Motto in English Truth and Science Students 16,000 Total enrollment 17,000 (2010) Colors Yellow, Blue, Red | Established September 9, 1962 Phone +1 809-580-1962 Founded 9 September 1962 | |
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President Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera Location Notable alumni Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, Massiel Taveras, Paola Torres, Francisco Domínguez Brito, José del Castillo Saviñón Similar Universidad Intec, Universidad Tecnológica de Santia, Universidad Iberoamericana, Universidad Nacional Pedro He, Universidad APEC Profiles | ||
The Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Mother and Teacher Pontifical Catholic University), named after Pope John XXIII's encyclical Mater et magistra, that is, Mother and Teacher, (PUCMM for its Spanish acronym) is the first private, Roman Catholic, coeducational, university in the Dominican Republic. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degrees through three campuses. Its main campus is in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, and it has smaller campus in Santo Domingo and an extension in Puerto Plata.
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History
The university was established on September 9, 1962 and it has become one of the country's top institutions of higher education. It was the first University first to offer Industrial, Electrical, Mechanical and Electronics Engineering careers. It also offers graduate level degrees and dual degrees with associated universities in the United States and France. Recently the university was recognized in Quacquarelli Symonds top Latin American universities 2012 by ranking in at 205 out of the top 250 universities in the region. The PUCMM School of Business also is the highest ranking school of business in the Dominican Republic followed by the School of Business of the UASD. This ranking was done by Eduniversal Rankings and their prestigious Palmes business school ranking. The PUCMM received the 2 Palmes ranking which represents a Good business school with regional influence. In 1991, the institution was delegated as the responsible for country domain registration, that is, .do domains.