994 年创校法律的创办团队其他成员。
• The founders combined business, publishing and education backgrounds, and their model gave UPC a corporate board alongside an academic rectorate.创办团队兼具商业、出版与教育背景，其模式使该校在学术校部之外设有公司化董事会。