The Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas was created by Law No. 26276 on January 5, 1994. On March 28, a ceremony took place in the campus of Santiago de Surco in Lima, where the first stone was placed. The first admission was on August 4, 1994 and on September 15, the first university courses started with the faculties of engineering, architecture and communications. In March 1995, the university held a debate called "Creatividad Presidencial" between Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and Alberto Fujimori. In that same year, a new system of admission called Selección Preferente was created, for those students who had finished high school in the upper third ranking of their classes. In 1996, the faculty of business management was created, containing programs in finance, marketing and accounting. In the same year, pavilion B was founded. In 1997, the Escuela de Negocios de la UPC is founded. It is now known as Escuela de Postgrado de la UPC. In 1998, the faculty of law was founded while in 2000, the faculty of economics. In September 2004, the university affiliated with the network of private universities called Laureate International Universities. The next year, the university created the División de Estudios Profesionales para Ejecutivos, which connected into one single program the Programa de Eduación Superior Complementaria, which was focused on graduates of college. In 2006, the faculties of health, humanities and hotel administration. In 2009, the faculty of arts and music were founded. In 2011, the faculty of design was created and the first year of classes at the San Isidro campus was inaugurated. The following year the faculty of education was created and the first academic year of undergraduate at the Villa campus was inaugurated; and in 2015, the San Miguel campus is inaugurated and the psychology faculty is created.
Campuses
The Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas has a main campus in Santiago de Surco, Lima, [Peru. It is known as el Campus Monterrico, which has a size of 3 hectares. Another campus was built in San Isidro, Lima, Peru. This campus is known as the "San Isidro campus". In 2013, the Villa campus was purchased. In 2015, the San Miguel campus was purchased, which is located in the district of San Miguel in Lima, Peru. The Villa campus has several sectors dedicated to sports.
