The University of Piura (Spanish: Universidad de Piura; "UDEP") is a private university in Peru. It has two campuses, the main one is in Piura, while a more recently built one is located in the Miraflores District of Lima.
In 1964, Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei, at a meeting with professors from the University of Navarra in Spain, decided to create a new university. It was founded by St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer and in 1969, it was officially recognized as a university.
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Campuses
Piura
Piura is the location of UDEP's main Campus, extending over 130 hectares. More than half of the land is reclaimed desert. It is reforested with mesquite trees where squirrels, deer, foxes, peacocks, lizards and different kinds of birds abound.
Construction of the Piura Campus started in the late 1960s, with much of its infrastructure financed by international support from the Italian, Spanish, German and Canadian governments.
Lima
UDEP has two campuses in Lima. The undergraduate students is located in the center of the Miraflores District, a picturesque suburban region of Lima on the Pacific coast. The graduate campus for Business Management is located in the district Surco of Lima. Its MBA is recognized as one of the top programs in Peru.
Academic areas
School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
School of Economics and Business
Department of Mathematics
Department of Marketing
Department of Finance
Department of Business Policy
Department of General Administration
Department of Accounting
Department of Economics
Department of Service Management
School of Engineering
Department of Engineering Sciences
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Department of Electrical Mechanical Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Institute of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Sanitary Technology
Department of Architecture
School of Communication
Department of Audiovisual Communication and Online Media
Department of Marketing
Department of Journalism
School of Law
Department of Fundamentals of Law
Department of Public Law
Department of Private Law
School of Humanities
Department of History, Geography and Art
Department of Language and Literature
Department of Philosophy
Department of Cultural Management
Department of Psychology
School of Educational Sciences
Department of Early Education
Department of Primary Education
Department of Secondary Education