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Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Motto	Et lux in tenebris lucet
Established	1917
Type	Private University, Roman Catholic
Rector	Luis Guzmán Barrón Sobrevilla
Faculty	369
Staff	3,156
Students	17,512
Location	Lima, Peru
Website	www.pucp.edu.pe

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Spanish:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 by F. Jorge Dintilhac as Peru's first non-profit private institution of higher learning.

Contents 1 History 2 Academic Development 2.1 Today 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

The University received the title of "Pontificia" in 1942 given by Pope Pius XII. The University conferred the academic title of Doctor Honoris causa to the pope Benedict XVI (cardinal Ratzinger, at that time) in 1986.

The Pontificia Universidad Católica began its academic activities in 1917 with two faculties: Letters and Laws. In 1933, when the university had more than 500 students, two new faculties were established: Engineering and Political and Economical Sciences. In 1935, the Education School appeared. Later, in 1939, the Academy of Catholic Art was founded having Adolf Winternitz as its director; this turned the PUCP into one of the very few universities offering the arts major in Perú even today.

Development process of the university started in 1932, by the creation of new academic units.

Today, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú is a top-quality private education institution. There are currently 16,000 undergraduate students who pursue 43 different specialties in 9 faculties. An investigation by APOYO shows that Peruvians consider it the best private university in the country^{[citation needed]}. Its campus is located in the district of San Miguel.

This high-technology campus holds over four thousand (internet enabled) PCs; PUCP was the first Peruvian academic institution providing email^{[citation needed]} in 1992 and the first Peruvian campus connected to the internet^{[citation needed]} in February 1994, just when internet arrived in Peru. It also was the first Peruvian campus with an internal broadband network^{[citation needed]} which, in terms of reliability and speed, can be compared with many universities in developed countries. The campus also features a wireless high-speed internet connection, called wifipucp', available to the whole PUCP community.

Outside the campus, there are other facilities such as language-learning centers, a cultural center (CCPUCP) located in the San Isidro District. A business center featuring MBA programs, called CENTRUM, is also part of PUCP and is located in the Santiago de Surco district.

• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú -History and general reference. Official university site. Retrieved on May 25, 2005. (in Spanish)

• List of universities in Peru

• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú website