Private Universities in Puerto Rico

        The University of Sagrado Corazon is an institution Catholic, independent, coeducational and nonprofit, located in Santurce,one of the most central metropolitan area of ​San Juan. The Institution is true to its mission based on the teachings and in the orientation of the Ecumenical Catholic Church encourages and facilitates the development of the whole person spiritual, moral, intellectual, social and physical for a lifetime of service to society.The University of the Sacred Heart had its origins in elementary school established in 1880 by Religious of the Sacred Heart in San Juan. Later, in the early twentieth century, they acquired the estate of Count of Santurce and settled in the lands that now form the site university. Their curricula are based on a core of courses general education on the grounds that they provide the student the best preparation for life, both personally and professionally. Basic training in areas of human knowledge allows students to train for the world of work and specialty areas application of this knowledge it is prepared specifically for particular jobs in the job market. This way the University addresses all aspects of humanistic education, from personality to and technology professionals.



Inter-American University of Puerto Rico is a private institution of higher education with deep Christian roots, nonprofit. Serves as a bridge between North and Latin Cultural. For over 90 years, is dedicated to preparing students in all branches of humanistic endeavor, social and scientific. Offers academic programs in 11 teaching units.These are the sites of: Bayamón, Guayama, Arecibo, Aguadilla, Barranquitas, Fajardo, Metropolitan,Ponce, San German and two professional schools: School Optometry and Faculty of Law. University Of Puerto Rico is an institution high quality higher education in pursuit of academic excellence, with an emphasis on training people with ethical and democratic values, framed in ecumenical Christian context.


The Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico is a public institution of higher education offering undergraduate and graduate programs, and studies aimed the community in general. It is dedicated to training integral of musicians in the fields of interpretation, composition, jazz and teacher training.The institution exercise a leadership role in the musical life and Puerto Rico's cultural and is committed to preserving and disseminating Puerto Rican musical heritage,Caribbean and Latin America, developing future generation of cultural leaders. The Conservatory Music, proactive and responsive to new trends in the international arena, stimulates innovative thinking in the institutional environment. The Conservatory provides the Puerto Rican community in particularly the youth, of all the opportunities necessary to educate and hone their skills music. The academic stimulates the formation whole student and encourages the maximum development their artistic skills, intellectual humanistic students. The institution promotes excellence, timeliness and relevance of their offerings to maintain academic quality offerings currently that address the educational needs music market work. In addition to its programs university level studies offers training for children, youth and adults in the community at large. Through its Preparatory School.

University Turabo (UT), founded in 1972 with 1,500 students, is part of the Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez (SUAGM). The vision of the University of the Turabo is to be a high-quality educational community dedicated to improve the education of its student population and to promote the use of a adavnced technology with a focus of internationalization. The mission of the University of the Turabo is improving the knowledge through the excellence in the teaching and promote the investigation, the innovation and the internationalization of its programs. The University is compromised with graduating students highly educated and professionally competent, that can think critically and that they be technologically cultured. The institution also promotes the development of ethical principles and values that permit to contribute to the welfare from the community through its know-how of the social systems and of its roles as responsible citizens.

http://www.pupr.edu/about_poly.asp
http://www.suagm.edu/une/en/con_univerisdad_este.asp
http://www.sagrado.edu/
http://www.inter.edu/