University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo

"UPRA" redirects here, it should not be confused with UPRAG which means University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla

For the school in Angola see Universidade Privada de Angola.

University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo
Established	1967
Type	Public
Rector	Juan Ramirez
Academic staff	270
Undergraduates	4,093
Location	Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA
Mascot	"El Lobo" (a Wolf)
Website	www.upra.edu

The University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo (UPRA or UPR-Arecibo) is a state university located in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico and is part of the University of Puerto Rico system. UPR-Arecibo is better known as CUTA from its previous name of Arecibo Technological University College "Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Arecibo" in Spanish.

General Information

Main entrance

UPRA at night

The University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo (UPRA), is located in the north of the island, next to the largest pharmaceutical and biotechnology complex in the Caribbean, the largest radio telescope in the world, and agricultural areas of intense commercial activity. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Associate and Baccalaureate Degrees offers among which stand out as being unique in the UPR system:

• Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
• Bachelor of Social Science with concentration in Industrial Organizational Psychology
• Bachelor of Social Science with concentration in Latin American Studies (includes Latin * American Studies Center and agreements with institutions in Latin America)
• Bachelor of Industrial Chemical Process Technology
• Associate Degree in Veterinary Technology.

UPRA also the distinction of being the Alma Mater of many communications professionals currently working in local and international media or are independent producers who graduated from the Bachelor of Communication program "Tele-Radial".

In addition, students in UPRA's Baccalaureate Program in Elementary Education highlighted by obtaining excellent scores on teacher certification exams of the Puerto Rico Department of Education.

UPRA

Campus Population

• Students: 4,500
• Faculty: 270

Academics

• Department of Business Administration
  • Bachelor's Degree on
    • Accounting
    • Finance
    • Management
    • Marketing
• Department of Biology
  • Associate's Degree on
    • Veterinary Technology
  • Bachelor's Degree on
    • Microbiology
• Department of Calculation Science
  • Bachelor's Degree on
    • Calculation Science
• Department of Social Science
  • Bachelor's Degree on
    • Spanish American Studies
    • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Department of TV and Radio Communications
  • Bachelor's Degree on
    • TV and Radio Communications Technology
• Department of Education
  • Bachelor's Degree on
    • Elemental Education
    • Physical Education
• Department of Nursing
  • Associate's Degree on
    • Nursing
  • Bachelor's Degree on
    • Nursing
• Department of Office Systems
  • Bachelor's Degree on
    • Office Systems
• Department of Physics- Chemistry
  • Associate's Degree on
    • Chemical Engineering Technology
  • Bachelor's Degree on
    • Industrial Chemical Process Technology

Notable alumni

UPRA Front

• Eliezer Ramos, news reporter of Univision Puerto Rico
• Roberto Cortés, news reporter of Telemundo Puerto Rico
• Suheill Michelle Urdaz Montano, radio reporter SuperK 106 WNIK-FM
• Normando H. Valentin, news reporter of Televicentro Puerto Rico

Greek Life

The University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo has a number of fraternities and sororities.

Fraternities Phi Eta Mu * Phi Sigma Alpha * Nu Sigma Beta * Alpha Beta Chi* Phi Epsilon Chi* Phi Delta Gamma *

Sororities Mu Alpha Phi * Eta Gamma Delta*

• Member of Concilio Interfraternitario de Puerto Rico (Inter-Fraternity Council of Puerto Rico)

External links

• University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo - official site.