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Universidad de Piura | |
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Other name | UDEP |
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Motto | Universitas Studiorum Piurensis |
Motto in English | The universal study of knowledge in Piura |
Type | Private university |
Established | April 7, 1969 |
Chancellor | Fernando Ocáriz Braña |
Vice-Chancellor | Ángel Gómez-Hortigüela |
Rector | Antonio Abruña Puyol |
Founder | Josemaría Escrivá |
Students | 10,170 (2017) |
Undergraduates | 7,605 |
Postgraduates | 2,565 |
Address | Piura: Av. Ramón Mugica 131, Urb. San Eduardo , , Lima: Av. Mártir Olaya 162, Miraflores Peru 5°10′36″S80°38′05″W / 5.17669230°S 80.63464340°W |
Campus | Urban |
Vice Rectors | César Calvo Alejandro Fontana Susana Vegas |
Colors | Gray White Blue |
Website | udep |
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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.
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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.[ citation needed ]
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