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Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (P.U.P.R.) is a private, non-profit, coeducational, nonsectarian institution founded in 1966. At present it is the largest private Engineering School in Puerto Rico and the only one in San Juan, Capital of Puerto Rico. It is also the largest private Hispanic Serving Engineering School in the United States and its territories.

PUPR seeks to develop highly qualified professionals with an understanding of general culture and with a sense of social responsibility. The Institution strives to maintain the academic excellence that must characterize modern scientific and technological universities and to incorporate in its administrative structure and academic processes all the techniques that will enable our graduates to face successfully the dynamic and changing world.

All programs at PUPR are authorized by the state licensing agency, the Board of Postsecondary Institutions of Puerto Rico (JIPs), www.estado.pr.gov. The institution is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), www.msche.org; 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #166, Wilmington, DE 19801; Telephone: (267) 284-5000. Its engineering programs in Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial, and Mechanical are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), www.abet.org. The Land Surveying and Mapping program is accredited by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET. The Computer Science program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. The Architecture and the Interior Design programs are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), www.naab.org; 107 S. West Street, Suite 707, Alexandria, VA 22314; Telephone: (202) 783-2007. The Landscape Architecture graduate program is accredited by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB), www.asla.org; 636 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3736; Telephone: (202) 898-2444.
School of Architecture
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
School of Business Administration
Graduate School

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