Bayamón Central University
Universidad Central de Bayamón | |
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Type | Private |
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Established | 1964 (as Universidad Católica de Bayamón); renamed Universidad Central de Bayamón in 1970[1] |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
President | Dr. Carmen J. Cividanes Lago |
Students | 2,133 |
Location | , 18°24′02″N 66°10′53″W / 18.400541°N 66.181496°WCoordinates: 18°24′02″N 66°10′53″W / 18.400541°N 66.181496°W |
Campus | Suburban |
Website | www.ucb.edu.pr |
The Bayamón Central University—or Universidad Central de Bayamón (UCB) in Spanish—is a private, Catholic university in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Its predecessor began in 1961[citation needed] by the Dominican Order as a community college of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico (today known as the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico). Universidad Católica de Bayamón was incorporated in 1964.
The university became autonomous on September 1, 1970,[citation needed] and is currently accredited by the Council of Higher Education of Puerto Rico, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and by the Congregation for Catholic Education.
In October 1982 a multi-use sports complex inaugurated and was dedicated in honor of Rafael Pont Flores and it bears his name.[2]
In October 2019, US federal funds were earmarked for the university.[3]
References
- ^ "Historia" (in Spanish). Universidad Central de Bayamón. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
- ^ "Catálogo Graduado 2006" (PDF). Bayamón Central U. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-30. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Asignan más de $6 millones de fondos federales a instituciones educativas [More than $6 million in federal funds assigned to educational institutions]". Primera Hora (in Spanish). October 4, 2019.
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